2005 FIFA World Youth Championship explained

Tourney Name:	FIFA World Youth Championship
Year:	2005
Other Titles:	Wereldkampioenschap voetbal onder 20 - 2005
Country:	Netherlands
Dates:	10 June – 2 July
Num Teams:	24
Confederations:	6
Venues:	6
Cities:	6
Count:	5
Matches:	52
Goals:	143
Attendance:	502698
Top Scorer:	Lionel Messi (6 goals)
Player:	Lionel Messi
Prevseason:	2003
Nextseason:	2007

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

Doetinchem	Emmen	Enschede
De Vijverberg	Univé Stadion	Arke Stadion
Capacity: 12,600	Capacity: 8,600	Capacity: 13,250



Kerkrade	Tilburg	Utrecht
Parkstad Limburg Stadion	Willem II Stadion	Stadion Galgenwaard
Capacity: 19,979	Capacity: 14,637	Capacity: 24,500

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(s)
AFC (Asia)	2004 AFC Youth Championship
CAF (Africa)	2005 African Youth Championship
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	2005 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament
CONMEBOL (South America)	2005 South American Youth Championship
OFC (Oceania)	2005 OFC U-20 Championship
UEFA (Europe)	Host nation
UEFA (Europe)	2004 UEFA Under-19 Championship

1.Teams that made their debut.

Sponsorship

FIFA partners

National supporters

Hubo
Unive
FIFA.com
FIFA Fair Play

Match officials

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)	Fatih Arabati (Jordan) Eisa Ghuloum (United Arab Emirates)
AFC	Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)	Kim Dae-Young (South Korea) Liu Tiejun (China)
CAF	Coffi Codjia (Benin)	Aboudou Aderodjou (Benin) Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
CAF	Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)	Beshr Rashwan (Egypt) Luleseged Begashaw (Ethiopia)
CONCACAF	Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)	Carlos Pastrana (Honduras) Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)
CONCACAF	Benito Archundia (Mexico)	José Ramírez (Mexico) Pedro Rebollar (Mexico)
CONMEBOL	Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)	Darío García (Argentina) Rodolfo Otero (Argentina)
	Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)	Eduardo Botero (Colombia) Fernando Tamayo (Ecuador)
	Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)	Walter Rial (Uruguay) Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)
OFC	Mark Shield (Australia)	Nathan Gibson (Australia) Ben Wilson (Australia)
UEFA	Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)	Bill Hansen (Denmark) Anders Norrestrand (Denmark)
	Terje Hauge (Norway)	Steinar Holvik (Norway) Ole Hermann Borgan (Norway)
	Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)	Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain) Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain)
	Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)	Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) Franceso Buragina (Switzerland)
Reserve	Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

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.