In the final in Santiago, Chile, the Moroccan team prevailed over the Argentine team with a score of 2:0. Colombia took the bronze after defeating France (1:0).
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Yassir Zabiri became the hero of the final, scoring a double in the first half. Team Morocco broke Argentina’s long winning streak in the finals of the Youth World Cup.
Prior to this tournament, Argentina had won 6 out of 7 Youth World Cup finals, losing only to Brazil in 1983. Thus, Morocco became only the second team to beat Argentina in the U-20 World Cup title match.
The Ukrainian U-20 national team (led by Dmytro Mykhaylenko) reached the round of 16, where they lost to the Spaniards (0:1). In 2019, the blue-yellow team won the U-20 World Cup (under the leadership of Oleksandr Petrakov).
Number of U-20 WC titles: Argentina (6), Brazil (5), Portugal, Serbia (2 each), Uruguay, Ghana, Spain, USSR, Germany, England, France, Morocco, Ukraine (1 each)
8 finals of Argentina U20 in the finals of the World Cup U-20 (6 titles)
- 1979: Argentina – USSR – 3:1
- 1983: Argentina – Brazil – 0:1
- 1995: Argentina – Brazil – 2:0
- 1997: Argentina – Uruguay – 2:1
- 2001: Argentina – Ghana – 3:0
- 2005: Argentina – Nigeria – 2:1
- 2007: Argentina – Czech Republic – 2:1
- 2025: Argentina – Morocco – 0:2
Historical table of the finals of the U-20 world championships
All winners and medalists of the U-20 Youth World Cup
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