FIFA Under-17 World Cup in numbers
Published : Nov 02, 2017 17:26 IST
13,47,133: Total attendance recorded across six venues and 52 games, making this edition the most-attended U-17 World Cup in history , bettering the mark of 12,30,976 set in the first edition of the tournament in China in 1985.
66,684: The number of fans who attended the block-buster England-Spain final in Kolkata’s Salt Late Stadium.
184: The number of attempts made by Mali. The side scored 16 goals — all from open play — at a tournament average of 67.8.
183: The number of goals scored, which is a new record for the most goals scored at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, surpassing the previous best of 172 achieved in the UAE in 2013.
95: The number of yellow cards issued to Mali, which committed 95 fouls and conceded three penalties.
52: The total number of games played to crown one eventual winner: England.
29: The number of saves made by Brazil’s Gabriel Brazao at a save rate of 85.3%, which gave him the Golden Glove award. He let in only five goals in seven games.
23: The number of goals scored by the English team on its way to clinching the title. It averaged over three goals per game.
14: The number of goals conceded by Honduras, making it the most by any team.
8: The number of goals scored by England striker Rhian Brewster , which gave him the coveted Golden Boot award. He was followed by Mali’s Lassana Ndiaye and Spanish striker Abel Ruiz with six goals each.
7: The number of goals scored in a goal-fest of a final between England and Spain, making it a new record. The previous best was in 1995 when Ghana won 3-2 against Brazil.
6: The number of own-goals conceded in the tournament. Paraguay’s captain, Alexis Duarte, put two into his own net against New Zealand, a game which Paraguay went on to miraculously win 4-2.
5: The number of assists made by France’s influential play-maker Yacine Adli, the most in the tournament.
4: The number of yellow cards issued to Brazil, which led to it securing the Fairplay award. It is the least number of bookings received by a team which had played five or more matches.
3:The number of times two teams from the same football confederation faced off in the U-17 World Cup final. The previous two instances were when Nigeria faced Ghana in 1993 and more recently, when Nigeria faced Mali in the 2015 final.
3: The number of teams that made their debut at the World Cup: India, Niger and New Caledonia.
3: The number of goals conceded by Ghana in its five games, making it the side to concede the least number of goals.
2:The time (in minutes) taken by Paraguay’s Alan Rodriguez to score the fastest goal of the tournament — a spectacular free-kick, which found the left-top corner of the New Zealand goal.
1: The number of times India has held a FIFA tournament .