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FIFA U-17 World Championship Peru 2005

  • Teams: 16
  • When: 16 September 2005 to 02 October 2005
  • Final: 02 October 2005
  • Matches: 32
  • Goals Scored: 111 (average 3.5 per match)
  • Attendance: 551817 (average 17244)
      • Winner: Mexico
      • Runners-Up: Brazil
      • Third: Netherlands
      • Fourth: Turkey
      • adidas Golden Ball: ANDERSON (BRA)
          • adidas Golden Shoe: Carlos VELA (MEX)
              • FIFA Fair Play award: Korea DPR

Overview

Mexico reign supreme
In the build-up to the FIFA U-17 World Championship Peru 2005, the names of all the usual suspects were being proffered as favourites. The likes of Brazil, Uruguay, Ghana and the Netherlands kept cropping up, but very few observers saw fit to mention Mexico. Yet right from their opening match when they convincingly saw off a Uruguay side so dominant in the South American qualifiers (2-0), the Tricolores looked the finished article at this level.

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