2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Piala Dunia U-20 FIFA 2021
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
DatesCancelled
(originally 21 May – 12 June)[1]
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
← 2019
2023 →

The 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup was to 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 was scheduled to be hosted by Indonesia between 21 May and 12 June 2021,[1] which would have been the first FIFA tournament hosted by the country.[2] It would have been also 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.

Ukraine were the defending champions, but did not qualify for the tournament after the UEFA decided to cancel 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Northern Ireland due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, and nominated five countries to participate in the U-20 World Cup based on the UEFA qualifying round coefficient ranking for the 2019–20 season.[3] Thus, they became the seventh consecutive incumbent title holders to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced FIFA to cancel the 2021 tournament and award the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosting rights to Indonesia on 24 December 2020.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Workshop Virtual untuk Persiapan Piala Dunia U-20" [Virtual Workshop for U-20 World Cup Preparation]. pssi.org (in Indonesian). Football Association of Indonesia. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ^ "FIFA Council unanimously appoints China PR as hosts of new Club World Cup in 2021". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  3. ^ "2020 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.