FIFA Under 20 World Cup New Zealand 2015

Played every two years since 1977 and known as FIFA World Youth Championship until 2005, the twentieth edition of the FIFA Under 20 World Cup will take place in New Zealand from May 30 to June 20.

This will be the third edition played in Oceania after Australia 1981 and Australia 1993. The games will be played in seven host cities: Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

France is the current champion and Argentina is the most successful team with 6 titles:

The tournament is composed by 24 teams. There are 6 groups with 4 teams each of them.

(Victory: 3 Points/Draw game: 1 point/Lost game: 0 points)

If two teams get the same amount of points during the group stage the goal difference will determine what team did better. If the goal difference is identical then the team with more goals scored will be first. If the number of goals scored is the same then the winner will be chosen by lot. 

Group A — Myanmar, New Zealand (hosts), Ukraine, United States

Group B — Argentina, Austria, Ghana, Panama

Group C — Colombia, Portugal, Qatar, Senegal

Group D — Mali, Mexico, Serbia, Uruguay

Group E — Brazil, Hungary, Nigeria, North Korea

Group F — Fiji, Germany, Honduras, Uzbekistan

The two first teams from each group will advance to the knockout stage. And the four best third teams will advance two. The last team from every group and the worst two third teams will be eliminated.

During the knockout stage's games the team which scores more goals during the game will advance. If both teams score the same amount of goals then there will be an extra time (2 parts of 15 minutes each). If after the extra time the score keeps tied then a penalty shoot-out will determine the winner of the game. 

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Toulon International U23 Festival

This tournament (Festival International "Espoirs" de Toulon) is played in Toulon (France) every year.

This will be the XLII Edition of the tournament and it will be played around the Region-du-Var (Aubagne, Hyeres, Saint-Raphael, Salon de Provence and Toulon) with the final being held in Toulon.

France and Brazil participated in most of the tournaments and won more than any of the other countries:

There are two groups, each with five Under 23 National Teams. Every team plays against the rest of the teams in their group. Game halves are 40 minutes. 3 points for victory, 1 point per tie game and 0 points for losing a game. The winner of each group will qualify for the final. Both groups' runners-up will play for 3rd place.

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UEFA European Under 17 Championship Bulgaria 2015

This is a yearly championship organized by UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) and contested by 16 European national teams. Players born after January 1st, 1998 will be able to participate in this edition.

From 1982 to 2001 it was an Under 16 Championship. During odd years it determined what teams would qualify for the next Under 17 FIFA World Cup. This edition, 6 teams will qualify for the Chile 2015 Under 17 FIFA World Cup (17 October-8 November): the four semifinalists and two of the losers of the quarter finals.

This is the first time since 2002 that 16 teams participate.  After that year UEFA decided to decrease the number of participants to 8 teams.

The 14th edition will be played in Bulgaria from May 6-22 2015 in four different cities: Stara Zagora, Sliven, Burgas and Sopozol.

England won the last tournament in Malta 2014 against The Netherlands. Here you can see the rest of the winners:

Four groups of four teams each compose the tournament. During the group-stage every team will play against the other three teams in its group (3 points for victory, 1 point for tie, and 0 points for loss). The first two teams of every group will qualify for Quarter Finals.

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