2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup will be 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. It will be hosted by Indonesia, which will be the first FIFA tournament hosted by the country. It will also be only the second U-20 World Cup to be held in Southeast Asia, first since 1997, and the first FIFA tournament in the region since the 2012  FIFA Futsal World Cup. Indonesia was originally due to host the tournament in 2021, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced FIFA to cancel the tournament, who awarded the 2023 hosting rights to the country on 24 December 2020. Ukraine will be the defending champions, having won in 2019. 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. After the 2021 tournament was cancelled, it was decided on 24 December 2020 to award the 2023 hosting rights to Indonesia. Qualified teams. A total of 24  teams will qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Indonesia which automatically qualified as hosts, 23 other teams will qualify from six separate continental competitions. Russia banned from participation due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Development and preparation. After being awarded hosts of the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup, the government of Indonesia formed the tournament's organizing committee (Indonesia FIFA U-20 World Cup Organizing Committee, or "INAFOC"). Indonesian president Joko Widodo appointed Zainudin Amali as the committee's chair. Squads. Players born on or after 1 January 2003 and on or before 31 December 2007 will be  eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must name a preliminary squad of between 22 and 50 players. From the preliminary squad, the team will name a final squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad can 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.