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2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Copa Mundial Sub-20 de la FIFA
Argentina 2023
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates20 May – 11 June[1]
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored111 (2.92 per match)
Attendance481,946 (12,683 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Cesare Casadei
(4 goals)
2025
All statistics correct as of 30 May 2023.

The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup is 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 tournament was originally set to be hosted by Indonesia for the 2021 edition which would have been the first FIFA tournament hosted by that country.[2] But the COVID-19 pandemic forced FIFA to cancel the tournament, who awarded the 2023 hosting rights to the country on 24 December 2020.[3] However, Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights on 29 March 2023 due to its refusal to host Israel. On 17 April 2023, FIFA officially announced Argentina as the new host of the tournament to replace Indonesia.[4][5]

Ukraine, who were the reigning champions having won the previous FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2019, failed to qualify for the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship as they were eliminated in the qualification stage for the elite round by Serbia, despite being undefeated during the qualification stages.

Host selection

Five bids to host the original 2021 tournament were submitted in 2019,[6] and Indonesia was announced as the winning bidder on 24 October 2019.[2] In December 2020, the 2021 event was postponed until 2023, with Indonesia remaining as host.[7]

However, Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights on 29 March 2023 due to its refusal to host Israel.[4] Peru, Argentina and Qatar confirmed their interest in hosting the tournament.[8] On 30 March, Argentina became the only country to submit an official bid.[9][10]

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,[5] 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).[citation needed]

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 Africa U-20 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 are the four cities that will 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 CET 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 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) CONMEBOL Host nation, automatically asigned to Pot 1
 Uruguay CONMEBOL 2 0.4 14 5.6 5 3 13 10.4 9 28.4
 United States CONCACAF DNQ 1 0.4 10 6 8 6.4 9 +5 26.8
 France UEFA 12 2.4 14 5.6 DNQ 9 7.2 9 24.2
 Senegal CAF DNQ DNQ 8 4.8 4 3.2 11 +5 24
 Italy UEFA DNQ DNQ DNQ 11 8.8 13 21.8
2  England UEFA 3 0.6 2 0.8 DNQ 19 15.2 DNQ +5 21.6
 South Korea AFC 4 0.8 6 2.4 DNQ 6 4.8 13 21
 New Zealand OFC 2 0.4 0 0 4 2.4 4 3.2 7 +5 18
 Brazil CONMEBOL 17 3.4 DNQ 14 8.4 DNQ DNQ +5 16.8
 Ecuador CONMEBOL 4 0.8 DNQ DNQ 2 1.6 13 15.4
 Colombia CONMEBOL 12 2.4 8 3.2 4 2.4 DNQ 7 15
3  Nigeria CAF 12 2.4 6 2.4 6 3.6 DNQ 4 12.4
 Uzbekistan AFC DNQ 7 2.8 6 3.6 DNQ DNQ +5 11.4
 Japan AFC DNQ DNQ DNQ 4 3.2 5 8.2
 Iraq AFC DNQ 12 4.8 DNQ DNQ DNQ 4.8
 Honduras CONCACAF DNQ DNQ 3 1.8 3 2.4 0 4.2
 Fiji OFC DNQ DNQ 3 1.8 DNQ DNQ 1.8
4  Guatemala CONCACAF 3 0.6 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0.6
 Dominican Republic CONCACAF DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
 Gambia CAF DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
 Israel UEFA DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
 Slovakia UEFA DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
 Tunisia CAF DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0

The draw started with the host being "drawn" to A1. The teams from pot one were drawn first and were placed in the first position of their groups. 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. 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.[16]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[17]

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Argentina
A2  Uzbekistan
A3  Guatemala
A4  New Zealand
Group B
Pos Team
B1  United States
B2  Ecuador
B3  Fiji
B4  Slovakia
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Senegal
C2  Japan
C3  Israel
C4  Colombia
Group D
Pos Team
D1  Italy
D2  Brazil
D3  Nigeria
D4  Dominican Republic
Group E
Pos Team
E1  Uruguay
E2  Iraq
E3  England
E4  Tunisia
Group F
Pos Team
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.[18] On 19 May, Swiss referee Sandro Schärer withdrew due to an injury and was replaced by José María Sánchez Martínez.[19]

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

Players born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007 (inclusive) will be eligible to compete.

Each team must name a preliminary squad of between 22 and 50 players. From the preliminary squad, the team will name a final squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad can 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.[20]

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−03:00).[21]

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Article 17.7):[20]

  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'

Uzbekistan 2–2 New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 12,243
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Argentina 3–0 Guatemala
Report

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'

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

Colombia 1–1 Senegal
Cortés 90+5' Report Camara 30'
Japan 1–2 Israel
Sakamoto 45+1' Report

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
Brazil 6–0 Dominican Republic
Report

Brazil 2–0 Nigeria
Report
Dominican Republic 0–3 Italy
Report
Attendance: 6,709
Referee: Mohamed Al Hoish (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

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.)

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 is level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[20]

In the round of 16, the four third-placed teams will be matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D. The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualify for the round of 16:[20]

Third-placed teams
qualify from groups
1A
vs
1B
vs
1C
vs
1D
vs
A B C D 3C 3D 3A 3B
A B C E 3C 3A 3B 3E
A B C F 3C 3A 3B 3F
A B D E 3D 3A 3B 3E
A B D F 3D 3A 3B 3F
A B E F 3E 3A 3B 3F
A C D E 3C 3D 3A 3E
A C D F 3C 3D 3A 3F
A C E F 3C 3A 3F 3E
A D E F 3D 3A 3F 3E
B C D E 3C 3D 3B 3E
B C D F 3C 3D 3B 3F
B C E F 3E 3C 3B 3F
B D E F 3E 3D 3B 3F
C D E F 3C 3D 3F 3E

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
30 May – Mendoza
 
 
 United States4
 
4 June – Santiago del Estero
 
 New Zealand0
 
 United States
 
1 June – Santiago del Estero
 
Winners Match 44
 
 Gambia
 
8 June – La Plata
 
 Uruguay
 
Winners Match 45
 
30 May – Mendoza
 
Winners Match 46
 
 Uzbekistan0
 
3 June – San Juan
 
 Israel1
 
 Israel
 
31 May – La Plata
 
Winners Match 40
 
 Brazil
 
11 June – La Plata
 
 Tunisia
 
Winners Match 49
 
31 May – San Juan
 
Winners Match 50
 
 Colombia
 
3 June – San Juan
 
 Slovakia
 
Winners Match 42
 
31 May – La Plata
 
Winners Match 39
 
 England
 
8 June – La Plata
 
 Italy
 
Winners Match 47
 
1 June – Santiago del Estero
 
Winners Match 48Third place play-off
 
 Ecuador
 
4 June – Santiago del Estero11 June – La Plata
 
 South Korea
 
Winners Match 43Losers Match 49
 
31 May – San Juan
 
Winners Match 41Losers Match 50
 
 Argentina
 
 
 Nigeria
 

Round of 16

United States 4–0 New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 7,848
Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)

Uzbekistan 0–1 Israel
Report Khalaili 90+7'
Attendance: 10,492
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)

Brazil Match 40 Tunisia
Report

Colombia Match 42 Slovakia
Report

England Match 39 Italy
Report

Argentina Match 41 Nigeria
Report

Gambia Match 44 Uruguay
Report

Ecuador Match 43 South Korea
Report

Quarter-finals

Israel Match 46Winners Match 40
Report

Winners Match 42Match 47Winners Match 39
Report

Winners Match 43Match 48Winners Match 41
Report

United States Match 45Winners Match 44
Report

Semi-finals

Winners Match 45Match 49Winners Match 46
Report

Winners Match 47Match 50Winners Match 48
Report

Third place play-off

Losers Match 49Match 51Losers Match 50
Report

Final

Winners Match 49Match 52Winners Match 50
Report

Goalscorers

There have been 111 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match (as of 30 May 2023). Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal


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.[22]

Broadcasting rights

Live stream is available on FIFA+, while in Indonesia, available on Moji and Vidio, including replays.[23]

Sponsorship

Controversies

Protests against Israel's participation and Indonesia's removal as host

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][31] 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.[32] 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,[33] 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.[34]

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.[35]

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.[36][37] 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,[38] and Bandung.[39] 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.[4]

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

References

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