Yes the UEFA qualifiers U-20 are played by the U-19 teams in the season before the WWC. So the 2022 qualifers were the Euros 2020/21. or for the previous tournament the WWC 2018, the qualifiers were the 2016/17 u-19 Euros. Due to the pandemic the U-19 Euros did not happen in 2020/21, so UEFA nominated the four teams with best coefficient over the last five seasons.I find it a reasonable way to reward countries who have been performing in that age category over five years. The current U-20 teams from France, Spain, Germany and Netherlands are preparing the WWC and therefore playing friendlies. The French team played two friendlies in this February window against U15 and U16 men's team as they could not agree on dates with other teams.
Update: AFC 3 slots (Japan, North Korea, South Korea) CAF 2 slots CONCACAF 4 slots including host (USA, Mexico, Canada,Costa Rica) CONMEBOL 2 slots OFC 1 slot (New Zealand) UEFA 4 slots (Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands)
From what I've understand UEFA did the same. @Klingo3034 The Aussie junior teams aren't near as active as other countries (very little camps and games) and they only have 2 age groups (as opposed to other strong football countries with at least 5 age groups).
Yes they used the 5 years ranking to determine the U17 and U20 teams. Quite good imo to reward countries who have been consistent over many years.
Australia replaces North Korea ! 🇦🇺 🇯🇵 🇰🇷The CommBank Young Matildas are headed to the U20 @FIFAWWC in Costa Rica!https://t.co/QcPEUDHnx1— Football Australia (@FootballAUS) March 16, 2022
AFC 3 slots (Japan, South Korea, Australia) CAF 2 slots CONCACAF 4 slots including host (USA, Mexico, Canada,Costa Rica) CONMEBOL 2 slots OFC 1 slot (New Zealand) UEFA 4 slots (Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands)
AFC 3 slots (Japan, South Korea, Australia) CAF 2 slots (Nigeria, Ghana) CONCACAF 4 slots including host (USA, Mexico, Canada,Costa Rica) CONMEBOL 2 slots OFC 1 slot (New Zealand) UEFA 4 slots (Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands)
Busy summer 2022 : 1/ June 26 - july 9 Euro U19 championship (Czech Repu.) 2/ July 6 - 31 Euro championship (England) 3/ August 10 - 28 WWC Under 20 ( Costa Rica) i don 't know if 1 and 3 will be broadcast
Brazil won C'BOL's U20 championship and will go to Costa Rica! Colombia and Uruguay will play Sunday afternoon for the second and last C'BOL slot. A tie would see Uruguay booking their flight. I don't expect C'BOL teams to be a real contender. AFC 3 slots (Japan, South Korea, Australia) CAF 2 slots (Nigeria, Ghana) CONCACAF 4 slots including host (USA, Mexico, Canada,Costa Rica) CONMEBOL 2 (Brazil, URU/COL) OFC 1 slot (New Zealand) UEFA 4 slots (Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands)
I think it will be a very open tournaments as many of those teams have been deprived of international games due to the Covid-19 pandemic and therefore do not have the usual preparation: the two years cycle and playing around 20 games at least prior to the tournament.
Better double-check that qualifiers table. South American sport outlets say COL will qualify by drawing against URU, next Sunday. I hope COL does so, after witnessing Conmebol's shenanigans with referee assignments closing their group phase. Uruguayan referee assigned twice to VEN, 72 hours before VEN vs URU match in final phase. Guess which team had a key player thrown out with a 2-match suspension. Conmebol is certainly the gift that keeps on stealing.
You are right, sorry. I had Uruguay +1 Goal Difference they are actually tied with Colombia. Colombia has the tie advantage due to more goals scored in the final phase.
Regarding C'BOL-URU conspiracy. I really think it is just that. Fans seems to be able to connect dots as they see fit. At the time of VEN vs ARG game, Group B second place could have gone to either Uruguay or Ecuador. URU vs ECU game that decided second place was played one day latter. So unless the URU ref/C'BOL knew about the future they couldn't have planned to help URU on the final phase. Also it was a very silly from Barbara Olivieri to do unsporting conduct against Argentina of all teams. I have no problem with that red. (1:52:46)
I do not know man, quid-pro-quo between ARG and URU is a big part of Conmebol's tournament folklore. Even their referees were assigned to each other's closing group matches. Cannot make that stuff up. I certainly hope that COL qualifies, despite Conmebol's favoritism.
There we have it, the full list, draw takes place 05 May AFC 3 slots (Japan, South Korea, Australia) CAF 2 slots (Nigeria, Ghana) CONCACAF 4 slots including host (USA, Mexico, Canada,Costa Rica) CONMEBOL 2 (Brazil, Colombia) OFC 1 slot (New Zealand) UEFA 4 slots (Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands)
While Olivieri's aptitude was childish, it was not for the red card. It was her natural response to the Argentine player's spitting. Terrible performance of the Uruguayan referee.
Sorry but players do not have the right to respond or take revenge. Not sure were you saw the spitting. No ARG player was next to her when she took the free kick. She already had an yellow, you have to except more from a professional player. Per the rule book: unsporting behavior is a cautionable offence. Offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gesture is a sending-off offence. I agree the ref was bad.
Here are the pots for the draw: pot 1 costa rica, germnay, japan, france pot 2 usa, nigeria, spain, mexico pot 3 brasil, south korea, ghaa, new zeland pot 4 netherlands, canada, columbia, australia
For those who wonder how the pot allocation was made: The 16 qualified teams are allocated to four pots of four teams each, based on a ranking created according to past sporting performance. The ranking is based on the total points obtained in the last five FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cups (three points for a win, one point for a draw, zero for a defeat). The ranking used to form the pots is thus based on the points obtained at the 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012 and 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cups™. To enable the ranking to accurately reflect current form, the greatest importance is given to results from the most recent FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cups. To a lesser degree, attention is also paid to results from previous years. The system uses five cycles, and the points earned in a FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup tournament decline linearly over the past five cycles: 2018: 100% value of total points 2016: 80% value of total points 2014: 60% value of total points 2012: 40% value of total points 2010: 20% value of total points In addition, five bonus points are added to each of the confederation’s current champions that won the respective qualifying tournament for this cycle. Based on the above ranking, the top three teams and the hosts are allocated to pot 1, the next four teams to pot 2, and so on.
FIFA have also made changes to the schedule, mainly moving the host games to be the second games of the double headers at the Estadio Nacional.
Are there limits to the number of team from the same federation? If so we could pretty much figure out the groups. pot 1 costa rica, germnay, japan, france pot 2 usa, nigeria, spain, mexico pot 3 brasil, south korea, ghana, new zeland pot 4 netherlands, canada, colombia, australia Assuming only two AFC, C'CAF and UEFA for only 1 team from CAF and C'BOL per group. Costa Rica ----------------Costa Rica NIG/SPA--------------------USA/MEX BRA/KOR/NZE-----------BRA/NZE or KOR/GAN CAN--------------------------AUS/NED or COL/AUS/NED I like Brazil's chance of making out of group stage from. CR / MEX/ BRA / AUS or CR / NIG / BRA / CAN Do not want CR / SPA / BRA / CAN or CR / USA / BRA / NED GER / USA/ BRA / NED or GER / SPA / BRA / CAN