ANKARA (AA) - Turkey will host FIFA-U 20 World Cup finals between June 21 and July 13.
24 countries will compete in the championship in 6 different groups.
Championship matches will be played in seven different cities in Turkey, which are Istanbul, Bursa, Antalya, Trabzon, Rize, Kayseri and Gaziantep.
The group games will kick-off at Kadir Has Stadium in Kayseri, and the final game will be played at Istanbul's Ali Sami Yen Stadium.
Turkey will compete in Group C with Colombia, El Salvador and Australia, and will play their first group match against El Salvador on June 22 at Avni Aker Stadium in Trabzon.
Iraq will take on England, Egypt and Chile in Group E.
Brazil, who won the title five times, and Argentina, who were six times champions in FIFA U-20 World Cup, could not come to Turkey to participate in the tournament, because they could not qualify for the finals.
Spain and Australia are the most participating national teams to FIFA U-20 with 15 times.
- Messi and Van Basten became shining stars of this tournament
Lionel Messi, Marco van Basten, Diego Maradona, Xavi and Andre Iniesta became shining stars of this tournament before, which has been organized for the first time in 1977.
Groups are as follows:
Group A: France, Ghana, USA, Spain
Group B: South Korea, Nigeria, Cuba, Portugal
Group C: Colombia, Australia, El Salvador, Turkey
Group D: Mexico, Mali, Paraguay, Greece
Group E: Egypt, Iraq, Chile, England
Group F: New Zealand, Uzbekistan, Uruguay, Croatia
