

2013 FIFA U-20 WC: 40% value of total points.2011 FIFA U-20 WC: 20% value of total points.The twenty-four teams were drawn into six groups of four teams, with the hosts, Argentina, automatically seeded to Pot 1 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) as follows: The draw took place at 16:00 CET on 21 April 2023 at FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland. La Plata, Mendoza, San Juan and Santiago del Estero were the four cities chosen to host the competition. Indonesia had also failed to qualify for the competition and lost its automatic spot in the WC when the tournament was moved to Argentina. Having qualified for the 1970 FIFA World Cup via the Asian qualification, this was the first FIFA tournament for which Israel qualified as a European representative.Īrgentina qualified for the tournament as the host country in place of Indonesia, even though they originally had failed to qualify through the 2023 South American U-20 Championship. The Dominican Republic and Israel made their debut in the competition this was the Dominican Republic's first-ever qualification for a FIFA tournament. Teams qualified from six continental competitions. Qualified teams Ī total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. Australia is the other nation that had hosted it twice ( 19). Argentina will thus become the second nation to host the U-20 World Cup twice (having previously hosted it in 2001). On 17 April 2023, at a press conference jointly held by economy minister Sergio Massa, tourism and sports minister Matías Lammens, and the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio Tapia, it was announced that Argentina would host the tournament, followed shortly after by a statement from FIFA confirming Argentina as the new hosts. On 30 March, Argentina became the only country to submit an official bid. Peru, Argentina and Qatar confirmed their interest in hosting the tournament. However, Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights on 29 March 2023 due to its refusal to host Israel. In December 2020, the 2021 event was postponed until 2023, with Indonesia remaining as host. Further information: 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup § Host selectionįive bids to host the original 2021 tournament were submitted in 2019, and Indonesia was announced as the winning bidder on 24 October 2019.
