The U-20 World Cup has kicked off in Poland.
The first round of group matches underway and are being streamed live in SBS
Group A
Senegal 3-0 Tahiti
Colombia 2-0 Poland
Group B
Italy 2-1 Mexico
Japan 1-1 Ecuador
Group C
New Zealand 5-0 Honduras
Uruguay 3-1 Norway
Group D
Nigeria 4-0 Qatar
Ukraine 2-1 USA
Group E
France 2-0 Saudi Arabia
Panama 1-1 Mali
Group F
Portugal 1-0 South Korea
Argentina 5-2 South Africa
good luck to any of the non-white teams playing in Poland…
It’s actually been quite the decent tournament to watch so far.
After watching the Olyroos in the U23 Qualifiers earlier this year you really start to notice how far behind we are.
Matchday 2 Results
Group A
Senegal 2-0 Colombia
Poland 5-0 Tahiti
Group B
Japan 3-0 Mexico
Italy 1-0 Ecuador
Group C
Uruguay 2-0 Honduras
New Zealand 2-0 Norway
Group D
Ukraine 1-0 Qatar
USA 2-0 Nigeria
Group E
France 2-0 Panama
Mali 4-3 Saudi Arabia
Group F
Argentina 2-0 Portugal
South Korea 1-0 South Africa
New Zealand are having a good tournament by the looks of it.
They’re playing very well, a lot of confidence in defence and some real swagger in attack.
This video is pretty remarkable:
Yes the defending and keeping was terrible, but 9 goals at any level is pretty astonishing.
Matchday 3 Results
Group A
Colombia 6-0 Tahiti
Poland 0-0 Senegal
Group B
Italy 0-0 Japan
Ecuador 1-0 Mexico
Group C
Uruguay 2-0 New Zealand
Norway 12-0 Honduras
Group D
USA 1-0 Qatar
Nigeria 1-1 Ukraine
Group E
France 3-2 Mali
Panama 2-1 Saudi Arabia
Group F
Portugal 1-1 South Africa
South Korea 2-1 Argentina
Round of 16
Italy vs Poland 3/6 1:30am
Colombia vs New Zealand 3/6 4:30am
Ukraine vs Panama 4/6 1:30am
Uruguay vs Ecuador 4/6 1:30am
Senegal vs Nigeria 4/6 4:30am
Japan vs South Korea 5/6 1:30am
France vs USA 5/6 1:30am
Argentina vs Mali 5/6 4:30am
All games streamed live on The World Game website and app
Round of 16 Results
Italy 1-0 Poland
Colombia 1(5)-1(4) New Zealand
Ukraine 4-1 Panama
Ecuador 3-1 Uruguay
Senegal 2-1 Nigeria
South Korea 1-0 Japan
USA 3-2 France
Mali 2(5)-2(4) Argentina
Quarterfinals
Colombia vs Ukraine
Italy vs Mali
USA vs Ecuador
South Korea vs Senegal
Messi fails to win another trophy with Argentina.
Unbelievable.
Quarter Final Results
Ukraine 1-0 Colombia
Italy 4-2 Mali
Ecuador 2-1 USA
South Korea 3(3)-3(2)
Semi Finals
Ukraine vs Italy
South Korea vs Ecuador
Thats a fairly random looking bunch of teams there. Fascinating stuff.
Gutted Mali were knocked out in the quarters…
Tue that, though they did great to get that far.
Semi final results
Ukraine 1-0 Italy
South Korea 1-0 Ecuador
Third Place play off
Italy vs Ecuador
U-20 World Cup Final
South Korea vs Ukraine 2am 16/6 live on the world game website
Odds on those two making the final at the start of the tournament?
Italy was given 15/1 odds at the start of the tournament to win.
South Korea doesn’t even register for the tournament win but from what I could see they were 1000/1 to win the tournament at the Quarter Final stage.