2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place in the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005.
Venues
Qualification
The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host country the Netherlands did not have to qualify for the tournament.| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier |
| AFC | 2004 AFC Youth Championship | |
| CAF | 2005 African Youth Championship | |
| CONCACAF | 2005 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | |
| CONMEBOL | 2005 South American Youth Championship | |
| OFC | 2005 OFC U-20 Championship | |
| UEFA | Host nation | |
| UEFA | 2004 UEFA Under-19 Championship |
Sponsorship
FIFA partnersNational supporters
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.Group stages
The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second-place finishers and the four best third-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.Group A
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Group B
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Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | Advanced to the round of 16 | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | Advanced to the round of 16 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams | |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 |
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Group D
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | Advanced to the round of 16 | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | Advanced to the round of 16 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams | |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 |
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Group E
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | Advanced to the round of 16 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | Advanced to the round of 16 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams | |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 |
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Group F
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | Advanced to the round of 16 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | Advanced to the round of 16 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
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Ranking of third-placed teams
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | Advanced to the round of 16 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | Advanced to the round of 16 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Advanced to the round of 16 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | Advanced to the round of 16 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
Knockout stages
Bracket
Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
----Third place play-off
Final
Winners
Goalscorers
;6 goals;5 goals
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
- Rafinha
- Renato
- José Pedro Fuenzalida
- Ricardo Parada
- Radamel Falcao
- Fredy Guarín
- Nicky Adler
- Marvin Matip
- Daniele Galloppa
- Tarik Bendamou
- Ryan Babel
- Hedwiges Maduro
- Taye Taiwo
- Juanfran
- Miquel Robusté
- Gokhan Gulec
- Sezer Öztürk
- Julio Barroso
- Neri Cardozo
- Gustavo Oberman
- Ryan Townsend
- Nick Ward
- Abou Maiga
- Razak Omotoyossi
- Diego Tardelli
- Edcarlos
- Gladstone
- Fábio Santos
- Rafael Sobis
- Marcel de Jong
- Jaime Peters
- Matías Fernández
- Gonzalo Jara
- Pedro Morales
- Cui Peng
- Hao Junmin
- Gao Lin
- Lu Lin
- Tan Wangsong
- Zhao Xuri
- Zhou Haibin
- Zhu Ting
- Harrison Otálvaro
- Wason Rentería
- Hugo Rodallega
- Christian Gentner
- Alexander Huber
- Michele Canini
- Andrea Coda
- Raffaele De Martino
- Sota Hirayama
- Shunsuke Maeda
- Koki Mizuno
- Abdessalam Benjelloun
- Adil Chihi
- Reda Doulyazal
- Nabil El Zhar
- Quincy Owusu-Abeyie
- Ibrahim Afellay
- Urby Emanuelson
- Collins John
- Rick Kruys
- Ron Vlaar
- David Abwo
- Olubayo Adefemi
- Isaac Promise
- John Obi Mikel
- John Owoeri
- Jose Venegas
- Baek Ji-hoon
- Park Chu-young
- Shin Young-rok
- Jonathan Soriano
- Francisco Molinero
- Víctor
- Alberto Zapater
- Goran Antić
- Johan Vonlanthen
- Majed Al Haj
- Mohamad Al Hamawi
- Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
- Maxym Feschuk
- Dmytro Vorobei
- Chad Barrett
- Hunter Freeman
- Jacob Peterson
Awards