2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
	Piala Dunia U-20 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	20 May-11 June
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (1st title)
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Israel
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	154 (2.96 per match)
Attendance	692,084 (13,309 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cesare Casadei; (7 goals)
Best player	Cesare Casadei
Best goalkeeper	Sebastiano Desplanches
Fair play award	United States
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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 tournament was originally set to be hosted by Indonesia for the 2021 edition which would have been the first FIFA tournament hosted by that country. But the COVID-19 pandemic forced FIFA to cancel the tournament, who awarded the 2023 hosting rights to the country on 24 December 2020. However, Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights on 29 March 2023 amidst protests at the participation of Israel. On 17 April 2023, FIFA officially announced Argentina as the new host of the tournament to replace Indonesia.

Host selection[]

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

However, Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights on 29 March 2023 amidst protests at the participation of Israel. Peru, Argentina and Qatar confirmed their interest in hosting the tournament. On 30 March, Argentina became the only country to submit an official bid.

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, followed shortly after by a statement from FIFA confirming Argentina as the new hosts. Argentina will thus become the second nation to host the U-20 World Cup twice (having previously hosted it in 2001). Australia is the other nation that had hosted it twice (1981 and 1993).

Qualified teams[]

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

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

Argentina qualified for the tournament as 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 in competition and lost its automatic spot in the WC when the tournament was moved to Argentina.

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
AFC (Asia)	2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup	Iraq	5th	2013	4 !Fourth place (2013)
		Japan	11th	2019	2 !Runners-up (1999)
		South Korea	16th	2019	2 !Runners-up (2019)
		Uzbekistan	5th	2015	5 !Quarter-finals (2013, 2015)
CAF (Africa)	2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations	Gambia	2nd	2007	10 !Round of 16 (2007)
		Nigeria	13th	2019	2 !Runners-up (1989, 2005)
		Senegal	4th	2019	4 !Fourth place (2015)
		Tunisia	3rd	1985	14 !Group stage (1977, 1985)
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Dominican Republic	1st	Debut	Debut
		Guatemala	2nd	2011	16 !Round of 16 (2011)
		Honduras	9th	2019	24 !Group stage (1977, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019)
		United States	17th	2019	4 !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	1 !Champions (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)
		Colombia	11th	2019	03 !Third place (2003)
		Ecuador	5th	2019	03 !Third place (2019)
		Uruguay	16th	2019	02 !Runners-up (1997, 2013)
OFC (Oceania)	2022 OFC U-19 Championship	Fiji	2nd	2015	24 !Group stage (2015)
OFC (Oceania)	2022 OFC U-19 Championship	New Zealand	7th	2019	16 !Round of 16 (2015, 2017, 2019)
UEFA (Europe)	2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship	England	12th	2017	1 !Champions (2017)
		France	8th	2019	1 !Champions (2013)
		Israel	1st	Debut	25 !Debut
		Italy	8th	2019	3 !Third place (2017)
		Slovakia	2nd	2003	16 !Round of 16 (2003)

Venues[]

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

La Plata	Santiago del Estero	Mendoza	San Juan
Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario
Capacity: 53,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 25,286

Organisation[]

On 17 August 2022 during Indonesia's Independence Day, the official emblem was unveiled. The logo mimics the shape of the tournament trophy consisting of various bright colors inspired by the colors of the Indonesian national flag, the dazzling blue sea, and the natural beauty that exists in all of its islands.

Mascot[]

The official mascot, a Javan rhinoceros named "Bacuya", was launched on 18 September 2022.

Draw[]

The draw took place at 16:00 CET on 21 April 2023 at FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland. The twenty-four teams were drawn into six groups of four teams, with the hosts automatically seeded to pot one 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) as follows:

2011 FIFA U-20 WC: 20% value of total points;
2013 FIFA U-20 WC: 40% value of total points;
2015 FIFA U-20 WC: 60% value of total points;
2017 FIFA U-20 WC: 80% value of total points;
2019 FIFA U-20 WC: 100% value of total points.

Furthermore, five bonus points were added to each of the 6 continental champions from the qualifying tournaments.

Pot	Team	Confederation	2011		2013		2015		2017		2019	BP	Total points
Pot	Team	Confederation	Pts	20%	Pts	40%	Pts	60%	Pts	80%	Pts 100%	BP	Total points
1	Uruguay	CONMEBOL	2	0.4	14	5.6	5	3	13	10.4	9		28.4
	United States	CONCACAF	DNQ		1	0.4	10	6	8	6.4	9	+5	26.8
	France	UEFA	12	2.4	14	5.6	DNQ		9	7.2	9		24.2
	Senegal	CAF	DNQ		DNQ		8	4.8	4	3.2	11	+5	24
	Italy	UEFA	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		11	8.8	13		21.8

2	England	UEFA	3	0.6	2	0.8	DNQ		19	15.2	DNQ	+5	21.6
	South Korea	AFC	4	0.8	6	2.4	DNQ		6	4.8	13		21
	New Zealand	OFC	2	0.4	0	0	4	2.4	4	3.2	7	+5	18
	Brazil	CONMEBOL	17	3.4	DNQ		14	8.4	DNQ		DNQ	+5	16.8
	Ecuador	CONMEBOL	4	0.8	DNQ		DNQ		2	1.6	13		15.4
	Colombia	CONMEBOL	12	2.4	8	3.2	4	2.4	DNQ		7		15

3	Nigeria	CAF	12	2.4	6	2.4	6	3.6	DNQ		4		12.4
	Uzbekistan	AFC	DNQ		7	2.8	6	3.6	DNQ		DNQ	+5	11.4
	Japan	AFC	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		4	3.2	5		8.2
	Iraq	AFC	DNQ		12	4.8	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		4.8
	Honduras	CONCACAF	DNQ		DNQ		3	1.8	3	2.4	0		4.2
	Fiji	OFC	DNQ		DNQ		3	1.8	DNQ		DNQ		1.8

4	Guatemala	CONCACAF	3	0.6	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0.6
	Dominican Republic	CONCACAF	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0
	Gambia	CAF	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0
	Israel	UEFA	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0
	Slovakia	UEFA	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0
	Tunisia	CAF	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0

The draw started with the host being "drawn" to A1. The teams from pot one were drawn first and were placed in the first position of their groups. 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. 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.

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
Pos	Team
A1	Argentina
A2	Uzbekistan
A3	Guatemala
A4	New Zealand

Group B
Pos	Team
B1	United States
B2	Ecuador
B3	Fiji
B4	Slovakia

Group C
Pos	Team
C1	Senegal
C2	Japan
C3	Israel
C4	Colombia

Group D
Pos	Team
D1	Italy
D2	Brazil
D3	Nigeria
D4	Dominican Republic

Group E
Pos	Team
E1	Uruguay
E2	Iraq
E3	England
E4	Tunisia

Group F
Pos	Team
F1	France
F2	South Korea
F3	Gambia
F4	Honduras

Match officials[]

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.

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees	Video assistant referees	Support referee
AFC	Yusuke Araki	Jun Mihara Takumi Takagi	Ahmad Muhammad Darwish Kim Jong-hyeok Sivakorn Pu-udom	Ahmad Al-Ali
	Mohammed Al-Hoaish	Khalaf Zayid Ash-Shammari Yasir Abdullah As-Sultan
	Salman Falahi	Ramzan Sa'id An-Nu'aimi Majid Hudairis Ash-Shammari
CAF	Muhammad Maarouf	Zakaria Burinsi Abbas Akram Zarhouni	Hamza Al-Fariq Umar Ahmad Abdulrahim Ash-Shinawi	Abdulaziz Muhammad Bouh
	Abongile Tom	Ivanildo Meirelles de Oliveira Sanches Lopes Abelmiro dos Reis Monte Negro
	Issa Sy	Nouha Bangoura Adou Hermann Désiré Ngoh
CONCACAF	Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava	Enrique Isaac Bustos Díaz Jorge Antonio Sánchez Espinoza	Adonai Escobedo Tatiana Guzmán Timothy Ford	Bryan López
	Juan Gabriel Calderón	William Arrieta Henry Pupiro
	Oshane Nation	Ojay Duhaney Jassett Kerr-Wilson
CONMEBOL	Ramon Abatti	Rafael da Silva Alves Guilherme Dias Camilo	Germán Delfino Rodolpho Toski Juan Lara Carlos Orbe	Yender Herrera
	Piero Maza	Claudio Urrutia Alejandro Molina
	Jhon Ospina	John León John Gallego
	Yael Falcón Pérez	Maximiliano Del Yesso Facundo Rodríguez
OFC	Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh	Folio Moeaki Bernard Mutukera		Veer Singh
UEFA	François Letexier	Cyril Mugnier Mehdi Rahmouni	Luis Godinho Dennis Higler Aleandro Di Paolo Willy Delajod Guillermo Cuadra Fernández Fedayi San	Donatas Rumšas
	Serdar Gözübüyük	Erwin Zeinstra Johan Balder
	Sandro Schärer	Stéphane De Almeida Bekim Zogaj
	Glenn Nyberg	Mahbod Beigi Andreas Söderkvist
	Halil Umut Meler	Mustafa Emre Eyisoy Kerem Ersoy
	José María Sánchez Martínez	Raúl Cabanero Martínez Íñigo Prieto López de Cerain

Squads[]

Main article:2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 and on or before 31 December 2007 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.

Group A[]

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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) 15:00	Guatemala	0–1	New Zealand	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero Attendance: 15100 Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
		Report	Garbett 80'

20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) 18:00	Argentina	2–1	Uzbekistan	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero Attendance: 37,233 Referee: François Letexier (France)
	Véliz 27' Carboni 41'	Report	Makhamadjonov 23'

23 May 2023 (2023-05-23) 15:00	Uzbekistan	2–2	New Zealand	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero Attendance: 12,243 Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
	Fayzullaev 51' Esanov 90+3'	Report	Wallace 23' Herdman 41'

23 May 2023 (2023-05-23) 18:00	Argentina	3–0	Guatemala	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero Attendance: 37,033 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
	Véliz 17' Romero 65' Perrone 90+8'	Report

26 May 2023 (2023-05-26) 18:00	Uzbekistan	2–0	Guatemala	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero Attendance: 15,357 Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)
	Nematjonov 9', 20'	Report

26 May 2023 (2023-05-26) 18:00	New Zealand	0–5	Argentina	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan Attendance: 27,836 Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)
		Report	Maestro Puch 14' Infantino 17' Romero 35' Aguirre 50' (pen.) Véliz 87'

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	6	0	+6	9	Knockout stage
2	Ecuador	3	2	1	11	2	+9	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Fiji	3	0	3	0	16	−16	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) 15:00	United States	1–0	Ecuador	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan Attendance: 14,865 Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)
	Gómez 90+3'	Report

20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) 18:00	Fiji	0–4	Slovakia	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan Attendance: 9,359 Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
		Report	Gaži 17' Szolgai 25' Gajdoš 70' Jambor 79'

23 May 2023 (2023-05-23) 15:00	United States	3–0	Fiji	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan Attendance: 8,017 Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)
	Luna 66' Cowell 88' Wiley 90+9'	Report

23 May 2023 (2023-05-23) 18:00	Ecuador	2–1	Slovakia	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan Attendance: 13,919 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish (Saudi Arabia)
	Cuero 45+1' Klinger 59'	Report	Szolgai 29'

26 May 2023 (2023-05-26) 15:00	Ecuador	9–0	Fiji	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero Attendance: 9,958 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
	Páez 7' Klinger 34' Cuero 36', 45+6' Minda 66', 85' Chamba 89' C. Zambrano 90+6' (pen.), 90+10'	Report

26 May 2023 (2023-05-26) 15:00	Slovakia	0–2	United States	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan Attendance: 15,059 Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
		Report	Cowell 38' Tsakiris 90+6'

Group C[]

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	Knockout stage
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Senegal	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) 15:00	Israel	1–2	Colombia	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 7,613 Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
	Turgeman 57' (pen.)	Report	Cortés 74' (pen.) Puerta 90'

21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) 18:00	Senegal	0–1	Japan	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 8,625 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
		Report	Matsuki 15'

24 May 2023 (2023-05-24) 15:00	Senegal	1–1	Israel	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 2,078 Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)
	P. Diop 80'	Report	B. N'Diaye 58' (o.g.)

24 May 2023 (2023-05-24) 18:00	Japan	1–2	Colombia	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 3,768 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
	Yamane 30'	Report	Asprilla 53' Ángel 59'

27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) 18:00	Colombia	1–1	Senegal	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 15,825 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
	Cortés 90+5'	Report	Camara 30'

27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) 18:00	Japan	1–2	Israel	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 7,581 Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
	Sakamoto 45+1'	Report	Navi 76' Senior 90+2'

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	10	3	+7	6	Knockout stage
2	Italy	3	2	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Nigeria	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6
4	Dominican Republic	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) 15:00	Nigeria	2–1	Dominican Republic	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 21,647 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
	De Peña 31' (o.g.) Sam. Lawal 71'	Report	Azcona 23' (pen.)

21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) 18:00	Italy	3–2	Brazil	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 35,531 Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)
	Prati 11' Casadei 28', 35' (pen.)	Report	Marcos Leonardo 72', 87'

24 May 2023 (2023-05-24) 15:00	Italy	0–2	Nigeria	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 5,701 Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
		Report	Sal. Lawal 61' Sunday 90+5'

24 May 2023 (2023-05-24) 18:00	Brazil	6–0	Dominican Republic	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 7,253 Referee: François Letexier (France)
	Sávio 37' Marcos Leonardo 38' Pedroso 57' Giovane 82' Marlon Gomes 90+2' Matheus Martins 90+3'	Report

27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) 15:00	Brazil	2–0	Nigeria	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 29,134 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
	Pedroso 43' Marquinhos 45+2'	Report

27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) 15:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Italy	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 6,709 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish (Saudi Arabia)
		Report	Casadei 19', 84' Ambrosino 50'

Group E[]

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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 May 2023 (2023-05-22) 15:00	England	1–0	Tunisia	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 2,765 Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
	Scarlett 25'	Report

22 May 2023 (2023-05-22) 18:00	Uruguay	4–0	Iraq	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 5,176 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
	Abaldo 38' Ferrari 48' Hassan 62' (o.g.) Matturro 90+2'	Report

25 May 2023 (2023-05-25) 15:00	Uruguay	2–3	England	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 27,231 Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)
	Fr. González 49' Abaldo 90+9'	Report	Humphreys 22' Devine 45+4' Gyabi 90+5'

25 May 2023 (2023-05-25) 18:00	Iraq	0–3	Tunisia	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 8,021 Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)
		Report	Snana 55' El Djebali 57' Ghorbel 86' (pen.)

28 May 2023 (2023-05-28) 15:00	Iraq	0–0	England	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 12,122 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
		Report

28 May 2023 (2023-05-28) 15:00	Tunisia	0–1	Uruguay	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 6,497 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
		Report	Fr. González 90+3' (pen.)

Group F[]

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	Knockout stage
3	France	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Honduras	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 May 2023 (2023-05-22) 15:00	France	1–2	South Korea	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 2,671 Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)
	Virginius 70' (pen.)	Report	Lee Seung-won 22' Lee Young-jun 64'

22 May 2023 (2023-05-22) 18:00	Gambia	2–1	Honduras	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 3,147 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
	Bojang 1', 84'	Report	Aceituno 5'

25 May 2023 (2023-05-25) 15:00	France	1–2	Gambia	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 5,314 Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
	Odobert 61'	Report	Zoukrou 13' (o.g.) Sanyang 68'

25 May 2023 (2023-05-25) 18:00	South Korea	2–2	Honduras	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 6,851 Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
	Kim Yong-hak 58' Park Seung-ho 62'	Report	Ruiz 22' (pen.) Castillo 51'

28 May 2023 (2023-05-28) 18:00	Honduras	1–3	France	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 8,904 Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
	Ramos 15'	Report	Virginius 41', 60' Nzouango 77'

28 May 2023 (2023-05-28) 18:00	South Korea	0–0	Gambia	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 7,463 Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
		Report

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.

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

Source: FIFA
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 will be matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D according to the tournament regulations.

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). If still tied after extra time, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.

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 qualify for the round of 16: Template:^

Third-placed teams qualify from groups						1A vs	1B vs	1C vs	1D vs
A	B	C	D			3C	3D	3A	3B
A	B	C		E		3C	3A	3B	3E
A	B	C			F	3C	3A	3B	3F
A	B		D	E		3D	3A	3B	3E
A	B		D		F	3D	3A	3B	3F
A	B			E	F	3E	3A	3B	3F
A		C	D	E		3C	3D	3A	3E
A		C	D		F	3C	3D	3A	3F
A		C		E	F	3C	3A	3F	3E
A			D	E	F	3D	3A	3F	3E
	B	C	D	E		3C	3D	3B	3E
	B	C	D		F	3C	3D	3B	3F
	B	C		E	F	3E	3C	3B	3F
	B		D	E	F	3E	3D	3B	3F
		C	D	E	F	3C	3D	3F	3E

Bracket[]

30 May – Mendoza

United States

4

4 June – Santiago del Estero

New Zealand

0

United States

1 June – Santiago del Estero

Winners Match 44

Gambia

8 June – La Plata

Uruguay

Winners Match 45

30 May – Mendoza

Winners Match 46

Uzbekistan

0

3 June – San Juan

Israel

1

Israel

31 May – La Plata

Brazil

Brazil

4

11 June – La Plata

Tunisia

1

Winners Match 49

31 May – San Juan

Winners Match 50

Colombia

5

3 June – San Juan

Slovakia

1

Colombia

31 May – La Plata

Italy

England

1

8 June – La Plata

Italy

2

Winners Match 47

1 June – Santiago del Estero

Winners Match 48

Third place play-off

Ecuador

4 June – Santiago del Estero

11 June – La Plata

South Korea

Winners Match 43

Losers Match 49

31 May – San Juan

Nigeria

Losers Match 50

Argentina

0

Nigeria

2

Round of 16[]

30 May 2023 (2023-05-30) 14:30	United States	4–0	New Zealand	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 7,848 Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)
	Wolff 14' Cowell 61' Che 75' Pukštas 82'	Report

30 May 2023 (2023-05-30) 18:00	Uzbekistan	0–1	Israel	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 10,492 Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)
		Report	Khalaili 90+7'

31 May 2023 (2023-05-31) 14:30	Brazil	4–1	Tunisia	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 9,175 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
	Marcos Leonardo 11' (pen.) Andrey Santos 31', 90+10' Matheus Martins 90+1'	Report	Ghorbel 90+13'

31 May 2023 (2023-05-31) 14:30	Colombia	5–1	Slovakia	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan Attendance: 4,630 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish (Saudi Arabia)
	Cortés 48', 90+4' Asprilla 50' Ángel 52', 63'	Report	Jambor 87'

31 May 2023 (2023-05-31) 18:00	England	1–2	Italy	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata Attendance: 12,832 Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
	Devine 24'	Report	Baldanzi 8' Casadei 87' (pen.)

31 May 2023 (2023-05-31) 18:00	Argentina	0–2	Nigeria	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan Attendance: 27,179 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
		Report	Muhammad 61' Sarki 90+1'

1 June 2023 (2023-06-01) 14:30	Gambia	Match 44	Uruguay	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero Referee: François Letexier (France)
		Report

1 June 2023 (2023-06-01) 18:00	Ecuador	Match 43	South Korea	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
		Report

Quarter-finals[]

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03) 14:30	Israel	Match 46	Brazil	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan
		Report		Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03) 18:00	Colombia	Match 47	Italy	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan
		Report		Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04) 14:30	Winners Match 43	Match 48	Nigeria	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero
		Report		Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04) 18:00	United States	Match 45	Winners Match 44	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero
		Report		Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero

Semi-finals[]

8 June 2023 (2023-06-08) 14:30	Winners Match 45	Match 49	Winners Match 46	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
		Report		Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata

8 June 2023 (2023-06-08) 18:00	Winners Match 47	Match 50	Winners Match 48	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
		Report		Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata

Third place play-off[]

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11) 14:30	Losers Match 49	Match 51	Losers Match 50	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
		Report		Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata

Final[]

Main article:2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup final

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11) 18:00	Winners Match 49	Match 52	Winners Match 50	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
		Report		Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata

Sponsorship[]

Adidas
Coca-Cola
Wanda Group

Broadcasting[]

The following companies held the broadcasting rights:

South Korea: KBS, MBC, SBS
Albania: RTSH
United States: Fox Sports, Telemundo
Italy: RAI (Italy match only)
Canada: TSN, RDS
United Kingdom: BBC, ITV, Eurosport
Finland: Yle
Malaysia: Astro
Arab World: beIN Sports
Hungary: MTVA
India: Viacom18

External links[]

Official website

FIFA World Youth Championship / FIFA U-20 World Cup
Tournaments
Tunisia 1977 · Japan 1979 · Australia 1981 · Mexico 1983 · USSR 1985 · Chile 1987 · Saudi Arabia 1989 · Portugal 1991 · Australia 1993 · Qatar 1995 · Malaysia 1997 · Nigeria 1999 · Argentina 2001 · UAE 2003 · Netherlands 2005 · Canada 2007 · Egypt 2009 · Colombia 2011 · Turkey 2013 · New Zealand 2015 · South Korea 2017 · Poland 2019 · ~~Indonesia 2021~~ · Argentina 2023 · TBD 2025

Third-placed teams qualify from groups						1A vs	1B vs	1C vs	1D vs
A	B	C	D			3C	3D	3A	3B
A	B	C		E		3C	3A	3B	3E
A	B	C			F	3C	3A	3B	3F
A	B		D	E		3D	3A	3B	3E
A	B		D		F	3D	3A	3B	3F
A	B			E	F	3E	3A	3B	3F
A		C	D	E		3C	3D	3A	3E
A		C	D		F	3C	3D	3A	3F
A		C		E	F	3C	3A	3F	3E
A			D	E	F	3D	3A	3F	3E
	B	C	D	E		3C	3D	3B	3E
	B	C	D		F	3C	3D	3B	3F
	B	C		E	F	3E	3C	3B	3F
	B		D	E	F	3E	3D	3B	3F
		C	D	E	F	3C	3D	3F	3E

Third-placed teams qualify from groups						1A vs	1B vs	1C vs	1D vs
A	B	C	D			3C	3D	3A	3B
A	B	C		E		3C	3A	3B	3E
A	B	C			F	3C	3A	3B	3F
A	B		D	E		3D	3A	3B	3E
A	B		D		F	3D	3A	3B	3F
A	B			E	F	3E	3A	3B	3F
A		C	D	E		3C	3D	3A	3E
A		C	D		F	3C	3D	3A	3F
A		C		E	F	3C	3A	3F	3E
A			D	E	F	3D	3A	3F	3E
	B	C	D	E		3C	3D	3B	3E
	B	C	D		F	3C	3D	3B	3F
	B	C		E	F	3E	3C	3B	3F
	B		D	E	F	3E	3D	3B	3F
		C	D	E	F	3C	3D	3F	3E

Third-placed teams qualify from groups						1A vs	1B vs	1C vs	1D vs
A	B	C	D			3C	3D	3A	3B
A	B	C		E		3C	3A	3B	3E
A	B	C			F	3C	3A	3B	3F
A	B		D	E		3D	3A	3B	3E
A	B		D		F	3D	3A	3B	3F
A	B			E	F	3E	3A	3B	3F
A		C	D	E		3C	3D	3A	3E
A		C	D		F	3C	3D	3A	3F
A		C		E	F	3C	3A	3F	3E
A			D	E	F	3D	3A	3F	3E
	B	C	D	E		3C	3D	3B	3E
	B	C	D		F	3C	3D	3B	3F
	B	C		E	F	3E	3C	3B	3F
	B		D	E	F	3E	3D	3B	3F
		C	D	E	F	3C	3D	3F	3E