FIFA Under 20 World Cup

The under 20 year old World Cup is in Canada this year and Sarah and I got to see two fantastic games here in Ottawa! The first part of the World Cup is the group phase where 24 teams are put into 6 groups of 4, each team playing the other 3 teams in their group 1 time. The best two teams from each group (and a couple 3rd place team) advance to a 16 team single elimination tournment. We saw all 4 teams of group E, first an exciting game between the Czech Republic and North Korea. Korea scored first, but the Czechs got two great goals in the second half and we thought they were going to win. But in the very last minute of play, the North Koreans were awarded a penalty shot and tied the game. Since it's not elimination games yet, and ties have an important impact on the standings, they don't play until someone wins.



The second game last night was Argentina vs Panama and it was easy to tell which country had more supporters! Check out this video I found on youtube made by a couple people who didn't seem to have planned on sitting in the Argentina section. I've got some of my own videos I'll post later.