2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup final

2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup final

Event	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Uruguay Italy 1 0
Date	11 June 2023
Venue	La Plata Stadium, La Plata
Referee	Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Attendance	38,297
Weather	Clear 8 °C (46 °F)

The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup final was the final match and culmination of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, hosted by Argentina. The match was played at the La Plata Stadium in La Plata on 11 June 2023, and was contested by Italy and Uruguay. Uruguay won the match after defeating Italy 1–0, winning their first U-20 title.^[1][2][3] It was the country's first major title since the 2011 Copa America and their first world title since the 1950 FIFA World Cup, both with their senior national team.

Road to the final

Uruguay		Round	Italy
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Iraq	4–0	Match 1	Brazil	3–2
England	2–3	Match 2	Nigeria	0–2
Tunisia	1–0	Match 3	Dominican Republic	3–0
Group E runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1  England 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Knockout stage 2  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 3  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 2 +1 3 4  Iraq 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1 Source: FIFA Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers		Final standings	Group D runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1  Brazil 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6 Knockout stage 2  Italy 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 3  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 4  Dominican Republic 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0 Source: FIFA Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Gambia	1–0	Round of 16	England	2–1
United States	2–0	Quarter-finals	Colombia	3–1
Israel	1–0	Semi-finals	South Korea	2–1

Match

Details

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)

18:00

Uruguay	1–0	Italy
L. Rodríguez 86'	Report

Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata

Attendance: 38,297

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Uruguay

Italy

GK 12 Randall Rodríguez CB 2 Sebastián Boselli CB 16 Facundo González CB 13 Alan Matturro CM 8 Rodrigo Chagas CM 5 Fabricio Díaz (c)  90+12' CM 14 Damián García RW 11 Juan Cruz de los Santos  90+2' AM 10 Franco González LW 7 Anderson Duarte  62' CF 19 Luciano Rodríguez  90+6' Substitutions: FW 9 Andrés Ferrari  62' MF 15 Ignacio Sosa  90+2' MF 18 Santiago Homenchenko  90+6' Coach: Marcelo Broli

GK 1 Sebastiano Desplanches RB 4 Matteo Prati  83' CB 5 Daniele Ghilardi CB 14 Gabriele Guarino  33' LB 3 Riccardo Turicchia DM 16 Giacomo Faticanti  46' RM 8 Cesare Casadei LM 6 Samuel Giovane (c)  89' AM 10 Tommaso Baldanzi  89' CF 20 Simone Pafundi  56' CF 9 Giuseppe Ambrosino  47'  56' Substitutions: DF 2 Mattia Zanotti  90'  46' FW 18 Francesco Pio Esposito  56' FW 11 Daniele Montevago  56' MF 7 Niccolò Pisilli  89' MF 17 Luca Lipani  90+12'  89' Coach: Carmine Nunziata

Assistant referees: Mahbod Beigi (Sweden) Andreas Söderkvist (Sweden) Fourth official: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica) Reserve assistant referee: William Arrieta (Costa Rica) Video assistant referees: Fedayi San (Switzerland) Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua) Juan Lara (Chile)

Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

References

1. "Uruguay lift FIFA U-20 World Cup for first time after beating Italy in final". FIFA. 12 June 2023.
2. "Uruguay dominate Italy to win first Under-20 World Cup". ESPN. 12 June 2023.
3. "Uruguay edge Italy for U-20 World Cup football title in Argentina". MercoPress. 12 June 2023.