2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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The 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup was 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 was held in Chile from 27 September to 19 October 2025. Reigning champions Uruguay could not defend their title as they finished fifth in the 2025 South American U-20 Championship. In doing so, they became the eighth consecutive title holders to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament. Morocco defeated Argentina to win their first FIFA tournament title. This was the fourth consecutive U-20 World Cup to produce a new winning team, dating back to 2017.
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| Santiago | html.skin-theme-clientpref-os od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os od > }SantiagoRancaguaValparaísoTalca |
| Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos | |
| Capacity: 46,190 | |
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| Valparaíso | |
| Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander | |
| Capacity: 20,575 | |
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| Talca | |
| Estadio Fiscal | |
| Capacity: 16,070 | |
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| Rancagua | |
| Estadio El Teniente | |
| Capacity: 12,476 | |
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| Qualifying tournament | Team | Qualification date | Appearance(s) | Previous best performance | |||
| mw- Total | First | Last | Streak | ||||
| 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup | Australia | 22 February 2025 | 16th | 1981 | 2013 | 1 | Fourth place (1991, 1993) |
| Saudi Arabia | 10th | 1985 | 2019 | 1 | Round of 16 (2011, 2017) | ||
| Japan | 23 February 2025 | 12th | 1979 | 2023 | 4 | Runners-up (1999) | |
| South Korea | 17th | 1979 | 2023 | 4 | Runners-up (2019) | ||
| 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations | Egypt | 12 May 2025 | 9th | 1981 | 2013 | 1 | Third place (2001) |
| Morocco | 4th | 1977 | 2005 | 1 | Fourth place (2005) | ||
| Nigeria | 14th | 1983 | 2023 | 3 | Runners-up (1989, 2005) | ||
| South Africa | 5th | 1997 | 2019 | 1 | Round of 16 (2009) | ||
| 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | Panama | 30 July 2024 | 7th | 2003 | 2019 | 1 | Round of 16 (2019) |
| United States | 18th | 1981 | 2023 | 6 | Fourth place (1989) | ||
| Cuba | 31 July 2024 | 2nd | 2013 | 1 | Group stage (2013) | ||
| Mexico | 17th | 1977 | 2019 | 1 | Runners-up (1977) | ||
| Host nation | Chile | 17 December 2023 | 7th | 1987 | 2013 | 1 | Third place (2007) |
| 2025 South American U-20 Championship | Argentina | 10 February 2025 | 18th | 1979 | 2023 | 5 | Champions (Six times) |
| Brazil | 20th | 1977 | 2023 | 2 | Champions (Five times) | ||
| Colombia | 13 February 2025 | 12th | 1985 | 2023 | 3 | Third place (2003) | |
| Paraguay | 10th | 1977 | 2013 | 1 | Fourth place (2001) | ||
| 2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship | New Caledonia | 15 July 2024 | 1st | Debut | |||
| New Zealand | 8th | 2007 | 2023 | 7 | Round of 16 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) | ||
| 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship | Italy | 18 July 2024 | 9th | 1977 | 2023 | 4 | Runners-up (2023) |
| France | 19 July 2024 | 9th | 1977 | 2023 | 4 | Champions (2013) | |
| Ukraine | 21 July 2024 | 5th | 2001 | 2019 | 1 | Champions (2019) | |
| Spain | 22 July 2024 | 16th | 1977 | 2013 | 1 | Champions (1999) | |
| Norway | 25 July 2024 | 4th | 1989 | 2019 | 1 | Group stage (1989, 1993, 2019) | |
| Pot | Team | Confederation | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2023 | Bonus | Totalpoints |
| Points(20%) | Points(40%) | Points(60%) | Points(80%) | Points(100%) | |||||
| 1 | Chile (H) | CONMEBOL | Host nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1 | ||||||
| Italy | UEFA | DNQ | DNQ | 6.6 | 10.4 | 15 | 32 | ||
| United States | CONCACAF | 0.2 | 4 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 12 | 28.2 | ||
| South Korea | AFC | 1.2 | DNQ | 3.6 | 10.4 | 11 | 26.2 | ||
| Brazil | CONMEBOL | DNQ | 5.6 | DNQ | DNQ | 9 | +5 | 19.6 | |
| Colombia | CONMEBOL | 1.6 | 1.6 | DNQ | 5.6 | 10 | 18.8 | ||
| 2 | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 4 | +5 | 18.6 |
| France | UEFA | 2.8 | DNQ | 5.4 | 7.2 | 3 | 18.4 | ||
| Ukraine | UEFA | DNQ | 3.2 | DNQ | 15.2 | DNQ | 18.4 | ||
| Argentina | CONMEBOL | DNQ | 0.8 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 9 | 17.6 | ||
| Nigeria | CAF | 1.2 | 2.4 | DNQ | 3.2 | 9 | 15.8 | ||
| Mexico | CONCACAF | 0.6 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 0 | DNQ | +5 | 11 | |
| 3 | Japan | AFC | DNQ | DNQ | 2.4 | 4 | 3 | 9.4 | |
| Spain | UEFA | 2.4 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | +5 | 7.4 | |
| South Africa | CAF | DNQ | DNQ | 0.6 | 0.8 | DNQ | +5 | 6.4 | |
| Australia | AFC | 0.2 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | +5 | 5.2 | |
| Panama | CONCACAF | DNQ | 0.4 | DNQ | 3.2 | DNQ | 3.6 | ||
| Norway | UEFA | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 2.4 | DNQ | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | AFC | DNQ | DNQ | 2.4 | 0 | DNQ | 2.4 | ||
| Paraguay | CONMEBOL | 1 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1 | ||
| Egypt | CAF | 0.6 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0.6 | ||
| Cuba | CONCACAF | 0 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||
| Morocco | CAF | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||
| New Caledonia | OFC | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||
| Confederation | Referees | Assistant referees |
| AFC | Khalid Al-Turais | Mohammed Al-Bakry Abdulrahim Al-Shammari |
| Nazmi Nasaruddin | Zairul Khalil Tan Mohamad Muazi Zainal Abidin | |
| Ahmed Al-Kaf | Abu Bakr Al-Amri Rashid Al-Ghaiti | |
| CAF | Youcef Gamouh | Khalil Hassani Eric Ayimavo |
| Jalal Jayed | Lahsan Azgaou Mostafa Akarkad | |
| Omar Abdulkadir Artan | Gilbert Cheruiyot Abelmiro Montenegro | |
| CONCACAF | Joe Dickerson | Cameron Blanchard Logan Brown |
| Katia Itzel García | Sandra Ramírez Karen Díaz | |
| Keylor Herrera | William Chow Víctor Ramírez | |
| CONMEBOL | Augusto Aragón | Edison Vásquez Danny Ávila |
| Darío Herrera | Cristian Navarro José Savorani | |
| Andrés Rojas | Alexander Guzmán John León | |
| Kevin Ortega | Michael Orué Jesús Sánchez | |
| Gustavo Tejera | Carlos Barreiro Agustín Berisso | |
| UEFA | Maurizio Mariani | Daniele Bindoni Alberto Tegoni |
| Irfan Peljto | Senad Ibrisimbegovic Davor Beljo | |
| João Pinheiro | Bruno Jesus Luciano Maia | |
| José María Sánchez Martínez | Raúl Cabañero Íñigo López de Cerain | |
| Sandro Schärer | Stéphane De Almeida Jonas Erni |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Chile (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | |
| 4 | New Caledonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | E | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | F | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | B | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | C | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | D | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 6 | A | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
| Third-placed teamsqualified from groups | 1Avs | 1Bvs | 1Cvs | 1Dvs | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
| Othmane Maamma | Yassir Zabiri | Milton Delgado |
| Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
| Benjamin Cremaschi(5 goals, 2 assists) | Néiser Villarreal(5 goals, 1 assist) | Lucas Michal(5 goals, 0 assists,511 minutes played) |
| Golden Glove | ||
| Santino Barbi | ||
| FIFA Fair Play Trophy | ||
| United States | ||
References
- Argentina have won in 1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2007.
- Brazil have won in 1983, 1985, 1993, 2003 and 2011.
- Teams were tied on head-to-head record (3 points, 0 goal difference, and 3 goals scored), overall record was used. Fair
- Tied on head-to-head result (South Korea 0–0 Paraguay), overall record was used.
- Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: United States +2, South Africa 0, France −2.
- Tied on head-to-head result (Colombia 0–0 Norway) and overall record. Fair play points: Colombia −4, Norway −5.
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