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Women’s Under-20 World Cup begins in Poland as hosts aim to go as far as possible

From Rzeczpospolita · () Polish

Translated from Polish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Poland will host the 12th Women’s Under-20 World Cup, its first appearance in the competition, beginning with a match against Argentina in Katowice.
  • Coach Marcin Kasprowicz says Poland can reach the knockout stage and progress as far as possible in a difficult group.
  • The tournament will feature 52 matches across Katowice, Bielsko-Biała, Sosnowiec and Łódź.

Poland’s women will enter a new stage in their development when they make their debut at the Under-20 World Cup on home soil. The tournament begins in Katowice, where they will face Argentina, followed by matches against Mexico and Benin.

Coach Marcin Kasprowicz has worked with many of these players since building an Under-17 team in August 2021. Two years ago, that group won bronze at the European Under-17 Championship in Sweden, defeating France on penalties in the third-place match. The result secured a place at the World Cup in the Dominican Republic, where Poland reached the quarterfinals.

I hope we will be in the medal zone, because that is very much needed for Polish football.

· Henryk KulaThe president of the Silesian Football Association expressed hopes for Poland’s performance at the home tournament.

The team also qualified for this year’s European Under-19 Championship in Bosnia and Herzegovina without conceding a goal. Poland did not reach the knockout phase there, but drew with Germany, which went on to reach the final. About half of the current squad play for clubs abroad, although only three players come from the 2006 birth year, the oldest eligible group.

We have a difficult group, but we are certainly capable of reaching the knockout stage and playing there for as long as possible.

· Marcin KasprowiczPoland’s coach assessed the team’s prospects before the tournament.

Henryk Kula, president of the Silesian Football Association, hopes Poland can reach the medal zone. Kasprowicz is more cautious, describing the group as difficult while saying his team can qualify for the knockout stage and continue there for as long as possible. Argentina coach Christian Meloni praised the progress of Polish women’s football.

Poland prepared at a training camp in Grodków from Aug. 24. Without many players from foreign clubs, the team played one warm-up match and lost 1-0 to Nigeria in Brzeg. The tournament will involve six groups of four teams. The top two from each group and the four best third-placed teams will advance to the round of 16, with 52 matches scheduled in four Polish cities.

The Polish Football Association has done a great job. The women’s national teams have made enormous progress.

· Christian MeloniThe Argentina coach praised the development of Polish women’s football.
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Originally published by Rzeczpospolita in Polish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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