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U-20 WWC 2024: Korea DPR wins third title, Bronze Ball goes to USA’s Ally Sentnor, Silver Ball awarded to Japan’s Manaka Matsukubo

On Sunday, Korea DPR joined the USA and Germany in the three-time winners’ club of the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup by winning the final of the 2024 edition. Korea DPR won the match 1-nil on a goal from Choe Il Son, who also took home the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot.

Individual awards summary:

Korea DPR’s Choe Il Son won both the Golden Ball, as the overall best player, and the Golden Boot, as the player with the most goals scored (6 total).
Two NWSL players won the other ‘Ball’ trophies: The USA’s Ally Sentnor was awarded the Bronze Ball, and Japan’s Manaka Matsukubo received the Silver Ball.
Goalkeeper Femke Liefting of the Netherlands was given the Golden Glove.
Brazil’s Vendito received the Silver Boot, edging out Japan’s Maya Hijikata, who took home the Bronze Boot. Both players had 5 goals and 1 assist, but Hijikata played more minutes. (Brazil was eliminated in the quarterfinals.)

U-20 WWC 2024: Kick-Off Times, TV and Streaming Details for the Third-Place Match and Final of the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup — USA vs. Netherlands and Korea DPR vs. Japan

The 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup concludes this weekend with the Third-Place Match, featuring the United States Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team and the Netherlands, on Saturday, September 21st, and then the final on Sunday, September 22nd, between Japan and Korea DPR. Both matches kick off at 5:00 p.m. EDT.

Update: The Third-Place Match is being shown by Universo. It can also be watched via the Telemundo Deportes live stream, which can be accessed through the NBC Sports app and the NBC.com website (direct link).

The Third-Place Match will also be shown live on FOX Soccer Plus, but that is a premium channel which is typically available either a la carte or bundled in a sports tier.

Sunday’s final will be shown live on both FOX Sports 2 and Universo.

U-20 WWC 2024: Semifinals Highlights — USA falters, Japan advances

The dramatic run of the United States Under-20 Women’s Youth National team in the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup will not continue to the final, as they have been forced to take a detour to the third-place match, as a result of their 1-nil loss against Korea DPR on Wednesday.

In the other semifinal, Japan defeated the Netherlands 2-nil, with both goals scored by Japan’s lone NWSL player, Manaka Matsukubo of the North Carolina Courage.

Japan, who will return to the final for the third straight U-20 WWC, face Korea DPR on Sunday, September 22nd, while the USA will play the Netherlands in the third-place match on Saturday, September 21st. Both matches will kick-off at 5:00 p.m. EDT.

U-20 WWC 2024: Kick-Off Times, TV and Streaming Details for the Semifinals of the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup — USA vs. Korea DPR and Japan vs. Netherlands

For the first time since 2016, the USA are back in the semifinals of a FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup and will be looking to make their first final appearance since 2012, which is also the last time that the USA has won a U-20 WWC title. In the Americans’ way is the team from North Korea, who are officially known as “Korea DPR” in the context of international soccer.

Joining the USA and Korea DPR as semifinalists are Japan and Netherlands. None of the four teams are strangers to this stage of of a U-20 WWC, as each has made at least one prior semifinals appearance. Of the four, the USA leads in the hardware department, winning this tournament three times.

Both semifinals will take place on Wednesday, September 18th, starting at 5:30 p.m. EDT for the USA vs. Korea DPR match.

In the United States, the semifinals will be shown live on FOX Sports 2 and will be streamed live with Spanish-language commentary via Telemundo Deportes.

U-20 WWC 2024: Quarterfinals Highlights – The USA, Korea DPR, Japan, and Netherlands Advance

Full knockout bracket for the 2024 FIFA U-20 WWC

On Sunday, September 15th, the quarterfinals stage of the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup began with a rather pedestrian 1-nil victory for Korea DPR over Brazil and ended with the USA stunning Germany by scoring two goals in less than 90 seconds(!) during the last minutes of second-half added time and then besting Germany 3:1 in the penalty shootout.

The middle two matches of the day both went to extra time. In the earlier match, the Netherlands came back twice against host Colombia and then won the penalty shootout 3-nil. And, in the later match, Japan needed a stoppage time goal from Hiromi Yoneda to eliminate the defending champions, Spain.

Thus, on Wednesday, the USA will face Korea DPR in the first semifinal (5:30 p.m. EDT) while Japan will take on the Netherlands in the later semifinal (9:00 p.m. EDT). Both matches will be shown live on FOX Sports 2 and will stream live by Telemundo Deportes (including on NBC.com).

U-20 WWC 2024: Quarterfinals Schedule — USA-Germany Kick-Off Time Changed to 9:00 p.m. EDT

On Sunday, September 15th, the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup resumes with all four quarterfinal matches, but with a twist!

Due to a change in schedule that was only announced on Thursday, the USA’s quarterfinal match against Germany will now kick off at 9:00 p.m. EDT, which is two hours later than originally planned. The USA-Germany match will be shown live on FOX Sports 2 and can also be streamed via NBC.com (direct link) and the NBC Sports app.

One other match will also be bumped to a later start time: Netherlands-Colombia will now start at 5:30 p.m. EDT.

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

On the second day of the Round of Sixteen at the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup, the USA learned the name of its quarterfinal opponent: Germany, who cruised to a 5:1 victory over Argentina.

Only one match went to extra time on Thursday: The Netherlands defeated France on a 103rd minute goal from Fleur Stoit after a 1:1 scoreline in regulation.

In the other matches, Japan has earned a rematch with Spain following its 2:1 victory over Nigeria, and Korea DPR had an easier time against Austria than anticipated thanks to a first-half sending off of Nicole Ojukwu due to her receiving two yellow cards in the first 30 minutes.

Here are the video highlights for Wednesday’s matches, with some notes about each match.

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

On Sunday, September 8th, the group matches of the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup wrapped up. Only one spot in the Round of Sixteen was in contention as four teams, Japan, Austria, Korea DPR, and the Netherlands, were already assured of advancement into the knockout phase.

The final spot was claimed by Argentina via their 1-nil victory over Costa Rica. With the win, Argentina qualified as the fourth-best third-place team.

This was a disappointing tournament for Costa Rica after a strong performance at last year’s Concacaf Under-20 Women’s Championship where they lost to the USA in the semifinals by only 1 goal and took Canada to extra-time in the third-place match.

After two rest days, the Round of Sixteen will get underway on Wednesday, September 11th, and conclude on Thursday, September 12th.

Here are the match highlights and goals summaries for the day’s four matches, plus the standings for Group E and Group F, along with the final standings for all of third-place teams.

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.

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

With two-thirds of the group stage matches at the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup now completed, three more teams secured spots in the Round of Sixteen: Korea DPR, Japan, and Austria.

Argentina spoiled the Netherlands hopes of automatic advanced by overcoming a two-goal deficit to earn a draw.

Two NWSL players netted goals in the day’s matches:

The North Carolina Courage’s Manaka Matsukubo scored the eventual game-winner in Japan’s 4:1 victory over Ghana.
Meanwhile, Racing Louisville’s Milly Clegg had a late consolation goal for New Zealand.

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