2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Copa Mundial Sub-20 de la FIFA 2025
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates27 September – 19 October
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
2023
2027

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. It will be held in Chile from 27 September to 19 October 2025. [1] [2]

Contents

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. [1] It is 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. [3] [4]

This is the second time that Chile hosts the tournament after doing so in 1987. Chile will be the third country to host the tournament multiple times after Australia (1981, 1993) and Argentina (2001 and 2023).

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. [5] [6]

List of host cities and stadiums
CityStadiumCapacity
Valparaíso Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander 20,575
Santiago Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos 46,665
Rancagua Estadio El Teniente 14,087
Talca Estadio Fiscal de Talca 16,074

Teams

Qualification

A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Chile, who qualified automatically as hosts, 23 other teams qualify through six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation remain unchanged from the previous editions and was confirmed by the FIFA Council on the same day the host country was announced. [1]

New Caledonia will make their debut in the tournament. [7] [8]

ConfederationQualifying tournamentTeam qualifiedAppearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
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 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2nd 2013 2013 Group stage (2013)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 17th 1977 2019 Runners-up (1977)
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 7th 2003 2019 Round of 16 (2019)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18th 1981 2023 Fourth place (1989)
CONMEBOL (South America)
(Hosts + 4 teams)
Host nationFlag of Chile.svg  Chile 7th 1987 2013 Third place (2007)
2025 South American U-20 Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
OFC (Oceania)
(2 teams)
2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 1stDebutNone
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8th 2007 2023 Round of 16 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)
UEFA (Europe)
(5 teams)
2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Flag of France.svg  France 9th 1977 2023 Champions (2013)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9th 1977 2023 Runners-up (2023)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4th 1989 2019 Group stage (1989, 1993, 2019)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 16th 1977 2013 Champions (1999)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 5th 2001 2019 Champions (2019)

Squads

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

Seeding

The 24 teams involved will be organised into four pots of six teams based on a performance ranking system, in order to be subsequently drawn into six groups of 4 teams. The hosts Chile were automatically seeded to Pot 1 and assigned into the first position of Group A, while the remaining teams were seeded into pots based on their results in the last five FIFA U-20 World Cups (with 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:

PotTeamConfederation 2013 2015 2017 2019 2023
Points
(20%)
Points
(40%)
Points
(60%)
Points
(80%)
Points
(100%)
Bonus
[a]
Total
points
1Flag of Chile.svg  Chile (H)CONMEBOLHost nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy UEFADNQDNQ6.610.41532
TBDFlag of the United States.svg  United States CONCACAF0.244.87.21228.2
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand OFC01.62.45.64+518.6
Flag of France.svg  France UEFA2.8DNQ5.47.2318.4
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine UEFADNQ3.2DNQ15.2DNQ18.4
TBD
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico CONCACAF0.61.24.20DNQ+511
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain UEFA2.4DNQDNQDNQDNQ+57.4
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama CONCACAFDNQ0.4DNQ3.2DNQ3.6
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway UEFADNQDNQDNQ2.4DNQ2.4
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba CONCACAF0DNQDNQDNQDNQ0
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia OFCDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
TBD
AFC
CAF
TBD
CAF
CONMEBOL

Draw

The draw is expected to take place in early 2025.

Group stage

All times are local, Chile Standard Time (UTC–3).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Chile.svg  Chile (H)00000000 Knockout stage
2A200000000
3A300000000Possible knockout stage
4A400000000
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1B100000000 Knockout stage
2B200000000
3B300000000Possible knockout stage
4B400000000
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1C100000000 Knockout stage
2C200000000
3C300000000Possible knockout stage
4C400000000
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1D100000000 Knockout stage
2D200000000
3D300000000Possible knockout stage
4D400000000
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1E100000000 Knockout stage
2E200000000
3E300000000Possible knockout stage
4E400000000
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1F100000000 Knockout stage
2F200000000
3F300000000Possible knockout stage
4F400000000
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.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 A Third place Group A00000000 Knockout stage
2 B Third place Group B00000000
3 C Third place Group C00000000
4 D Third place Group D00000000
5 E Third place Group E00000000
6 F Third place Group F00000000
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: [ citation needed ]

Notes

  1. Continental champions bonus points

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