2023 Socca World Cup

The 2023 Socca World Cup was held from 2 to 11 June 2023 in Essen, Germany.^[1] The official draw was held on 27 April 2023.^[2] Kazakhstan became the world champions defeating Ukraine in the final. Mexico took third place.^[3]

2023 Socca World Cup
Location	Essen, Germany
Dates	2–11 June 2023
Nations	44
Medalists
Kazakhstan    Ukraine    Mexico
← 2022 Budapest 2024 Muscat →

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	0	14	5	+9	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Oman	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
3	Cyprus	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
4	Chile	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: International Socca Federation
(H) Hosts

2 June 2023 (2023-06-02)

21:00

Germany	1–0	Cyprus
Kühle 26'

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

09:00

Chile	1–2	Oman
Córdova 12'		Al-Maharmi 23' Al-Alawi 40'

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4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

15:00

Chile	0–1	Cyprus
		Andreou 32'

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

20:00

Germany	5–3	Oman
Zierden 7', 9', 40' Haitz 21' Benfarji 35'		Al-Maharmi 31' Al-Alawi 32', 42'

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6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

20:00

Germany	8–2	Chile
Kühle 21' Haitz 22' Zierden 25', 38' Evers 27', 31' Sündermann 30' Benfarji 39'		Veas 2' Lineros 33'

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

17:00

Oman	2–0	Cyprus
Al-Maharmi 30' Al-Riyami 39'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	20	3	+17	6
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	Syria	3	0	0	3	2	25	−23	0

Source: International Socca Federation

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

12:00

Mexico	11–0	Syria
Alcaraz 3', 20' R. Hernández 6' Damián 6', 17', 25', 36', 40' Fierros 23' Rosas 30' Guzmán 37'

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

15:00

Croatia	8–0	Costa Rica
Ljubas 7' Sinani 10', 30' Pest-Mundvajl 18' Mikleušević 20', 23', 40' Haramustek 28'

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4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

09:00

Costa Rica	2–0	Syria
D. Hernández 30' Flores 31'

5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)

21:00

Mexico	1–0	Croatia
Fierros 12'

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6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

17:00

Croatia	12–2	Syria
Mikleušević 3' Romić 4', 15' Sinani 8', 10' Herent 11' Haluška 29', 31' Čović 34' Haramustek 39' Karamarković 40', 41'		Kaskas 32' Sarmini 40'

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

18:00

Mexico	2–0	Costa Rica
Damián 16' Barahona 36'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	1	2	0	14	4	+10	5	Advance to knockout phase
2	France	3	1	2	0	13	3	+10	5
3	Latvia	3	1	2	0	9	4	+5	5
4	Kuwait	3	0	0	3	1	26	−25	0

Source: International Socca Federation

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

10:00

France	10–0	Kuwait
Rozier 8', 14' Meilhon 10' Manias 11', 25', 27' Vamba 16' Jastier 22', 40' Colacicco 33'

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

14:00

Latvia	2–2	China
Pakalns 15' Knapšis 27'		Che 25' Wang HW 39'

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5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)

18:00

France	1–1	China
Belbachir 22'		Wu 12'

5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)

20:00

Latvia	5–0	Kuwait
Pakalns 4', 30' Stabulnieks 14', 20' Sveķis 40'

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6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

12:00

China	11–1	Kuwait
Wang HW 16' Zhang 20', 22', 33' Wang TY 22', 30', 35' Wu 25', 28' Zhong 26' Feng 29'		Ali 17'

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

16:00

France	2–2	Latvia
Huertos 1' Colacicco 8'		Knapšis 5' Stabulnieks 15'

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
3	Turkey	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

Source: International Socca Federation

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

19:00

Brazil	5–0	Ivory Coast

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

21:00

Hungary	4–1	Turkey
Hollauer 13', 22', 32' Irhás 36'		Bozlar 40'

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4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

14:00

Turkey	5–0	Ivory Coast

5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)

15:00

Brazil	3–1	Hungary
Reis 3' de Jesus 20' Neiva 37'		Bognár 7'

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6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

16:00

Hungary	5–0	Ivory Coast

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

21:00

Brazil	3–0	Turkey
Soares 6' Ferreira 19' Brum 39'

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	21	4	+17	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Egypt	3	1	1	1	9	7	+2	4
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1	6	8	−2	4
4	Libya	3	0	0	3	4	21	−17	0

Source: International Socca Federation

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

11:00

Kazakhstan	3–1	Libya
Kazak 4' Taibassarov 7' Yelemessov 24'		Al-Shuweesheen 21'

5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)

17:00

Ukraine	5–0	Egypt
Kolesnykov 14' Khrul 16' Shaidiuk 28' Litvinov 33' Sandetskyi 37'

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4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

13:00

Kazakhstan	1–1	Egypt
Taibassarov 35'		Abdalla 29'

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

11:00

Ukraine	10–2	Libya
Urutskyi 5' Ivanov 14', 19' Litvinov 20', 32' Tsopa 27', 35', 37' Khrul 38' Rivnyi 40'		Al-Shuweesheen 24' Fenesha 27'

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6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

10:00

Egypt	8–1	Libya
Khaled 9' Noureldin 15' Abdelrahman 20' Hosny 20' Al-Muzoughi 25' Shalaby 35' Aziz 40', 41'		Al-Grabli 34'

6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

13:00

Kazakhstan	2–6	Ukraine
Avutov 21' Taibassarov 39'		Shaidiuk 10' Ivanov 17', 22', 31', 38' Khrul 17'

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Moldova	3	2	1	0	12	2	+10	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Portugal	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
3	Albania	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Colombia	3	0	2	1	2	8	−6	2

Source: International Socca Federation

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

10:00

Moldova	7–1	Colombia
Stan 12', 24' Lașcu 31' Crîcimari 32' Orbu 33' Tonu 37' Popescu 38'		Garzón 32'

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

21:00

Portugal	1–0	Albania
Nogueira 38'

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5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)

13:00

Portugal	1–1	Colombia
Sow 8'		Ayala 34'

5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)

19:00

Moldova	1–1	Albania
Plămădeală 40'		Reçi 14'

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7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

09:00

Albania	0–0	Colombia

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

14:00

Moldova	4–0	Portugal
Lașcu 8', 29' Orbu 19' Obadă 27'

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	22	3	+19	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Greece	3	2	0	1	13	6	+7	6
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	5	12	−7	3
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	3	22	−19	0

Source: International Socca Federation

2 June 2023 (2023-06-02)

22:00

Greece	4–1	Italy
Fouskas 13' Chissos 28' Kalamaridis 37' Benechoutsos 42'		Bruno 41'

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

13:00

Belgium	12–0	Saudi Arabia
Ghislandi 6', 18', 19', 37' Lamsaiah 8', 12', 15', 27' Napoleone 19' Carello 23' Akodad 30' Winand 33'

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4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

11:00

Belgium	6–1	Italy
Ghislandi 10', 39', 40' Lamsaiah 13', 15' Napoleone 36'		Bruno 4'

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

12:00

Greece	7–1	Saudi Arabia
Fouskas 7' Tushas 11', 22' Giotis 17', 36' Chissos 27' Zelekou 32'		Al-Mutairi 34'

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6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

14:00

Italy	3–2	Saudi Arabia
A. Gallinica 3' Di Sanza 5' G. Gallinica 22'		Al-Zayni 18' Qabous 24'

6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

21:00

Greece	2–4	Belgium
Chissos 26' Tushas 40'		Ghislandi 13', 21' Napoleone 40' Malengreaux 42'

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	England	3	2	0	1	23	3	+20	6
3	Argentina	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3
4	Qatar	3	0	0	3	0	29	−29	0

Source: International Socca Federation

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

16:00

Argentina	6–0	Qatar
González 3', 4' Senestrari 7', 36' Crozzoli 12', 32'

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

18:00

England	1–3	United States
Pires 28'		Garcia 20' Rodriguez 23' Lopez 36'

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5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)

10:00

England	18–0	Qatar
McDonald 2', 21', 37', 38' Bham 5' Pires 6', 8', 9' Jung 8' Perdomo 11', 25' Muggeridge 14', 17' Samuels 17' Breeden 27' Francis 29' Husain 31' Charlton 36'

5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)

16:00

United States	4–0	Argentina
Garcia 19' Pizano 25' Garay 37' Rojas 40'

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7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

12:00

England	4–0	Argentina
Pires 5' Bham 11' McDonald 25', 29'

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

15:00

United States	5–0	Qatar

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Uruguay	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

Source: International Socca Federation

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

17:00

Spain	2–1	Uruguay
Helguera 9', 29'		Suárez 25'

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

17:00

Poland	2–1	Slovenia
Elsner 33' Dębicki 39'		Račič 40'

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5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)

09:00

Slovenia	1–1	Uruguay
Sodič 40'		Marichal 7'

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

20:00

Poland	3–0	Spain
Dębicki 7' Kucharski 29' Mnochy 35'

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6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

15:00

Slovenia	2–1	Spain
Sodič 11', 37'		Macià 8'

6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

18:00

Poland	6–0	Uruguay
Łepski 3' Dębicki 12' Kucharski 24' Abramowicz 31' Górka 32' Januszewski 36'

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	3	3	0	0	17	4	+13	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	15	6	+9	6
3	Mauritius	3	1	0	2	4	12	−8	3
4	Peru	3	0	0	3	3	17	−14	0

Source: International Socca Federation

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

20:00

Romania	9–1	Peru
Petrila 7', 26' Fernando 11', 38' Chiriac 12' Dudău 19' Vitan 31', 36' Rareş 40'		Yupton 29'

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

18:00

Lithuania	8–0	Mauritius
Tubutis 9' Zagurskas 10' Buzevičius 12' Raštutis 31' Kasparas 31' Linauskas 35' Masenzovas 36' Radžiukynas 37'

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5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)

11:00

Romania	4–2	Mauritius
Iordan 3' Crișan 17' Mustafa 23' (o.g.) Dudău 34'		Mustafa 5' Cadersa 31'

5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)

12:00

Lithuania	6–2	Peru
Trinkūnas 1', 22' Masenzovas 5' Levonauskas 13', 38' Tubutis 16'		Cruz 10' Yupton 40'

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6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

09:00

Mauritius	2–0	Peru
Speville 11' Cadersa 23'

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

13:00

Romania	2–3	Lithuania
Dudău 10' Raul 11'		Trinkūnas 33' Buzevičius 37' Raštutis 40'

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	2	1	0	12	5	+7	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Georgia	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	10	13	−3	3
4	Ireland	3	0	0	3	6	16	−10	0

Source: International Socca Federation

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

22:00

Scotland	2–7	Morocco
Kirkpatrick 22', 40'		Zouitni 8' Benlaadem 13', 20' Zouhri 33' Bahrouji 34' Ahouaoui 35' El-Yaacoubi 38'

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

16:00

Georgia	5–1	Ireland
Kiknadze 3' Jaliashvili 24', 35' Makaradze 29' Gongadze 40'		Da Silva Bastos 37'

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5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)

14:00

Morocco	4–2	Ireland
El-Yaacoubi 3' Belkas 30' Ahouaoui 39' Zouitni 41'		Ryan 5' Watkin 40'

6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

11:00

Scotland	1–3	Georgia
McLachlan 36'		McLachlan 3' (o.g.) Jaliashvili 8', 33'

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7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

10:00

Scotland	7–3	Ireland
Anderson 11', 22' Kirkpatrick 14', 20', 23', 35' Eadie 27'		Power 2' Da Silva Bastos 6' Watkin 27'

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

19:00

Georgia	1–1	Morocco
Taoufik 9' (o.g.)		Totadze 5' (o.g.)

Knockout phase

Bracket

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	China	2
	Argentina	1			China	1
	Hungary	2 (0)			Slovenia	2
	Slovenia	2 (2)							Slovenia	0
	Germany	7							Croatia	1
	Mauritius	0			Germany	2 (0)
	Croatia	1			Croatia	2 (2)
	Georgia	0											Croatia	0
	Poland	6											Ukraine	1
	Scotland	1			Poland	1 (0)
	Brazil	3			Brazil	1 (2)
	Italy	0							Brazil	1 (0)
	Ukraine	3							Ukraine	1 (2)
	Albania	1			Ukraine	3
	Morocco	0 (1)			Morocco	1
	Oman	0 (0)															Ukraine	2 (1)
	Mexico	6															Kazakhstan	2 (2)
	Spain	0			Mexico	2 (3)
	France	3			France	2 (2)
	Romania	0							Mexico	4
	Portugal	0							Greece	1
	Greece	2			Greece	2
	Egypt	4			Egypt	0
	England	0											Mexico	2 (4)
	Moldova	0 (1)											Kazakhstan	2 (5)
	Kazakhstan	0 (3)			Kazakhstan	2											Third place
	Lithuania	2 (1)			Cyprus	1
	Cyprus	2 (2)							Kazakhstan	1 (2)							Croatia	0
	Belgium	3							United States	1 (1)							Mexico	2
	Turkey	2			Belgium	2
	United States	2			United States	3
	Latvia	0

Round of 32

8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)

13:00

China	2–1	Argentina
Feng 19' Wu 37'		González 12'

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8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)

14:05

Hungary	2–2	Slovenia
Bognár 8' Hollauer 20'		Potočnik 10' Sodič 34'
Penalties
Bognár Sulyok	0–2	Sodič Račič Malivojević

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8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)

15:10

Poland	6–1	Scotland
Kucharski 5', 16' Elsner 10', 14' Dregier 20' Januszewski 24'		Andrew 25'

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8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)

16:15

Brazil	3–0	Italy
Gomes 5' Ferreira 18' de Jesus 20'

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8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)

17:20

Croatia	1–0	Georgia
Haluška 36'

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8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)

18:25

Morocco	0–0	Oman
Penalties
Zouhri Ahouaoui Zouitni	1–0	Al-Alawi Al-Maharmi Al-Harthi

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8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)

19:45

Germany	7–0	Mauritius
Kühle 5' Seinsche 11', 37' Chandra 17' Mediavilla 20' Evers 24' Benfarji 39'

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8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)

21:15

Ukraine	3–1	Albania
Melnik 7' Sandetskyi 12' Khrul 40'		Kaca 32'

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9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

09:00

Mexico	6–0	Spain
Fierros 3', 27' Martínez 24' Damián 25', 36' Alcaraz 39'

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9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

10:05

France	3–0	Romania
Jastier 28' Manias 39', 40'

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9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

11:10

Portugal	0–2	Greece
		Fouskas 30' Zelekou 36'

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9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

12:15

Egypt	4–0	England
Abdalla 15', 23' Aziz 31' Abdelrahman 37'

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9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

13:20

Moldova	0–0	Kazakhstan
Penalties
Plămădeală Obadă	1–3	Avutov Kazak Pishkar

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9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

14:25

Lithuania	2–2	Cyprus
Linauskas 20' Raštutis 44'		Nikolaidis 22' Iosif 26'
Penalties
Zagurskas Trinkūnas Raštutis	1–2	Tsitsos Nikolaidis

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9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

15:30

Belgium	3–2	Turkey
Ghislandi 19' Akodad 25' Akrouh 40'		Ayaz 9' Bozlar 32'

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9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

16:35

United States	2–0	Latvia
Barrios 11' Garcia 40'

Round of 16

9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

17:40

Poland	1–1	Brazil
Gregorowicz 19'		Santos 33'
Penalties
Łuczak Elsner	0–2	Silva Neiva

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9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

18:45

Ukraine	3–1	Morocco
Kolesnykov 18' Sandetskyi 30' Shaidiuk 41'		Bahrouji 40'

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9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

19:50

China	1–2	Slovenia
Feng 41'		Sodič 39' Preskar 42'

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9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

20:55

Germany	2–2	Croatia
Benfarji 7' Evers 23'		Ljubas 6' Karamarković 25'
Penalties
Kühle Chandra	0–2	Romić Haramustek Vidićek

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10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)

10:00

Mexico	2–2	France
Anguiano 20' Damián 29'		Rozier 17', 40'
Penalties
Damián Fierros Alcaraz Martínez	3–2	Jastier Labaig Manias Rozier

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10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)

11:05

Greece	2–0	Egypt
Mourtzakis 25' Tushas 28'

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10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)

12:10

Kazakhstan	2–1	Cyprus
Abdrakhmanov 19' Yelemessov 24'		Iosif 12'

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10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)

13:15

Belgium	2–3	United States
Ghislandi 10', 11'		Rebolledo 20' Garay 34' Garcia 38'

Quarterfinals

10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)

16:15

Slovenia	0–1	Croatia
		Ljubas 19'

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10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)

17:30

Brazil	1–1	Ukraine
Viana 12'		Melnik 20'
Penalties
Silva Neiva	0–2	Kolesnykov Tsopa

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10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)

18:45

Mexico	4–1	Greece
Alcaraz 6', 24' Damián 10' Fierros 31'		Chissos 27'

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10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)

20:00

Kazakhstan	1–1	United States
Avutov 12'		Lopez 30'
Penalties
Avutov Kazak Pishkar Nurgaziyev Yeskeldi	2–1	Pizano Garcia Cervantes Garay Rojas

Semifinals

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)

11:00

Croatia	0–1	Ukraine
		Kodatskyi 20'

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11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)

12:15

Mexico	2–2	Kazakhstan
Damián 3' Gutiérrez 21'		Murzabekov 22' Nurgaziyev 26'
Penalties
Anguiano Martínez Alcaraz de Jesús R. Hernández Guzmán Alcaraz R. Hernández	4–5	Avutov Nurgaziyev Yeskeldi Taibassarov Pishkar Yeskeldi Pishkar Nurgaziyev

Third place

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)

18:00

Croatia	0–2	Mexico
		Gutiérrez 10' Damián 31'

Final

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)

20:00

Ukraine	2–2	Kazakhstan
Melnik 18', 37'		Yelemessov 10' Murzabekov 14'
Penalties
Kolesnykov Khrul Tsopa Sandetskyi	1–2	Avutov Nurgaziyev Yeskeldi Pishkar

External links

• Official website
• Socca Federation website