Less than two months after the start of the contest, the governing body decided to remove the contest from Indonesia and the election of a new venue is expected.
The best young players in the world will have the chance to shine in the 2023 U-20 World Cup, but at the moment they don’t know where to put it after the This is officially announced by FIFA the competition will not be held in Indonesia, the country designated as headquarters.
The competition already has 24 ads and everything was ready for the start, but everything was up in the air on Sunday, March 26, after the organizers announced that the draw ceremony scheduled for Friday the 31st was cancelled. official confirmation came from Zurich.
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WHY THE 2023 U-20 WORLD CUP PLACE IS CHANGING
In an official statement on Sunday, March 26, the Indonesian Federation (PSSI) announced the cancellation of the draw and assured that it had not yet received “official reasoning from FIFA” for making that decision. However, the text itself speculates that the reasons are due to the fact that the governor of the province of Bali (one of the venues for the match and where the draw ceremony was to take place) denied Israel’s presence at the World Cup, stating that “it is the same as canceling the implementation of the guarantees issued by the Provincial Government of Bali itself” for the tournament dispute.
Indonesia, the most Muslim country in the world, maintains a tense diplomatic relationship with Israel, which does not formally recognize it as a state. place in the country to boycott its presence. In addition, both the local team and Iraq have taken measures to avoid being placed in the same group as the Asian team belonging to UEFA sportingly (precisely because of those tensions that have nothing to do with sports and that make participation impossible). in the tournament of the AFC).
From Zurich, meanwhile, they have not released any further details about the decision: the statement issued on Wednesday, March 29 briefly stated that “FIFA has decided to withdraw Indonesia as a host country due to the current circumstances”, without clarifying what it is referring to. . In any case, the text clarifies that “possible sanctions for the PSSI will be determined later”, so everything points to the decision being due to the problem with Israel.
WHERE THE 2023 U-20 WORLD CUP WILL BE PLAYED
In the statement removing Indonesia from the tournament, FIFA said that “the new host country will be announced as soon as possible”. At the moment, the only candidacy that has been made public is that of Argentina, whose leaders have already expressed their willingness to host the competition. The South American country, which already hosted the tournament in 2001, wants the event to serve as a springboard for the candidacy for the 2030 World Cup that it presented together with Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay and that it enters the tournament through the window. after failing to qualify in the South American early this year.
WhatWHEN WILL THE U-20 WORLD CUP 2023 BE PLAYED?
The tournament is scheduled for starting on May 20 and ending on June 11, 2023 and FIFA reported that, despite the change of venue, the dates remain unchanged “for now”.
HEADQUARTERS
Once the new host country has been chosen, the cities and stadiums where the matches will take place will be announced. In Indonesia, it would be played in six different settings.
REVIEWED SELECTIONS
24 teams will participate in the U-20 World Cup.
Asia:
- Indonesia (organizer)
- Iraq
- Uzbekistan
- South Korea
- Japan
Africa
- Senegal
- Niger
- Gambia
- Tunisia
Europe
- France
- Italy
- England
- Israel
- Slovakia
South America
- Brazil
- Uruguay
- Ecuador
- Colombia
Central and North America
- USA
- Honduras
- Dominican Republic
- Guatemala
Oceania
GROUPS
The groups have not yet been drawn
MATCHES AND RESULTS
The matches will be played between May 20 and June 11, 2023.
Source: Goal