2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2017년 FIFA U-20 월드컵
Tournament details
Host country  South Korea
Dates 20 May – 11 June 2017
Teams 24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)

The 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup will be the 21st 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 hosted by South Korea between 20 May and 11 June 2017.[1]

Along with Japan and Mexico, South Korea becomes the third nation to have hosted all of FIFA Men's international competitions, namely the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 2001 Confederations Cup and the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

The Korean FA originally place a request of hosting the tournament away from the traditional June/July period, as it would clash with Korea's rainy season, as well as any possible national team selection were they to qualify for the Confederations Cup.[2]

Serbia, the 2015 champions, will not be able to defend their title as they failed to reach the final round of the UEFA qualifying tournament. In doing so, they became the fifth consecutive incumbent title holder to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament.

Host selection

Along with asking member associations whether it wished to host the Under 20, Under 17 or the Beach Soccer World Cup in 2017 (along with Women's Tournaments a year previous), a declaration of interest would need to have been sent by 15 May 2013.[3] A total of 12 countries submitted a bid to host the tournament by the May 2013 deadline:[4]

The final decision on who would be hosts were made as part of FIFA's Executive Committee meetings in Brazil on 5 December 2013 with South Korea being awarded the hosting rights.[7]

Qualified teams

A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to South Korea who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. Starting from 2017, the Oceania Football Confederation will receive an additional slot (in total two), while UEFA will have five instead of six slots.[8]

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) Host nation  South Korea
2016 AFC U-19 Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CAF (Africa) 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean)		 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CONMEBOL (South America) 2017 South American Youth Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
OFC (Oceania) 2016 OFC U-20 Championship TBD
TBD
UEFA (Europe) 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Venues

Cheonan, Daejeon, Incheon, Seogwipo, Jeonju and Suwon were the six cities chosen to host the competition from a shortlist of nine, with Seoul, Pohang, Ulsan not chosen.[1][2]

Cheonan Daejeon Incheon
Cheonan Stadium Daejeon World Cup Stadium Incheon Football Stadium
Capacity: 26,000 Capacity: 40,535 Capacity: 20,891
2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup (South Korea)
Seogwipo Jeonju Suwon
Jeju World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 35,657 Capacity: 42,477 Capacity: 43,959

Group stage

The match schedule was announced by FIFA on 23 November 2015.[9]

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

All times are local, KST (UTC+9).[10]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea (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
First match(es) will be played on 20 May 2017. Source: FIFA
(H) Host.

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20)
South Korea  Match 1 A2

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20)
A3 Match 2 A4

23 May 2017 (2017-05-23)
South Korea  Match 13 A3

23 May 2017 (2017-05-23)
A4 Match 14 A2

26 May 2017 (2017-05-26)
A4 Match 25  South Korea

26 May 2017 (2017-05-26)
A2 Match 26 A3

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
First match(es) will be played on 20 May 2017. Source: FIFA

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20)
B1 Match 3 B2

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20)
B3 Match 4 B4

23 May 2017 (2017-05-23)
B1 Match 15 B3

23 May 2017 (2017-05-23)
B4 Match 16 B2

26 May 2017 (2017-05-26)
B4 Match 27 B1

26 May 2017 (2017-05-26)
B2 Match 28 B3

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
First match(es) will be played on 21 May 2017. Source: FIFA

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21)
C1 Match 5 C2

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21)
C3 Match 6 C4

24 May 2017 (2017-05-24)
C1 Match 17 C3

24 May 2017 (2017-05-24)
C2 Match 18 C4

27 May 2017 (2017-05-27)
C4 Match 29 C1

27 May 2017 (2017-05-27)
C2 Match 30 C3

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
First match(es) will be played on 21 May 2017. Source: FIFA

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21)
D1 Match 7 D2

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21)
D3 Match 8 D4

24 May 2017 (2017-05-24)
D1 Match 19 D3

24 May 2017 (2017-05-24)
D2 Match 20 D4

27 May 2017 (2017-05-27)
D4 Match 31 D1

27 May 2017 (2017-05-27)
D2 Match 32 D3

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
First match(es) will be played on 22 May 2017. Source: FIFA

22 May 2017 (2017-05-22)
E1 Match 9 E2

22 May 2017 (2017-05-22)
E3 Match 10 E4

25 May 2017 (2017-05-25)
E1 Match 21 E3

25 May 2017 (2017-05-25)
E2 Match 22 E4

28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)
E4 Match 33 E1

28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)
E2 Match 36 E3

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
First match(es) will be played on 22 May 2017. Source: FIFA

22 May 2017 (2017-05-22)
F1 Match 11 F2

22 May 2017 (2017-05-22)
F3 Match 12 F4

25 May 2017 (2017-05-25)
F1 Match 23 F3

25 May 2017 (2017-05-25)
F2 Match 24 F4

28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)
F4 Match 34 F1

28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)
F2 Match 35 F3

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Third Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B Third Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C Third Group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D Third Group D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 E Third Group E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 F Third Group F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 20 May 2017. Source: FIFA

Knockout stage

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
30 May — Cheonan
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
4 June — Daejeon
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Winner Match 38
 
31 May — Suwon
 
Winner Match 41
 
Winner Group D
 
8 June — Daejeon
 
Third Group B / E / F
 
Winner Match 45
 
30 May — Daejeon
 
Winner Match 46
 
Winner Group B
 
4 June — Jeonju
 
Third Group A / C / D
 
Winner Match 37
 
1 June — Incheon
 
Winner Match 44
 
Winner Group F
 
11 June — Suwon
 
Runner-up Group E
 
Winner Match 49
 
1 June — Cheonan
 
Winner Match 50
 
Winner Group E
 
5 June — Suwon
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner Match 43
 
31 May — Seogwipo
 
Winner Match 40
 
Winner Group C
 
8 June — Jeonju
 
Third Group A / B / F
 
Winner Match 47
 
1 June — Incheon
 
Winner Match 48Third Place
 
Runner-up Group B
 
5 June — Cheonan11 June — Suwon
 
Runner-up Group F
 
Winner Match 42Loser Match 49
 
31 May — Jeonju
 
Winner Match 39Loser Match 50
 
Winner Group A
 
 
Third Group C / D / E
 

Round of 16

30 May 2017 (2017-05-30)
Winner Group B Match 37 Third Group A / C / D

30 May 2017 (2017-05-30)
Runner-up Group A Match 38 Runner-up Group C

31 May 2017 (2017-05-31)
Winner Group A Match 39 Third Group C / D / E

31 May 2017 (2017-05-31)
Winner Group C Match 40 Third Group A / B / F

31 May 2017 (2017-05-31)
Winner Group D Match 41 Third Group B / E / F

1 June 2017 (2017-06-01)
Runner-up Group B Match 42 Runner-up Group F

1 June 2017 (2017-06-01)
Winner Group E Match 43 Runner-up Group D

1 June 2017 (2017-06-01)
Winner Group F Match 44 Runner-up Group E

Quarter-finals

4 June 2017 (2017-06-04)
Winner Match 38 Match 45 Winner Match 41

4 June 2017 (2017-06-04)
Winner Match 37 Match 46 Winner Match 44

5 June 2017 (2017-06-05)
Winner Match 43 Match 47 Winner Match 40

5 June 2017 (2017-06-05)
Winner Match 42 Match 48 Winner Match 39

Semi-finals

8 June 2017 (2017-06-08)
Winner Match 45 Match 49 Winner Match 46

8 June 2017 (2017-06-08)
Winner Match 47 Match 50 Winner Match 48

Third place match

11 June 2017 (2017-06-11)
Loser Match 49 Match 51 Loser Match 50

Final

11 June 2017 (2017-06-11)
Winner Match 49 Match 52 Winner Match 50

References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA media". Twitter. 24 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 "韓축구 2017년 U-20 월드컵 본격 준비 '킥오프'" (in Korean). Incheon Daily. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bidding process opened for five FIFA competitions in 2016 and 2017". FIFA. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "FIFA Executive Committee fully backs resolution on the fight against racism and discrimination". FIFA.com. 28 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Black Country World Cup bid scrapped by FA". Express & Star. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "SA to host U20 Women's World Cup in 2016" (Press release). South African Football Association. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "FIFA launches 2014 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust". FIFA.com. 5 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "FIFA executive vows to improve governance and boost female participation in football". FIFA.com. 25 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Countdown to Korea 2017 begins". FIFA.com. 23 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Match Schedule FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea 2017" (PDF). FIFA.com.

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