2025 FIFA Youth Series
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Host countrySwitzerland
Dates18–22 May 2025
Teams6
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Switzerland |
| Dates | 18–22 May 2025 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Paraguay (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  New Zealand |
| Third place |  Switzerland |
| Fourth place |  Tunisia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 9 |
| Goals scored | 29 (3.22 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Hector Salinas Jean Doucoure (2 goals each) |
The 2025 FIFA Youth Series was a football tournament organized by FIFA for U-16 men's teams as part of preparations for the 2025 and 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup, both held in Qatar. All matches were streamed live and free on FIFA+.[1][2]
This tournament was held on 18–22 May 2025 and was attended by six countries, four of which qualified for the 2025 U-17 World Cup finals.[3][4]
Venue
Standings
All matches use the UTC+2 (CEST) time zone.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Final |
| 2 | Switzerland (H) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 | Advance to Third place play-off |
| 3 |  Guatemala |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | Advance to Fifth place play-off |
| Switzerland | 2–3 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Referee: Kaio Santos de Lima (Brazil)
| Guatemala | 1–2 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
Alvarado  14' |
Report |
Referee: Daniel Uhrmann (Switzerland)
| Switzerland | 1–1 | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| Doucoure 5' |
Report | Jimenez 45+2' |
Referee: Miroslav Nikolić (Switzerland)
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Final |
| 2 | Tunisia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Advance to Third place play-off |
| 3 |  Malaysia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | Advance to Fifth place play-off |
Source: FIFA
| Malaysia | 0–1 | Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Rolon 53' |
Referee: Manuel Pfister (Switzerland)
| Malaysia | 0–2 | Tunisia |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Referee: Luca Talarico (Switzerland)
Play-offs
Fifth place play-off
| Guatemala | 0–1 | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Iman Irfan 90+1' |
Referee: Ersin Nesimi (Switzerland)
Third place play-off
| Switzerland | 5–1 | Tunisia |
|---|---|---|
|
Report | Ben Said 45+2' |
Referee: Luka Stanković (Switzerland)
Final
| New Zealand | 0–3 | Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Referee: Maximilian Zihlmann (Switzerland)