2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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The 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Spanish: Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-20 de la FIFA Colombia 2024) was the 11th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was expanded by FIFA to feature 24 teams instead of 16.[1]
| Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-20 de la FIFA Colombia 2024 | |
|---|---|
 Future Stars of Football | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Colombia |
| Dates | 31 August – 22 September |
| Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  North Korea (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Japan |
| Third place |  United States |
| Fourth place |  Netherlands |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 187 (3.6 per match) |
| Attendance | 375,841 (7,228 per match) |
| Top scorer | Choe Il-son (6 goals) |
| Best player | Choe Il-son |
| Best goalkeeper | Femke Liefting |
| Fair play award | Japan |
← 2022 2026 → | |
The tournament was hosted by Colombia from 31 August to 22 September 2024. It was the third time that Colombia hosted a FIFA tournament, after the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. This was also the first time that Colombia hosted a FIFA women's tournament.[2]
Spain were the defending champions. In addition, Spain held all three Women's World Cups (senior, U-20 and U-17) at the time of the tournament.[3] They were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Japan, whom they faced in the two previous finals.
North Korea won a joint-record third title, defeating Japan in the final.
Host selection
Colombia were announced as the 2024 Women's U-20 World Cup hosts following the FIFA Council meeting on 25 June 2023 in Zürich, Switzerland.[2]
Expansion
On 4 October 2023, FIFA decided the expansion of the tournament from 16 to 24 teams.[1] The slot allocation mirrored the men's tournament and was as follows:
Qualified teams
A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Colombia who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. All the teams that qualified from the last edition also qualified to this edition.
North Korea made a return after missing out in the 2022 edition. The rest of the 3 teams who will make their return are from CONMEBOL. Argentina made a return after 12 years, Paraguay made a 6 year return after they last qualified in 2018, and Venezuela made a 8 year return after qualifying in Papua New Guinea. Cameroon, Morocco, Austria, and Fiji will make their debut. This is the first time that Austria and Fiji will make their FIFA debut for any level in the women's federation.
| Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | ||
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| Total | First | Last | ||||
| AFC (Asia) (4 teams) |
2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup |  Australia |
5th | 2002 | 2022 | Quarter-finalists (2002, 2004) |
| Japan |
8th | 2002 | 2022 | Champions (2018) | ||
| North Korea |
8th | 2006 | 2018 | Champions (2006, 2016) | ||
 South Korea |
7th | 2004 | 2022 | Third place (2010) | ||
| CAF (Africa) (4 teams) |
2024 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification |  Cameroon |
1st | Debut | None | |
 Ghana |
7th | 2010 | 2022 | Group stage (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) | ||
 Morocco |
1st | Debut | None | |||
 Nigeria |
11th | 2002 | 2022 | Runners-up (2010, 2014) | ||
| CONCACAF (North America[note 1]) (4 teams) |
2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship |  Canada |
9th | 2002 | 2022 | Runners-up (2002) |
 Costa Rica[a] |
4th | 2010 | 2022 | Group stage (2010, 2014, 2022) | ||
 Mexico |
10th | 2002 | 2022 | Quarter-finalists (2010, 2012, 2016, 2022) | ||
| United States |
11th | 2002 | 2022 | Champions (2002, 2008, 2012) | ||
| CONMEBOL (South America) (Hosts + 4 teams) |
Host nation |  Colombia |
3rd | 2010 | 2022 | Fourth place (2010) |
| 2024 South American U-20 Women's Championship |  Argentina |
4th | 2006 | 2012 | Group stage (2006, 2008, 2012) | |
 Brazil |
11th | 2002 | 2022 | Third place (2006, 2022) | ||
 Paraguay |
3rd | 2014 | 2018 | Group stage (2014, 2018) | ||
 Venezuela |
2nd | 2016 | 2016 | Group stage (2016) | ||
| OFC (Oceania) (2 teams) |
2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship |  Fiji[b] |
1st | Debut | None | |
 New Zealand |
9th | 2006 | 2022 | Quarter-finalists (2014) | ||
| UEFA (Europe) (5 teams) |
2023 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship |  Austria[c] |
1st | Debut | None | |
 France |
9th | 2002 | 2022 | Runners-up (2016) | ||
 Germany |
11th | 2002 | 2022 | Champions (2004, 2010, 2014) | ||
| Netherlands |
3rd | 2018 | 2022 | Fourth place (2022) | ||
 Spain |
5th | 2004 | 2022 | Champions (2022) | ||
- After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, Costa Rica took the new fourth spot as CONCACAF representative as they ended fourth in the qualifying tournament.
- After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, Fiji took the new second spot as OFC representative as they ended second in the qualifying tournament.
- After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, UEFA decided to organize a play-off between Austria and Iceland, the group stage third-placed teams, on 4 December 2023. The fifth place play-off winners would qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[4]
Venues
Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín were the three cities chosen to host the competition on 20 February 2024.[5]
For this tournament, the Estadio Metropolitano de Techo was officially called "Estadio El Techo" by FIFA. The original name is shown in parentheses.[6][7]
| Bogotá | |
|---|---|
| Estadio El Campín | Estadio El Techo (Estadio Metropolitano de Techo) |
| Capacity: 39,512 | Capacity: 10,000 |
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| Medellín | Cali |
| Estadio Atanasio Girardot | Estadio Pascual Guerrero |
| Capacity: 44,826 | Capacity: 37,000 |
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Draw
The official draw took place on 5 June 2024 at the Hall 74 in Bogotá.[8] The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-20 Women's World Cups, with five bonus points added to the qualifying tournament winners (for this cycle).[9] The host team, Colombia, was automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. During the draw process, teams from the same confederation could not be placed in the same group for the group stage.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
Squads
Players born between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[10]
Match officials
For the very first time in a football pitch national teams tournament, the football video support (FVS) was implemented.[11] This new alternative simplified the video assistant referee (VAR).
FVS system did not utilize video match officials. The head coach of each team was allowed to make a video review request. The number of requests during the match were limited to two for the regulation time with an additional challenge added in extra time. Should the coach failed in all of the remaining requests, they would not be allowed to request another review.
A total of 18 referees, 36 assistant and 4 support referees were appointed officially by FIFA for the tournament on 19 June 2024.[12]
Originally, Susanne Küng (Switzerland) and Andreia Ferreira (Portugal) were selected for the tournament, and latter replaced by their compatriots Linda Schmid and Vanessa Gomes, respectively.
The VAR system was implemented only for the third place match and the final. Both referees designated as video assistant for the two final matches are shown in italic.
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Group stage
The draw for the group stage took place on 5 June 2024.[13]
All times are local, COT (UTC−5).[6]
| Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
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The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[10]
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Group A
- Fair play points: Mexico –2, Cameroon –6.
| Mexico | 0–1 | Colombia |
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| Report | Espitaleta  38' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | France |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 4 | |
| 3 | Canada |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 4 | |
| 4 | Fiji |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | −29 | 0 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | United States |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Paraguay |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Morocco |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
| Spain | 1–0 | United States |
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| Enrique 8' |
Report |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | South Korea |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Venezuela |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 1–0 | South Korea |
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| Sabastine 86' |
Report |
| South Korea | 1–0 | Germany |
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| Park Soo-jeong 22' |
Report |
| Venezuela | 0–4 | Nigeria |
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| Report |
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Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Austria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ghana |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
| Austria | 3–1 | New Zealand |
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Report | Clegg 90' |
| New Zealand | 1–3 | Ghana |
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| Elliott 64' |
Report |
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Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Korea |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Netherlands |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Argentina |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
| North Korea | 6–2 | Argentina |
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Report | Núñez 45+5', 82' |
| Costa Rica | 0–2 | Netherlands |
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| Report |
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| North Korea | 9–0 | Costa Rica |
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Report |
| Netherlands | 3–3 | Argentina |
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Report |
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| Netherlands | 0–2 | North Korea |
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| Report |
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| Argentina | 1–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Núñez 18' |
Report |
Ranking of third-placed teams
The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[10]
- Combinations of matches in the Round of 16
The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:[10]
| Third-placed teams qualify from groups |
1A vs |
1B vs |
1C vs |
1D vs | ||||||
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| A | B | C | D | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3B | |||
| A | B | C | E | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3E | |||
| A | B | C | F | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3F | |||
| A | B | D | E | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3E | |||
| A | B | D | F | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3F | |||
| A | B | E | F | 3E | 3A | 3B | 3F | |||
| A | C | D | E | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3E | |||
| A | C | D | F | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3F | |||
| A | C | E | F | 3C | 3A | 3F | 3E | |||
| A | D | E | F | 3D | 3A | 3F | 3E | |||
| B | C | D | E | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3E | |||
| B | C | D | F | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3F | |||
| B | C | E | F | 3E | 3C | 3B | 3F | |||
| B | D | E | F | 3E | 3D | 3B | 3F | |||
| C | D | E | F | 3C | 3D | 3F | 3E | |||
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 11 September – Bogotá (Campín) | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 15 September – Cali | ||||||||||||||
| United States (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| United States (p) | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 12 September – Bogotá (Techo) | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | 2 (1) | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 18 September – Cali | ||||||||||||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||||||||||
| United States | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 11 September – Bogotá (Campín) | ||||||||||||||
| North Korea | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Brazil (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 15 September – Medellín | ||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 12 September – Medellín | ||||||||||||||
| North Korea | 1 | |||||||||||||
| North Korea | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 22 September – Bogotá (Campín) | ||||||||||||||
| Austria | 2 | |||||||||||||
| North Korea | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 12 September – Bogotá (Techo) | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 15 September – Medellín | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Japan (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 11 September – Cali | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 18 September – Cali | ||||||||||||||
| Canada | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 12 September – Medellín | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 0 | Third place match | ||||||||||||
| France | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 15 September – Cali | 21 September – Bogotá (Campín) | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands (p) | 2 (3) | United States (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||
| 11 September – Cali | ||||||||||||||
| Colombia | 2 (0) | Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||||
| Colombia | 1 | |||||||||||||
| South Korea | 0 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
| Colombia | 1–0 | South Korea |
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| Caicedo 64' |
Report |
| North Korea | 5–2 | Austria |
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Report |
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| France | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
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| Mossard 33' |
Report |
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Quarter-finals
| Brazil | 0–1 | North Korea |
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| Report | Chae Un-yong 49' |
Semi-finals
| United States | 0–1 | North Korea |
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| Report | Choe Il-son 22' |
| Japan | 2–0 | Netherlands |
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| Matsukubo 55', 83' |
Report |
Third place match
| United States | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
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| Report | Lacroix 26' |
Final
| North Korea | 1–0 | Japan |
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| Choe Il-son 15' |
Report |
| 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup winners |
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 North Korea Third title |
Awards
The following awards were given for the tournament:[18]
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Choe Il-son |
Manaka Matsukubo |
Ally Sentnor |
| Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
| Choe Il-son |
Vendito |
Maya Hijikata |
| 6 goals | 5 goals, 1 assist 404 minutes played |
5 goals, 1 assist 590 minutes played |
| Golden Glove | ||
| Femke Liefting | ||
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
| Japan | ||
Goalscorers
There were 187 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
Vendito
Maya Hijikata
4 goals
Naomi Eto
Annabelle Chukwu
Liana Joseph- Dona Scannapiéco
Loreen Bender
Pietra Tordin
3 goals
Kishi Núñez- Priscila
- Sophie Nachtigall
- Cora Zicai
- Manaka Matsukubo
- Chinari Sasai
Chae Un-yong- Pak Mi-ryong
- Sin Hyang
Jone Amezaga- Ally Sentnor
2 goals
- Serena Rodríguez
Sarah Gutmann- Valentina Mädl
- Dudinha
- Vitória Amaral
- Kayla Briggs
- Olivia Smith
Linda Caicedo- Karla Torres
Salamatu Abdulai- Stella Nyamekye
- Miku Hayama
- Miyu Matsunaga
Veerle Buurman- Robine Lacroix
- Fleur Stoit
Chiamaka Okwuchukwu- Flourish Sabastine
- Choe Kang-ryon
- Jong Kum
- Kim Song-gyong
Fátima Acosta- Maddie Dahlien
- Jordynn Dudley
- Yuna McCormack
1 goal
- Sofía Domínguez
- Delfina Lombardi
- Hannah Fankhauser
- Nicole Ojukwu
- Carol
- Fernanda
- Gisele
- Lara
- Milena
- Achta Toko Njoya
- Florianne Jourde
- Zoe Markesini
- Ella McBride
- Ella Ottey
- Nyah Rose
- Mary Espitaleta
- Yunaira López
- Yésica Muñoz
- Hillary Diaz
- Pauline Haugou
- Romane Lejeune
- Mélinda Mendy
- Juliette Mossard
- Chloé Neller
- Sarah Ernst
- Mathilde Janzen
- Alara Şehitler
- Marie Steiner
- Sofie Zdebel
- Tracey Twum
- Shinomi Koyama
- Aemu Oyama
- Hiromi Yoneda
Paola García- Alejandra Lomelí
- Montserrat Saldívar
- Fátima Servín
- Valerie Vargas
- Eva Oude Elberink
- Jet van Beijeren
- Bo van Egmond
- Inske Weiman
Milly Clegg- Manaia Elliott
- Amina Bello
- Joy Igbokwe
- Olushola Shobowale
- Jon Ryong-jong
- Kim Kang-mi
Park Soo-jeong- Nahia Aparicio
- Olaya Enrique
- Silvia Lloris
- Lucía Moral
- Gisele Thompson
Floriangel Apóstol
1 own goal
- Paulina Aprile (against North Korea)
Saray Benavides (against North Korea)
Angeline Rekha (against France)- Rebecca Adamczyk (against Venezuela)
- Jella Veit (against United States)
- Nayomi Buikema (against United States)
- Han Hong-ryon (against Austria)
- Heather Gilchrist (against Mexico)
Marketing
Emblem
The official emblem was unveiled on 8 April 2024. According to FIFA's website:[19]
...[The] vibrant design [is] inspired by the stunning nature and colour of host nation Colombia as well as the tournament's fundamental role in forging the Future Stars of Football. Using the South American country's unique and iconic Caño Cristales river, nicknamed 'Liquid Rainbow', as the central theme of the design, the tournament emblem also features the yellow, blue and red of the Colombian flag to make it the perfect blended reflection of the tournament hosts and the competition itself.
Theme song
The official theme song was revealed on 16 August 2024 under the title "Aheh-Aheh" (styled sometimes in uppercase) sung by Colombian artists Nath and Ysa C.[20] It is also known as "the 10th anniversary song" like "Vamos Juntas", the song from the preceding edition.
Mascot
The tournament's mascot was named "Kinti". The mascot represented the biodiversity of the country and shaped after a hummingbird. Kinti was unveiled on 23 May 2024 at the Botanical Garden of Medellín.[21]
See also
Notes
- Comprising Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean
- The match, originally scheduled for 20:00 local time, was delayed to prevent overlap with the previous game in Cali (Netherlands—Colombia) which finished on penalty shoot-out.