2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 23rd 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 official match ball used in the tournament was Adidas Oceaunz.

2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Copa Mundial Sub-20 de la FIFA 2023
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates20 May – 11 June[1]
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Uruguay (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Israel
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored154 (2.96 per match)
Attendance692,084 (13,309 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Cesare Casadei
(7 goals)[2]
Best player(s)Italy Cesare Casadei[2]
Best goalkeeperItaly Sebastiano Desplanches[2]
Fair play award United States[2]

The tournament was held in Argentina, who had previously hosted in 2001. Indonesia had originally been set to host the competition, having been hosts of the cancelled 2021 edition, but their hosting rights were stripped on 29 March 2023 due to their refusal to host Israel.

Reigning champions Ukraine could not defend their title as they failed to qualify. Hosts Argentina were knocked out in the round of 16 after three wins in the group stage. The final was held on 11 June 2023, and Uruguay defeated Italy to become champions for the first time. It was the country's first world title since the men's senior in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

Host selection
Main article: Removal of Indonesia as FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023 hosts
Further information: 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup § Host selection

Five bids to host the original 2021 tournament were submitted in 2019,[3] and Indonesia was announced as the winning bidder on 24 October 2019.[4] In December 2020, the 2021 event was postponed until 2023, with Indonesia remaining as host.[5]

However, Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights on 29 March 2023 due to its refusal to host Israel.[6] Peru, Argentina and Qatar confirmed their interest in hosting the tournament.[7] On 30 March, Argentina became the only country to submit an official bid.[8][9]

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,[10] followed shortly after by a statement from FIFA confirming Argentina as the new hosts.[11] Argentina will thus become the second nation to host the U-20 World Cup twice (having previously hosted it in 2001). Australia is the other nation that had hosted it twice (1981 and 1993).

Qualified teams

A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. Teams qualified from six continental competitions.

The Dominican Republic and Israel made their debut in the competition; this was the Dominican Republic's first-ever qualification for a FIFA tournament. 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.

Argentina 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. Indonesia had also failed to qualify for the competition and lost its automatic spot in the WC when the tournament was moved to Argentina.

Confederation Qualifying tournament Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
AFC
(Asia)		 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup  Iraq 5th 2013 Fourth place (2013)
 Japan 11th 2019 Runners-up (1999)
 South Korea 16th 2019 Runners-up (2019)
 Uzbekistan 5th 2015 Quarter-finals (2013, 2015)
CAF
(Africa)		 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations  Gambia 2nd 2007 Round of 16 (2007)
 Nigeria 13th 2019 Runners-up (1989, 2005)
 Senegal 4th 2019 Fourth place (2015)
 Tunisia 3rd 1985 Group stage (1977, 1985)
CONCACAF
(Central, North America
and Caribbean)		 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship  Dominican Republic 1st Debut Debut
 Guatemala 2nd 2011 Round of 16 (2011)
 Honduras 9th 2019 Group stage (1977, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 United States 17th 2019 Fourth place (1989)
CONMEBOL
(South America)		 Host nation  Argentina 17th 2019 Champions (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)
2023 South American U-20 Championship  Brazil 19th 2015 Champions (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)
 Colombia 11th 2019 Third place (2003)
 Ecuador 5th 2019 Third place (2019)
 Uruguay 16th 2019 Runners-up (1997, 2013)
OFC
(Oceania)		 2022 OFC U-19 Championship  Fiji 2nd 2015 Group stage (2015)
 New Zealand 7th 2019 Round of 16 (2015, 2017, 2019)
UEFA
(Europe)		 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship  England 12th 2017 Champions (2017)
 France 8th 2019 Champions (2013)
 Israel 1st Debut Debut
 Italy 8th 2019 Third place (2017)
 Slovakia 2nd 2003 Round of 16 (2003)

Venues

La Plata, Mendoza, San Juan and Santiago del Estero were the four cities chosen to host the competition.

La Plata Santiago del Estero Mendoza San Juan
Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario
Capacity: 53,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 25,286
2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Argentina)

Draw

The draw took place at 16:00 CEST (11:00 ART host time) on 21 April 2023 at FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[12] 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:[13][14][15]

Furthermore, five bonus points were added to each of the six continental champions from the qualifying tournaments.[15]

Pot Team Confederation 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 BP Total
points
Pts 20% Pts 40% Pts 60% Pts 80% Pts 100%
1  Argentina (H)CONMEBOLHost nation, automatically asigned to Pot 1
 UruguayCONMEBOL20.4145.6531310.4928.4
 United StatesCONCACAFDNQ10.410686.49+526.8
 FranceUEFA122.4145.6DNQ97.2924.2
 SenegalCAFDNQDNQ84.843.211+524
 ItalyUEFADNQDNQDNQ118.81321.8
2  EnglandUEFA30.620.8DNQ1915.2DNQ+521.6
 South KoreaAFC40.862.4DNQ64.81321
 New ZealandOFC20.40042.443.27+518
 BrazilCONMEBOL173.4DNQ148.4DNQDNQ+516.8
 EcuadorCONMEBOL40.8DNQDNQ21.61315.4
 ColombiaCONMEBOL122.483.242.4DNQ715
3  NigeriaCAF122.462.463.6DNQ412.4
 UzbekistanAFCDNQ72.863.6DNQDNQ+511.4
 JapanAFCDNQDNQDNQ43.258.2
 IraqAFCDNQ124.8DNQDNQDNQ4.8
 HondurasCONCACAFDNQDNQ31.832.404.2
 FijiOFCDNQDNQ31.8DNQDNQ1.8
4  GuatemalaCONCACAF30.6DNQDNQDNQDNQ0.6
 Dominican RepublicCONCACAFDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
 GambiaCAFDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
 IsraelUEFADNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
 SlovakiaUEFADNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
 TunisiaCAFDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0

The draw started with teams from pot one being drawn first and placed in the first position of their groups (hosts Argentina automatically assigned to A1). Then were drawn the teams from pot 2, followed by pot 3 and pot 4, with each team also drawn to one of the positions within their group, No group could contain more than one team from each confederation.[16] The ceremony was presented by Samantha Johnson and conducted by FIFA Director of Tournaments Jaime Yarza, with the former footballers Juan Pablo Sorín, from Argentina, and David Trezeguet, from France, acting as draw assistants.[17]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[18]

Group A
PosTeam
A1 Argentina
A2 Uzbekistan
A3 Guatemala
A4 New Zealand
Group B
PosTeam
B1 United States
B2 Ecuador
B3 Fiji
B4 Slovakia
Group C
PosTeam
C1 Senegal
C2 Japan
C3 Israel
C4 Colombia
Group D
PosTeam
D1 Italy
D2 Brazil
D3 Nigeria
D4 Dominican Republic
Group E
PosTeam
E1 Uruguay
E2 Iraq
E3 England
E4 Tunisia
Group F
PosTeam
F1 France
F2 South Korea
F3 Gambia
F4 Honduras

Match officials

A total of nineteen refereeing trios (a referee and two assistant referees), six support referees, and eighteen video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[19] On 19 May, Swiss referee Sandro Schärer withdrew prior to the tournament due to an injury and was replaced by José María Sánchez Martínez.[20]

Confederation Referees Assistant referees Video assistant referees Support referee
AFC Japan Yusuke Araki Japan Jun Mihara
Japan Takumi Takagi		 United Arab Emirates Ahmad Muhammad Darwish
South Korea Kim Jong-hyeok
Thailand Sivakorn Pu-udom		 Kuwait Ahmad Al-Ali
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Hoaish Saudi Arabia Khalaf Zayid Ash-Shammari
Saudi Arabia Yasir Abdullah As-Sultan 
Qatar Salman Falahi Qatar Ramzan Sa'id An-Nu'aimi
Qatar Majid Hudairis Ash-Shammari
CAF Egypt Muhammad Maarouf Morocco Zakaria Burinsi
Algeria Abbas Akram Zarhouni		 Morocco Hamza Al-Fariq 
Egypt Umar Ahmad Abdulrahim Ash-Shinawi		 Mauritania Abdulaziz Muhammad Bouh
South Africa Abongile Tom Angola Ivanildo Meirelles de Oliveira Sanches Lopes
São Tomé and Príncipe Abelmiro dos Reis Monte Negro
Senegal Issa Sy Senegal Nouha Bangoura
Ivory Coast Adou Hermann Désiré Ngoh
CONCACAF Mexico Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava Mexico Enrique Isaac Bustos Díaz 
Mexico Jorge Antonio Sánchez Espinoza 		 Mexico Adonai Escobedo
Nicaragua Tatiana Guzmán
United States Timothy Ford		 Guatemala Bryan López
Costa Rica Juan Gabriel Calderón Costa Rica William Arrieta
Nicaragua Henry Pupiro
Jamaica Oshane Nation Jamaica Ojay Duhaney
Jamaica Jassett Kerr-Wilson
CONMEBOL Brazil Ramon Abatti Brazil Rafael da Silva Alves
Brazil Guilherme Dias Camilo		 Argentina Germán Delfino
Brazil Rodolpho Toski
Chile Juan Lara
Ecuador Carlos Orbe
 Venezuela Yender Herrera
Chile Piero Maza Chile Claudio Urrutia
Chile Alejandro Molina
Colombia Jhon Alexander Ospina Londoño Colombia John León
Colombia John Gallego
Argentina Yael Falcón Pérez Argentina Maximiliano Del Yesso
Argentina Facundo Rodríguez
OFC New Zealand Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh Tonga Folio Moeaki
Solomon Islands Bernard Mutukera		 Fiji Veer Singh
UEFA France François Letexier France Cyril Mugnier
France Mehdi Rahmouni		 Portugal Luis Godinho
Netherlands Dennis Higler
Italy Aleandro Di Paolo
France Willy Delajod
Spain Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
Switzerland Fedayi San		 Lithuania Donatas Rumšas
Netherlands Serdar Gözübüyük Netherlands Erwin Zeinstra
Netherlands Johan Balder
Spain José María Sánchez Martínez Spain Raúl Cabanero Martínez
Spain Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín
Sweden Glenn Nyberg Sweden Mahbod Beigi
Sweden Andreas Söderkvist
Turkey Halil Umut Meler Turkey Mustafa Emre Eyisoy
Turkey Kerem Ersoy

Squads
Main article: 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

Players born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007 (inclusive) were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Each team had to name a preliminary squad of between 22 and 50 players. From the preliminary squad, the team had to name a final squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad could be replaced by a player from the preliminary squad due to serious injury or illness up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match.[21]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.

All times are in local, Argentina time (UTC–3).[22]

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Article 17.7):[21]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined by:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. fair play points:
    • first yellow card: minus one point;
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus three points;
    • direct red card: minus four points;
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus five points;
  5. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina (H) 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Uzbekistan 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3  New Zealand 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
4  Guatemala 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Guatemala 0–1 New Zealand
Report Garbett 80'
Attendance: 15,100
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
Argentina 2–1 Uzbekistan
 Report Makhamadjonov 23'
Attendance: 37,233
Uzbekistan 2–2 New Zealand
 Report
Attendance: 12,243
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Argentina 3–0 Guatemala
 Report
Attendance: 37,033
Uzbekistan 2–0 Guatemala
Nematjonov 9', 20' Report
Attendance: 15,357
Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)
New Zealand 0–5 Argentina
Report
Attendance: 27,836
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Knockout stage
2  Ecuador 3 2 0 1 11 2 +9 6
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4  Fiji 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
United States 1–0 Ecuador
Gómez 90+3' Report
Attendance: 14,865
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)
Fiji 0–4 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 9,359
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
United States 3–0 Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 8,017
Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)
Ecuador 2–1 Slovakia
 Report Szolgai 29'
Attendance: 13,919
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish (Saudi Arabia)
Ecuador 9–0 Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 9,958
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
Slovakia 0–2 United States
Report
Attendance: 15,059
Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Knockout stage
2  Israel 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Senegal 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Israel 1–2 Colombia
Turgeman 57' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 7,613
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
Senegal 0–1 Japan
Report Matsuki 15'
Attendance: 8,625
Senegal 1–1 Israel
P. Diop 80' Report B. N'Diaye 58' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,078
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)
Japan 1–2 Colombia
Yamane 30' Report
Attendance: 3,768
Colombia 1–1 Senegal
Cortés 90+5' Report Camara 30'
Attendance: 15,825
Japan 1–2 Israel
Sakamoto 45+1' Report
Attendance: 7,581
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6 Knockout stage
2  Italy 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
4  Dominican Republic 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria 2–1 Dominican Republic
 Report Azcona 23' (pen.)
Attendance: 21,647
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
Italy 3–2 Brazil
 Report Marcos Leonardo 72', 87'
Attendance: 35,531
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)
Italy 0–2 Nigeria
Report
  • Sal. Lawal 61'
  • Sunday 90+5'
Attendance: 5,701
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Brazil 6–0 Dominican Republic
 Report
Attendance: 7,253
Brazil 2–0 Nigeria
 Report
Attendance: 29,134
Dominican Republic 0–3 Italy
Report
Attendance: 6,709
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish (Saudi Arabia)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Knockout stage
2  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 2 +1 3
4  Iraq 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
England 1–0 Tunisia
Scarlett 25' Report
Attendance: 2,765
Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
Uruguay 4–0 Iraq
 Report
Attendance: 5,176
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Uruguay 2–3 England
 Report
Attendance: 27,231
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)
Iraq 0–3 Tunisia
Report
Attendance: 8,021
Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)
Iraq 0–0 England
Report
Attendance: 12,122
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
Tunisia 0–1 Uruguay
Report Fr. González 90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,497

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Gambia 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  France 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4  Honduras 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
France 1–2 South Korea
Virginius 70' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 2,671
Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)
Gambia 2–1 Honduras
Bojang 1', 84' Report Aceituno 5'
Attendance: 3,147
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
France 1–2 Gambia
Odobert 61' Report
Attendance: 5,314
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
South Korea 2–2 Honduras
 Report
Attendance: 6,851
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
Honduras 1–3 France
Ramos 15' Report
Attendance: 8,904
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
South Korea 0–0 Gambia
Report
Attendance: 7,463
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advanced 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 D  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Knockout stage
2 A  New Zealand 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
3 B  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4 E  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 2 +1 3
5 F  France 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
6 C  Japan 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.

In the next stage, the four third-placed teams will be matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D according to the tournament regulations.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[21]

In the round of 16, the four third-placed teams were matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D. The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualify for the round of 16:[21]

Third-placed teams
qualify from groups		 1A
vs		 1B
vs		 1C
vs		 1D
vs
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Bracket
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
30 May – Mendoza
 
 
 United States4
 
4 June – Santiago del Estero
 
 New Zealand0
 
 United States0
 
1 June – Santiago del Estero
 
 Uruguay2
 
 Gambia0
 
8 June – La Plata
 
 Uruguay1
 
 Uruguay1
 
30 May – Mendoza
 
 Israel0
 
 Uzbekistan0
 
3 June – San Juan
 
 Israel1
 
 Israel (a.e.t.)3
 
31 May – La Plata
 
 Brazil2
 
 Brazil4
 
11 June – La Plata
 
 Tunisia1
 
 Uruguay1
 
31 May – San Juan
 
 Italy0
 
 Colombia5
 
3 June – San Juan
 
 Slovakia1
 
 Colombia1
 
31 May – La Plata
 
 Italy3
 
 England1
 
8 June – La Plata
 
 Italy2
 
 Italy2
 
1 June – Santiago del Estero
 
 South Korea1 Third place play-off
 
 Ecuador2
 
4 June – Santiago del Estero11 June – La Plata
 
 South Korea3
 
 South Korea (a.e.t.)1 Israel3
 
31 May – San Juan
 
 Nigeria0  South Korea1
 
 Argentina0
 
 
 Nigeria2
 

Round of 16
United States 4–0 New Zealand
 Report
Attendance: 7,848
Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)
Uzbekistan 0–1 Israel
Report Khalaily 90+7'
Attendance: 10,492
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)
Brazil 4–1 Tunisia
 Report Ghorbel 90+13'
Attendance: 9,175
Colombia 5–1 Slovakia
 Report Jambor 87'
Attendance: 4,630
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish (Saudi Arabia)
England 1–2 Italy
Devine 24' Report
Attendance: 12,832
Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
Argentina 0–2 Nigeria
Report
  • Muhammad 61'
  • Sarki 90+1'
Attendance: 27,179
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Gambia 0–1 Uruguay
Report Duarte 65'
Attendance: 7,644
Ecuador 2–3 South Korea
 Report
Attendance: 12,492
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Quarter-finals
Israel 3–2 (a.e.t.) Brazil
 Report
Attendance: 1,765
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
Colombia 1–3 Italy
Torres 49' Report
Attendance: 3,167
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)
South Korea 1–0 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Choi Seok-hyeon 95' Report
Attendance: 10,298
United States 0–2 Uruguay
Report
Attendance: 18,474

Semi-finals
Uruguay 1–0 Israel
Duarte 61' Report
Attendance: 27,860
Italy 2–1 South Korea
 Report Lee Seung-won 23' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,998
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)

Third place play-off
Israel 3–1 South Korea
 Report Lee Seung-won 24' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,327
Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

Final
Main article: 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup final
Uruguay 1–0 Italy
L. Rodríguez 86' Report
Attendance: 38,297
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Awards
Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Italy Cesare Casadei Uruguay Alan Matturro South Korea Lee Seung-won
Golden Boot Silver Boot Bronze Boot
Italy Cesare Casadei
(7 goals, 2 assists)		 Brazil Marcos Leonardo
(5 goals, 1 assist)		 Colombia Óscar Cortés
(4 goals, 2 assists)
Golden Glove
Italy Sebastiano Desplanches
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
 United States

Goalscorers

There were 154 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 2.96 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Dominican Republic Guillermo de Peña (against Nigeria)
  • France Tanguy Zoukrou (against Gambia)
  • Iraq Hussein Hassan (against Uruguay)
  • Senegal Babacar N'Diaye (against Israel)
  • United States Joshua Wynder (against Uruguay)

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Uruguay (C) 7 6 0 1 12 3 +9 18 Champions
2  Italy 7 5 0 2 13 8 +5 15 Runners-up
3  Israel 7 4 1 2 11 8 +3 13 Third place
4  South Korea 7 3 2 2 10 10 0 11 Fourth place
5  United States 5 4 0 1 10 2 +8 12 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Colombia 5 3 1 1 11 7 +4 10
7  Brazil 5 3 0 2 16 7 +9 9
8  Nigeria 5 3 0 2 6 4 +2 9
9  Argentina (H) 4 3 0 1 10 3 +7 9 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10  England 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
11  Gambia 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
12  Ecuador 4 2 0 2 13 5 +8 6
13  Uzbekistan 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4
14  New Zealand 4 1 1 2 3 11 −8 4
15  Tunisia 4 1 0 3 4 6 −2 3
16  Slovakia 4 1 0 3 6 9 −3 3
17  France 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
18  Japan 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
19  Senegal 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
20  Honduras 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
21  Iraq 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
22  Guatemala 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
23  Dominican Republic 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
24  Fiji 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Source: Techn. Report p. 6
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Marketing

Development and preparation

In early May 2023, FIFA announced that the official song of the tournament would be "Glorious", performed by the Indonesian EDM group Weird Genius and featuring three other Indonesian stars: Lyodra Ginting, Tiara Andini and Ziva Magnolya.[23]

Broadcasting rights

Live stream is available on FIFA+, while in Indonesia, available on Moji and Vidio, including replays.[24]

Sponsorship

Controversies

Protests against Israel's participation in Indonesia and Indonesia's removal as host
Further information: Removal of Indonesia as FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023 hosts

By finishing second in the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Israel qualified to the U-20 World Cup for the first time in history. However, Israel's participation is subject to political controversy due to Indonesia having the world's largest Muslim population and the two countries having no formal relations owing to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[27] Given this, Indonesian Minister of Youth and Sports Zainudin Amali stated that FIFA required any country qualified for the U-20 World Cup shall play, and that the local security officers will provide security for the Israeli team.[28]

Despite attempts to confirm Israel's participation, Israel's involvement led to Indonesia coming under scrutiny by various pro-Palestinian organisations.[29] Various Islamist organisations in Indonesia have threatened Israeli players, stating that the Israeli team is not welcome in Indonesia.[30] Meanwhile Nahdlatul Ulama figures such as its leader, Yahya Cholil Staquf and Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas voiced support for Israel's participation.[31] However, two of the six regional heads[note 1] who had signed the original agreement on willingness to be the host for the world cup,[32] Governor of Bali, I Wayan Koster and Governor Central Java (where Solo is located), Ganjar Pranowo, both members of the ruling party PDIP, stated their objection of hosting the Israeli team, citing 'anti-colonial' stances of Sukarno rather than religious ones.[33]

The Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia Zuhair Al-Shun said that his country has no objections to Indonesia's hosting of the tournament, despite Israel's qualification.[34]

On 28 March 2023, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, in a break with his party, voiced his own support to Israeli participation, and implored his people to not mix politics and sport.[35][36] The Mayor of Solo, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Joko Widodo's son, expressed disappointment with the governor's decision and willingness to hold match draw in Solo,[37] and Bandung.[38] A last minute effort was made to rescue Indonesia's role as host while still acknowledging the country's concerns, but on 29 March, FIFA officially stripped Indonesia as host for the tournament, stating "current circumstances" as the reasoning without specifying the details.[6]

Notes
  1. Governor of Jakarta
    Mayor of Surabaya
    Governor of West Java for Bandung
    Governor of Central Java for Solo
    Governor of Bali for Gianyar, Bali
    Governor of South Sumatra for Palembang

See also

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