We remind you that last year, the Ukrainian U-19 team qualified for the Euro 2024 semifinals in Northern Ireland and secured a spot at next year's World Cup for teams under 20.

The 2025 World Cup (U-20) will take place from September 27 to October 19 in five cities in Chile: Valparaíso, 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-place finishers, will advance to the round of 16. From there, it follows a standard format.

Five European national teams will represent Europe at the tournament based on the results of Euro 2024: Spain, France, Italy, Ukraine, and Norway.

After the CONMEBOL qualification process, eleven more participants in the World Cup are known—potential opponents for the Ukrainian team: Chile (as hosts), USA, Mexico, Cuba, and Panama from CONCACAF; Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay from South America; New Zealand and New Caledonia from Oceania. The rest will be determined later after the respective age-group championships in Asia and Africa (four spots each).

The draw for the 2025 World Cup (U-20) is scheduled to take place in 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.

We note that Uruguay is currently the reigning world champion among U-20 teams, while Ukraine won gold in 2019 under coach Oleksandr Petrakov.