The groups of the U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024 this Wednesday and Colombia selection He met his rivals for this international event. Three of the selections in the group A They have experience in the tournament and will seek to establish themselves for the first time.
Colombia will be the second South American venue that will host this competition after 2008 when Chile was the host. The team has never been a champion and no team on the continent has won the U-20 women’s world cup.
Each of Colombia’s rivals in the group stage
Australia
The first match that the Colombian National Team will play will be the inaugural match against the Australian team on August 31 at 6 pm at the El Campín stadium.
Australia arrives as a favorite to this U20 World Cup in which it has participated four times and managed to reach the quarterfinals in 2002 and 2004, the same years in which they were crowned winners of the OFC U20 Women’s Championship.
However, in Costa Rica 2022, the last edition of the World Cup, the Australians were eliminated in the first phase after only winning one match and being surpassed by Spain and Brazil who got 7 points in this stage.
Cameroon
The Cameroon team will have its first participation in the World Cup in this edition. Colombia 2024 will be the debut of the “indomitable lionesses” in this tournament and will seek to set a precedent in the participation of African teams in the Under 20 World Cup.
Cameroon qualified after defeating Egypt 5-3 on aggregate. Naomi Ndjoah, the team’s midfielder, was the top scorer in the playoffs with six goals.
Cameroon and Colombia will face each other for the second date of the group stage on September 3 at 8 pm in El Campín.
Mexico
The Central Americans are the best-known rival for the Colombian under 20 women’s team. Colombia and Mexico shared a group in the ‘Sud Ladies Cup’, formerly named the Esperanzas de Toulon tournament. In this competition, the Colombians won on penalties after drawing 1-1 with the Mexican team.
However, the Mexicans were the ones who ended up advancing to the final where they were runners-up after being defeated by France 4-3 on penalties.
The Mexicans have a lot of experience in World Cups, they have qualified for 10 of the 11 editions that have been played so far and have reached the quarterfinals on 4 occasions: 2010, 2012, 2016 and 2022. In addition, they have been winners of the Sub Women’s Championship 20 of Concacaf on 2 occasions: 2018 and, in the last edition of 2023.
The match for the third date of the group stage between Mexico and Colombia will be on September 6 at 8 pm at the Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellín.
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