The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup will be the 23rd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It will be hosted by Indonesia, which will be the first FIFA tournament hosted by the country. It will also be only the second U-20 World Cup to be held in Southeast Asia, first since 1997 in Malaysia, and the first FIFA tournament in the region since the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Thailand. Indonesia was originally due to host the tournament in 2021, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced FIFA to cancel the tournament, who awarded the 2023 hosting rights to the country on 24 December 2020. Ukraine, the 2019 champions, were not able to defend their title as they failed to reach the final round of the UEFA qualifying tournament. In doing so, they became the seventh consecutive title holders to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament. Host selection Five bids to host the original 2021 tournament were submitted in 2019, and Indonesia was announced as the winning bidder on 24 October 2019. After the 2021 tournament was cancelled, it was decided on 24 December 2020 to award the 2023 hosting rights to Indonesia. Qualified teams A total of 24 teams will qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Indonesia which automatically qualified as hosts – their first qualification to a FIFA tournament since the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship and only its second ever qualification for a FIFA tournament, 23 other teams will qualify from six separate continental competitions. The Dominican Republic and Israel will make their debut in the competition. This is the Dominican Republic's first ever qualification for a FIFA tournament. Having qualified for the 1970 FIFA World Cup via the Asian qualification, this would be the first FIFA tournament in which Israel is qualified as a European representative. Venues In June 2020, the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) announced six venues intended for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which at the time was put on hold by FIFA. Draw The draw will be held on 31 March 2023. The 24 teams will be drawn into six groups of four teams, with the hosts Indonesia automatically seeded to Pot 1 and placed into the first