U-20 World Cup

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The U-20 World Cup was a national teams tournament for under 20-yo players. Since players only had access to the national team until their 21st birthday, only a very few players were able to take part in two consecutive campaigns

Although it uses the same format as the senior World Cup, the U20 World Cup tournament offered more chances of getting a good result for motivated teams even with a smaller user base or shorter history in Hattrick. The competition rewarded organization and training in the short term.

A total of 31 editions were played, from global season 16 (July 2002) to global season 76 (January 2021). It was later replaced by the U-21 World Cup.

Format

A new U20 World Cup starts as soon as the previous one is completed, with an election for a two seasons mandate. The qualifying round takes the first season and begins with the participation of all U-20 national teams active in the Hattrick World. Seeding for the next U-20 World Cup is based on ranking, which is determined by previous World Cup results. At its peak, 128 national teams took part to qualifications in 16 "double round-robin" groups of 8 teams each.

32 teams, the the best two classified in each group, move on to the next stage and qualify for the World Cup hosted by one country previously determined by the Hattrick Team. Three round-robin group stages are then played, with 4 teams to a group and the top two teams qualifying for the next stage.

The final two rounds are playoff matches, beginning with the semi-finals and culminating in the U-20 World Cup Final, played on last Sunday of second season at 20:00 HT.

Editions

28 countries hosted the 31 final rounds of the U-20 World Cup. Only Finland, Italy and Romania hosted it twice.

Oceania has been visited once, Africa and South America thrice each, North America and Asia five times each; the other 14 times the host was from Europe.

U-20 WC Edition

Edition	Host (Final Position)	Season(s)	Teams	Champions	Runner-up	Semi-finalists
U-20 WC 31	Argentina (65-81 - Q)	75-76	128	Deutschland	Oceania	Iran Italia
U-20 WC 30	Bulgaria (13-16 - R3)	73-74	128	Deutschland	Belgium	España USA
U-20 WC 29	Kazakhstan (33-48 - Q)	71-72	128	USA	Italia	Ireland Česká republika
U-20 WC 28	Sverige (65-81 - Q)	69-70	128	Italia	Deutschland	España Rossiya
U-20 WC 27	El Salvador (97-112 - Q)	67-68	128	România	Nederland	Colombia Polska
U-20 WC 26	USA (17 - 32 Q)	65-66	128	Danmark	Belarus	Deutschland Schweiz
U-20 WC 25	Pakistan (49 - 64 Q)	63-64	128	Schweiz	Belgium	Česká republika Chile
U-20 WC 24	Côte d'Ivoire (97-112 - Q)	61-62	128	Deutschland	Chile	England România
U-20 WC 23	Føroyar (49-64 - Q)	59-60	128	Nederland	Belgium	USA Iran
U-20 WC 22	România (97-112 - Q)	57-58	128	Deutschland	Malta	Suomi Oman
U-20 WC 21	Belgium (13-16 - R3)	55-56	128	Norge	Suomi	Polska Slovensko
U-20 WC 20	Italia (Champions)	53-54	128	Italia	Eesti	France Suomi
U-20 WC 19	Norge (49-64 - Q)	51-52	128	Suomi	Schweiz	Deutschland Österreich
U-20 WC 18	Suomi (3-4 - SF)	49-50	128	Nederland	Belgium	Suomi Polska
U-20 WC 17	Panama (81-96 - Q)	47-48	128	Deutschland	Polska	Italia France
U-20 WC 16	Polska (13-16 - R3)	45-46	128	Italia	Norge	Suomi Kazakhstan
U-20 WC 15	Bosna i Hercegovina (49-64 - Q)	43-44	124	Belgium	España	England Polska
U-20 WC 14	Iran (17-24 - R2)	41-42	124	Deutschland	Magyarország	España France
U-20 WC 13	Canada (25-32 - R2)	39-40	124	Deutschland	Italia	Nederland Argentina
U-20 WC 12	Kenya (97-112 - Q)	37-38	124	Italia	France	Belgium Norge
U-20 WC 11	Suomi (33-48 - Q)	35-36	122	România	España	Deutschland Italia
U-20 WC 10	Perú (17-24 - R2)	33-34	118	Eesti	Polska	England Schweiz
U-20 WC 09	Malaysia (33-48 - Q)	31-32	114	Deutschland	México	Česká republika Suomi
U-20 WC 08	Israel (49-64 - Q)	29-30	108	Sverige	Eesti	Österreich Belgium
U-20 WC 07	México (7-8 - R4)	27-28	102	Norge	Österreich	Sverige Belgium
U-20 WC 06	Italia (9-12 - R3)	25-26	92	Eesti	España	USA Deutschland
U-20 WC 05	Chile (49-64 - Q)	23-24	82	România	Nederland	Eesti Deutschland
U-20 WC 04	Misr (7-8 - R3)	22	40	Norge	España	Nederland România
U-20 WC 03	România (Champions)	20	40	România	Polska	Eesti Österreich
U-20 WC 02	Oceania (7-8 - R3)	18	40	Sverige	England	Danmark USA
U-20 WC 01	Deutschland (13-16 - R2)	16	40	Sverige	Oceania	USA England

Germany hosted the first U-20 WC in season 16, just one season after the first World Cup had been played. The first U-20 WC started with the 40 top teams according to the ranking. The other 10 teams competed for a minor cup called Emerging Leagues U20 Cup at the same time.

Medals

Seven Countries won the gold medal more than once: Netherlands and Estonia twice; Norway and Sweden thrice; Romania and Italy four. Germany won the most medals.

Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Deutschland	8	1	5	14
Italia	4	2	3	9
România	4	0	2	6
Norge	3	1	1	5
Sverige	3	0	1	4
Eesti	2	2	2	6
Nederland	2	2	2	6
Belgium	1	4	3	8
Suomi	1	1	5	7
Schweiz	1	1	2	4
USA	1	0	4	5
Danmark	1	0	1	2
España	0	4	3	7
Polska	0	3	4	7
Oceania	0	2	0	2
England	0	1	4	5
Österreich	0	1	3	4
France	0	1	3	4
Chile	0	1	1	2
Magyarország	0	1	0	1
Malta	0	1	0	1
México	0	1	0	1
Belarus	0	1	0	1
Česká republika	0	0	3	3
Iran	0	0	2	2
Argentina	0	0	1	1
Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
Oman	0	0	1	1
Slovensko	0	0	1	1
Colombia	0	0	1	1
Rossiya	0	0	1	1
Ireland	0	0	1	1

Finals

Sweden and Germany are the only countries to have won two consecutive U-20 World Cups.

Edition	Date	Weather	Champion	Result[1]	Runner-up	Arena (Owner team)	Attendance
Final 31	10/01/2021		Deutschland	2 - 1 ( 1 - 1 )	Oceania	Diego Armando Maradona ( Resucitados F.c. )	194 037
Final 30	31/05/2020		Belgium	1 - 2 ( 1 - 0 )	Deutschland	Arena "Storgozia" ( Storgozia FC )	232 648
Final 29	20/10/2019		USA	4 - 1 ( 4 - 1 )	Italia	Kazakhstan National Team Arena ( Like )	202 247
Final 28	10/03/2019		Italia	4 - 3 ( 1 - 2 )	Deutschland	Linköpings Sporthall ( Linköpings Innebandy Crusaders )	180 065
Final 27	29/07/2018		România	2 - 1 AET 1 (0) - (0) 1	Nederland	El Monumental Kasique ( El Kaiser )	210 160
Final 26	17/12/2017		Danmark	1 - 0 ( 0 - 0 )	Belarus	Richfield Coliseum ( Cleveland Crunch SC )	200 213
Final 25	07/05/2017		Schweiz	4 - 1 ( 2 - 0 )	Belgium	FC Hyderabad Arena ( FC Hyderabad )	196 775
Final 24	25/09/2016		Deutschland	3 - 0 ( 2 - 0 )	Chile	Green Island Staduim ( FC boissy )	107 269
Final 23	14/02/2016		Nederland	3 - 1 ( 2 - 1 )	Belgium	HF-Arena ( Heimagjørdir úr Funningsfirði )	129 330
Final 22	05/07/2015		Deutschland	6 - 2 ( 3 - 2 )	Malta	Olimpico ( Dorobantii FC )	131 169
Final 21	23/11/2014		Norge	3 - 1 ( 1 - 1 )	Suomi	Dynamite Bowl ( Super Youngsters )	135 000
Final 20	13/04/2014		Italia	6 - 4 pen. 3 3 (2) - (2) 3 3	Deutschland	Crissolo (CN) ( Mahüber Gerva Camorezzonico )	333 215
Final 19	01/09/2013		Suomi	3 - 2 ( 2 - 1 )	Schweiz	Hekkeløkka ( Bokfinken A Busters )	153 292
Final 18	20/01/2013		Nederland	3 - 1 ( 2 - 1 )	Belgium	Paskavuori, Heinäpää ( Dynamo FC )	163 229
Final 17	10/06/2012		Deutschland	5 - 0 ( 4 - 0 )	Polska	Juan Magallón ( Los Galactikos F.C. )	161 781
Final 16	30/10/2011		Italia	2 - 0 ( 1 - 0 )	Norge	Miejsce na Twoją reklamę ( Nowy Myśliwiec )	157 289
Final 15	20/03/2011		Belgium	2 - 1 ( 2 - 1 )	España	Artemio Franchi ( Fiorentina A.C. )	127 223
Final 14	08/08/2010		Deutschland	2 - 0 ( 1 - 0 )	Magyarország	Cyrus the Great ( Apadana )	164 151
Final 13	27/12/2009		Deutschland	2 - 1 AET 1 (0) - (1) 1	Italia	Osaka Dome ( Team Japan )	125 000
Final 12	17/05/2009		Italia	5 - 0 ( 2 - 0 )	France	Moi International Sports Complex ( Nairobi CF )	105 549
Final 11	05/10/2008		România	6 - 3 ( 2 - 1 )	España	Sokos Hotel Vantaa Arena ( Tikkurilan tikkukepit )	159 635
Final 10	24/02/2008		Eesti	3 - 2 ( 1 - 2 )	Polska	L Stadio ( Equipo L )	88 953
Final 9	15/07/2007		Deutschland	4 - 3 ( 1 - 3 )	México	Skeln End ( Waylander )	158 001
Final 8	03/12/2006		Sverige	4 - 2 ( 3 - 0 )	Eesti	Camp Dubi ( F.C Dubim )	190 203
Final 7	23/04/2006		Norge	2 - 1 AET 1 (1) - (0) 1	Österreich	Parque Hundido del antiguo pueblo de Mixcoac ( Bombarderos de Mixcoac )	160 034
Final 6	11/09/2005		Eesti	4 - 2 ( 2 - 0 )	España	StarCalcio ( Juventus Calcio )	142 350
Final 5	30/01/2005		România	3 - 2 ( 0 - 2 )	Nederland	Monumental "David Arellano" ( Colo-Colo de Chile )	140 000
Final 4	20/06/2004		Norge	4 - 2 ( 2 - 1 )	España	Cactus Arena ( Cactus )	77 182
Final 3	09/11/2003		România	2 - 1 pen. 1 1 (1) - (1) 1 1	Polska	Romania U20 World Champion ( Oldies Bucharest )	83 862
Final 2	30/03/2003		Sverige	2 - 0 ( 1 - 0 )	England	TEAM LORDY Arena ( TEAM LORDY )	66 221
Final 1	18/08/2002		Sverige	7 - 0 ( 3 - 0 )	Oceania	Grüne Wiese ( Dorfkicker Champions )	55 844

Legend

(^ 1) Click on match result to link to the Hattrick.org source page.

( ) = half time result

AET = extra time

pen. = penalties

HT-Press

Interview with U-20 Golden coaches

Written by Allmidy (26/12/2015 16:12)

One can say that, being the coach of a U-20 National Team, requests a lot of responsibility about touching your goal/limit and making sure the community is happy about their country's results. But, the real hero is the user who manages to receive the gold medal at the World Cup.
How does it feel to succeed? We asked it to the "Golden coaches", the managers who won the World Cup: the elite of the elite.
Here are the replies of the gold medal winning U-20 Coaches.

WC IV, Norge, kontravass (106853)

I followed the players since they were 17y.o., so I was very dedicated at the time. The rules were very different back then and gold was the only option. Even though I couldn't be sure I was elected. It meant a lot at the time, but no one remember now, so I only think about it when someone asks questions like this.
The game has changed a lot since then, so there will be no 2nd try for me. I'm a lousy coach :-)

WC VI, Eesti, muttaja (140531)

Our team was not the favorite till the final, so I had no pressure and was playing one match at a time.
About the final: I was taking a bus from my parents home town to the university I was attending.
I remember the adrenaline when I saw the clock in the front of the bus turning to 21:00 (local time when the final started).
My friends were waiting me (with some beers) in a park and they were sending me messages when something happened in the match. I guess I joined them in the beginning of the second half, but I dont recall anything particular about the winning emotion."

WC VII, Norge, Niero (115305)

First of all it was an honour to get elected. Secondly it was a big pressure from the community, but even more from my older brother, kontravass (106853), who won the World Cup two years before. The feeling I had when U-20 Norge won the World Cup Final, with counter attack and as big underdogs, was overwhelming.

WC XI, Romania, mastercyb (317219)

Leading a national team is the ultimate experience in HT. Getting to communicate with so many different users and carrying the expectations of thousand (or tens of thousands) is something that cannot be described in words. Winning the gold medal was then the top of the iceberg and I can still remember (7 years later) how I was walking down the streets of Philadelphia, smiling/laughing (even a few days after the game). These are the moments one can never forget.

WC XII, Italy, Mokiforever (1585064)

Although we are speaking about a small part of an online game, I felt myself very proud when I managed U20 Italy; I was in charge to manage the team and the focus of the attention of U20's followers (many more than today) was on me.
When I won the gold medal, I was really happy for Italy but also for myself, because I had been the first to win it in Italy and I thought: "Wow, I realized a dream dating back to a lot of time ago!"

WC XIII, Deutschland, McDrops (3153052)

It was so much fun to work in a team and try to find the right tactic. The championship was the confirmation that we were the best .... or maybe just the luckiest :)
The feeling I had after the final night was a mix of relief and euphoria. The semi-final and the final were so thrilling and still the most exhausting games of my whole Hattrick career. Only 5 minutes between total disappointment and frustration facing the sure defeat, finding new hope and finally celebrating an unbelievable victory.

WC XIV, Deutschland, Anni‑Frid (1034900)

It was a very fascinating but also exhausting time. Thankfully, many people were supporting me during the campaign. The discussion about the tactics for the final was very amusing because we were clearly superior to Hungary so that we even thought about playing PIC just for fun.
Eventually, we played MOTS (of course) but we passed up a golden opportunity to win the final by playing it cool. At least, we had found a player with a perfect name for a world champion so the final was Bendix Best's (249456313) first and only match for the German national U20-team. After the match we paraded in our cars through the city, honking and singing. Nobody else knew why we were celebrating but we had so much fun. :D

WC XV, Belgium, Chippen17 (1531275=

I compare it with a good F1-driver who -with help of a great team behind him- manages to become a world champion.
Elleke (5009724) and his U17-scouting, Purple_man's (1981103) dedicated training teams and assistants like Strobbe (3888748), blaerie78 and Pettachi (2125885) who where there every week helping to find the perfect line-up. These are the things that lead to the most beautiful moment in my HT-career.

WC XVI, Italy, user:regia5 (911825)

National teams are a game inside the game. For me it is obvious to compare them to real football: to be immortal, to legitimize yourself, you have to win the World Cup. If you do, you reach the Olympus. The main difference consists that you do this pretty much by yourself in HT and not with the help of twenty team mates. To be the one and only in history who has won two World Cups (U20 and NT), in two different nations, just states the obvious: I am the number one.

WC XVIII, Nederland, Schumi- (804797)

Leading one of the biggest nations involves mostly a lot of hard work. Hard work in analyzing opponents, but also in communication to owners of the players and trying to optimize training schedules. Winning the World Cup was just as much of a relief as it was satisfying. It was a reward for hard work and a chance to give something back to the community of which so many people contributed to this success.

WC XX, Italy, zagortenay (3922049)

Managing the Italian team has been a great honor for me and I've been lucky to be able to do so in 4 different times, guiding both NT and U20 team.
I was full of emotions when I won the U20 gold medal and a personal revenge for the bad luck I had during my first NT run (Sweden NT crushed me because of a 12 hours unplanned downtime) and in the third one (an abysmal semifinal loss against Slovenija).

WC XXII, Deutschland, timh1704 (11006315)

To be honest, I felt exhausted/empty but very happy. The night after, I was a bit restless. ;)
It was very time consuming to deal with the U20 and it is not always easy to justify your behaviour towards people on the forum and managers training prospects. However, it was a pleasant time with a lucky end on my side. :)