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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