This Saturday Ecuador will debut at the U-20 World Cup FIFA at the opening of Group B against the United States national team in San Juan, Argentina (1:00 p.m., Ecuadorian time). The day in that key will be rounded off on the same day with a match between Fiji and Slovakia (4 p.m.).
When the ball starts rolling on the 2023 World Cup Tricolor will complete its fifth participation in the competition of this category. The historical record is flattering for national football because, among other things, so far the group stage has passed three timesfrom one of the editions the Ecuadorian delegation returned with medals in their suitcasesand also two football players from the country obtained by FIFA individual differences.
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These are the most important data for Ecuador in the U-20 World Cup competitions, before the start of Argentina 2023.
1. The Tricolori played in the World Cups in Argentina 2001, Colombia 2011, South Korea 2017 and Poland 2019.
2. These were the Ecuadorian coaches at the mentioned tournaments: national Fabián Vicente Burbano (2001), Sixto Vizuete (2011), Javier Rodríguez (2017) and Argentine Jorge Célíco (2019).
3. At three World Cups, the U-20 national team made it past the group stage: 2001 (round of 16, eliminated by Ghana), 2011 (round of 16, lost to France) and 2019 (semi-finalist and bronze medalist). In 2017, he did not pass the first round.
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4. The premiere of Ecuador at the U-20 World Cup was victorious. 18 June 2001 Ethiopia go down 2-1 thanks to goals from Roberto Mina (25th minute) and Jorge Guagua (63rd) for Group E
5. In four appearances at the World Cup, Tricolor sub-20 has collected 18 games played, six wins, five draws and seven losses. In total, he scored 19 goals and conceded 18 (plus one goal difference).
6. These teams were defeated by Ecuador at the U-20 World Cup: Ethiopia (2001), Costa Rica (2011), Mexico, Uruguay, United States and Italy (all 2019).
7. South Korea 2017 is the World Cup in which Ecuador played the fewest matches (3), and in Poland 2019, in which it played the largest possible number of matches (7).
8. The 2019 World Cup was the first and only time Ecuador participated as champions of South America, after being crowned at the 2019 Conmebol tournament in Chile. The national team won the bronze medal on 14 June 2019, winning 1–0 against Italy for third place, with a goal by Richard Mina. It was the ‘happiest day of tricolor football!’, said EL UNIVERSO.
9. In Poland 2019, Gonzalo Plata received an award from FIFA, who described the man from Guayaquil as follows: “A tireless right winger, he caught the attention of many scouts. With three goals scored and countless spectacular dribbles, the Adidas bronze ball was awarded to the third best player of the tournament”.
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10. José Cifuentes’ brilliant goal in Ecuador’s 2-1 win over the United States in the quarter-finals of the 2019 U-20 World Cup was named the best. According to FIFA.com, users of the website “were given the opportunity to select their favorite goal from a top ten list for a week. We received more than 150,000 votes, and at the end of the voting, on June 24, the Ecuadorian’s right-hand man was the convincing winner with close to 90 percent of the votes won,” said the aforementioned portal. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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