2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 23rd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The official match ball used in the tournament was Adidas Oceaunz.

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2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates20 May – 11 June[1]
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Uruguay (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Israel
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored154 (2.96 per match)
Attendance692,084 (13,309 per match)
Top scorer(s) Cesare Casadei
(7 goals)[2]
Best player(s) Cesare Casadei[2]
Best goalkeeper Sebastiano Desplanches[2]
Fair play award United States[2]
2025
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The tournament was held in Argentina, who had previously hosted in 2001. Indonesia had originally been set to host the competition, having been hosts of the cancelled 2021 edition, but their hosting rights were stripped on 29 March 2023 due to their refusal to host Israel.

Reigning champions Ukraine could not defend their title as they failed to qualify. In doing so, they became the seventh consecutive incumbent title holders to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament. Hosts Argentina were knocked out in the round of 16 after three wins in the group stage following a two-nil loss to Nigeria. The final was held on 11 June 2023, and Uruguay defeated Italy to become champions for the first time. It was the country's first world title since the men's senior in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

Host selection

Five bids to host the original 2021 tournament were submitted in 2019,[3] and Indonesia was announced as the winning bidder on 24 October 2019.[4] In December 2020, the 2021 event was postponed until 2023, with Indonesia remaining as host.[5]

However, Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights on 29 March 2023 due to its refusal to allow the Israel U-20 national team in the country.[6] Peru, Argentina and Qatar confirmed their interest in hosting the tournament.[7] On 30 March, Argentina became the only country to submit an official bid.[8][9]

On 17 April 2023, at a press conference jointly held by economy minister Sergio Massa, tourism and sports minister Matías Lammens, and the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio Tapia, it was announced that Argentina would host the tournament,[10] followed shortly after by a statement from FIFA confirming Argentina as the new hosts.[11]

Qualified teams

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A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. Teams qualified from six continental competitions.

The Dominican Republic and Israel made their debut in the competition; this was the Dominican Republic's first-ever qualification for a FIFA tournament. Having qualified for the 1970 FIFA World Cup via the Asian qualification, this was the first FIFA tournament for which Israel qualified as a European representative.

Argentina qualified for the tournament as the host country in place of Indonesia, even though they originally had failed to qualify through the 2023 South American U-20 Championship. Indonesia had also failed to qualify for the competition and lost its automatic spot in the WC when the tournament was moved to Argentina.

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Confederation Qualifying tournament Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
AFC
(Asia)
2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup  Iraq 5th 2013 Fourth place (2013)
 Japan 11th 2019 Runners-up (1999)
 South Korea 16th 2019 Runners-up (2019)
 Uzbekistan 5th 2015 Quarter-finals (2013, 2015)
CAF
(Africa)
2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations  Gambia 2nd 2007 Round of 16 (2007)
 Nigeria 13th 2019 Runners-up (1989, 2005)
 Senegal 4th 2019 Fourth place (2015)
 Tunisia 3rd 1985 Group stage (1977, 1985)
CONCACAF
(Central, North America
and Caribbean)
2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship  Dominican Republic 1st Debut Debut
 Guatemala 2nd 2011 Round of 16 (2011)
 Honduras 9th 2019 Group stage (1977, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 United States 17th 2019 Fourth place (1989)
CONMEBOL
(South America)
Host nation  Argentina 17th 2019 Champions (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)
2023 South American U-20 Championship  Brazil 19th 2015 Champions (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)
 Colombia 11th 2019 Third place (2003)
 Ecuador 5th 2019 Third place (2019)
 Uruguay 16th 2019 Runners-up (1997, 2013)
OFC
(Oceania)
2022 OFC U-19 Championship  Fiji 2nd 2015 Group stage (2015)
 New Zealand 7th 2019 Round of 16 (2015, 2017, 2019)
UEFA
(Europe)
2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship  England 12th 2017 Champions (2017)
 France 8th 2019 Champions (2013)
 Israel 1st Debut Debut
 Italy 8th 2019 Third place (2017)
 Slovakia 2nd 2003 Round of 16 (2003)
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Venues

La Plata, Mendoza, San Juan and Santiago del Estero were the four cities chosen to host the competition.

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La Plata Santiago del Estero Mendoza San Juan
Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona
(Estadio de La Plata)
Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades
(Estadio de Santiago del Estero)
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
(Estadio de Mendoza)
Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario
(Estadio de San Juan)
Capacity: 53,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 25,286
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Location of the host cities of 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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Draw

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The draw took place at 16:00 CEST (11:00 ART host time) on 21 April 2023 at FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[12] The twenty-four teams were drawn into six groups of four teams, with the hosts, Argentina, automatically seeded to Pot 1 and placed into the first position of Group A, while the remaining teams were seeded into their respective pots based on their results in the last five FIFA U-20 World Cups (more recent tournaments weighted more heavily), and with five bonus points added to each of the 6 continental champions from the qualifying tournaments, as follows:[13][14][15]

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Pot Team Confederation 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
Points
(20%)
Points
(40%)
Points
(60%)
Points
(80%)
Points
(100%)
Bonus
[a]
Total
points
1  Argentina (H)CONMEBOLHost nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1
 UruguayCONMEBOL0.45.6310.4928.4
 United StatesCONCACAFDNQ0.466.49+526.8
 FranceUEFA2.45.6DNQ7.2924.2
 SenegalCAFDNQDNQ4.83.211+524
 ItalyUEFADNQDNQDNQ8.81321.8
2  EnglandUEFA0.60.8DNQ15.2DNQ+521.6
 South KoreaAFC0.82.4DNQ4.81321
 New ZealandOFC0.402.43.27+518
 BrazilCONMEBOL3.4DNQ8.4DNQDNQ+516.8
 EcuadorCONMEBOL0.8DNQDNQ1.61315.4
 ColombiaCONMEBOL2.43.22.4DNQ715
3  NigeriaCAF2.42.43.6DNQ412.4
 UzbekistanAFCDNQ2.83.6DNQDNQ+511.4
 JapanAFCDNQDNQDNQ3.258.2
 IraqAFCDNQ4.8DNQDNQDNQ4.8
 HondurasCONCACAFDNQDNQ1.82.404.2
 FijiOFCDNQDNQ1.8DNQDNQ1.8
4  GuatemalaCONCACAF0.6DNQDNQDNQDNQ0.6
 Dominican RepublicCONCACAFDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
 GambiaCAFDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
 IsraelUEFADNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
 SlovakiaUEFADNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
 TunisiaCAFDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
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The draw started with teams from pot one being drawn first and placed in the first position of their groups (hosts Argentina automatically assigned to A1). Then were drawn the teams from pot 2, followed by pot 3 and pot 4, with each team also drawn to one of the positions within their group, No group could contain more than one team from each confederation.[16] The ceremony was presented by Samantha Johnson and conducted by FIFA Director of Tournaments Jaime Yarza, with the former footballers Juan Pablo Sorín, from Argentina, and David Trezeguet, from France, acting as draw assistants.[17]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[18]

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Group A
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A1 Argentina
A2 Uzbekistan
A3 Guatemala
A4 New Zealand
Group B
PosTeam
B1 United States
B2 Ecuador
B3 Fiji
B4 Slovakia
Group C
PosTeam
C1 Senegal
C2 Japan
C3 Israel
C4 Colombia
Group D
PosTeam
D1 Italy
D2 Brazil
D3 Nigeria
D4 Dominican Republic
Group E
PosTeam
E1 Uruguay
E2 Iraq
E3 England
E4 Tunisia
Group F
PosTeam
F1 France
F2 South Korea
F3 Gambia
F4 Honduras
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Match officials

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A total of nineteen refereeing trios (a referee and two assistant referees), six support referees, and eighteen video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[19]

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Confederation Referees Assistant referees Video assistant referees Support referee
AFC Japan Yusuke Araki Japan Jun Mihara
Japan Takumi Takagi
United Arab Emirates Ahmad Muhammad Darwish
South Korea Kim Jong-hyeok
Thailand Sivakorn Pu-udom
Kuwait Ahmad Al-Ali
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Hoaish Saudi Arabia Khalaf Zayid Ash-Shammari
Saudi Arabia Yasir Abdullah As-Sultan 
Qatar Salman Falahi Qatar Ramzan Sa'id An-Nu'aimi
Qatar Majid Hudairis Ash-Shammari
CAF Egypt Muhammad Maarouf Morocco Zakaria Burinsi
Algeria Abbas Akram Zarhouni
Morocco Hamza Al-Fariq 
Egypt Umar Ahmad Abdulrahim Ash-Shinawi
Mauritania Abdulaziz Muhammad Bouh
South Africa Abongile Tom Angola Ivanildo Meirelles de Oliveira Sanches Lopes
São Tomé and Príncipe Abelmiro dos Reis Monte Negro
Senegal Issa Sy Senegal Nouha Bangoura
Ivory Coast Adou Hermann Désiré Ngoh
CONCACAF Mexico Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava Mexico Enrique Isaac Bustos Díaz 
Mexico Jorge Antonio Sánchez Espinoza 
Mexico Adonai Escobedo
Nicaragua Tatiana Guzmán
United States Timothy Ford
Guatemala Bryan López
Costa Rica Juan Gabriel Calderón Costa Rica William Arrieta
Nicaragua Henry Pupiro
Jamaica Oshane Nation Jamaica Ojay Duhaney
Jamaica Jassett Kerr-Wilson
CONMEBOL Brazil Ramon Abatti Brazil Rafael da Silva Alves
Brazil Guilherme Dias Camilo
Argentina Germán Delfino
Brazil Rodolpho Toski
Chile Juan Lara
Ecuador Carlos Orbe
Venezuela Yender Herrera
Chile Piero Maza Chile Claudio Urrutia
Chile Alejandro Molina
Colombia Jhon Alexander Ospina Londoño Colombia John León
Colombia John Gallego
Argentina Yael Falcón Pérez Argentina Maximiliano Del Yesso
Argentina Facundo Rodríguez
OFC New Zealand Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh Tonga Folio Moeaki
Solomon Islands Bernard Mutukera
Fiji Veer Singh
UEFA France François Letexier France Cyril Mugnier
France Mehdi Rahmouni
Portugal Luis Godinho
Netherlands Dennis Higler
Italy Aleandro Di Paolo
France Willy Delajod
Spain Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
Switzerland Fedayi San
Lithuania Donatas Rumšas
Netherlands Serdar Gözübüyük Netherlands Erwin Zeinstra
Netherlands Johan Balder
Spain José María Sánchez Martínez Spain Raúl Cabanero Martínez
Spain Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín
Sweden Glenn Nyberg Sweden Mahbod Beigi
Sweden Andreas Söderkvist
Turkey Halil Umut Meler Turkey Mustafa Emre Eyisoy
Turkey Kerem Ersoy
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Squads

Players born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007 (inclusive) were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Each team had to name a preliminary squad of between 22 and 50 players. From the preliminary squad, the team had to name a final squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad could be replaced by a player from the preliminary squad due to serious injury or illness up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match.[20]

Group stage

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The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.

All times are in local, Argentina time (UTC–3).[21]

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Article 17.7):[20]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined by:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. fair play points:
    • first yellow card: minus one point;
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus three points;
    • direct red card: minus four points;
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus five points;
  5. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina (H) 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Uzbekistan 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3  New Zealand 3 1 1 1 3 7 4 4
4  Guatemala 3 0 0 3 0 6 6 0
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Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
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Guatemala 0–1 New Zealand
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Attendance: 15,100
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
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Argentina 2–1 Uzbekistan
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  • Makhamadjonov 23'
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More information Uzbekistan, 2–2 ...
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Attendance: 12,243
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
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Argentina 3–0 Guatemala
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Uzbekistan 2–0 Guatemala
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Attendance: 15,357
Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)
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Attendance: 27,836
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Knockout stage
2  Ecuador 3 2 0 1 11 2 +9 6
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4  Fiji 3 0 0 3 0 16 16 0
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Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Attendance: 14,865
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)
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Fiji 0–4 Slovakia
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Attendance: 9,359
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

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United States 3–0 Fiji
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Attendance: 8,017
Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)
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Ecuador 2–1 Slovakia
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  • Szolgai 29'
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Attendance: 13,919
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish (Saudi Arabia)

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Ecuador 9–0 Fiji
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Attendance: 9,958
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Knockout stage
2  Israel 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 3
4  Senegal 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 2
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Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Israel 1–2 Colombia
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Attendance: 7,613
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
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Senegal 0–1 Japan
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Senegal 1–1 Israel
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  • B. N'Diaye 58' (o.g.)
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Attendance: 2,078
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)
More information Japan, 1–2 ...
Japan 1–2 Colombia
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More information Colombia, 1–1 ...
Colombia 1–1 Senegal
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Japan 1–2 Israel
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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6 Knockout stage
2  Italy 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
4  Dominican Republic 3 0 0 3 1 11 10 0
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Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
More information Nigeria, 2–1 ...
Nigeria 2–1 Dominican Republic
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Attendance: 21,647
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
More information Italy, 3–2 ...
Italy 3–2 Brazil
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Attendance: 35,531
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

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Italy 0–2 Nigeria
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More information Dominican Republic, 0–3 ...
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Attendance: 6,709
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish (Saudi Arabia)

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Knockout stage
2  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 2 +1 3
4  Iraq 3 0 1 2 0 7 7 1
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Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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More information Uruguay, 4–0 ...
Uruguay 4–0 Iraq
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More information Uruguay, 2–3 ...
Uruguay 2–3 England
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Attendance: 27,231
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)
More information Iraq, 0–3 ...
Iraq 0–3 Tunisia
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Attendance: 8,021
Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)

More information Iraq, 0–0 ...
Iraq 0–0 England
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Attendance: 12,122
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
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Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Gambia 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  France 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4  Honduras 3 0 1 2 4 7 3 1
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Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
More information France, 1–2 ...
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Attendance: 2,671
Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)
More information Gambia, 2–1 ...
Gambia 2–1 Honduras
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Attendance: 3,147
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

More information France, 1–2 ...
France 1–2 Gambia
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Attendance: 5,314
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
More information South Korea, 2–2 ...
South Korea 2–2 Honduras
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Attendance: 6,851
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

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Honduras 1–3 France
  • Ramos 15'
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Attendance: 8,904
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
More information South Korea, 0–0 ...
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Attendance: 7,463
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advanced to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Knockout stage
2 A  New Zealand 3 1 1 1 3 7 4 4
3 B  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4 E  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 2 +1 3
5 F  France 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
6 C  Japan 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 3
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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.

In the next stage, the four third-placed teams were matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D according to the tournament regulations.

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[20]

In the round of 16, the four third-placed teams were matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D. The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:[20]

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Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
30 May – Mendoza
 
 
 United States4
 
4 June – Santiago del Estero
 
 New Zealand0
 
 United States0
 
1 June – Santiago del Estero
 
 Uruguay2
 
 Gambia0
 
8 June – La Plata
 
 Uruguay1
 
 Uruguay1
 
30 May – Mendoza
 
 Israel0
 
 Uzbekistan0
 
3 June – San Juan
 
 Israel1
 
 Israel (a.e.t.)3
 
31 May – La Plata
 
 Brazil2
 
 Brazil4
 
11 June – La Plata
 
 Tunisia1
 
 Uruguay1
 
31 May – San Juan
 
 Italy0
 
 Colombia5
 
3 June – San Juan
 
 Slovakia1
 
 Colombia1
 
31 May – La Plata
 
 Italy3
 
 England1
 
8 June – La Plata
 
 Italy2
 
 Italy2
 
1 June – Santiago del Estero
 
 South Korea1 Third place play-off
 
 Ecuador2
 
4 June – Santiago del Estero11 June – La Plata
 
 South Korea3
 
 South Korea (a.e.t.)1 Israel3
 
31 May – San Juan
 
 Nigeria0  South Korea1
 
 Argentina0
 
 
 Nigeria2
 

Round of 16

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Attendance: 7,848
Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)

More information Uzbekistan, 0–1 ...
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Attendance: 10,492
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)

More information Brazil, 4–1 ...
Brazil 4–1 Tunisia
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  • Ghorbel 90+13'
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More information Colombia, 5–1 ...
Colombia 5–1 Slovakia
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Attendance: 4,630
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish (Saudi Arabia)

More information England, 1–2 ...
England 1–2 Italy
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More information Argentina, 0–2 ...
Argentina 0–2 Nigeria
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  • Muhammad 61'
  • Sarki 90+1'
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More information Gambia, 0–1 ...
Gambia 0–1 Uruguay
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More information Ecuador, 2–3 ...
Ecuador 2–3 South Korea
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Attendance: 12,492
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Quarter-finals

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Attendance: 1,765
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

More information Colombia, 1–3 ...
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Attendance: 3,167
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

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South Korea 1–0 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
  • Choi Seok-hyeon 95'
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Semi-finals

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Uruguay 1–0 Israel
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More information Italy, 2–1 ...
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Attendance: 20,998
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)

Third place play-off

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Final

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Awards

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Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Italy Cesare Casadei Uruguay Alan Matturro South Korea Lee Seung-won
Golden Boot Silver Boot Bronze Boot
Italy Cesare Casadei
(7 goals, 2 assists)
Brazil Marcos Leonardo
(5 goals, 1 assist)
Colombia Óscar Cortés
(4 goals, 2 assists)
Golden Glove
Italy Sebastiano Desplanches
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
 United States
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Goalscorers

There were 154 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 2.96 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Uruguay 7 6 0 1 12 3 +9 18 Champions
2  Italy 7 5 0 2 13 8 +5 15 Runners-up
3  Israel 7 4 1 2 11 8 +3 13 Third place
4  South Korea 7 3 2 2 10 10 0 11 Fourth place
5  United States 5 4 0 1 10 2 +8 12 Eliminated in
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6  Colombia 5 3 1 1 11 7 +4 10
7  Brazil 5 3 0 2 16 7 +9 9
8  Nigeria 5 3 0 2 6 4 +2 9
9  Argentina (H) 4 3 0 1 10 3 +7 9 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10  England 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
11  Gambia 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
12  Ecuador 4 2 0 2 13 5 +8 6
13  Uzbekistan 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4
14  New Zealand 4 1 1 2 3 11 8 4
15  Tunisia 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 3
16  Slovakia 4 1 0 3 6 9 3 3
17  France 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
18  Japan 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 3
19  Senegal 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 2
20  Honduras 3 0 1 2 4 7 3 1
21  Iraq 3 0 1 2 0 7 7 1
22  Guatemala 3 0 0 3 0 6 6 0
23  Dominican Republic 3 0 0 3 1 11 10 0
24  Fiji 3 0 0 3 0 16 16 0
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Marketing

Development and preparation

In early May 2023 - before the removal of Indonesia as the host, FIFA announced that the official song of the tournament would be "Glorious", performed by the Indonesian EDM group Weird Genius and featuring three other Indonesian stars: Lyodra Ginting, Tiara Andini and Ziva Magnolya.[22] The remixed version of thesong would later being used at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup held later that year in Indonesia.[23]

Broadcasting rights

Live stream is available on FIFA+, while in Indonesia, available on Moji and Vidio, including replays.[24]

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Controversies

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Protests against Israel's participation and Indonesia's removal as hosts

By finishing second in the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Israel qualified to the U-20 World Cup for the first time in history. However, Israel's participation is subject to political controversy due to Indonesia having the world's largest Muslim population and the two countries having no formal relations owing to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[26] Given this, Indonesian Minister of Youth and Sports Zainudin Amali stated that FIFA required any country qualified for the U-20 World Cup shall play, and that the local security officers will provide security for the Israeli team.[27]

Despite attempts to confirm Israel's participation, Israel's involvement led to Indonesia coming under scrutiny by various pro-Palestinian organisations.[28] Various Islamist organisations in Indonesia have threatened Israeli players, stating that the Israeli team is not welcome in Indonesia.[citation needed][29] Meanwhile Nahdlatul Ulama figures such as its leader, Yahya Cholil Staquf and Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas voiced support for Israel's participation.[30]

Initially, six regional governmental heads (the Governor of Jakarta, Mayor of Surabaya, Governor of West Java for Bandung, Mayor of Solo, Governor of Bali for Gianyar, Bali, and the Governor of South Sumatra for Palembang) signed the original agreement on willingness to be the host for the world cup.[31] However, the Governor of Bali, I Wayan Koster as well as the Governor of Central Java (where Solo is located), Ganjar Pranowo, both members of the ruling party PDIP, subsequently stated their objection of hosting the Israeli team, citing 'anti-colonial' stances of Sukarno rather than religious ones.[32]

The Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia Zuhair Al-Shun said that his country has no objections to Indonesia's hosting of the tournament, despite Israel's qualification.[33]

On 28 March 2023, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, in a break with his party, voiced his own support to Israeli participation, and implored his people to not mix politics and sport.[34][35] The Mayor of Solo, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Joko Widodo's son, expressed disappointment with the governor's decision and willingness to hold match draw in Solo,[36] and Bandung.[37] A last minute effort was made to rescue Indonesia's role as host while still acknowledging the country's concerns, but on 29 March, FIFA officially stripped Indonesia as host for the tournament, stating "current circumstances" as the reasoning without specifying the details.[6]

See also

Notes

  1. Continental champions bonus points

References

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