ROUND 2 RESULTS

 

Spain 3:0 North Korea

Tunisia 1:3 France (overtime)

Perou 1:1 Tajikistan (5-4 penalty shootouts)

Ghana 1:0 Brazil

Argentina 2:0 Costa Rica

Nigeria 2:1 Colombia

England 3:1 Syria

Germany 2:1 USA

QUARTERFINALS

 

France - Spain

Ghana - Perou

Argentina - Nigeria

England - Germany

Good.

 

Hope Spain wins. :)

QUARTERFINALS

 

France 1-1 Spain (4-5 on penalty shootouts)

Ghana 2-0 Perou

Argentina 0-2 Nigeria

England 1-4 Germany

 

SEMIFINALS

Spain - Ghana

Nigeria - Germany

England 1-4 Germany

 

even the under 17's can't beat Germany :heehee:

SEMIFINALS

Spain 2:1 Ghana

Nigeria 3:1 Germany

 

The final will be thus Spain-Nigeria. It's Spain's third final in the tournament and Nigeria's fifth. Spain lost his other two finals to Ghana in 1991 and to Brazil in 2003. Nigeria won the tournament in 1985 and 1993, losing in 1987 and 2001.

Hope Spain wins tho hardly think they will. :( lol

3rd place

 

Germany 2:1 Ghana

 

FINAL

 

Nigeria 0:0 Spain (3:0 on penalty shootouts)

 

Nigeria get their third U-17 World Title, after winning the very first tournament in 1985 and then in 1983. Spain wasn't third time lucky as it repeats the runners-up spot of 1991 and 2003.

TOURNAMENT HISTORY

 

CHINA 1985: 1) Nigeria 2) West Germany 3) Brazil

CANADA 1987: 1) USSR 2) Nigeria 3) Côte D'Ivoire

SCOTLAND 1989: 1) Saudi Arabia 2) Scotland 3) Portugal

ITALY 1991: 1) Ghana 2) Spain 3) Argentina

JAPAN 1993: 1) Nigeria 2) Ghana 3) Chile

ECUADOR 1995: 1) Ghana 2) Brazil 3) Argentina

EGYPT 1997: 1) Brazil 2) Ghana 3) Spain

NEW ZEALAND 1999: 1) Brazil 2) Australia 3) Ghana

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 2001: 1) France 2) Nigeria 3) Burkina Faso

FINLAND 2003: 1) Brazil 2) Spain 3) Argentina

PEROU 2005: 1) Mexico 2) Brazil 3) Netherlands

KOREA 2007: 1) Nigeria 2) Spain 3) Germany

 

The 2009 torunament will be held in Nigeria.