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

On Saturday, September 7th, three more teams secured their spots in the Round of Sixteen at the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup. Among those teams were the USA, who had a dominant 7-nil victory over Paraguay.

Also, Korea Republic upset Germany 1-nil to earn a slot as one of the best third-place teams, and Nigeria defeated Venezuela 4-nil, which gave the African side a second-place finish in Group D, behind Germany, who had already locked up a spot in the knockout phase.

In Group C, Spain, who were already guaranteed advancement, finished its group stage at maximum points, thanks to its 2-nil victory over Morocco. Meanwhile, the USA claimed second place over Paraguay, who are still mathematically alive as one of third-place teams, but will need favorable results on Sunday.

With the USA’s second place finish in Group C, they will face its Concacaf rival, Mexico, who are the second place team from Group A, on Wednesday, September 11th, at 9:00 p.m. EDT. That match will be shown live on FOX Sports 2.

Here are the match highlights and goals summaries for the day’s four matches, plus the final standings for Group C and Group D, along with the ranking 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 2B – Highlights and Group Standings

On Wednesday, September 4th, Group C and Group D played their second group stage matches of the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup.

In Group C, both the USA and Spain won their respective matches 2-nil. The USA’s victory over Morocco gives it a crucial goal difference advantage over Paraguay, who loss to Spain. The USA are now in a good position to advance as the second-place team in the group. Meanwhile, Spain, who are on 6 points, has secured advancement to the Round of Sixteen.

Over in Group D, Germany also secured advancement, thanks in part to its 3:1 win over Nigeria. The other match, between Korea Republic and Venezuela ended in a scoreless draw.

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

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

On Sunday, September 1st, eight more teams began their campaigns at the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup, including the USA and defending champions Spain, who faced off against each other.

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

U-20 WWC 2024: Official Squad Lists Released + Summary Stats and Notables

Earlier this week, FIFA released the official squad lists for this year’s Under-20 Women’s World Cup, which is hosted by Colombia and kicks off on August 31st.

Here is a Google Sheets version of the squad lists, which is converted from the original PDF file (FIFA.com). (Update, 30-Aug-2024: Brazil, Colombia, and Japan have each replaced a player. See the “Notes” page of the spreadsheet for more details.)

Of the 24 teams in this year’s tournament, the United States Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team is the 4th oldest, based on median age, and the 2nd tallest team, based on median height. Only the Netherlands has a higher median height.

Out of 504 total players, 71 are based in the United States, with 47 currently playing for NCAA Division I teams. In all, 14 teams have at least one USA-based player.

Eleven of the US-based players are full professionals who compete in the NWSL: In addition to the 8 USA players, the other NWSL pros are forward Amanda Allen of the Orlando Pride, forward Milly Clegg of Racing Louisville, and midfielder Manaka Matsukubo of the North Carolina Courage, who play for Canada, New Zealand, and Japan, respectively.

For the complete tables of comparative age and height statistics, keep reading…