| Tourney Name: | FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Other Titles: | Korean: 2007 FIFA U-17 월드컵 대한민국 |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Dates: | 18 August – 9 September |
| Num Teams: | 24 |
| Confederations: | 6 |
| Venues: | 8 |
| Cities: | 8 |
| Count: | 3 |
| Matches: | 52 |
| Goals: | 165 |
| Attendance: | 422907 |
| Top Scorer: |  Macauley Chrisantus (7 goals) |
| Player: | Toni Kroos |
| Prevseason: | 2005 |
| Nextseason: | 2009 |
The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16. Also, from this edition onwards, the confederation which produced the last champion, in this case CONCACAF, had an extra spot in the qualifying rounds.[1]
Players born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this tournament.
| Seoul | Suwon | Goyang | Cheonan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul World Cup Stadium | Suwon Civic Stadium | Goyang Stadium | Cheonan Stadium | |
| Capacity: 66,806 | Capacity: 24,670 | Capacity: 41,311 | Capacity: 30,000 | |
| Ulsan | Changwon | Gwangyang | Jeju | |
| Ulsan Stadium | Changwon Civic Stadium | Gwangyang Football Stadium | Jeju World Cup Stadium | |
| Capacity: 19,050 | Capacity: 27,085 | Capacity: 13,496 | Capacity: 42,256 | |
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFC (Asia) | Host nation | ||
| AFC U-17 Championship 2006 | | ||
| CAF (Africa) | 2007 African Under-17 Championship | | |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) | 2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament |  United States | |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | Sudamericano Sub-17 2007 | | |
| OFC (Oceania) | 2007 OFC Under 17 Tournament | ||
| UEFA (Europe) | 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship | |
1.Teams that made their debut.
| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
|---|---|---|
| AFC | Matthew Breeze (Australia) | Matthew Cream (Australia) Jim Ouliaris (Australia) |
| Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) | Toru Sagara (Japan) Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea) | |
| Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Bahadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan) | |
| CAF | Koman Coulibaly (Mali) | Inácio Cândido (Angola) Redouane Achik (Morocco) |
| Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) | Bechir Hassani (Tunisia) Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon) | |
| CONCACAF | Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) | Roberto Giron (Honduras) Daniel Williamson (Panama) |
| CONMEBOL | Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil) | Roberto Braatz (Brazil) Altemir Hausmann (Brazil) |
| Hernando Buitrago (Colombia) | Abraham González (Colombia) Rafael Rivas (Colombia) | |
| OFC | Rakesh Varman (Fiji) | Andrew Achari (Fiji) Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands) |
| UEFA | Ivan Bebek (Croatia) | Tomislav Petrović (Croatia) Tomislav Šetka (Croatia) |
| Bertrand Layec (France) | Eric Dansault (France) Stephane Duhamel (France) | |
| Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland) | Rafał Rostkowski (Poland) Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) | |
| Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) | Bertino Miranda (Portugal) José Cardinal (Portugal) | |
| Craig Thomson (Scotland) | Martin Cryans (Scotland) Tom Murphy (Scotland) |
For a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads.
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| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Kroos | Macauley Chrisantus |  Bojan | |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe | |
| Macauley Chrisantus |  Ransford Osei | Toni Kroos |
| width=20 | Rank | width=200 | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 19 | |||
| 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | |||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 12 | |||
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | |||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | |||
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Eliminated in the Round of 16 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 6 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | |||
| 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 4 | |||
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 | |||
| 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 4 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 3 | |||
| Eliminated at the group stage | |||||||||||
| 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 | |||
| 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 3 | |||
| 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 | |||
| 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | |||
| 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 1 | |||
| 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 0 | |||
| 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | –13 | 0 | |||
| 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | –13 | 0 | |||