2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Copa Mundial Sub-20 de la FIFA 2025
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Teams24 (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 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 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.

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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.

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