Jun 20, 2007 10:39 PM
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FIFA U20 World Cup Tournament will be played in Canada in 2007.
This means we will get to see the World’s finest youth players.
This bi-annual event is second only to the FIFA World Cup in size and scope and will showcase the most talented under20 soccer players in the world.
The tournament will be the coming out party for some of the game’s top players, (Maradona, Saviola, Raúl, Marco Van Basten, Luis Figo, Rui Costa, Thierry Henry, Adriano, Roberto Carlos, Bebeto and Dunga as well as Canada’s Craig Forrest), and many members of the current Men’s World Cup Team, (including Julian de Guzman, Paul Stalteri, Atiba Hutchinson and Iain Hume).
CANADA IS IN THE GAMES:
Canada qualified for the last FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005 after dominating their group at the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Honduras with wins over Mexico, Honduras, and Jamaica; extending their CONCACAF qualifying unbeaten streak to nine games.
THE GAMES WILL BE HELD IN:
Six Canadian cities will play host to the 52 match games. They will be played in Victoria & Burnaby, (British Columbia), Edmonton, (Alberta) Toronto & Ottawa, (in Ontario) and Montréal, (Quebec).
This tournament will be held from June 30 to July 22, 2007.
If you can't make it here I hope you will watch it on TV.
GROUP A:
CANADA, Austria, Chile and the Congo . They will play in Toronto and Edmonton.
GROUP B:
Jordan, Spain, Uruguay and Zambia. They'll play in Burnaby and Victoria.
GROUP C:
Gambia, New Zealand, Mexico and Portugal will play in Toronto, Montreal and Edmonton.
GROUP D:
Brazil, Poland, South Korea and the United States will be playing in Montreal and Ottawa.
GROUP E:
Argentina, Czech Republic, North Korea and Panama. They'll play in Ottawa and Montreal.
GROUP F:
Costa Rica, Japan, Nigeria and Scotland will play: Victoria and Burnaby.
THESE COMPANIES MAKE THE GAMES POSSIBLE:
Fifa Partners: Adidas, Emirate, Coca Cola, Hyndri and Sony.
Canadian Companies: Europe Best, Winners, Bell and the Bank of Montreal.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER:
This will be my last review until after Labor Day, (first weekend in September). I will be busy starting with these games, having guests, my grandson's wedding and taking time to smell the roses and enjoy myself at all the festivals, live shows and sports events.
I hope you have a great summer.
Thanks for reading my review.
Lyla
