2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Copa Mundial Sub-20 de la FIFA 2025
Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
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The 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup will be the 24th 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 will be held in Chile, who had previously hosted in 1987. Chile will be the third country to host the tournament multiple times after Australia (1981, 1993) and Argentina (2001 and 2023). ^[1]

Uruguay are the defending champions.

Host selection

Chile were announced as the 2025 U-20 World Cup hosts following the FIFA Council meeting on 17 December 2023 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It's believed the decision was made as a compensation for Chile losing hosting rights for the 2030 FIFA World Cup to Morocco, Portugal and Spain, as Chile was the only nation in the four-nation bid of Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay not included in the eventual outcome for the opening matches. ^{[2] [3]}

Qualified teams

A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Chile who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Team	Appearance	First appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
AFC (Asia) (4 teams)	2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup	TBD
		TBD
		TBD
		TBD
CAF (Africa) (4 teams)	2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations	TBD
		TBD
		TBD
		TBD
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) (4 teams)	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	TBD
		TBD
		TBD
		TBD
CONMEBOL (South America) (Hosts + 4 teams)	Host nation	Chile	7th	1987	2013	Third place (2007)
	2025 South American Under-20 Championship	TBD
		TBD
		TBD
		TBD
OFC (Oceania) (2 teams)	2024 OFC U-19 Championship	TBD
		TBD
UEFA (Europe) (5 teams)	2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship	TBD
		TBD
		TBD
		TBD
		TBD

Venues

On 18 December 2023, Pablo Milad, president of the Football Federation of Chile, revealed a preliminary list with 12 stadia in 10 cities. Milad also announced that between 4 and 6 stadia will be chosen by FIFA for the final tournament. ^{[4] [5]}

List of candidate host cities

City	Stadium	Capacity
Arica	Estadio Carlos Dittborn	10,000
Iquique	Estadio Tierra de Campeones	13,000
La Serena	Estadio La Portada	18,000
Coquimbo	Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso	17,000
Valparaíso	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander	21,000
Viña del Mar	Estadio Sausalito	19,000
Santiago	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos	46,000
	Estadio Monumental David Arellano	44,000
	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo	20,000
Rancagua	Estadio El Teniente	12,000
Concepción	Estadio Ester Roa	30,000
Temuco	Estadio Municipal Germán Becker	18,000

Draw

The official draw will take place in early 2025. The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-20 World Cups, five bonus points are added to each of the confederation's current champions that won the respective qualifying tournament (for this cycle). The hosts Chile are automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation will not meet in the group stage.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Chile (hosts) TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Squads

Main article: 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 (inclusive) are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

All times are local, Chile Standard Time (UTC-03:00).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chile (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: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

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: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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: TBD. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA . 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
2. "El Mercurio | Deportes". www.elmercurio.com. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
3. Scott (6 December 2023). "With a letter to FIFA: Milad applies for the U20 World Cup with the threat of resigning from Conmebol after Chile's failure at the 2030 Cup - Athletistic". athletistic.com. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
4. Huerta, Rodrigo (18 December 2023). ""Entre cuatro a seis recintos": Milad revela las sedes que postularán para el Mundial Sub 20" ["Between four and six stadia": Milad reveals the potential host cities for the U-20 World Cup]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
5. Ortega, Claudio (19 December 2023). "Las diez ciudades que pelearán por ser sede del Mundial Sub 20 de Chile, sus estadios y cuántos serán finalmente elegidos" [The ten cities that will compete on hosting the U-20 World Cup in Chile, their stadis and how many will finally be chosen]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2023.

External links

• Official website