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2025 FIFA Youth Series

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2025 FIFA Youth Series
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Dates18–22 May 2025
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Paraguay (1st title)
Runners-up New Zealand
Third place  Switzerland
Fourth place Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored29 (3.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)Paraguay Hector Salinas
Switzerland Jean Doucoure (2 goals)

The 2025 FIFA Youth Series was a football tournament organized by FIFA for U-16 men's teams as part of preparations for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup and 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup. All matches were streamed live and free on FIFA+.[1][2]

This tournament was held on 18–22 May 2025 and was attended by 4 countries that managed to qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup finals.[3][4]

Participating teams

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Venue

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The tournament was hosted in Zurich, Switzerland.[4]

Standings

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All matches use the UTC+2 (CEST) time zone.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 2 2 0 0 5 3 +2 6 Advance to Final
2   Switzerland (H) 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1 Advance to Third place play-off
3  Guatemala 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1 Advance to Fifth place play-off
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Switzerland 2–3 New Zealand
 Report
Referee: Kaio Santos de Lima (Brazil)
Guatemala 1–2 New Zealand
Alvarado 14' Report
Referee: Daniel Uhrmann (Switzerland)
Switzerland 1–1 Guatemala
Doucoure 5' Report Jimenez 45+2'
Referee: Miroslav Nikolić (Switzerland)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Paraguay 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Advance to Final
2  Tunisia 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3 Advance to Third place play-off
3  Malaysia 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0 Advance to Fifth place play-off
Source: FIFA
Malaysia 0–1 Paraguay
Report Rolon 53'
Referee: Manuel Pfister (Switzerland)
Malaysia 0–2 Tunisia
Report
Referee: Luca Talarico (Switzerland)
Tunisia 2–4 Paraguay
 Report
Referee: David Portmann (Switzerland)

Play-offs

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Fifth place play-off

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Guatemala 0–1 Malaysia
Report Iman 90+1'
Referee: Ersin Nesimi (Switzerland)

Third place play-off

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Switzerland 5–1 Tunisia
 Report Ben Said 45+2'
Referee: Luka Stanković (Switzerland)

Final

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New Zealand 0–3 Paraguay
Report
Referee: Maximilian Zihlmann (Switzerland)

List of goalscorers

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There were 29 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 3.22 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

References

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  1. ^ "New Zealand U-16 men's squad named for FIFA youth tournament in Zurich". friendsoffootballnz.com. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Men's U-16 Team to Take Part in FIFA Youth Series Tournament in Zurich this May". New Zealand Football. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  3. ^ "🇲🇾 The Malaysia Men's U-16 team has been confirmed to participate in the exciting new FIFA Youth Series tournament, set to take place at FIFA's Home of Football in Zurich, Switzerland this May!". ASEAN Football. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  4. ^ a b "New Zealand U-16 men's team to take part in FIFA Youth Series in Switzerland". friendsoffootballnz.com. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
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