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 the World Cup among teams U-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 four third-placed teams, will advance to the round of 16. From there on, it follows a standard format.

After the quarterfinalists of the Asian Cup were determined, twenty participants in the World Cup are 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 (the date has not yet been set). The seeding will be based on the sum of points earned by a country over the last five U-20 World Cups — 2023 (100%), 2019 (80%), 2017 (60%), 2015 (40%), and 2013 (20%). Additionally, during the draw, a geographical principle will also be taken into account.

We add that Uruguay is the current world champion among U-20 teams, while Ukraine's team, led by Oleksandr Petrakov, won gold in 2019.