Question: On October 28, 2017, who amongst the following awarded the Golden Boot award in the FIFA U-17 Football World Cup?
(a) Phil Foden
(b) Rhian Brewster
(c) Sergio Gomez
(d) Abel Ruiz
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- FIFA U-17 Football World Cup-2017, held in India for the first time, concluded in Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, after organizing various cities. (October 6-28, 2017)
- 24 teams of 6 confederation participated in the world cup.
- For the first time on October 28th, England won the title of world cup (gold medal) by defeating Spain 5-2 in match played in Salt lake stadium in Kolkata.
- Brazil won bronze title by defeating Mali 2-0.
- The Golden Ball award for Best Player was awarded to Phil Foden of England.
- Silver Ball – Sergio Gomez (Spain)
- Bronze Ball- Rhian Brewster (England)
- England’s Rhian Brewster was awarded the ‘Golden Boot’ award (8 goals).
- Silver Boot- Lassana Ndiaye (Mali)
- Bronze Boot-Abel Ruiz (Spain)
- Golden Glove Award was presented to Brazilian Gabriel Brazzo.
- Brazil was awarded ‘FIFA Fair Play Award’.
- England won the match consistently and the England team was unbeaten in the tournament.
- Spain never won the title even after reaching the final 4 times.
- Its England’s third title of the year.
- Earlier, England has won the U-20 World Cup and U-19 European Championships in Korea.
- England’s Brewster became the first footballer to have two hat-tricks in any World Cup.
- England is the 9th team to win the U-17 World Cup.
- This time in the world cup final match (score 5-2 ) was the highest score match.
- Earlier, in the Ecuador World Cup-1995, Ghana defeated Brazil by 3-2.
- Total 183 goals were made in this World Cup, which is the highest one in any U-17 world cup.
- 13, 47,143 spectators have enjoyed the matches, which is also a new record.
- Earlier, 13, 09,929 spectators had made a record presence in the 2011 Colombia World Cup.
- The mascot of the FIFA U-17 World Cup was a leopard named ‘Kheleo’.
Reference:
http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2017/m=10/news=england-make-history-as-football-takes-over-india-2918205.html
http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/index.html
http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/statistics-and-records/u17worldcup/index.html
https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/fifa-u17-world-cup-india-2017-breaks-three-attendance-records-on-final-day
https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/fifa-u17-world-cup-5-players-who-made-a-name-for-themselves-at-the-tournament