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Mayor of Santiago de Cali probably had an accident with spilled drink right before filming. Clearly the shirt he is wearing look like it was bought last miniute and taken right out of the plastic bag. Well... its rather hard to find an iron around the pitch... unless one would like to use press from kit room
Qualified nations: Australia, Austria, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia (host country), Costa Rica, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain, USA. Remaining qualifying competitions CONMEBOL (4) CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina 2024 Venue: Ecuador Dates: 11 April - 5 May 2024
Preparation tournament in France Sud Ladies Cup 27 May to 4 June: Japan, Morocco, France, Colombia, Panama, Mexico
Group A : Mexico ended first, beating Japan and losing against Colombia on PKSO. Group B : France won its 2 matches, against Morocco and Panama. Highlights or full replay on : https://youthfootarena.tv/page/645b669599961d3dcc9ae60b (need to be registred) Fifth place : Colombia - Panama today, 11h00 Third place : Japan - Morocco today, 17h00 Final : Mexico - France today 21h00
The draw will take place tomorrow live on FIFA + at 1000 local time in Bogota. 4. DRAW CONSTRAINTS • In team pot 1, as the host country, Colombia will be identified by a different coloured ball and will be assigned to position A1. • The remaining five teams in team pot 1 will be automatically drawn into position 1 of each remaining group (in order, from group B to F), with each position 1 ball also being identified by a different colour to the other balls in the group pot. • FIFA’s general principle is to ensure, whenever possible, that no group has more than one team from the same confederation drawn into it
Sud Ladies cup Fifth place : Colombia 4 - 0 Panama Third Place : HT : Japan 2 - 1 Maroc https://youthfootarena.tv/sportitem/665ecde97377385b457db9b2 or youtube :
Third place : Japan 4 - 2 Maroc Final : France 0 - 0 Mexico PKSO 4 - 3 It was the fifth Sud Ladies Cup, and the first time France win it. Previous winners : 2018 : USA - France 2019 : North Korea - Japon 2022 : USA - France 2023 : Japon - Cameroon
A minute of silence for ESP + USA players opening Group C: Cali, 3pm local time. Same date and time last year: hottest temp of the day with 95F Nice to see FIFA ensuring R16 qualification of Group B teams: matches at cool Bogota, plus a cannon-fodder team.
FIFA will trial the Football Video Support at the u-20 WWC Football Video Support (VS), a simplified alternative to the video assistant referee (VAR) system, is to be used on a trial basis at the upcoming FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup™ in Colombia as FIFA continues to lead the use of technology to support referees.
Group B loses one of its training pitches: Estadio Metropolitano de Itagui. Itagui city mayor notified both FIFA and COL fed that its training venue won't be ready by the Aug 30 deadline. Two entertainment events are scheduled to use it, before u20 squads may train on it: - Industry+Commerce+Culture Fair (Aug 13 - 19) - Musical concert (Aug 31; not Aug 30 as reported by local gov't officials) As expected, Itagui officials promise proper training pitch conditions will be kept. They expect to deliver it by Sep 1: less than 24 hours after a musical event is held there. They hope FIFA will allow Itagui to remain as a u20 WC training hub. FIFA did not respond to Itagui city mayor, as of date of that report (Jun 24). Group B matches will be played in nearby Medellin: Aug 31, Sep 3, Sep 6. I won't be surprised if a Group B team gets routed after being unable to train. https://www.coosmovision.com/alcald...-mundial-femenino-sub-20-por-eventos-locales/
I am sure, they can find a pitch somewhere surely. I mean here is a picture of a training at the u-20 WWC in Costa Rica two years ago. The FFF kindly allowed me to watch the full session and the pitch qualify was just basic.
If I get this right this WWC U20 in Colombia will introduce trial of FVS (Football Video Support) in other words coaches will get 2 video challenges (VAR) to use per game. HOW DOES VS WORK? The VS system is used only in the event of a possible clear and obvious error or serious missed incident in relation to the following scenarios: a. Goal/no goal b. Penalty/no penalty c. Direct red cards (not second cautions) d. Mistaken identity (when the referee cautions or sends off the wrong player of the offending team) VS can be used only once the referee has taken a decision (with waving play on being considered a decision) and a team has made a subsequent request for a review. Only the team’s head coach (or, in their absence, the senior team official present in the technical area) can make a review request, which must be made immediately after the incident, by twirling their finger in the air and giving a review request card to the fourth official. However, each player is entitled to ask their head coach to make a review request. The fourth official will inform the referee of the review request and, if play has stopped (and not restarted) since the incident, the referee will go to the referee review area (RRA) to review the replay footage. If play has continued since the incident, the referee will stop play when the ball is in a neutral zone and go to the RRA to review the replay footage. During the review, the referee will be assisted by a review operator, who will show replay footage on the monitor (e.g. different camera angles, split screen, different replay speeds, etc.). The original decision taken by the referee will not be changed unless the video replay footage shows clear evidence that the decision was a clear and obvious error or that there has been a serious missed incident. As the VS system involves a small number of cameras, the replay footage will often be inconclusive and thus the original decision may not be changed. The review request must be made immediately to: • conform to the Laws of the Game requirement that a decision cannot be changed once play has restarted after a stoppage; and • prevent unnecessary delays to the game while the team’s head coach (or, in their absence, the senior team official present in the technical area) considers whether to make a review request. After a goal has been scored, the fourth official will check the footage on the monitor and inform the referee if a clear and obvious offence was committed by the attacking team. Unless the decision is factual, the referee will then review the incident and make the final decision. HOW MANY REVIEW REQUESTS PER TEAM WILL BE ACCEPTED? During the trial phase, it is expected that each team will be able to make two requests per match. If the review by the referee results in the original decision being changed, the team retains (does not lose) that review request. IS VS REPLACING THE VAR SYSTEM? No. VS is fundamentally different to the VAR system because, as there are no video match officials and therefore all qualifying decisions/incidents are not automatically checked, the decision to request a review is the responsibility of the team’s head coach (or, in their absence, of the senior team official present in the technical area). FIFA has no intention whatsoever of replacing the VAR system. On the contrary, FIFA is committed to supporting the implementation of the VAR system, whenever possible. It has proven to be a very successful system, as to date, over 200 individual competitions – spanning 65 member associations across five confederations – have benefited from the implementation of VAR solutions that assist match officials in officiating the game. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE TECHNOLOGY MALFUNCTIONS? If the technology malfunctions, the match must be played or continue without the VS system, and the head coach and captain of each team must be informed immediately. (full article)
FIFA have been trying to develop a VAR-light for years. Also this has been tested recently too at the youth all starts tournament.
Although this theoretically can result in the correction of up to 4 errors per game, it also can result in four additional interruptions in game flow per game -- that is, additional to those already occurring because of VAR, if VAR is being used. Is that a good trade off?
Has anyone come across a preview for the tournament? Would be curious to learn a bit about which teams are favored, etc. Thanks!