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
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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								-
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

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.