The Asian and European regions are
allocated five World Cup places each, while each of the remaining four
regions only gets four.
Asia will be represented by the ROK,
Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Iran, while European competitors will
include England, France, Germany, Italy and Portugal.
The other teams are Argentina, Ecuador,
Uruguay and Venezuela (South America); Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico and
the United States (North and Central America and the Caribbean); Guinea,
Senegal, South Africa and Zambia (Africa); and New Zealand and Vanuatu
(Oceania).
The 24 participants will be divided into
six groups and will compete in a group-stage round-robin tournament,
with the top two teams from each group and the top four third-placed
teams through to round 16.
In preparation for the World Cup
mission, Vietnam’s U20 team, coached by Hoang Anh Tuan, will reconvene
in Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa Province on March 21, before heading for
Germany for training.
As planned, U20 Vietnam will play three
friendly matches in Germany against U19/U23 Borussia Mönchengladbach,
U23 Schalke 04 and U19 Fortuna Düsseldorf.
The 2017 FIFA U20 World Cup will be held in six ROK cities from May 20 to June 11.
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