The 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup kicks off today in Colombia. South Korea, led by Park Yoon-jung, will be looking to advance to the round of 16 for the first time since the 2014 tournament.
The tournament, which kicks off at 5:00 a.m. on Monday with Cameroon and Mexico in Group A and France and Canada in Group B, will be the 11th edition of the tournament since its inaugural edition in 2002 and will feature 24 nations for the first time ever. While 16 nations have competed in the tournament in the past, the 24-nation field will be expanded to include Cameroon, Fiji, 카지노사이트 추천 Morocco and Austria for the first time.
Host Colombia will be hosting its third FIFA-organized tournament in history. It previously hosted the 2011 FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup and the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. There is also a strong interest in women’s soccer, with South Korea reaching the quarterfinals of both the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia-New Zealand and this year’s 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
South Korea, led by head coach Park Yun-jung, is aiming to advance to the tournament. With the expansion to 24 teams, the top four teams from each group, as well as the first and second place finishers, will advance to the round of 16. In Group D, South Korea will compete against Germany, Venezuela, and Nigeria. Germany is the most decorated team in the tournament (three times), while Nigeria is a powerhouse with only two semifinal victories. Korea’s strategy will be to take care of Venezuela and maximize points in the remaining two matches. Korea’s best finish at the tournament was third place 14 years ago.
They were led by the likes of Ji So-yeon and Lee Min-ah. The tournament will also see the piloting of the Football Video Support (FVS) system, which will replace the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system. Compared to VAR, FVS requires fewer cameras, less manpower, and less money. The head coach of each team can request a review from the standby referee, and the referee will review the video from the replay area to make a decision. However, FVS only applies to the four situations that VAR applies to: whether a goal was scored, whether a penalty was awarded, whether a player was sent off, and whether a player was correctly cautioned/ejected.