U-20 WWC 2024: Round of Sixteen, Day One – Highlights

The first-ever Round of Sixteen at a FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup has not lacked for drama. Two matches went into extra time, including the USA’s drama-filled 3:2 victory over their southern neighbors, Mexico. Brazil also needed a full 120 minutes to defeat Cameroon, though the game-winning goal came less than 20 seconds into the first period of added time. Also, Spain needed a comeback victory over Canada, while host Colombia defeated Cameroon on just a single Linda Caicedo goal. And that was just the first day of Round of Sixteen matches.

Here are the video highlights for Wednesday’s matches, with a brief recap of the USA-Mexico match, plus the schedule for Thursday.

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U-20 WWC 2024: Match Day 3A – Highlights and Group Standings

With eight matches left in the group stage at the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup, six of the slots in the Round of Sixteen have been confirmed.

On Friday, September 6th, host Colombia, along with Brazil, Mexico, and France finished as one of the top two teams in their respective groups and thus earned automatic slots in the knockout phase.

Additionally, two third-place teams, Canada and Cameroon, also secured advancement as they are mathematically guaranteed to not be among the two lowest third-place teams.

Here are the match highlights and goals summaries for the day’s four matches, plus the final standings for Group A and Group B, along with the ranking of third-place teams

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U-20 WWC 2024: Final Group Match Day Advancement Scenarios

The third match day of the group stage at the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia gets underway on Friday, September 6th.

With the expansion to 24 teams and the addition of a Round of Sixteen, four of the third-place teams from the groups will also advance to the knockout stage, instead of just the top two teams from each group.

This post summarizes what teams have already qualified for the Round of Sixteen, which teams can advance automatically advance as one of the top two teams, and where teams could finish depending on the results of the final set of group matches.

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U-20 WWC 2024: Match Day 2A – Highlights and Group Standings

On Tuesday, September 3rd, eight teams played their second group stage matches of the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup. Among those teams, Brazil and the host, Colombia, secured advancement into the Round of Sixteen. Concacaf sides Canada and Mexico won their matches and now sit on 4 points each. Both are in decent positions to advance to the knockout phase.

Here are the match highlights and goals summaries for the day’s four matches, plus the standings for Group A and Group B, along with some brief discussion of advancement scenarios.

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U-20 WWC 2024: Match Day 1A – Highlights and Group Standings

The 2024 edition of the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup got underway in Colombia on Saturday, August 31st. Among the teams in action on Saturday were Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, and the hosts.

Here are the match highlights and goals summaries for the day’s four matches, plus the standings for Group A and Group B.

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