U-20 World Cup XI

U-20 World Cup XI

Tournament details
Host	Suomi
Season(s)	Seasons 35-36
Teams	122
Final positions
Champions	România
Runner-up	España
Semi-finalists	Deutschland Italia
← U20 x	U20 x →

Group Stage

Round I

This round started on 2008-03-14 at 20:00.

Group	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8
Group 1	Template:Flag/ESP	Template:Flag/ALG	Template:Flag/ISR	Template:Flag/COL	Template:Flag/FRO	Template:Flag/JAM	Template:Flag/EST	-
Group 2	Template:Flag/MLT	Template:Flag/POL	Template:Flag/SVN	Template:Flag/HKG	Template:Flag/IRQ	Template:Flag/CRC	Template:Flag/JPN	-
Group 3	Template:Flag/UKR	Template:Flag/SVK	Template:Flag/KOR	Template:Flag/BOL	Template:Flag/ENG	Template:Flag/SEN	Template:Flag/KEN	-
Group 4	Template:Flag/SUI	Template:Flag/BUL	Template:Flag/FIN	Template:Flag/DOM	Template:Flag/ALB	Template:Flag/SCO	Template:Flag/IRN	-
Group 5	Template:Flag/CAN	Template:Flag/SER	Template:Flag/DEN	Template:Flag/GUA	Template:Flag/YEM	Template:Flag/WAL	Template:Flag/GEO	-
Group 6	Template:Flag/CZE	Template:Flag/IRL	Template:Flag/OMA	Template:Flag/ECU	Template:Flag/AND	Template:Flag/PAK	Template:Flag/TUN	-
Group 7	Template:Flag/ITA	Template:Flag/CHN	Template:Flag/NIR	Template:Flag/UAE	Template:Flag/SUR	Template:Flag/TRI	Template:Flag/BRU	Template:Flag/RSA
Group 8	Template:Flag/TUR	Template:Flag/GRE	Template:Flag/MDA	Template:Flag/PAR	Template:Flag/KGZ	Template:Flag/ISL	Template:Flag/BHR	Template:Flag/GHA
Group 9	Template:Flag/RUS	Template:Flag/POR	Template:Flag/LTU	Template:Flag/PHI	Template:Flag/KUW	Template:Flag/KAZ	Template:Flag/PAN	Template:Flag/CAM
Group 10	Template:Flag/CYP	Template:Flag/ARG	Template:Flag/TPE	Template:Flag/VIE	Template:Flag/NOR	Template:Flag/AZE	Template:Flag/IDN	Template:Flag/MOZ
Group 11	Template:Flag/HUN	Template:Flag/BEL	Template:Flag/SIN	Template:Flag/BAN	Template:Flag/MON	Template:Flag/ANG	Template:Flag/CIV	Template:Flag/BEN
Group 12	Template:Flag/GER	Template:Flag/BRA	Template:Flag/ARM	Template:Flag/BRB	Template:Flag/FRA	Template:Flag/JOR	Template:Flag/NCA	Template:Flag/SYR
Group 13	Template:Flag/ROU	Template:Flag/LIE	Template:Flag/AUT	Template:Flag/LIB	Template:Flag/BIH	Template:Flag/MKD	Template:Flag/NGA	Template:Flag/QAT
Group 14	Template:Flag/CHI	Template:Flag/LUX	Template:Flag/URU	Template:Flag/SLV	Template:Flag/USA	Template:Flag/IND	Template:Flag/LVA	Template:Flag/TAN
Group 15	Template:Flag/CRO	Template:Flag/VEN	Template:Flag/OCE	Template:Flag/THA	Template:Flag/MAR	Template:Flag/BLR	Template:Flag/KSA	Template:Flag/MEX
Group 16	Template:Flag/PER	Template:Flag/NED	Template:Flag/SWE	Template:Flag/MAS	Template:Flag/HON	Template:Flag/EGY	Template:Flag/CPV	Template:Flag/MGL

Round II

This round started on 2008-08-08 20:00:00 and was played in Suomi.

Group 1

Team	Pts	GD
Deutschland	7	+7
Brasil	7	+3
Slovensko	3	-3
Malta	0	-7

Group 2

Team	Pts	GD
Česká republika	5	+2
Polska	5	+2
Nederland	3	±0
Rossiya	1	-4

Group 3

Team	Pts	GD
Italia	9	+8
España	4	±0
Ireland	2	-5
Liechtenstein	1	-3

Group 4

Team	Pts	GD
România	9	+6
China	3	-1
Schweiz	3	-2
Lëtzebuerg	3	-3

Group 5

Team	Pts	GD
Ukraina	6	+3
Perú	4	+4
Portugal	4	±0
Algérie	3	-7

Group 6

Team	Pts	GD
Magyarország	6	-2
Chile	5	+6
Srbija	4	-1
Belgium	1	-3

Group 7

Team	Pts	GD
Bulgaria	9	+4
Hrvatska	4	+2
Venezuela	4	+1
Canada	0	-7

Group 8

Team	Pts	GD
Argentina	7	+6
Cyprus	7	+3
Türkiye	3	-2
Hellas	0	-7

Round III

This round started on 2008-09-12 20:00:00 and was played in Suomi.

Group 1

Team	Pts	GD
Cyprus	7	+4
Italia	6	+5
Česká republika	2	-3
China	1	-6

Group 2

Team	Pts	GD
España	7	+5
România	7	+3
Magyarország	3	-2
Brasil	0	-6

Group 3

Team	Pts	GD
Hrvatska	6	+3
Chile	6	+1
Ukraina	6	-1
Bulgaria	0	-5

Group 4

Team	Pts	GD
Argentina	9	+4
Deutschland	3	+3
Polska	3	-2
Perú	3	-5

Round IV

This round started on 2008-09-22 20:00:00 and was played in Suomi.

Group 1

Team	Pts	GD
România	7	+9
Deutschland	5	+1
Hrvatska	4	-5
Argentina	0	-5

Group 2

Team	Pts	GD
España	7	+2
Italia	6	+4
Chile	3	-2
Cyprus	1	-4

Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	03 October 2008 - Sokos Hotel Vantaa Arena
	România	3
					05 October 2008 - Sokos Hotel Vantaa Arena
	Italia	0
					România	6
	03 October 2008 - Kiehuva Lieronkattila
					España	3
	Deutschland	1
	España	2

Semi-Finals

This round started on 2008-10-03 20:00:00 and was played in Suomi.

ID		Match Result
(190221656)	România	3 - 0	Italia
(190221657)	Deutschland	1 - 2	España

Final

This round started on 2008-10-05 20:00:00 and was played in Suomi.

ID		Match Result
(190761393)	România	6 - 3	España

Tactics and Ratings

U-20 România: 3-5-2 Normal Midfield: outstanding (very high) Right Defence: inadequate (low) Central Defence: inadequate (very high) Left Defence: passable (high) Right Attack: solid (very low) Central Attack: excellent (very high) Left Attack: solid (very low) Indirect Set Pieces: Attack: N/A Defence: N/A

U-20 España: 3-5-2 Normal Midfield: outstanding (low) Right Defence: passable (low) Central Defence: brilliant (very low) Left Defence: brilliant (very high) Right Attack: weak (very low) Central Attack: formidable (very high) Left Attack: weak (very low) Indirect Set Pieces: Attack: N/A Defence: N/A

HT Announcements

Hattrick announces

U20 world cup final and elections	4.10.2008
Tomorrow at 20.00 (HT-time) it is time for the U20 world cup XI final. You are all very welcome to follow the game and may the best team win! On Monday it is then time to elect a new national coach, and the election can be found here. Be sure to stop by the conference to check out the candidates' speeches and participate in the debate, but remember to follow the conference rules.

Hattrick announces

România's third U20 trophy	5.10.2008
România has done it again! For the third time in Hattrick history they've won the U20 trophy, this time after beating España in the final. The hero of the day was Dan Mihalache who scored a hattrick, the final result was 6-3. Congratulations România, and especially coach mastercyb.