All 4 South American teams advanced, Israel created history. 

The U20 World Cup Round of 16 matches will begin on 30 May in Argentina. As the tournament progressed, only Israel stunned the fans by beating Japan to reach the next round. This is their best ever FIFA tournament performance in history. They came back into the match from a 1-0 deficit and won just before the final whistle. Uzbekistan will face them in the knock-out round. Gambia also advanced after beating France. 

Round of 16 Fixtures

May 30

1. USA vs Newzealand

2. Uzbekistan vs Israel

May 31 

3. Brazil vs Tunisia

4. Columbia vs Slovakia

5. England vs Italy 

6. Argentina vs Nigeria

June 1

7. Gambia vs Uruguay

8. Ecuador vs South Korea 

Argentina, England and Italy will be walking a tough path. Winners of the Italy-England match will play the winners of the Slovakia-Colombia match, in the quarter finals. If Argentina win, they will play against South Korea or Ecuador in the Quarter finals. 

USA, unbeaten in the first round, likely to be winning the match easily and face Uruguay in the quarter finals, who face Gambia in the knockout round. Brazil can reach the semi-finals, if they win against Tunisia and Israel-Uzbekistan match winners. Brazil has a good chance of reaching the final, with the strong lineup they have. 

Quarter final matches will be starting from June 3.