Will Brazil reclaim U20 World Cup glory? All you need to know 👇🏽

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·26 de setembro de 2025

Will Brazil reclaim U20 World Cup glory? All you need to know 👇🏽

The Brazilian National Team led by Ramon Menezes is one of the highlights of the U-20 World Cup, which kicks off this Saturday (27th) in Chile.

This will be another chance to end the title drought in the category, since the last trophy was in 2011 with Oscar, Philippe Coutinho, Casemiro, Dudu, and Henrique Almeida, the top scorer and Golden Ball winner of that edition.

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The last Brazilian final was in 2015, when they saw Serbia come out on top. Andreas Pereira and Gabriel Jesus were standouts.

Check out a summary of the 24th edition of the competition below.

Including the groups, how Brazil qualified, the squad, and all the champions.

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Groups 👇🏽

A: Chile, New Zealand, Japan, and Egypt

B: South Korea, Ukraine, Paraguay, and Panama

C: Brazil, Mexico, Morocco, and Spain

D: Italy, Australia, Cuba, and Argentina

E: United States, New Caledonia, France, and South Africa

F: Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Norway, and Nigeria

See the date of all matches here.

Cazé TV and the FIFA+ streaming platform will broadcast the matches.

📅 When does Brazil play?

9/28 - Sunday

9:00 PM - Brazil 🆚 Mexico - Estadio Nacional de Santiago

10/1 - Wednesday

9:00 PM - Brazil 🆚 Morocco - Estadio Nacional de Santiago

10/4 - Saturday

6:00 PM - Spain 🆚 Brazil - Estadio Nacional de Santiago

Regulations 📝

Teams play each other once within their respective groups.

The top two from each group qualify for the round of 16, totaling 12 teams.

The remaining spots go to the four best third-placed teams.

Tiebreaker criteria are: 1) goal difference; 2) goals scored; 3) head-to-head; 4) fewer yellow and red cards; and 5) draw.

Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and final are all single matches with extra time and, if necessary, penalty shootouts.

There is only ONE debutant 🇳🇨

The only team among the 24 participants that has never played in a U-20 World Cup is New Caledonia.

They qualified after finishing runners-up in the Oceania U-19 Championship to New Zealand.

The record holder for appearances in the tournament is precisely the Brazilian National Team: 20.

They only missed out in 1979, 2013, 2017, and 2019.

Next are Argentina and the United States with 18 each.

Brazil suffered embarrassment before qualifying

The South American Championship for the category was held at the beginning of this year.

And the Brazilian National Team underperformed before qualifying with a title.

They suffered a resounding 6-0 defeat to Argentina right in the opening round of the group stage.

And only made it to the Final Hexagonal thanks to Ecuador's 0-0 draw against Argentina in the last round.

Brazil finished third with six points. Two more than Ecuador, who had a better goal difference.

The story would be different in the "moment of truth."

The penultimate round of the Hexagonal featured a decisive Brazil vs. Argentina.

The Argentinians took the lead with Echeverri, but a goal from Rayan, of Vasco, secured a valuable 1-1 draw.

The Brazilian National Team reached the final round depending only on themselves, beat Chile, and celebrated.

Meanwhile, Argentina - who needed a big win and a bit of luck - were defeated by Paraguay.

'Curse' continues 😨

Luciano Rodríguez's Uruguay, former Bahia player, won the 2023 edition by beating Italy in the final.

But they are not among the highlights of this edition, as they earned only one point in the Final Hexagonal of the South American Championship.

Only the top four qualified. And Uruguay finished fifth.

La Celeste EXTENDED the "curse" that began in 2009, when then-champions Argentina missed out after winning the trophy in 2007 with Agüero and Di María.

Ghana (2011), Brazil (2013), France (2015), Serbia (2017), England (2019), and Ukraine (2023) also failed to defend their respective titles.

The squad 🇧🇷

The only change to the original list released by the CBF was the departure of Felipe Longo, from Corinthians.

He became the immediate substitute for Hugo Souza and, therefore, was withdrawn from the squad. Pedro Cobra, from Galo, was given a chance.

Some players had already been ruled out by their clubs. Such is the case with Rayan, a regular starter for Vasco.

Goalkeepers: Pedro Cobra (Atlético-MG), Lucas Furtado (Vitória de Guimarães-POR), and Otávio (Cruzeiro)

Defenders: Gilberto (Palmeiras), Igor Serrote (Al-Jazira-UAE), Leandrinho (Vasco), Léo Dérik (Athletico), Bruno Alves (Cruzeiro), Iago (Flamengo), and João Souza (Flamengo)

Midfielders: Coutinho (Palmeiras), João Cruz (Athletico), Murilo (Cruzeiro), Rayan Lucas (Sporting-POR), and Rhuan Gabriel (Cruzeiro)

Forwards: Deivid Washington (Chelsea), Erick Belé (Palmeiras), Gustavo Prado (Internacional), Luighi (Palmeiras), Pedrinho (Zenit), and Wesley (Al-Nassr)

All the champions 🏆

With five trophies, Brazil is trying to equal record-holder Argentina, who leads with six.

They have already faced each other in two finals: Brazilian victory in 1983 with a goal from Geovani, a Vasco youth product, and Argentina's revenge in 1995.

Brazil has a total of four runner-up finishes: 1991 (Portugal), 1995 (Argentina), 2009 (Ghana), and 2015 (Serbia). It is the country with the most finals in history.

Argentina only failed to win the title when they reached the final in 1983.

Check out who won each edition below:

1977 - Soviet Union

1979 - Argentina

1981 - West Germany

1983 - Brazil

1985 - Brazil

1987 - Yugoslavia

1989 - Portugal

1991 - Portugal

1993 - Brazil

1995 - Argentina