The Bureau of the Council of FIFA has confirmed Argentina as the host country of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023.
The decision comes after FIFA decided to withdraw the original host, Indonesia, the right to organize the event, as well as a subsequent candidacy presented by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), and a FIFA delegation traveled to the South American nation to carry out an on-site inspection last week.
The members of the delegation visited the proposed championship venues and related infrastructures. The organization contract has been signed by the AFA, together with all the other documents corresponding to the organizing country and the local authorities.
The FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023™ will take place from May 20 to June 11, 2023 and will feature six groups of four teams each. After having been granted the right to organize the championship, the Argentine team will compete in the event instead of Indonesia. Argentina is the most successful nation in the history of the U-20 World Cup, having won the title six times (most recently in 2007). It also organized the competition in 2001.
“FIFA is pleased to announce that this year’s edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023™ will take place in Argentina, so the country of the reigning world champions will open its doors to the great stars of the game. world football of tomorrow,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino. “I want to thank the AFA and in particular its president, Claudio Tapia, as well as the government authorities, for their commitment to host this great event at such short notice.”
“The FIFA U-20 World Cup™ plays a key role in FIFA’s efforts to promote youth football around the world. Since 1977, this competition has featured some of the best players of the past decades, including Diego Armando Maradona, Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba, Erling Haaland and many more. Holding this year’s edition in a country that lives and breathes football will be a tremendous inspiration for the stars of tomorrow,” he added. Following confirmation of the new host country, the official draw for the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023™ will take place on Friday 21 April at FIFA headquarters in Zurich.
