The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup will be the 23rd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men’s youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship.
The tournament was originally set to be hosted by Indonesia for the 2021 edition which would have been the first FIFA tournament hosted by that country But the COVID-19 pandemic forced FIFA to cancel the tournament, who awarded the 2023 hosting rights to the country on 24 December 2020.
However, Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights on 29 March 2023 amidst protests at the participation of Israel. On 17 April 2023, FIFA officially announced Argentina as the new host of the tournament to replace Indonesia.
Five bids to host the original 2021 tournament were submitted in 2019, and Indonesia was announced as the winning bidder on 24 October 2019.[2] In December 2020, the 2021 event was postponed until 2023, with Indonesia remaining as hosts.
However, Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights on 29 March 2023 amidst protests at the participation of Israel.[4] Peru, Argentina and Qatar confirmed their interest in hosting the tournament. On 30 March, Argentina became the only country to submit an official bid.
On 17 April 2023, at a press conference jointly held by economy minister Sergio Massa, tourism and sports minister Matías Lammens, and the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio Tapia, it was announced that Argentina would host the tournament,[5] followed shortly after by a statement from FIFA confirming Argentina as the new hosts. Argentina will thus become the second nation to host the U-20 World Cup twice (having previously hosted it in 2001). Australia is the other nation that had hosted it twice (1981 and 1993)
