U-20 World Cup IV

The Qualification rounds were based on the top 40 teams in the rankings table. Of those teams, the top eight in rankings qualified directly. The remaining thirty-two teams played for the final eight spots in the cup.

Direct Qualification

• România
• Polska
• Eesti
• Österreich
• USA
• Belgium
• Danmark
• Oceania

Pre-Qualification

This round started on 2004-05-07 20:00:00 and was played in Misr.

ID		Match Result
(18142143)	Norge	1 - 0	Uruguay
(18142144)	España	3 - 0	Hanguk
(18142145)	England	0 - 5	Israel
(18142146)	Nederland	2 - 0	Ísland
(18142147)	Latvija	0 - 1	Chile
(18142148)	Argentina	2 - 1 aet	Srbija i Crna Gora
(18142149)	Česká republika	1 - 1 (1-0p)	Hrvatska
(18142150)	Sverige	2 - 1 aet	Chinese Taipei
(18142151)	Portugal	0 - 1 aet	Brasil
(18142152)	Italia	0 - 0 (1-0p)	Rossiya
(18142153)	Misr	3 - 1	Türkiye
(18142154)	Schweiz	0 - 1	Cymru
(18142155)	Singapore	1 - 2	Bulgaria
(18142156)	France	3 - 1	Canada
(18142157)	Deutschland	1 - 0	Magyarország
(18142158)	Malaysia	2 - 0	Hellas

Qualification

This round started on 2004-05-14 20:00:00 and was played in Misr.

ID		Match Result
(18235147)	Norge	3 - 0	Israel
(18235148)	España	2 - 0	Chile
(18235149)	Nederland	4 - 1	Brasil
(18235150)	Argentina	1 - 0	Cymru
(18235151)	Česká republika	2 - 1	Bulgaria
(18235152)	Sverige	2 - 0	Malaysia
(18235153)	Italia	1 - 2	Deutschland
(18235154)	Misr	4 - 1	France

Round II

This round started on 2004-05-21 20:00:00 and was played in Misr.

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Norge	7	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3
România	6	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
Deutschland	4	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1
Oceania	0	3	0	0	3	3	10	-7

ID		Match Result		Date and Time
(18329526)	România	0 - 2	Norge	2004-05-21 at 20.00
(18329527)	Oceania	0 - 2	Deutschland
(18329528)	România	1 - 0	Deutschland	2004-05-28 at 20.00
(18329529)	Oceania	2 - 3	Norge
(18329530)	România	5 - 1	Oceania	2004-06-04 at 20.00
(18329531)	Norge	1 - 1	Deutschland

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Misr	9	3	3	0	0	7	4	+3
España	6	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4
Polska	3	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1
Danmark	0	3	0	0	3	1	7	-6

ID		Match Result		Date and Time
(18329532)	Polska	1 - 2	España	2004-05-21 at 20.00
(18329533)	Danmark	1 - 2	Misr
(18329534)	Polska	1 - 2	Misr	2004-05-28 at 20.00
(18329535)	Danmark	0 - 4	España
(18329536)	Polska	1 - 0	Danmark	2004-06-04 at 20.00
(18329537)	España	2 - 3	Misr

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Nederland	9	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6
Belgium	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	±0
Sverige	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1
Eesti	1	3	0	1	2	0	5	-5

ID		Match Result		Date and Time
(18329538)	Eesti	0 - 4	Nederland	2004-05-21 at 20.00
(18329539)	Belgium	1 - 1	Sverige
(18329540)	Eesti	0 - 0	Sverige	2004-05-28 at 20.00
(18329541)	Belgium	1 - 2	Nederland
(18329542)	Eesti	0 - 1	Belgium	2004-06-04 at 20.00
(18329543)	Nederland	2 - 1	Sverige

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Österreich	6	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8
USA	6	3	2	0	1	4	4	±0
Česká republika	3	3	1	0	2	5	10	-5
Argentina	3	3	1	0	2	7	10	-3

ID		Match Result		Date and Time
(18329544)	Österreich	5 - 1	Argentina	2004-05-21 at 20.00
(18329545)	USA	0 - 2	Česká republika
(18329546)	Österreich	6 - 1	Česká republika	2004-05-28 at 20.00
(18329547)	USA	3 - 2	Argentina
(18329548)	Österreich	0 - 1	USA	2004-06-04 at 20.00
(18329549)	Argentina	4 - 2	Česká republika

Round III

This round started on 2004-06-07 20:00:00 and was played in Misr.

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
España	7	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3
Nederland	6	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
Belgium	2	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2
Österreich	1	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4

ID		Match Result		Date and Time
(18614148)	Österreich	1 - 1	Belgium	2004-06-07 at 20.00
(18614149)	Nederland	0 - 2	España
(18614150)	Nederland	2 - 0	Belgium	2004-06-11 at 20.00
(18614151)	Österreich	1 - 2	España
(18614152)	Nederland	4 - 1	Österreich	2004-06-14 at 20.00
(18614153)	España	1 - 1	Belgium

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Norge	7	3	2	1	0	13	1	+12
România	7	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
USA	3	3	1	0	2	3	8	-5
Misr	0	3	0	0	3	1	12	-11

ID		Match Result		Date and Time
(18614154)	Misr	0 - 1	România	2004-06-07 at 20.00
(18614155)	Norge	4 - 0	USA
(18614156)	Misr	1 - 3	USA	2004-06-11 at 20.00
(18614157)	Norge	1 - 1	România
(18614158)	Misr	0 - 8	Norge	2004-06-14 at 20.00
(18614159)	România	3 - 0	USA

Semi-Finals

This round started on 2004-06-18 20:00:00 and was played in Misr.

ID		Match Result
(18767570)	España	3 - 2	România
(18767571)	Nederland	2 - 3	Norge

Final

This round started on 2004-06-20 20:00:00 and was played in Misr.

ID		Match Result
(18928960)	España	2 - 4	Norge

Tactics and Ratings

Espaňa: 3-5-2 Normal Midfield: divine (very high) Right Defence: inadequate (low) Central Defence: inadequate (high) Left Defence: inadequate (high) Right Attack: inadequate (very high) Central Attack: formidable (very low) Left Attack: titanic (high) Indirect Set Pieces: Attack: N/A Defence: N/A

Norge: 3-5-2 Normal Midfield: divine (very high) Right Defence: brilliant (very low) Central Defence: outstanding (very low) Left Defence: formidable (high) Right Attack: inadequate (very high) Central Attack: outstanding (low) Left Attack: world class (very low) Indirect Set Pieces: Attack: N/A Defence: N/A

HT Announcements

Hattrick announces

U-20 World Cup in Egypt	4.4.2004
The next U-20 World Cup will be played in Egypt, the country by the Nile known as Misr at home and in Hattrick. This is the first World Cup or U-20 World Cup in Hattrick to be played in Africa, and also the first to be played in the Middle East. It was now quite about time for this! :) The first round is played on May 7. This will be the last World Cup to be played with the old cup format.

Hattrick announces

U20 World Cup	15.6.2004
The U20 World Cup has reached the semifinals, where The Netherlands and Norway on one side and Spain and Romania clash on the other. Both matches are of course available on Expekt.com

Hattrick announces

U-20 World cup final	19.6.2004
In the final battle for the trophy, Spain will face off against Norway after both teams won their semifinals by a score of 3-2. Be sure to catch the final Sunday at 20:00 HT-Time.