CAIRO (AP):

Ghana held on with 10 men to beat Brazil in a penalty shoot-out, to become the first African team to win the Under-20 World Cup yesterday and end a decade of South American dominance.

The final finished 0-0 after extra-time at Cairo International Stadium and Ghana's Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu scored the winning penalty to make it 4-3 after Brazil's Maicon missed a chance to win it at 3-2.

Agyemang-Badu's confident shot uncorked wild scenes of jubilation by Ghana's players, and staff, and their fans among the 68,000-strong crowd. Agyemang-Badu peeled off his shirt and thumped his chest as Brazil's dejected players fell to the turf in disbelief.

Achieved the impossible

"We achieved something people said would be impossible," Ghana captain Andre Ayew said. "I hope an African team wins the World Cup next year. We have a great team. The Ghana fans demand a lot, I hope we live up to their expectations."

After Ghana's players, draped in their national flags, climbed the stadium stairs to receive the trophy, they returned to the field to continue their jumping, jubilant celebration.

"This is a wonderful historic event for Africa. Now Africans can believe in themselves that they can do it," said Ghana coach Sellas Tetteh.

He said Ghana's win would boost African teams at the World Cup next year in South Africa.

"We've shown them the way. Africa will surely have a lot of hope and confidence (at the World Cup) that they can do it like we did here."

Another shoot-out decided third place, when Hungary beat Costa Rica 2-0 after their match finished 1-1. Hungary goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi saved straight three penalty kicks.

Ghana defender Daniel Addo was sent off in the 37th minute for a late tackle on Alex Teixeira as he ran through midfield.

Despite the man advantage for more than an hour, Brazil wasted chances and struggled to break down the tenacious defence of Ghana's Black Satellites.

"There's a feeling of sadness. We were better in the match, created more chances against a strong team," Brazil's Giuliano said. "If you look at the whole match, it was an unfair result."

Brazil coach Rogerio Lourenco had little praise for his opponents.

"Of course, if you have 11 players creating chances they get more tired than a team with nine men at the back," he said.

"I told the players to create chances and they did - we were not able to score today but they've done a great job throughout the tournament. When it gets to penalties, there's nothing you can blame or regret."