FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 - First 6 teams to qualify...

2012-07-10 03:08:02

Spain, Croatia, France, England, Portugal and Greece became the first teams to qualify for next years FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013.

The competition will take player between 21 June and 13 July 2013.

The qualifying stages were held via a tournament held in Estonia. The teams were split into two groups, Spain won Group A on 7 points ahead of second placed Greece and third placed Portugal. The hosts Estonia however, crashed out with no points.

England topped Group B with 7 points, following by France, then Croatia in third, Serbia meanwhile finished last with no points.

The tournament will involve 24-teams, and span across seven cities Istanbul, Bursa, Rize, Trabzon, Kayseri, Gaziantep and Antalya.

The FIFA U-20 World Cup will be the largest sporting event hosted in Turkey.