Eednud Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 No need to wonder how Scotland will get on as already out and the same goes for England and Wales. Northern Ireland still in it and they host the finals of the 2024 UEFA U-19 Championship commencing today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_UEFA_European_Under-19_Championship Main reason for starting this thread was to celebrate New Caledonia qualifying for a World Cup tournament for the first time after defeating the Solomon Islands 3-2 aet in the OFC U-19 Championship Semi Final in Apia, Samoa today. Also in Apia today New Zealand became the other OFF qualifier after defeating Fiji. 1-0. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jives Miguel Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Just had a look at the qualifying criteria for this, and wow, that is scandalous. 5 teams from UEFA? FIVE? This has about as much competitive integrity as the Emirates Cup. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 They always do that with their youth tournaments, and it's definitely a big part of why most people in Europe don't really pay much attention to them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I don't have too much of an issue with it as UEFA already have super competitive U19s and U21 tournaments - giving more spaces to OFC and CAF for the U20s World Cup allows the game to develop and give players from nations with poorer development programmes the chance to develop and gain major tournament experience. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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