The Young Socceroos and Joeys campaigns were seen as a disappointment with the Young Roos crashing out the competition at the group stage, and the Joeys being thrashed 4-0 by Uzbekistan in the Round of 16.

As a result, FIFA ranked Australia low in the final round up of the tournaments, with the Young Socceroos placed 19th out of 24 behind New Zealand and Guatemala after picking up the wooden spoon in their group with just a draw against Ecuador supplying their solitary point after defeats against Costa Rica and Spain.

The Technical Report hailed the Young Socceroos "excellent team spirit" and described the team as "strong hard working players" who used a deep defensive block with midfield pressing and attacked through the middle.

FIFA identified Bulut and Oar as the two key players for the U20s side and praised Bulut as an "energetic attacker, quick off the mark with good technique" while Oar was an "attacking midfielder with good shots and vision."

In the review of the U17s World Cup, the performances of Tombides and Chapman caught FIFA's eye.

Tombides impressed as a "fast and tireless striker, shields the ball well" while  Chapman was a "powerful defender, good in the air, adept at launching attacks."

Despite the poor results, FIFA's report acknowledged Australia's attempts to play a better brand of football while maintaining traditional core values.

It described the Aussie gameplan as having a "compact defence, patient build-up play from the back through midfield, rapid transition from attack to defence, strong hard-working players, determination".

Although the Joeys qualified from their group, they still finished behind New Zealand in the overall rankings, placing 15th out of 24, but 9th in the U17s World Cup all-time ranking, ahead of Italy, France, Uruguay and England.

Technical reports by the Technical Study Group are published after every FIFA competition to analyse how the game is progressing.

Compiled and drawn up by the technical development department of football's world governing body, each report contains a match-by-match analysis, detailed statistics as well as an appraisal of every team's performance.

You can download the U20s 2011 World Cup report here and the U17s World Cup report here.