The U-20 World Cup is approaching! The best youth teams in the world meet at Argentina from May 20th to June 11th to compete for the long-awaited title. The championship groups were already announced at the draw that took place this Friday 21st April. If you want to follow your team, we will show you the official schedule with all the games, dates and stadiums.
Along with Albiceleste, who are automatically qualified as hosts, they will also be out of the game Ecuador, Colombia, Uruguay and Brazil throughout South America, as well Guatemala, Honduras, the Dominican Republic and the United States from concacaf. Next we tell you who their rivals will be.
Schedule U-20 World Cup 2023: This is what the groups and venues looked like
These are the groups of U-20 World Cup 2023as defined in the draw for this Friday 21st April:
Group A
- Argentina
- Uzbekistan
- Guatemala
- New Zealand
Group B
- USA
- Ecuador
- Fiji
- Slovakia.
Group C
- Senegal
- Japan
- Israel
- Colombia.
Group D
- Italy
- Brazil
- Nigeria
- Dominican Republic.
Group E
- Uruguay
- Iraq
- England
- Tunisia.
Group F
- France
- South Korea
- Gambia
- Honduras.
This is how the groups of the U-20 World Cup 2023 remained. Photo: FIFA
With the groups defined, the fixture list for the 2023 U-20 World Cup group stage with the confirmed dates and venues remains as follows:
Group A
date 1
- Argentina vs. Uzbekistan – May 20 – Unique Mother of Cities Stadium, Santiago del Estero
- Guatemala vs. New Zealand – May 20 – Unique Mother of Cities Stadium, Santiago del Estero.
date 2
- Argentina vs Guatemala – May 23 – Unique Stadium of the Mother of Cities, Santiago del Estero
- Uzbekistan vs. New Zealand – May 23 – Unique Mother of Cities Stadium, Santiago del Estero.
date 3
- Argentina vs. New Zealand – May 26 – Bicentennial Stadium, St. John’s
- Uzbekistan vs. Guatemala – May 26 – Unique Mother of Cities Stadium, Santiago del Estero.
Group B
date 1
- United States vs. Ecuador – May 20 – Bicentennial Stadium, San Juan
- Fiji vs. Fiji Slovakia – May 20th – Bicentennial Stadium, San Juan.
date 2
- United States vs. Fiji – May 23 – Bicentennial Stadium, San Juan
- Ecuador vs. Slovakia – May 23 – Bicentennial Stadium, San Juan.
date 3
- United States vs. Slovakia – May 26 – Bicentennial Stadium, San Juan
- Ecuador vs. Fiji – May 26 – Unique Mother of Cities Stadium, Santiago del Estero.
Argentina have qualified as hosts for the U-20 World Cup. Photo: AFP
Group C
date 1
- Senegal vs Japan – May 21 – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
- Israel vs. Colombia – May 21st – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata.
date 2
- Senegal vs Israel – May 24 – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
- Japan vs. Colombia – May 24th – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata.
date 3
- Senegal vs. Colombia – May 27th – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
- Japan vs. Israel – May 27 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza.
Group D
date 1
- Italy vs. Brazil – May 21 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza
- Nigeria vs. Dominican Republic – May 21 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza.
date 2
- Italy vs. Nigeria – May 24 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza
- Brazil vs. Dominican Republic – May 24 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza.
date 3
- Italy against Dominican Republic – May 27 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza
- Brazil vs. Nigeria – May 27 – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata.
Colombia qualified for the 2023 U-20 World Cup via the South America category. Photo: AFP
Group E
date 1
- Uruguay vs. Iraq – May 22 – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
- England vs. Tunisia – May 22 – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata.
date 2
- Uruguay vs. England – May 25 – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
- Iraq vs. Tunisia – May 25 – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata.
date 3
- Uruguay vs. Tunisia – May 28 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza
- Iraq vs. England – May 28 – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata.
Group F
date 1
- France vs South Korea – May 22 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza
- Gambia vs. Honduras – May 22 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza.
date 2
- France vs. Gambia – May 25 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza
- South Korea vs. Honduras – May 25 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza.
date 3
- France vs. Honduras – May 28th – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
- South Korea vs. Gambia – May 28 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza.
The Uruguayan team was the second best in U-20 South America, behind only Brazil. Photo: AFP
round of 16
- Game 37 – 2A vs. 2C – May 30 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza
- Game 38 – 1B vs. 3A/C/D – May 30 – Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza
- Game 39 – 1E vs. 2D – May 31 – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
- Game 40 – 1D vs 3B/E/F – 31 May – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
- Game 41 – 1A vs. 3C/D/E – May 31 – Bicentennial Stadium, San Juan
- Game 42 – 1C vs 1C. 3A/B/F – 31 May – Bicentennial Stadium, St John’s
- Game 43 – 2B vs. 2F – June 1 – Unique Mother of Cities Stadium, Santiago del Estero
- Game 44 – 1F vs. 2E – June 1 – Unique Stadium of the Mother of Cities, Santiago del Estero.
quarter finals
- Match 46 – Winner P37 vs. Winner P40 – June 3 – Estadio Bicentenario, San Juan
- Match 47 – Winner P42 vs. Winner P39 – June 3 – Estadio Bicentenario, San Juan
- Match 45 – Winner P38 vs. Winner P44 – June 4 – Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero
- Match 48 – Winner P43 vs. Winner P41 – June 4 – Unique Mother of Cities Stadium, Santiago del Estero.
semifinals
- Match 49 – Winner P45 vs. Winner P46 – June 8 – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
- Match 50 – Winner P47 vs. Winner P48 – June 8 – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata.
Third place and final
- Third place match – June 11 – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
- final – June 11th – Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata.
Where to watch the U-20 World Cup LIVE online and on TV?
In South America, coverage of the 52 matches of the 2023 U-20 World Cup LIVE will be available via DirecTV Sports Signals and the DGO streaming service. In addition, in Argentina, the local team’s games can be watched live via TyC Sports.
Sub-20 World Cup calendar: what is known about the schedule confirmation?
The match schedules of the various matches of the 2023 U-20 World Cup have not yet been announced. A decision on this should be made in the coming days.
When does the U-20 World Cup start?
He U-20 World Cup 2023 It starts this Saturday 20th May with the first matches of the group stage and runs until Sunday 11th June, the date of the grand finals.
Where will the U-20 World Cup be played?
Argentina will host the U-20 World Cup 2023, replacing original host Indonesia, which lost the event after opposition from an official over Israel’s participation. It was FIFA itself that announced the Albiceleste country as the new organizer on April 18, 2023.
These are the confirmed venues for the various matches of the U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023:
- Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero (30,000 spectators, hosted the first game)
- Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza (42,500 spectators)
- Bicentennial Stadium, San Juan (25,000 spectators)
- Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata (53,000 spectators, host of the final).
Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona will host the 2023 U-20 World Cup final. Photo: Mendovoz