Thursday, 24 September 2009

Men's Under 20s' World Cup starts today

The men's under 20s' World Cup starts today in Egypt and runs through to the final on Friday 16 October.

It's a 24-team tournament and starts with six groups of four.

Egypt kick off the competition today with a game against Trinidad & Tobago in group A at 7pm, BST.

England are in group D along with Uruguay, Ghana and Uzbekistan, the first game being against the South Americans on Saturday.

Other nations involved are: Paraguay and Italy (group A); Nigeria, Spain, Tahiti, Venezuela (B); Cameroon, Germany, South Korea, USA (C); Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Czech Republic (E); Honduras, Hungary, South Africa, UAE (F).

Coach of the England U20s team is Brian Eastick who joined The FA as a National Coach in August 2005. He initially took charge of the U18 and U19 teams.

You can catch up with all the action on British Eurosport.

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