World Youth Tournament

Main article: Battle of World Youth

The World Youth Tournament, for national teams with players under 20 years of age, was held in Japan due to a civil war in the original host country (Burunga Republic). It takes place 4 years after the 1st International Jr. Youth Tournament in France. This tournament was from the 10th of October to the 3rd of November.

Venues

Several stadiums were used as venues. They associated the different groups by regions.
Group A = Kanto
Group B = Chubu
Group C = Kansai
Group D = Kyushu

• Kashima, Kashima
• Yoyogi National, Tokyo
• Urawa Komaba, Saitama
• Nihondaira, Shizuoka
• Mitsuzawa, Yokohama
• Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
• Mizuho, Nagoya
• Nagai, Osaka

Qualified teams

In addition to the host team (Japan), and one place for the defending champions (Brazil), 14 other national teams qualified from five continental tournaments. (WY, ch.47, p.37-38)

Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
Hosts	Japan Youth
Defending champions	Brazil Youth
AFC Youth Championship	South Korea Youth Saudi Arabia Youth
African Youth Championship	Cameroon Youth Ghana Youth
CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Mexico Youth USA Youth
South American Youth Championship	Argentina Youth Uruguay Youth Colombia Youth
UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship	Germany Youth Netherlands Youth Sweden Youth Italy Youth France Youth

Group stage

Group A

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	Goals	Points
1	Japan Youth	3	3	0	0	12	9
2	Uruguay Youth	3	2	0	1	10	6
3	Mexico Youth	3	0	1	2	1	1
4	Italy Youth	3	0	1	2	2	1

Group B

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	Goals	Points
1	Germany Youth	3	2	0	1	3	6
2	Sweden Youth	3	1	2	0	5	5
3	Colombia Youth	3	1	1	1	N/A	4
4	USA Youth	3	0	1	2	N/A	1

Group C

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	Goals	Points
1	Netherlands Youth	3	3	0	0	N/A	9
2	Argentina Youth	3	2	0	1	N/A	6
3	South Korea Youth	3	1	0	2	N/A	3
4	Ghana Youth	3	0	0	3	N/A	0

Group D

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	Goals	Points
1	Brazil Youth	3	3	0	0	19	9
2	France Youth	3	2	0	1	N/A	6
3	Cameroon Youth	3	0	1	2	N/A	1
4	Saudi Arabia Youth	3	0	1	2	N/A	1

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Japan Youth	1
	Sweden Youth	0
					Japan Youth	1
					Netherlands Youth	0
	Netherlands Youth	3
	France Youth	1
									Japan Youth	3
									Brazil Youth	2
	Germany Youth	3
	Argentina Youth	2
					Germany Youth	0
					Brazil Youth	5
	Brazil Youth	6
	Uruguay Youth	0

Awards

MVP	Top scorer
Tsubasa Ozora	Carlos Santana

Final ranking

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	Goals	Points	Final result
1	Japan Youth	6	6	0	0	17	18	Champions
2	Brazil Youth	6	5	0	1	32	15	Runner-Up
3	Netherlands Youth	5	4	0	1	3	12	3rd Place
4	Germany Youth	5	3	0	2	6	9	4th Place
5	Uruguay Youth	4	2	0	2	10	6	Quarterfinals
6	Argentina Youth	4	2	0	2	2	6
7	France Youth	4	2	0	2	1	6
8	Sweden Youth	4	1	2	1	5	5
9	Colombia Youth	3	1	1	1	N/A	4	Group stage
10	South Korea Youth	3	1	0	2	N/A	3
11	Cameroon Youth	3	0	1	2	N/A	1
12	Mexico Youth	3	0	1	2	1	1
13	Italy Youth	3	0	1	2	2	1
14	USA Youth	3	0	1	2	N/A	1
15	Saudi Arabia Youth	3	0	1	2	N/A	1
16	Ghana Youth	3	0	0	3	N/A	0

Trivia

• In real life, this tournament would later be known as FIFA U-20 World Cup.

External links

• World Youth Tournament at Captain Tsubasa Stats

Gallery

• Manga