Argentina are in Group D at the 2025 U20 World Cup, with Italy, Australia and Cuba.

Diego Placente’s team have been drawn in Group D for the U20 World Cup which will take place between September 27 and October 19 in Chile. Argentina have won the U20 World Cup a record six times.

Here are the groups for the U20 World Cup:

Group A:
Chile
New Zealand
Japan
Egypt

Group B:
South Korea
Ukraine
Paraguay
Panama

Group C:
Brazil
Mexico
Morocco
Spain

Group D:
Italy
Australia
Cuba
Argentina

Group E:
United States
New Caledonia
France
South Africa

Group F:
Colombia
Saudi Arabia
Norway
Nigeria

Julio Soler, Aaron Anselmino, Alejo Sarco and Gianluca Prestianni have been called up to Argentina U20 national team.

Coach Diego Placente has called up 27 players for the two friendly matches on June 6 and June 9 against Australia. Claudio Echeverri is not part of the list and there are four players from Europe and one from Uruguay that have been called up. Here are the names:

Alvaro Montoro (Velez Sarsfield)
Raul Cabral (Velez Sarsfield)
Maher Carrizo (Veles Sarsfield)
Dylan Gorosito (Boca Juniors)
Leonel Flores (Boca Juniors)
Joaquin Ruiz (Boca Juniors)
Jeremias Martinet (River Plate)
Ian Subiabre (River Plate)
Lautaro Vargas (Union)
Agustin Chavez (Union)
Teo Pagano (San Lorenzo)
Alejo Rivas (San Lorenzo)
Santino Barbi (Talleres)
Santiago Fernandez (Talleres)
Matias Gomez (Talleres)
Valentino Acuna (Newell’s Old Boys)
Santiago Lopez (Rosario Central)
Tobias Ramirez Cardozo (Argentinos Juniors)
Dylan Aquino (Lanus)
Facundo Quintana (Defensa y Justicia)
Velente Pierani (Estudiantes de la Plata)
Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica)
Aaron Anselmino (Chelsea)
Julio Soler (Bournemouth)
Lautaro Lopez (Montevideo City Torque)
Alejo Sarco (Bayer Leverkusen)
Joel Godoy (Sarmiento)

The draw for the 2025 U20 World Cup takes place on Thursday with Argentine in Pot two for the draw.

Argentina are one of five South American teams that are in the U20 World Cup. With Chile as hosts, Brazil and Colombia are in Pot 1 with Argentina in Pot two. Here are the pots for the draw which will take place in Santiago on Thursday:

Pot 1:
Chile (hosts)
Italy
United States
South Korea
Brazil
Colombia

Pot 2:
New Zealand
France
Ukraine
Argentina
Nigeria
Mexico

Pot 3:
Japan
Spain
South Africa
Australia
Panama
Norway

Pot 4:
Saudi Arabia
Paraguay
Egypt
Cuba
Morocco
New Caledonia

The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Round of 16 as will the four best third place teams. The U20 World Cup will take place between September 27 and October 19 in Chile.