Argentina hosts the U-20 World Cup and wins a place even without classification

After organizing the U-20 World Cup having announced that the competition would no longer be held in IndonesiaThe fifa looked for a quick solution to the problem. In this sense, the entity had to look for a new host country. A Argentina was chosen and, with that, the Albiceleste team won a place in the tournament, despite not having qualified for the South American.

The competition that starts on the 20th of May had to change its destination at the last minute. After the announcement that Indonesia would no longer host the competition, Alejandro Dominguezpresident of conmebolscheduled a meeting with Gianni Infantinopresident of FIFA, and presented the candidacy of Argentina as host country.

Despite the efforts of the South American organization to bring the World Cup to the continent, it was not such a difficult task, since Argentina was the only country to offer to host the event. Therefore, after the meeting with the members of Conmebol, the board of directors of Fifa found the move to Argentine territory plausible.

It is worth mentioning that Argentina was not qualified for the tournament, since it did not win its place in the South American Tournament, which was played in early 2023 and ended with the Brazil champion. However, as the country will host the competition, the vacancy that belonged to Indonesia will be inherited by the Hermanos.

In a press conference at the Conmebol base, Gianni Infantino, president of Fifa, said he had received guarantees that Argentina would be able to host and organize the event. In addition to the citation of AFAthe entity responsible for soccer in the country, the leader thanked the efforts of the Argentine government, which made itself available for the tournament.