2025_FIFA_U-20_World_Cup
2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
International youth football championship tournament
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]
| Copa Mundial Sub-20 de la FIFA 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Chile |
| Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
← 2023 2027 → | |
Uruguay are the defending champions.
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]
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 | ||||||
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| CAF (Africa) (4 teams) |
2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations | TBD | ||||
| TBD | ||||||
| TBD | ||||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| TBD | ||||||
| OFC (Oceania) (2 teams) |
2024 OFC U-19 Championship | TBD | ||||
| TBD | ||||||
| UEFA (Europe) (5 teams) |
2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship | TBD | ||||
| TBD | ||||||
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| TBD |
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]
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 (inclusive) are eligible to compete in the tournament.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
- "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- "El Mercurio | Deportes". www.elmercurio.com. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
