The youth team at the memorial to the victims of the attack at the Israeli Embassy in Argentina (Assi Kieffer, Israel Football Association)
The group stage of the FIFA U-20 World Cup is over, and with it the picture of the immigrants and the road to the coveted trophy has finally become clear. Tonight, Honduras lost 3-1 to France (who were surprisingly left out of the final eight), thus determining Tunisia advanced from Group E.
What this means for the Israeli team, which will participate in the knockout games itself: if it beats Uzbekistan in the eighth game on Tuesday at midnight, it will almost certainly meet the big and star-studded Brazil team in the quarterfinals. Seleção, who moved up from first place in Group H, expects a comfortable encounter on paper against Tunisia in the eighth final.
If Israel makes a sensation and advances to the semifinals, it could meet Uruguay or the United States. Uruguay will meet Gambia in the final eight, while the Americans will face New Zealand.
In any case, Israel will not be able to meet a host of top teams such as England, Italy and host Argentina until the final. The first two will meet in an intriguing head-to-head battle in the eighth final. Argentina will try to avoid stumbling in the eighth against Nigeria.
Round of 30 matches (May 1 to June <>)
United States vs New Zealand
Gambia vs Uruguay
Uzbekistan vs Israel Brazil vs
Tunisia Colombia vs Slovakia
England vs Italy
Ecuador vs South Korea
Argentina vs
Nigeria
Road to the Cup
Continuation of the knockout stage
Quarterfinals (June 3-4) Winner between USA and New Zealand - Winner between Gambia and Uruguay Winner between Uzbekistan and Israel - Winner between Brazil and Tunisia Winner between Colombia and Slovenia - Winner between England and Italy
Winner between Ecuador and South Korea - Winner between Argentina and Nigeria
Semifinals (8 June)
USA/New Zealand/Gambia/Uruguay
- Uzbekistan/Israel/Brazil/Tunisia
Colombia/Slovenia/England/Italy vs Ecuador/South Korea/Argentina/Nigeria
The third-place
match will take place on June 11 and the grand final will take place a day later. Starting with the semi-finals, all matches will take place in the city of La Plata.
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