# 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup was 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 official match ball used in the tournament was Adidas Oceaunz.
The tournament was held in Argentina, who had previously hosted in 2001. Indonesia had originally been set to host the competition, having been hosts of the cancelled 2021 edition, but their hosting rights were stripped on 29 March 2023 due to their refusal to host Israel.
Reigning champions Ukraine could not defend their title as they failed to qualify. In doing so, they became the seventh consecutive incumbent title holders to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament. Hosts Argentina were knocked out in the round of 16 after three wins in the group stage following a two-nil loss to Nigeria. The final was held on 11 June 2023, and Uruguay defeated Italy to become champions for the first time. It was the country's first world title since the men's senior in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

## Host selection

Five bids to host the original 2021 tournament were submitted in 2019, and Indonesia was announced as the winning bidder on 24 October 2019. In December 2020, the 2021 event was postponed until 2023, with Indonesia remaining as host.
However, Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights on 29 March 2023 due to its refusal to allow the Israel U-20 national team in the country. Peru, Argentina and Qatar confirmed their interest in hosting the tournament. On 30 March, Argentina became the only country to submit an official bid.
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, followed shortly after by a statement from FIFA confirming Argentina as the new hosts.

## 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) |
| AFC (Asia) | 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup | Japan | 11th | 2019 | Runners-up (1999) |
| AFC (Asia) | 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup | South Korea | 16th | 2019 | Runners-up (2019) |
| AFC (Asia) | 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup | Uzbekistan | 5th | 2015 | Quarter-finals (2013, 2015) |
| CAF (Africa) | 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations | Gambia | 2nd | 2007 | Round of 16 (2007) |
| CAF (Africa) | 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations | Nigeria | 13th | 2019 | Runners-up (1989, 2005) |
| CAF (Africa) | 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations | Senegal | 4th | 2019 | Fourth place (2015) |
| CAF (Africa) | 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations | Tunisia | 3rd | 1985 | Group stage (1977, 1985) |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) | 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | Dominican Republic | 1st | Debut | Debut |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) | 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | Guatemala | 2nd | 2011 | Round of 16 (2011) |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) | 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | Honduras | 9th | 2019 | Group stage (1977, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) | 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | United States | 17th | 2019 | Fourth place (1989) |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | Host nation | Argentina | 17th | 2019 | Champions (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007) |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2023 South American U-20 Championship | Brazil | 19th | 2015 | Champions (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011) |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2023 South American U-20 Championship | Colombia | 11th | 2019 | Third place (2003) |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2023 South American U-20 Championship | Ecuador | 5th | 2019 | Third place (2019) |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2023 South American U-20 Championship | Uruguay | 16th | 2019 | Runners-up (1997, 2013) |
| OFC (Oceania) | 2022 OFC U-19 Championship | Fiji | 2nd | 2015 | Group stage (2015) |
| OFC (Oceania) | 2022 OFC U-19 Championship | New Zealand | 7th | 2019 | Round of 16 (2015, 2017, 2019) |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship | England | 12th | 2017 | Champions (2017) |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship | France | 8th | 2019 | Champions (2013) |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship | Israel | 1st | Debut | Debut |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship | Italy | 8th | 2019 | Third place (2017) |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship | Slovakia | 2nd | 2003 | Round of 16 (2003) |

## Venues

La Plata, Mendoza, San Juan and Santiago del Estero were the four cities chosen to host the competition.
| La Plata | Santiago del Estero | Mendoza | San Juan |
| Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona (Estadio de La Plata) | Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades (Estadio de Santiago del Estero) | Estadio Malvinas Argentinas (Estadio de Mendoza) | Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario (Estadio de San Juan) |
| Capacity: 53,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 25,286 |
| La PlataSantiago del EsteroMendozaSan Juanclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. ||| |

## Draw

The draw took place at 16:00 CEST (11:00 ART host time) on 21 April 2023 at FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland. The twenty-four teams were drawn into six groups of four teams, with the hosts, Argentina, 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), and with five bonus points added to each of the 6 continental champions from the qualifying tournaments, as follows:
| Pot | Team | Confederation | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | | |
| Pot | Team | Confederation | Points (20%) | Points (40%) | Points (60%) | Points (80%) | Points (100%) | Bonus | Total points |
| 1 | Argentina (H) | CONMEBOL | Host nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1 | Host nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1 | Host nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1 | Host nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1 | Host nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1 | Host nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1 | Host nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1 |
| 1 | Uruguay | CONMEBOL | 0.4 | 5.6 | 3 | 10.4 | 9 | | 28.4 |
| 1 | United States | CONCACAF | DNQ | 0.4 | 6 | 6.4 | 9 | +5 | 26.8 |
| 1 | France | UEFA | 2.4 | 5.6 | DNQ | 7.2 | 9 | | 24.2 |
| 1 | Senegal | CAF | DNQ | DNQ | 4.8 | 3.2 | 11 | +5 | 24 |
| 1 | Italy | UEFA | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 8.8 | 13 | | 21.8 |
| 2 | England | UEFA | 0.6 | 0.8 | DNQ | 15.2 | DNQ | +5 | 21.6 |
| 2 | South Korea | AFC | 0.8 | 2.4 | DNQ | 4.8 | 13 | | 21 |
| 2 | New Zealand | OFC | 0.4 | 0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 7 | +5 | 18 |
| 2 | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 3.4 | DNQ | 8.4 | DNQ | DNQ | +5 | 16.8 |
| 2 | Ecuador | CONMEBOL | 0.8 | DNQ | DNQ | 1.6 | 13 | | 15.4 |
| 2 | Colombia | CONMEBOL | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.4 | DNQ | 7 | | 15 |
| 3 | Nigeria | CAF | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.6 | DNQ | 4 | | 12.4 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | AFC | DNQ | 2.8 | 3.6 | DNQ | DNQ | +5 | 11.4 |
| 3 | Japan | AFC | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 3.2 | 5 | | 8.2 |
| 3 | Iraq | AFC | DNQ | 4.8 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | 4.8 |
| 3 | Honduras | CONCACAF | DNQ | DNQ | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0 | | 4.2 |
| 3 | Fiji | OFC | DNQ | DNQ | 1.8 | DNQ | DNQ | | 1.8 |
| 4 | Guatemala | CONCACAF | 0.6 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | 0.6 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | CONCACAF | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | 0 |
| 4 | Gambia | CAF | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | 0 |
| 4 | Israel | UEFA | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | 0 |
| 4 | Slovakia | UEFA | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | 0 |
| 4 | Tunisia | CAF | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | 0 |
The draw started with teams from pot one being drawn first and placed in the first position of their groups (hosts Argentina automatically assigned to A1). 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.
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A :
| Group A PosTeam A1 Argentina A2 Uzbekistan A3 Guatemala A4 New Zealand | Group B PosTeam B1 United States B2 Ecuador B3 Fiji B4 Slovakia | Group C PosTeam C1 Senegal C2 Japan C3 Israel C4 Colombia |
| Group D PosTeam D1 Italy D2 Brazil D3 Nigeria D4 Dominican Republic | Group E PosTeam E1 Uruguay E2 Iraq E3 England E4 Tunisia | Group F PosTeam 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.
| Confederation | Referees | Assistant referees | Video assistant referees | Support referee |
| AFC | Yusuke Araki | Jun Mihara Takumi Takagi | Ahmad Muhammad Darwish Kim Jong-hyeok Sivakorn Pu-udom | Ahmad Al-Ali |
| AFC | Mohammed Al-Hoaish | Khalaf Zayid Ash-Shammari Yasir Abdullah As-Sultan | Ahmad Muhammad Darwish Kim Jong-hyeok Sivakorn Pu-udom | Ahmad Al-Ali |
| AFC | Salman Falahi | Ramzan Sa'id An-Nu'aimi Majid Hudairis Ash-Shammari | Ahmad Muhammad Darwish Kim Jong-hyeok Sivakorn Pu-udom | Ahmad Al-Ali |
| CAF | Muhammad Maarouf | Zakaria Burinsi Abbas Akram Zarhouni | Hamza Al-Fariq Umar Ahmad Abdulrahim Ash-Shinawi | Abdulaziz Muhammad Bouh |
| CAF | Abongile Tom | Ivanildo Meirelles de Oliveira Sanches Lopes Abelmiro dos Reis Monte Negro | Hamza Al-Fariq Umar Ahmad Abdulrahim Ash-Shinawi | Abdulaziz Muhammad Bouh |
| CAF | Issa Sy | Nouha Bangoura Adou Hermann Désiré Ngoh | Hamza Al-Fariq Umar Ahmad Abdulrahim Ash-Shinawi | Abdulaziz Muhammad Bouh |
| CONCACAF | Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava | Enrique Isaac Bustos Díaz Jorge Antonio Sánchez Espinoza | Adonai Escobedo Tatiana Guzmán Timothy Ford | Bryan López |
| CONCACAF | Juan Gabriel Calderón | William Arrieta Henry Pupiro | Adonai Escobedo Tatiana Guzmán Timothy Ford | Bryan López |
| CONCACAF | Oshane Nation | Ojay Duhaney Jassett Kerr-Wilson | Adonai Escobedo Tatiana Guzmán Timothy Ford | Bryan López |
| CONMEBOL | Ramon Abatti | Rafael da Silva Alves Guilherme Dias Camilo | Germán Delfino Rodolpho Toski Juan Lara Carlos Orbe | Yender Herrera |
| CONMEBOL | Piero Maza | Claudio Urrutia Alejandro Molina | Germán Delfino Rodolpho Toski Juan Lara Carlos Orbe | Yender Herrera |
| CONMEBOL | Jhon Alexander Ospina Londoño | John León John Gallego | Germán Delfino Rodolpho Toski Juan Lara Carlos Orbe | Yender Herrera |
| CONMEBOL | Yael Falcón Pérez | Maximiliano Del Yesso Facundo Rodríguez | Germán Delfino Rodolpho Toski Juan Lara Carlos Orbe | Yender Herrera |
| OFC | Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh | Folio Moeaki Bernard Mutukera | | Veer Singh |
| UEFA | François Letexier | Cyril Mugnier Mehdi Rahmouni | Luis Godinho Dennis Higler Aleandro Di Paolo Willy Delajod Guillermo Cuadra Fernández Fedayi San | Donatas Rumšas |
| UEFA | Serdar Gözübüyük | Erwin Zeinstra Johan Balder | Luis Godinho Dennis Higler Aleandro Di Paolo Willy Delajod Guillermo Cuadra Fernández Fedayi San | Donatas Rumšas |
| UEFA | José María Sánchez Martínez | Raúl Cabanero Martínez Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín | Luis Godinho Dennis Higler Aleandro Di Paolo Willy Delajod Guillermo Cuadra Fernández Fedayi San | Donatas Rumšas |
| UEFA | Glenn Nyberg | Mahbod Beigi Andreas Söderkvist | Luis Godinho Dennis Higler Aleandro Di Paolo Willy Delajod Guillermo Cuadra Fernández Fedayi San | Donatas Rumšas |
| UEFA | Halil Umut Meler | Mustafa Emre Eyisoy Kerem Ersoy | Luis Godinho Dennis Higler Aleandro Di Paolo Willy Delajod Guillermo Cuadra Fernández Fedayi San | Donatas Rumšas |

## Squads

Players born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007 (inclusive) were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Each team had to name a preliminary squad of between 22 and 50 players. From the preliminary squad, the team had to name a final squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad could 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.

## 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–3).

### Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Article 17.7):
* points obtained in all group matches;
* goal difference in all group matches;
* 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:
* points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* 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;
* 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

### 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Fiji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 | |

### 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Senegal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |

### 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |

### 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Iraq | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 | |

### 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | |

### 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | B | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | E | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 5 | F | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | C | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
In the next stage, the four third-placed teams were 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 was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.
In the round of 16, the four third-placed teams were matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D. The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:
| Third-placed teams qualified from groups | Third-placed teams qualified from groups | Third-placed teams qualified from groups | Third-placed teams qualified from groups | Third-placed teams qualified from groups | Third-placed teams qualified 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 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 30 May – Mendoza | 30 May – Mendoza | | | | | | |
| United States | 4 | | | | | | |
| United States | 4 | 4 June – Santiago del Estero | 4 June – Santiago del Estero | | | | | |
| New Zealand | 0 | 4 June – Santiago del Estero | 4 June – Santiago del Estero | | | | |
| New Zealand | 0 | United States | 0 | | | | |
| 1 June – Santiago del Estero | 1 June – Santiago del Estero | | United States | 0 | | | | |
| 1 June – Santiago del Estero | 1 June – Santiago del Estero | Uruguay | 2 | | | | |
| Gambia | 0 | Uruguay | 2 | | | | |
| Gambia | 0 | | | | 8 June – La Plata | 8 June – La Plata | | |
| Uruguay | 1 | | | | 8 June – La Plata | 8 June – La Plata | |
| Uruguay | 1 | | | | Uruguay | 1 | |
| 30 May – Mendoza | 30 May – Mendoza | | | | | Uruguay | 1 | |
| 30 May – Mendoza | 30 May – Mendoza | | | | Israel | 0 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | | | | Israel | 0 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 3 June – San Juan | 3 June – San Juan | | | | | |
| Israel | 1 | 3 June – San Juan | 3 June – San Juan | | | | |
| Israel | 1 | Israel (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | |
| 31 May – La Plata | 31 May – La Plata | | Israel (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | |
| 31 May – La Plata | 31 May – La Plata | Brazil | 2 | | | | |
| Brazil | 4 | Brazil | 2 | | | | |
| Brazil | 4 | | | | | | | 11 June – La Plata | 11 June – La Plata |
| Tunisia | 1 | | | | | | | 11 June – La Plata | 11 June – La Plata |
| Tunisia | 1 | | | | | | | Uruguay | 1 |
| 31 May – San Juan | 31 May – San Juan | | | | | | | | Uruguay | 1 |
| 31 May – San Juan | 31 May – San Juan | | | | | | | Italy | 0 |
| Colombia | 5 | | | | | | | Italy | 0 |
| Colombia | 5 | 3 June – San Juan | 3 June – San Juan | | | | | | |
| Slovakia | 1 | 3 June – San Juan | 3 June – San Juan | | | | | | |
| Slovakia | 1 | Colombia | 1 | | | | | | |
| 31 May – La Plata | 31 May – La Plata | | Colombia | 1 | | | | | | |
| 31 May – La Plata | 31 May – La Plata | Italy | 3 | | | | | | |
| England | 1 | Italy | 3 | | | | | | |
| England | 1 | | | | 8 June – La Plata | 8 June – La Plata | | | | |
| Italy | 2 | | | | 8 June – La Plata | 8 June – La Plata | | | |
| Italy | 2 | | | | Italy | 2 | | | |
| 1 June – Santiago del Estero | 1 June – Santiago del Estero | | | | | Italy | 2 | | | |
| 1 June – Santiago del Estero | 1 June – Santiago del Estero | | | | South Korea | 1 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Ecuador | 2 | | | | South Korea | 1 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Ecuador | 2 | 4 June – Santiago del Estero | 4 June – Santiago del Estero | | | | | 11 June – La Plata | 11 June – La Plata |
| South Korea | 3 | 4 June – Santiago del Estero | 4 June – Santiago del Estero | | | | | 11 June – La Plata | 11 June – La Plata |
| South Korea | 3 | South Korea (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | | Israel | 3 |
| 31 May – San Juan | 31 May – San Juan | | South Korea (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | | Israel | 3 |
| 31 May – San Juan | 31 May – San Juan | Nigeria | 0 | | | | | South Korea | 1 |
| Argentina | 0 | Nigeria | 0 | | | | | South Korea | 1 |
| Nigeria | 2 | | | | | | | | |

### Final
## Awards

| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
| Cesare Casadei | Alan Matturro | Lee Seung-won |
| Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
| Cesare Casadei (7 goals, 2 assists) | Marcos Leonardo (5 goals, 1 assist) | Óscar Cortés (4 goals, 2 assists) |
| Golden Glove |||
| Sebastiano Desplanches |||
| FIFA Fair Play Trophy |||
| United States |||

## Goalscorers

There were 154 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 2.96 goals per match.
7 goals
* Cesare Casadei
5 goals
* Marcos Leonardo
4 goals
* Óscar Cortés
* Justin Cuero
3 goals
* Alejo Véliz
* Tomás Ángel
* Alan Virginius
* Lee Seung-won
* Anan Khalaily
* Cade Cowell
* Anderson Duarte
2 goals
* Luka Romero
* Matheus Martins
* Jean Pedroso
* Andrey Santos
* Yáser Asprilla
* José Klinger
* Alan Minda
* Cristhoper Zambrano
* Alfie Devine
* Adama Bojang
* Dor Turgeman
* Omer Senior
* Tommaso Baldanzi
* Timotej Jambor
* Máté Szolgai
* Lee Young-jun
* Choi Seok-hyeon
* Mahmoud Ghorbel
* Matías Abaldo
* Franco González
* Shakhzodjon Nematjonov
1 goal
* Brian Aguirre
* Valentín Carboni
* Gino Infantino
* Ignacio Maestro Puch
* Máximo Perrone
* Giovane
* Marlon Gomes
* Marquinhos
* Matheus Nascimento
* Sávio
* Gustavo Puerta
* Jhojan Torres
* Edison Azcona
* Tommy Chamba
* Sebastián González
* Kendry Páez
* Darko Gyabi
* Bashir Humphreys
* Dane Scarlett
* Félix Nzouango
* Wilson Odobert
* Mamin Sanyang
* Marco Aceituno
* Isaac Castillo
* Odín Ramos
* David Ruiz
* Roy Navi
* Hamza Shibli
* Ran Binyamin
* Giuseppe Ambrosino
* Francesco Esposito
* Simone Pafundi
* Matteo Prati
* Kuryu Matsuki
* Isa Sakamoto
* Riku Yamane
* Norman Garbett
* Jay Herdman
* Benjamin Wallace
* Salim Lawal
* Samson Lawal
* Ibrahim Beji Muhammad
* Rilwanu Sarki
* Jude Sunday
* Mamadou Lamine Camara
* Pape Demba Diop
* Artur Gajdoš
* Adam Gaži
* Kim Yong-hak
* Park Seung-ho
* Bae Jun-ho
* Chaïm El Djebali
* Youssef Snana
* Justin Che
* Jonathan Gómez
* Diego Luna
* Rokas Pukštas
* Niko Tsakiris
* Caleb Wiley
* Owen Wolff
* Andrés Ferrari
* Alan Matturro
* Luciano Rodríguez
* Sherzod Esanov
* Abbosbek Fayzullaev
* Makhmudjon Makhamadjonov
1 own goal
* Guillermo de Peña (against Nigeria)
* Tanguy Zoukrou (against Gambia)
* Hussein Hassan (against Uruguay)
* Babacar N'Diaye (against Israel)
* Joshua Wynder (against Uruguay)

## Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Uruguay | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 18 | Champions |
| 2 | Italy | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 15 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Israel | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 13 | Third place |
| 4 | South Korea | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 | Fourth place |
| 5 | United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 12 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Colombia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 9 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Nigeria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Argentina (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 10 | England | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 11 | Gambia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 12 | Ecuador | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 14 | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 4 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 15 | Tunisia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 17 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 18 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 19 | Senegal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 20 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 21 | Iraq | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 22 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 24 | Fiji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |

## Marketing
### Development and preparation

In early May 2023 - before the removal of Indonesia as the host, 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. The remixed version of thesong would later being used at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup held later that year in Indonesia.

### Broadcasting rights

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

### Sponsorship

| FIFA partners | National Supporters |
| Adidas Coca-Cola Hyundai Visa Wanda Group | Globant Inter Rapidisimo |

## Controversies
### Protests against Israel's participation and Indonesia's removal as hosts

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. 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.
Despite attempts to confirm Israel's participation, Israel's involvement led to Indonesia coming under scrutiny by various pro-Palestinian organisations. Various Islamist organisations in Indonesia have threatened Israeli players, stating that the Israeli team is not welcome in Indonesia. 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.
Initially, six regional governmental heads (the Governor of Jakarta, Mayor of Surabaya, Governor of West Java for Bandung, Mayor of Solo, Governor of Bali for Gianyar, Bali, and the Governor of South Sumatra for Palembang) signed the original agreement on willingness to be the host for the world cup. However, the Governor of Bali, I Wayan Koster as well as the Governor of Central Java (where Solo is located), Ganjar Pranowo, both members of the ruling party PDIP, subsequently stated their objection of hosting the Israeli team, citing 'anti-colonial' stances of Sukarno rather than religious ones.
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.
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. 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, and Bandung. 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.