Starts up this weekend. It will be interesting to see if South America can win the trophy back-to-back tournaments.
Yup. FS2 mostly for English. Spanish mostly Telemundo Deportes (digital platform). If you have a Peacock subscription you will be able to watch most the matches. Universo and Telemundo will show select matches.
The UEFA teams prioritise the U19 EURO over the U20WC because while the former is always played in the summer the latter is often played during the club season when clubs do not have to release their players who by that age could already be getting playing time. It is different in the U17 category where players are usually made available for selection for the U17WC because they are still usually not regular starters for their club.
The way teams are seeded in FIFA youth tournaments is unfair, as it relies on past tournaments results, which makes little sense since squads change almost entirely every two years, it is acceptable in qualifiers but not in the Finals, For example, Uruguay won the previous U20 World Cup but didn’t even qualify this time, if they were to qualify let's say in fourth place in CONMEBOL qualifiers, they could still get top seeded over teams that performed better in other qualifiers, like South Africa the African champion This method inaccurately measures team strength based on previous generations. For instance, group C includes three current continental champions (Brazil, Spain, Mexico) with Morocco a runner-up in Africa, whereas group F includes opponents with weaker continental achievements, Saudi came 2nd in Asian qualifiers, Nigeria and Colombia came third in their qualifiers, and Norway came 5th in Europe! A fairer Draw system would place all current continental champions in the same top pot, the first five drawn joining the host as group leaders, that way... most groups would feature at least one champion or the host.
SPAIN ELIMINATES BRAZIL FROM THE U-20 FIFA WORLD CUP 🇪🇸#U20WC pic.twitter.com/KJO2HHIqTG— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) October 4, 2025 What a group. I knew those Brazilian were utterly beatable.
I got Japan or Korea coming out of one side of the bracket. The other side either Argentina or Colombia. But anything can happen.
IMO Mexico v Spain, Morocco v Japan for semis. I think we lose to Nigeria (again) or, even if we go through, to Mexico. They look solid and like they really want it while our defense is sketchy.
Honest Question, what have you seen from Spain to make you think they will beat Colombia? I am obviously biased so maybe you are seeing some things that I just cannot see.
Not much, I've only watched Colombia against Nigeria and against Argentina in the sudamericano and Spain just a few minutes against Mexico. Just betting on Colombia flopping under pressure as usual but I reckon Spain is bad.
Morocco beating Korea 2-0 so far. That group was so comically stacked that, sans a Korean miracle, it will send three teams to the quarterfinals, and it wouldn't be a shock if it sends three to the semifinals.
Very good tactics from our coach against Mexico. Back 5 and just let Mexico have the ball to try crack our defense (they couldn't). Wait for counters and strike (we did, with several more chances). Unfortunately our best attacker got suspended for the semi but then I found out the colombian that bagged a hattrick is also out so, yeah, no excuses for next game.
Argentina will be the representative to try and give South America back-to-back titles Colombia will face France for third place.