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A total of 24 teams are participating in the tournament:
- 6 from the UEFA European
U19 Championship - Spain, Germany, Slovakia, Republic of Ireland, Czech
Republic and England. The
UEFA European U-19 Championship 2002 was played between 21 to 28 July
2002 in Norway.
- 4 from the CAF African Youth Championship
- The 13th African Youth Championship were played in
Burkina Faso
between 4 and 18 January 2003 and Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and
Egypt qualified.
- 4 from AFC U20 Championship 2002
- Korea Republic, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan. The
Asian U20 Championship 2002 was played in Qatar from 15 to 31 October
2002.
- 4 from the
CONCACAF U20 Youth Tournament - Canada, Mexico, Panama and United States. Panama (Winner), Mexico (Runner-up); Group
B: Canada (Winner), USA (Runner-Up)
- 4 from the CONMEBOL South American
U20 Championship -
the Campeonato Juventud de América (Sub-20) Uruguay 2003 took place in Uruguay
between 6 and 26 January 2003. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Colombia
have qualified.
- 1 from OFC - Australia. Group Matches for the OFC U20 World Youth
Championship was from 7 to 16 December 2002. The last play off match was played
on 22 Dec 2002 between Australia and Fiji - Australia won 4-0.
- and the United Arab Emirates as the host nation
The competition has six groups of four teams each with sixteen qualifying for
the second round. The top two in each group and the four third-placed teams with
the best records qualify for the round of 16.
Group A: United Arab Emirates, Slovakia, Panama, Burkina Faso
Group B: Argentina, Spain, Uzbekistan, Mali
Group C: Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Australia
Group D: Colombia, Egypt, Japan, England
Group E: Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Mexico, Ivory Coast
Group F: Paraguay, USA, South Korea, Germany
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