2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup will be 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.

2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTBD
Dates20 May – 11 June 2023[1]
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)

The tournament was set to be hosted by Indonesia, which would have been the first FIFA tournament hosted by that country.[2] However, Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights on 29 March 2023 amidst protests at the participation of Israel.[3]

Host selection
Further information: 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup § Host selection

Five bids to host the original 2021 tournament were submitted in 2019,[4] and Indonesia was announced as the winning bidder on 24 October 2019.[2] In December 2020, the 2021 event was postponed until 2023, with Indonesia remaining as hosts.[5]

However, Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights on 29 March 2023 amidst protests against the participation of Israel.[3] Peru, Argentina and Qatar have confirmed interests in hosting the tournament.[6] On 30 March, Argentina became the first of those countries to submit an official bid to host the tournament.[7]

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.

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 Africa U-20 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)		 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)

Venues

Draw

The twenty-four teams will be 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), with bonus points awarded to confederation champions.

The draw will start with the host to A1, the teams from pot one will be drawn first, the teams from pots two, three and four need to skip groups to avoid geographical clash and there will be no two teams to play from the same confederation, then the draw will conclude with teams from pot four.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Match officials
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 Tom Abongile 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 Ospina 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 Alessandro Di Paolo
France Willy Delajod
Spain Guillermo Cuadra Fernández		 Lithuania Donatas Rumsas
Netherlands Serdar Gözübüyük Netherlands Erwin Zeinstra
Netherlands Johan Balder
Switzerland Sandro Schärer Switzerland Stéphane De Almeida
Switzerland Bekim Zogaj
Sweden Glenn Nyberg Sweden Mahbod Beigi
Sweden Andreas Söderkvist
Turkey Halil Umut Meler Turkey Mustafa Emre Eyisoy
Turkey Kerem Ersoy

Squads
Main article: 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

Players born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007 inclusive, will be eligible to compete.

Each team must name a preliminary squad of between twenty-two and fifty players. From the preliminary squad, the team will name a final squad of twenty-one 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.[8]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams will advance to the round of sixteen.

All times are local.

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Article 17.7):[8]

  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 1 point;
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
    • direct red card: minus 4 points;
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
  5. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A1 (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 20 May 2023. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
A1vA2
A3vA4
A1vA3
A4vA2
A4vA1
A2vA3

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 20 May 2023. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
B1vB2
B3vB4
B1vB3
B4vB2
B4vB1
B2vB3

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 21 May 2023. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
C1vC2
C3vC4
C1vC3
C4vC2
C4vC1
C2vC3

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 21 May 2023. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
D1vD2
D3vD4
D1vD3
D4vD2
D4vD1
D2vD3

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 E1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 E2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 E3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4 E4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 22 May 2023. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
E1vE2
E3vE4
E1vE3
E4vE2
E4vE1
E2vE3

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 F2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 F3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4 F4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 22 May 2023. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
F1vF2
F3vF4
F1vF3
F4vF2
F4vF1
F2vF3

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.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Third place Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B Third place Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C Third place Group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D Third place Group D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 E Third place Group E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 F Third place Group F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 20 May 2023. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) 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), 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.[8]

In the round of sixteen, 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 sixteen:[8]

Third-placed teams
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vs		 1B
vs		 1C
vs		 1D
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Bracket
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
29 May –
 
 
Runner-Up Group A
 
2 June –
 
Runner-Up Group C
 
 
 
29 May –
 
 
 
Winner Group D
 
6 June –
 
3rd Group B/E/F
 
 
 
30 May –
 
 
 
Winner Group B
 
2 June –
 
3rd Group A/C/D
 
 
 
30 May –
 
 
 
Winner Group F
 
11 June –
 
Runner-Up Group E
 
 
 
30 May –
 
 
 
Winner Group E
 
3 June –
 
Runner-Up Group D
 
 
 
31 May –
 
 
 
Winner Group C
 
6 June –
 
3rd Group A/B/F
 
 
 
31 May –
 
 Third place play-off
 
Runner-Up Group B
 
3 June – 11 June –
 
Runner-Up Group F
 
  
 
31 May –
 
  
 
Winner Group A
 
 
3rd Group C/D/E
 

Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
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Final
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Marketing

Sponsorship

FIFA Partners

Symbols

Controversies

Protests against Israeli participation and Indonesia's removal as host

By finishing second in the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, this marked Israel's first ever participation at the U-20 World Cup 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.[11] 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.[12]

Despite attempts to confirm Israel's participation, Israel's involvement led to Indonesia coming under scrutiny by various pro-Palestinian organisations.[13] Indonesian Islamic fundamentalist media have accused Israel of damaging Palestine's relations with Indonesia by qualifying to the U-20 World Cup; with some even demanding Israel to be expelled or withdrawn from the tournament.[14] Various Islamist organisations in Indonesia have threatened Israeli players, stating that Israel team is not welcome in Indonesia.[15][16] 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 team participation.[17] However one of the six regional heads[note 1] who had signed the original agreement on willigness to be the host for the world cup,[18] Governor of Bali, I Wayan Koster and Governor Central Java (where Solo is located), Ganjar Pranowo, both members of the ruling party PDIP, stated their objection of hosting the Israeli team, citing 'anti-colonial' stances of Sukarno rather than religious ones.[19]

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.[20]

On 28 March, 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.[21][22] Mayor of Solo, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Joko Widodo's son, expressed dissapointment with governors decision and willingness to hold match draw in Solo,[23] similarly Bandung.[24] 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.[3]

Notes
  1. Governor of Jakarta
    Mayor of Surabaya
    Governor of West Java for Bandung
    Mayor of Solo
    Governor of Bali for Gianyar, Bali
    Governor of South Sumatra for Palembang

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