U-20 World Cup VIII

U-20 World Cup VIII

Tournament details
Host	Israel
Season(s)	Seasons 29-30
Teams	108
Final positions
Champions	Sverige
Runner-up	Eesti
Semi-finalists	Österreich Belgium
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Group Stage

Round I

This round started on 2006-05-12 20:00:00.

Group	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7
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 2006-10-06 20:00:00 and was played in Israel.

Group 1

Team	Pts	GD
Sverige	7	+5
España	7	+5
Hong Kong	3	-5
Føroyar	0	-5

Group 2

Team	Pts	GD
Uruguay	7	+4
Magyarország	5	+3
Norge	3	-4
Scotland	1	-3

Group 3

Team	Pts	GD
England	7	+4
Österreich	5	+1
Slovenija	4	-1
South Africa	0	-4

Group 4

Team	Pts	GD
France	9	+7
Česká republika	6	±0
Shqiperia	3	-2
Canada	0	-5

Group 5

Team	Pts	GD
Oceania	9	+8
Portugal	6	+4
Cymru	3	-7
Brasil	0	-5

Group 6

Team	Pts	GD
Italia	9	+8
Belgium	6	+2
Polska	3	-2
Colombia	0	-8

Group 7

Team	Pts	GD
Eesti	9	+7
Malta	4	±0
Lietuva	4	-1
Rossiya	0	-6

Group 8

Team	Pts	GD
Suomi	9	+10
Bosna i Hercegovina	6	+5
USA	3	-6
Severna Makedonija	0	-9

Round III

This round started on 2006-11-10 20:00:00 and was played in Israel.

Group 1

Team	Pts	GD
España	7	+10
Suomi	7	+4
Uruguay	3	-4
Malta	0	-10

Group 2

Team	Pts	GD
Österreich	7	+4
England	6	+1
Bosna i Hercegovina	3	-2
Oceania	1	-3

Group 3

Team	Pts	GD
Sverige	7	+6
Portugal	6	+1
Magyarország	4	±0
Italia	0	-7

Group 4

Team	Pts	GD
Belgium	7	+5
Eesti	7	+5
Česká republika	3	-2
France	0	-7

Round IV

This round started on 2006-11-20 20:00:00 and was played in Israel.

Group 1

Team	Pts	GD
Eesti	6	+3
Österreich	5	+1
España	4	±0
Portugal	1	-4

Group 2

Team	Pts	GD
Sverige	7	+4
Belgium	6	+2
England	4	+6
Suomi	0	-12

Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 December 2006 - Camp Dubi
	Eesti (a.e.t.)	1
					3 December 2006 - Camp Dubi
	Belgium	0
					Eesti	2
	1 December 2006 - Likud Holon Arena - National Stadium
					Sverige	4
	Österreich	0
	Sverige	2

Semi-Finals

This round started on 2006-12-01 20:00:00 and was played in Israel.

ID		Match Result
(98360696)	Eesti	1 - 0	Belgium
(98360695)	Österreich	0 - 2	Sverige

Final

This round started on 2006-12-03 20:00:00 and was played in Israel.

ID		Match Result
(98868288)	Eesti	2 - 4	Sverige

Tactics and Ratings

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

U-20 Sverige: 3-4-3 AIM (outstanding) Midfield: titanic (very low) Right Defence: passable (very low) Central Defence: formidable (high) Left Defence: inadequate (very high) Right Attack: inadequate (high) Central Attack: world class (high) Left Attack: inadequate (very low) Indirect Set Pieces: Attack: N/A Defence: N/A

HT Announcements

Hattrick announces

Next U-20 World Cup in Israel	5.5.2006
The next U-20 World Cup will take place in Israel and the qualifiers starts on May 12th.

Hattrick announces

U20 World Cup weekend

1.12.2006

Eesti, België, Österreich and Sverige are the final four teams in the U20 World Cup. The semifinals will be played Friday at 20.00 and the winners will then battle for the World Cup trophy on Sunday at 20.00. After the final it is time to elect a new National U20 coach again. The election starts on Monday and 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 conduct rules.

Hattrick announces

Congratulations Sweden	4.12.2006
It's been more than three and a half year since Sweden won the U20 World Cup last time, but after beating Eesti in the final Sweden is once again U20 champions. Congratulations to Sweden and coach westhamunited.