2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup will be the 22nd 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.

Host selection
The bidding process to host the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup was launched by FIFA in May 2019. A member association may bid for both tournaments, but they would be awarded to different hosts.

Candidate countries
Two countries submitted formal bids to host the tournament.

FIFA will annouce the host in late 2019.

Qualified teams
Currently a total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament, in addition to the host who qualify automatically, 23 other teams qualify from six separate continental competitions.

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Organisation
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Draw and schedule
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Match officials
A total of 21 refereeing trios (a referee and two assistant referees), 6 support referees, and 20 video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.

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 * OFC
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Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2001 and on or before 31 December 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Each team have to name a preliminary squad of between 22 and 50 players. From the preliminary squad, the team have to name a final squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad can 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.

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

Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:


 * 1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
 * 2. Goal difference in all group matches;
 * 3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
 * 4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
 * Yellow card: −1 points;
 * Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
 * Direct red card: −4 points;
 * Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
 * 8. Drawing of lots.

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

Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team is allowed to make a fourth substitution. If still tied after extra time, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

In the round of 16, the four third-placed teams will be matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D. The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:

Sponsorship
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 * Adidas
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 * Qatar Airways
 * VISA
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