The draw for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup is scheduled for Thursday, May 29. The ceremony will begin in Chilean Santiago at 6:00 PM local time (1:00 AM on May 30 Kyiv time). A live broadcast will be available on the FIFA website.

As a reminder, last year Ukraine's U-19 team secured a spot in the World Cup by advancing to the semifinals of Euro 2024 in Northern Ireland.

The 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup 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, as well as the four third-placed teams, will advance to the round of 16. From there, it follows the usual format.

Participants include: Chile (as host); 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; PAR, Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt — from Africa.

The seeding before the draw is based on the total points earned by a country in the last five U-20 World Cups (2023 - 100%, 2019 - 80%, 2017 - 60%, 2015 - 40%, 2013 - 20%). During the draw, a geographical principle will also be taken into account.

Draw pots before the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025

Pot 1: Chile (host), Italy, USA, Korea, Brazil, Colombia.

Pot 2: New Zealand, France, Ukraine, Argentina, Nigeria, Mexico.

Pot 3: Japan, Spain, PAR, Australia, Panama, Norway.

Pot 4: Saudi Arabia, Paraguay, Egypt, Cuba, Morocco, New Caledonia. 

As a reminder, as part of preparation for the U-20 World Cup in 2025, Ukraine's national team (U-20) will play two friendly matches in Spain. On June 6, the team led by Dmitry Mykhaylichenko will face Morocco's U-20 team, and on June 10 they will meet with USA's U-19 team.