World Youth Championships

[kenodoki]

I thought I would take a leaf out of the Brazil forum and post the draw for the world youth championship.
Two group winners go to the next stage along with four best third placed teams.

Group A
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United Arab Emirates
Slovakia
Panama
Burkina Faso

Group B
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Argentina
Spain
Uzbekistan
Mali

Group C
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Brazil
Canada
Czech Rep.
Australia

Group D
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Colombia
Egypt
Japan
England

Group E
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Saudi Arabia
Ireland Rep.
Mexico
Cote D’Ivoire

Group F
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Paraguay
USA
Korea Republic
Germany

I think we should go through as group winners if we send a decent squad to the championships. If we do we will meet a third placed side and hopefully progress from there.

I don't know too much about the youth teams in our group so any information would be appreciated!

[lampshade]

when does this all happen and is it on the tele?

[kenodoki]

25th March to the 16th of April.

I don't know if it's on T.V (none of the channels mention it) I'm sure someone will televise it.

[Flukey Lukey]

This sort of thing is usually on sky or 5.

England have surely got a good chance of going far :)

[kenodoki]

Just found out that Egypt topped the CAF qualifying group. So I'm sure they'll be tough. It would be cool if the talented youngsters doing the business in the premiership got chosen. But I guess that would be just a pipe dream since none of the managers will be prepared to release them for so long.

[Juan]

Just watch out for Colombia, they did a great job over here in the S. American championship.

[rshepherd1000]

does the fact we are listed fourth in the group reflect our seeding in the tournament?

[kenodoki]

Yeah, we didn't do too well in qualifying. We got beaten by Ireland and drew with Germany and Belgium in the Under 19 championships. We had to go to a play off against Lithuania to qualify.