U-20 World Cup XVI

U-20 World Cup XVI

Tournament details
Host	Poland
Season(s)	Seasons 45-46 8 April 2011 - 30 October 2011
Teams	128
Final positions
Champions	Italia
Runner-up
Semi-finalists
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The Sixteenth U-20 World Cup tournament took place from 2 September to 30 October 2011 and was held in Poland.

With the 4 new entrants (Palestine, Cuba, Cameroon, O'zbekiston), the tournament introduced the format of 128 national teams divided into 16 groups of 8 each. This will become the unchanged standard of World Cup to come for several years.

Starting 8 April 2011, all team represented in Hattrick Word at the time played a total of 896 qualification matches in order to define the 32 participants to the next stage.

Group Stage

Round I (Qualification)

(All teams - Double round-robin format)

Group #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Group 11 Group 12 Group 13 Group 14 Group 15 Group 16

Teams are placed in groups based on their rank. Teams play each other once at home and once away. This round started on 08/04/2011 (last leg started on 27/05/2011).

Round II

(32 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD France 9 +5 România 6 +1 England 3 0 Sverige 0 -6	Group 2 Team Pts GD Italia 7 +4 Nederland 5 +2 Türkiye 3 -3 España 1 -3
Group 3 Team Pts GD Chinese Taipei 6 +4 Argentina 5 +1 Eesti 4 0 Dhivehi Raajje 1 -5	Group 4 Team Pts GD Danmark 9 +9 Việt Nam 3 +2 Österreich 3 -3 Føroyar 3 -8
Group 5 Team Pts GD Slovensko 6 +6 Polska 6 -2 Hanguk 3 0 Rossiya 3 -4	Group 6 Team Pts GD Latvija 9 +3 Kazakhstan 6 +1 Kyrgyz Republic 3 0 India 0 -4
Group 7 Team Pts GD Al Kuwayt 6 +1 Norge 6 +1 Deutschland 3 +2 China 3 -4	Group 8 Team Pts GD USA 9 +8 Suomi 4 0 Liechtenstein 3 -5 Schweiz 1 -3
This round started on 02-09-2011 (2nd leg: 05-09; 3rd leg: 09-09) at 20:00 was played in Poland.

Round III

(16 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD Kazakhstan 9 +4 Việt Nam 6 +3 Al Kuwayt 3 -3 Danmark 0 -4	Group 2 Team Pts GD Suomi 6 +1 Norge 6 +1 Chinese Taipei 4 0 USA 1 -2
Group 3 Team Pts GD Slovensko 6 +3 Argentina 6 0 România 4 +1 France 1 -4	Group 4 Team Pts GD Latvija 5 +2 Italia 5 +1 Nederland 4 0 Polska 1 -3
This round started on 07/10/2011 20:00 and was played in Poland.

Round IV

(8 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD Italia 7 +8 Kazakhstan 5 +2 Latvija 2 -2 Việt Nam 1 -8	Group 2 Team Pts GD Norge 7 +3 Suomi 6 +6 Argentina 3 -2 Slovensko 1 -7
This round started on 17/10/2011 20:00 and was played in Poland.

Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	Miejsce na Twoją reklamę
	Italia	5 (1)
					Miejsce na Twoją reklamę
	Suomi	4 (1)
					Italia	2
	Fantastyczne Centrum Konwentowe
					Norge	0
	Kazakhstan	1
	Norge	4

Semi-Finals

This round started on 28/10/2011 20:00 and was played in Poland.

ID		Match Result
(348954274)	Italia	5 (1) - (1) 4 pen.	Suomi
(348954275)	Kazakhstan	1 - 4	Norge

Final

This round started on 30/10/2011 20:00 and was played in Poland.

ID		Match Result
(349486740)	Italia	2 - 0	Norge

HT Announcements

Hattrick announces

Who will host the XVI U20 World Cup?

24/03/2011

applicant countries Dominican Republic 7.5 pts Hungary with 8.5 pts Estonia 10.5 pts Panama 14.5 pts And finally, our winner is : Poland with 19 pts! Congratulations to the Polish community but also to the other contestants who made it very difficult for all to pick a winner! This time the community vote was really evenly spread across all candidates. Which is quite logical since all the contenders really set the bar quite high! A total of 201 560 votes were cast. The participating countries stepped up to the challenge once again. And we can't wait to see what you all will be able to achieve for the XVII WC hosting competition!

Hattrick announces

Italy brings home U20 World Cup

31/10/2011

In a closely fought final, Italy managed to beat Norway 2-0 in the final of Hattrick U20 World Cup XVI, which took place in Poland. It is the second time Italy have won the trophy, following up their triumph in U20 WC XII. Our congratulations to Italian coach regia5! regia5 is well known to the Norwegian community - he has been elected their senior NT coach four times in a row, and won the World Cup XV for them as well. The stuff of legends.