FIFA U-20 WOMEN WORLD CUP: Daily Update for 6 August 2014

 

05 August 2014 23:11 CET

A general view of the Olympic stadium on August 4, 2014 in Montreal, Canada. Photo by Martin Rose - FIFA/Getty Images

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Match Schedule – Second day
Maintaining standards set during qualifying will be a key challenge for many of the sides in action on the second day of Canada 2014, as several continental heavyweights do battle. The matches will showcase four regional champions - France, Korea Republic, New Zealand and Nigeria - and with three runners-up also in the mix, high-quality football should be guaranteed.
6 August 2014
England-Korea Republic (Moncton Stadium, 17:00)
France-Costa Rica (Montreal, Olympic Stadium, 17:00)
New Zealand-Paraguay (Montreal, Olympic Stadium, 20:00)
Mexico-Nigeria (Moncton Stadium, 20:00)
Click here to check the complete match schedule.
Stats of the DayFind here information on tomorrow’s matches such as Previous Women’s U20 head-to-heads and a list of players present at FIFA’s U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 with previous FIFA Women’s World Cup participations. The Stats of the Day is a daily report produced by FIFA Documentation that provides a wealth of competition information in the form of short facts.
The stats
England are without a win in their last six U-20 Women’s World Cup games, having drawn three and lost three since beating Chile 2-0 in 2008.

Costa Rica’s squad contains the most players (five) to have competed in this year’s Women’s U-17 World Cup, which was held back in March and April. The quintet are Maria Coto, Maria Pardo, Sofia Varela, Fabiola Villalobos and Gloriana Villalobos.
Paraguay are the only debutant team in this edition.
Mexico have conceded more goals (49) and lost more matches (11) than any other team in the history of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Application for media ticketing for the group matches
The application process for media to request press tribune and photo tribune match tickets for the group-stage matches of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 will close 48-hours before kick-off. Read more here.
Team Calendar
A daily calendar of team activities is available on the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup section of the FIFA Media Channel. Media will find a complete list of team training schedules and other media activities updated throughout the day. Media are encouraged to regularly check the calendar for changes or updates.