Five Countries Patients At The 2023 U-17 World Cup

JAKARTA - The 2023 U-17 World Cup has entered the quarter-finals and has passed eight tough teams to return to competing for the finals.

However, before finding the strongest team to become champions, there was a team of prisoners who struggled in their appearance in the group round. They became goal granaries.

Here are the teams that became goal granaries during the group phase of the 2023 U-17 World Cup:

1. New Caledonia U-17

The 2023 U-17 World Cup is the second stage for New U-17 Caledonia, which previously appeared in the 2017 edition. However, in this year's agenda, their appearance is actually concerning.

With the runner-up status of the 2023 Oceania U-17 Cup, New U-17 Caledonia advanced to the 2023 U-17 World Cup group. The result was achieved after they lost 0-1 to New Zealand U-17 to the final.

In the group stage of the 2023 U-17 World Cup, New U-17 Caledonia joined in Group C together, Brazil U-17, Iran U-17, and England U-17.

Leonardo Lopez's team then failed to advance to the round of 16 because they were ranked the lowest in the standings.

Three appearances, New U-17 Caledonia never once scored against the opponent's goal. They instead became the opponent's months with a total conceded 24 goals.

The biggest defeat received by New U-17 Caledonia in the group stage of the 2023 U-17 World Cup is against England U-17. On the second matchday they lost 0-10, then against Brazil U-17 lost 0-9, and lastly against Iran U-17 also lost 0-5.

Of his two participations in the U-17 World Cup, the best achievement achieved by New U-17 Caledonia is only limited to the group phase.

2. New Zealand U-17

New Zealand U-17 is the next country to fail to qualify for the last 16 of the 2023 U-17 World Cup. They ran aground after occupying the bottom position of Group F containing Germany U-17, Mexico U-17, and Venezuela U-17.

New Zealand U-17 qualified for the final round of the 2023 U-17 World Cup with the status of champion of the Oceania U-17 Cup 2023 after a narrow win over New Caledonia U-17.

However, in the group phase of the 2023 U-17 World Cup, their fate was no less distant than that of another Oceanian representative, New Caledonia U-17.

Of the three matches he has played, New Zealand U-17 cannot get a single point. They even conceded 10 times and became the team's goal barn in Group F.

New Zealand U-17 suffered the biggest defeat in the group against Mexico U-17 in the first match with a score of 1-4. After that, they lost to Germany U-17 with a score of 1-3 and Venezuela U-17 with a score of 0-3.

The 2023 U-17 World Cup is the 10th appearance of New Zealand U-17 at the U-17 World Cup. Throughout their participation, they have reached the knockout stages three times, but have never qualified further than the last 16.

3. Canada U-17

Canada U-17 qualified for the final round of the 2023 U-17 World Cup after being able to penetrate the semifinals of the 2023 U-17 Concacaf event.

At the 2023 U-17 World Cup, Canada U-17 entered Group B with Spain U-17, Uzbekistan U-17, and Mali U-17.

In this group they became the weakest because they lost 10 goals and knocked them down at the bottom of the standings without a single point.

Canada U-17 received a bitter result in the first match against Mali U-17 with a 1-5 defeat. Furthermore, they lost again 0-3 to Uzbekistan U-17.

Canada's U-17 slumped in the last matchday after falling 0-2 from Spain U-17.

The 2023 U-17 World Cup is the seventh time Canada U-17 has participated. However, from all their appearances, they never managed to get through the group stage.

4. Poland U-17

Poland U-17 is the next team without points in the group stage of the 2023 U-17 World Cup. This European representative has always lost to Japan U-17, Argentina U-17, and Senegal U-17 in Group D.

Poland U-17 played a tough match when they lost 0-1 to Japan U-17. After that, Marcin Wlodarski's team always conceded four goals when they were beaten by Senegal U-17 with a score of 1-4 and Argentina U-17 0-4.

This result made Poland's U-17 repeat a bad record before. They were also caretakers of their last participation in the 1999 U-17 World Cup.

5. South Korea U-17

South Korea U-17, which is expected to be able to talk a lot, actually slumped in Group E. The team that defeated Indonesia U-17 in the trial match ahead of the 2023 U-17 World Cup did not move against France U-17, United States U-17, and Burkina Faso U-17.

South Korea U-17 played their first match in the group stage against the US U-17 which ended with a score of 1-3. In the second match, they could put up a fierce fight even though they had to lose 0-1 to France U-17.

The two defeats made Taegeuk Warriors already at the bottom of the standings despite only two matches. In the last match, South Korea lost to Africa's representative, Burkina Faso U-17, with a score of 1-2.