2025 U20 World Cup, Chile

[amenina]

The hosts of the next edition of the U20 World Cup in 2025 is yet to be announced.

European teams will be determined by the 2024 U19 Euro. The qualifying round will be played in autumn 2023, the elite round will be played in spring 2024, and the final tournament will be played in Northern Ireland in summer 2024. Here is the thread for the tournament: viewtopic.php?t=5983

[amenina]

North, Central American and Caribbean teams will be determined by the 2024 Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship. The draw for the qualifiers will be held on 11 October.

2024 Concacaf Men's Under-20 Qualifiers draw set for October 11

https://www.concacaf.com/under-20s-men/ ... ctober-11/

Competition takes place February 23 - March 2, 2024.

Concacaf Member Associations ranked 7-41 to compete for the six slots available in the Confederation's 2024 U-20 Championship.

Miami, FL (Thursday, September 28, 2023) – Concacaf has confirmed important details regarding the 2024 Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Qualifiers. The 2024 U-20 Championship qualifying competition, to be disputed among the Concacaf Member Associations ranked between 7 and 41, will take place February 23 - March 2, 2024.

The 27 national teams participating in the qualifiers are (in alphabetical order): Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands.

The official draw for the qualifiers will be conducted on October 11, 2023, at Concacaf Headquarters in Miami, FL. The participating teams will be divided into six groups in this made-for-tv event. Fans can follow all the action starting at 11:00 am ET on Concacaf.com and Concacaf's social media platforms.

For the draw, the teams have been split into pots according to their ranking as follows (listed in ranking order per pot):

Pot 1: Guatemala, El Salvador, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, and Canada

Pot 2: Trinidad and Tobago, Curacao, Nicaragua, Antigua & Barbuda, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda

Pot 3: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Aruba, Grenada, Belize, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Pot 4: Cayman Islands, Guyana, Dominica, British Virgin Islands, Saint Martin and Martinique

Pot 5: Barbados, Anguilla, and Turks and Caicos Islands

Teams will be placed into Groups A, B, C, D, E, and F according to the order they are drawn, with no more than one team from each pot per group.

After round-robin play between February 23 and March 2, 2024, the first-place team from each group will advance to the 2024 Concacaf Men's U-20 Championship, joining the six pre-seeded top-ranked nations.

The qualifiers' complete match schedule will be announced after the official draw.

2024 Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship

The 12-team Championship is scheduled for the summer of 2024 and will feature the region's 12 best men's U-20 national teams divided into three groups of four. After round-robin play, the two top teams of each group and the two best third place teams will advance to a Knockout Stage comprised of Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Final. At the conclusion of the competition, the four top finishers (semifinalists) will qualify for the 2025 FIFA Men's U-20 World Cup.

The nations pre-seeded into the Championships' Group Stage are (in ranking order): United States (1), Honduras (2), Mexico (3), Panama (4), Costa Rica (5), and the Dominican Republic (6).

Further details regarding the 2024 Concacaf Men's U-20 Championship, including the tournament's host and draw details, will be published following the conclusion of the Qualifiers.

In the previous edition of the Concacaf Men's U-20 Championship, played in Honduras in 2022, the United States won its third title after defeating the Dominican Republic 6-0 in the Final. By reaching the tournament's Final, both nations secured a berth in the Paris 2024 Men's Olympic Football Tournament.

CONCACAF Rankings, Men's Under-20: https://www.concacaf.com/rankings/men-s-under-20/

[Tazmania]

Thanks for the details.

Does that mean the qualifying date is 01.01.2005 - rather than 01.01.2004 - so all of the players of the qualified teams are eligible for the 2025 U20WC?

[amenina]

Thanks for the details.

Does that mean the qualifying date is 01.01.2005 - rather than 01.01.2004 - so all of the players of the qualified teams are eligible for the 2025 U20WC?

You are correct. The age limit follows that of the FIFA U-20 World Cup that the competition qualifies to. See Article 9.1.3 of the regulations for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship: https://stconcacafwp001.blob.core.windo ... ns_eng.pdf

So basically, even though it is called "U-20" Championship, it is in reality a "U-19" Championship, same as the UEFA competition which qualifies to the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Also, the last CONCACAF U-20 Championship was used to qualify for the Olympics, and here there is a discrepancy of age limit. The age limit for the U-20 Championship was 01.01.2003, while the age limit for the Olympics will be 01.01.2001 (bar the three over-age players). So this means a lot of the players from USA and Dominican Republic which played in the Olympic qualifying tournament is not likely to actually play in the Olympics.

Here CONCACAF is doing what CONMEBOL used to do prior to 2020, that is, use the same tournament to qualify for both the U-20 World Cup and Olympics. However, from 2020, CONMEBOL now uses a separate U-23 competition to qualify for the Olympics.

[amenina]

Draw reveals groups for 2024 Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers

https://www.concacaf.com/under-20s-men/ ... ualifiers/

Miami, FL – On Wednesday, Concacaf conducted the official draw for the 2024 Concacaf Men's U-20 Qualifiers. The tournament will take place February 23 – March 2, 2024, across five venues in Central America and the Caribbean.

The 27 men's U-20 teams were split into three groups of five and three groups of 4. The six groups are as follows (host venues):

Group A

Cuba, Nicaragua, Belize, British Virgin Islands, and Anguilla
Estadio Nacional, Managua, Nicaragua

Group B

El Salvador, Antigua and Barbuda, Suriname, Guyana, and Turks and Caicos Islands
ABFA Technical Centre, Piggotts, Antigua & Barbuda

Group C

Guatemala, Curacao, Aruba, Saint Martin, and Barbados
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Group D

Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica
Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

Group E

Haiti, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Cayman Islands
SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Group F

Jamaica, Bermuda, Grenada, and Martinique
SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis

(Note: the five teams designated as hosts before the draw, Antigua and Barbuda, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Trinidad and Tobago, had to be drawn into different groups.)

After round-robin play between February 23 and March 2, 2024, the first-place team from each group will advance to the 2024 Concacaf Men's U-20 Championship, joining the six pre-seeded top-ranked nations.

The 2024 Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers match schedule is available here. https://stconcacafwp001.blob.core.windo ... hedule.pdf

2024 Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship

The 12-team Championship is scheduled for the summer of 2024 and will feature the region's 12 best men's U-20 national teams divided into three groups of four. After round-robin play, the two top teams of each group and the two best third-place teams will advance to a Knockout Stage comprised of Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Final. At the conclusion of the competition, the four top finishers (semifinalists) will qualify for the 2025 FIFA Men's U-20 World Cup.

The nations pre-seeded into the Championships' Group Stage are (in ranking order): United States (1), Honduras (2), Mexico (3), Panama (4), Costa Rica (5), and the Dominican Republic (6).

Further details regarding the 2024 Concacaf Men's U-20 Championship, including the tournament's host and draw details, will be published following the conclusion of the Qualifiers.

In the previous edition of the Concacaf Men's U-20 Championship, played in Honduras in 2022, the United States won its third title after defeating the Dominican Republic 6-0 in the Final. By reaching the tournament's Final, both nations secured a berth in the Paris 2024 Men's Olympic Football Tournament.

Draw video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y0nBdaRgUA

[amenina]

https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/organis ... mpetitions

FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions

Chile to host FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025™ and Poland to host FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026™

Framework for training compensation system for women’s football approved


The FIFA Council met ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup 2023™ semi-finals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with youth competitions an important item on the agenda, as Chile was unanimously appointed as the host of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025™ and Poland as the host of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026™.

“Since 1962, Chile has organised FIFA events at the highest level, most recently the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2015. The country’s organisational experience coupled with the passion of the Chilean fans will provide a fantastic setting for the stars of tomorrow,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

“Poland is a country with a magnificent football tradition and hosted a memorable edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2019, in which emerging stars like Erling Haaland made a great impression. Hosting the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026 will be a new milestone in Poland’s football history and one that will boost women’s football in the country and across the world.”

FIFA President Gianni Infantino holds up a sign announcing Poland as the hosts for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2026


The slot allocation for both the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025 and the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026 are the same as each other and remain unchanged from the previous editions of both competitions: AFC: 4; CAF: 4; Concacaf: 4; CONMEBOL: 4; OFC: 2; UEFA: 5; host country: 1.

As part of FIFA’s efforts to further professionalise the women’s game, the Council also approved the governing framework for a training compensation system for women’s football in order to encourage the development of youth players, protect the investment of the training clubs and contribute to the competitive balance and sustainability of women’s football.

FIFA will subsequently draft the relevant regulations, and a task force will be established to finalise the technical details.

With the objective of modernising the applicable regulatory framework for national dispute resolution chambers and to provide clarity and the necessary legal certainty with regard to their jurisdiction and structure, the FIFA Council approved the National Dispute Resolution Chamber Recognition Principles and its Annexe 1 (National Dispute Resolution Chamber Standard Regulations – 2023 edition).

The dates of the following competitions were included in the respective international match calendars:


OFC Nations Cup 2024 (15-30 June 2024)

Concacaf Gold Cup 2025 (14 June – 6 July 2025)

OFC Women’s Olympic Football Qualifying Tournament 2024 (7-19 February 2024)

UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 (2-27 July 2025)

[Jackson Harrison]

https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/organis ... mpetitions

FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions

Chile to host FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025™ and Poland to host FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026™

Framework for training compensation system for women’s football approved


The FIFA Council met ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup 2023™ semi-finals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with youth competitions an important item on the agenda, as Chile was unanimously appointed as the host of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025™ and Poland as the host of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026™.

“Since 1962, Chile has organised FIFA events at the highest level, most recently the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2015. The country’s organisational experience coupled with the passion of the Chilean fans will provide a fantastic setting for the stars of tomorrow,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

“Poland is a country with a magnificent football tradition and hosted a memorable edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2019, in which emerging stars like Erling Haaland made a great impression. Hosting the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026 will be a new milestone in Poland’s football history and one that will boost women’s football in the country and across the world.”

FIFA President Gianni Infantino holds up a sign announcing Poland as the hosts for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2026


The slot allocation for both the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025 and the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026 are the same as each other and remain unchanged from the previous editions of both competitions: AFC: 4; CAF: 4; Concacaf: 4; CONMEBOL: 4; OFC: 2; UEFA: 5; host country: 1.

As part of FIFA’s efforts to further professionalise the women’s game, the Council also approved the governing framework for a training compensation system for women’s football in order to encourage the development of youth players, protect the investment of the training clubs and contribute to the competitive balance and sustainability of women’s football.

FIFA will subsequently draft the relevant regulations, and a task force will be established to finalise the technical details.

With the objective of modernising the applicable regulatory framework for national dispute resolution chambers and to provide clarity and the necessary legal certainty with regard to their jurisdiction and structure, the FIFA Council approved the National Dispute Resolution Chamber Recognition Principles and its Annexe 1 (National Dispute Resolution Chamber Standard Regulations – 2023 edition).

The dates of the following competitions were included in the respective international match calendars:


OFC Nations Cup 2024 (15-30 June 2024)

Concacaf Gold Cup 2025 (14 June – 6 July 2025)

OFC Women’s Olympic Football Qualifying Tournament 2024 (7-19 February 2024)

UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 (2-27 July 2025)

Didn't they host recently as well?

[amenina]

Didn't they host recently as well?

Not the Men's U20. Last time was 1987.

They hosted the Women's U20 in 2008, and the Men's U17 in 2015.

[Jackson Harrison]

Didn't they host recently as well?

Not the Men's U20. Last time was 1987.

They hosted the Women's U20 in 2008, and the Men's U17 in 2015.

Ah I must be U17. I wasn't even born in 1987 and was too young to remember 2008!

[Tazmania]

I vaguely remember the 1987 competition - then called the World Youth Championship - which Yugoslavia won!

I wonder whether awarding the competition to Chile'represents some form of compensation for them being the only Conmebol nation which bid to host games in the 2030 WC but was eventually overlooked for the initial celebtratory games.

[amenina]

I vaguely remember the 1987 competition - then called the World Youth Championship - which Yugoslavia won!

I wonder whether awarding the competition to Chile'represents some form of compensation for them being the only Conmebol nation which bid to host games in the 2030 WC but was eventually overlooked for the initial celebtratory games.

Interesting factoid: This will be the 4th FIFA football “World Cups” hosted by Chile (men’s or women’s, senior or u20 or u17, not counting Confed Cup, Olympics, futsal or beach soccer), 1 more than Argentina (1 World Cup and 2 u20) and Brazil (2 World Cups and 1 u17, but of course a lot more if you count Confed Cup, Olympics, futsal or beach soccer).

On the other hand, Paraguay have never hosted any FIFA football tournament (although they hosted the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup). So the 2030 World Cup centennial game in Paraguay will be the first FIFA tournament match played in the country (of course FIFA can award them a tournament between now and 2030).

The only CONMEBOL countries to have never hosted a FIFA tournament are Bolivia and Venezuela.

[amenina]

I vaguely remember the 1987 competition - then called the World Youth Championship - which Yugoslavia won!

I wonder whether awarding the competition to Chile'represents some form of compensation for them being the only Conmebol nation which bid to host games in the 2030 WC but was eventually overlooked for the initial celebtratory games.

Interesting factoid: This will be the 5th FIFA football “World Cups” hosted by Chile (men’s or women’s, senior or u20 or u17, not counting Confed Cup, Olympics, futsal or beach soccer), 2 more than Argentina (1 World Cup and 2 u20) and Brazil (2 World Cups and 1 u17, but of course a lot more if you count Confed Cup, Olympics, futsal or beach soccer).

On the other hand, Paraguay have never hosted any FIFA football tournament (although they hosted the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup). So the 2030 World Cup centennial game in Paraguay will be the first FIFA tournament match played in the country (of course FIFA can award them a tournament between now and 2030).

The only CONMEBOL countries to have never hosted a FIFA tournament are Bolivia and Venezuela.

Oops, I forgot that Chile hosted the 1962 World Cup, so I fixed my factoid. But it was of course before I was born, so I did have an excuse.

[Tazmania]

Yes, prompted by your posted I counted and it is 5; I forgot to reply!

[Jackson Harrison]

I vaguely remember the 1987 competition - then called the World Youth Championship - which Yugoslavia won!

I wonder whether awarding the competition to Chile'represents some form of compensation for them being the only Conmebol nation which bid to host games in the 2030 WC but was eventually overlooked for the initial celebtratory games.

Interesting factoid: This will be the 5th FIFA football “World Cups” hosted by Chile (men’s or women’s, senior or u20 or u17, not counting Confed Cup, Olympics, futsal or beach soccer), 2 more than Argentina (1 World Cup and 2 u20) and Brazil (2 World Cups and 1 u17, but of course a lot more if you count Confed Cup, Olympics, futsal or beach soccer).

On the other hand, Paraguay have never hosted any FIFA football tournament (although they hosted the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup). So the 2030 World Cup centennial game in Paraguay will be the first FIFA tournament match played in the country (of course FIFA can award them a tournament between now and 2030).

The only CONMEBOL countries to have never hosted a FIFA tournament are Bolivia and Venezuela.

Oops, I forgot that Chile hosted the 1962 World Cup, so I fixed my factoid. But it was of course before I was born, so I did have an excuse.

Even I knew that.

Forgot you were born in 1963 !

[amenina]

Interesting factoid: This will be the 5th FIFA football “World Cups” hosted by Chile (men’s or women’s, senior or u20 or u17, not counting Confed Cup, Olympics, futsal or beach soccer), 2 more than Argentina (1 World Cup and 2 u20) and Brazil (2 World Cups and 1 u17, but of course a lot more if you count Confed Cup, Olympics, futsal or beach soccer).

On the other hand, Paraguay have never hosted any FIFA football tournament (although they hosted the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup). So the 2030 World Cup centennial game in Paraguay will be the first FIFA tournament match played in the country (of course FIFA can award them a tournament between now and 2030).

The only CONMEBOL countries to have never hosted a FIFA tournament are Bolivia and Venezuela.

Oops, I forgot that Chile hosted the 1962 World Cup, so I fixed my factoid. But it was of course before I was born, so I did have an excuse.

Even I knew that.

Forgot you were born in 1963 !

Sorry but I was not born yet when your country won their only World Cup.