The Ukrainian U-20 national team (players born in 2005 or later), which will participate in the World Championship this fall, will hold two friendly matches during their March training camp in Turkey: on the 22nd (kickoff at 16:00 Kyiv time) against Northern Ireland (U-21), and on the 25th (14:00) against Norway (U-20).

As a reminder, last year the Ukrainian U-19 national team qualified for the World Championship among U-20 teams by reaching the Euro 2024 semifinals in Northern Ireland.

The 2025 World Cup (U-20) will take place from September 27 to October 19 in five cities in Chile: Valparaiso, Santiago, Viña del Mar, Rancagua and Talca. Twenty-four teams from six confederations will participate. Initially, they will compete in six groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group, along with the best four third-placed teams, will advance to the round of 16. From there on, it follows a standard format.

After the Asian Cup quarterfinals were decided, twenty participants in the World Cup are now known: Chile (as hosts), Spain, France, Italy, Ukraine and Norway from Europe, USA, Mexico, Cuba and Panama from CONCACAF, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay from South America, Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Australia from Asia, New Zealand and New Caledonia from Oceania. Four more teams from Africa will be determined in March.

The draw for the 2025 World Cup (U-20) will take place this summer (date not yet announced). The seeding will be based on the total points earned by a country over the last five U-20 World Cups—2023 (100%), 2019 (80%), 2017 (60%), 2015 (40%), and 2013 (20%). The geographical principle will also be taken into account during the draw.

It should be noted that Uruguay is currently the reigning world champion among U-20 teams, while in 2019 the gold medal was won by Ukraine's national team, led by Oleksandr Petrakov.