U-20 World Cup: Colombia plays semifinals again after 22 years

ByDavid Mitchell
U-20 World Cup: Colombia plays semifinals again after 22 years

Colombia won a great game against Spain in the quarterfinals of the Under 20 World Cup in Chile 2025 and won 3-2 to get into the top four of the tournament. How long has it been since this happened?

Torres’ team suffered and reversed the score with a top performance by Neiser Villarreal, author of all the goals to leave with 5 goals in the competition.

With this result, Colombia entered the top 4 of the tournament and now wants to go for glory in Chile. Argentina will facewho eliminated Mexico after beating them 2-0.

How long did it take for Colombia to play the semifinals of the Under 20 World Cup?

Colombia did not reach the semifinals of the Under 20 World Cup since the 2003 editionthe year in which the Tricolor was eliminated in this instance against Spain, which beat them 1-0.

Subsequently, Colombia took third place by defeating Argentina 2-1.

It is the second time that Colombia is going to play in the semifinals. Aside from the 2003 edition, the furthest the Tricolor had gone in other tournaments was the quarterfinals.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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