On May 22nd, 2023, Japan U20 beat Senegal U20 with a score of 1-0, which made a good start for this tournament. On May 25th, Japan played against Colombia. Japan, which had a leading start, failed to pursue victory in the match against the powerful American team Colombia and lost by 1-2. On May 28th, the Japanese team suffered a two-game losing streak with 1-2 and 10.
After all the group matches of the World Youth Championship, Japan ranked third in the group, but the Japanese team was the third group with the worst performance among the six groups, so the tour of this World Youth Championship ended here. This is the first time since 200 1 that Japan failed to advance to the knockout stage of the World Youth Championship. Previously, except for the four World Youth Championships from 2009 to 20 15, Japan had reached the knockout stage as long as it participated in the World Youth Championships.
Brief introduction of world youth championship
FIFA U20 World Cup is a world youth football championship organized by FIFA for men under the age of 20. It is usually called "World Youth Championship" or "World Youth Cup" and is held every two years. In the 2007 World Youth Championship in Canada, FIFA renamed the World Youth Championship the World Cup under the age of 20. On March 29th, 2023, FIFA officially announced the cancellation of Indonesia's right to host the 2023 U20 World Cup. In April, Argentina won the right to host the 2023 U20 World Cup.
1977 the first world youth championship was held in Tunisia, and the Soviet youth team won the championship. Since then, this competition has been held once a year in odd years. By 20 15, Argentina won the championship for six times in a row. Many world superstars have made their mark in this competition.