U-20 World Cup

A U-20 team requires 23 players for entry, but the manager can also include three additional players with a total of 26 members, if needed. The attending 64 countries will be divided into 16 groups of four in the qualification's tournament. The top two teams of each group will advance to the final tournament of 32 participating countries to determine the victor. On June 18, 2019, the U-20 World Cup takes place in Japan, with a total of 64 countries attending, described as the highest number of attending countries in football history. Before the start of the Tournament, Hirotoshi Buratsuta revealed that the number of players for the Japan U-20 team will be 26 with the additional three members coming from Side-B. In the first match of the qualification tournament; Japan dominates Nigeria [4-0] while France wins against England [2-1]. In the second round, Japan falls short against France [4-2] while England wins their game against Nigeria in a landslide [5-1].