Overview

• The tournament runs in Chile from September 27 to October 19 across Santiago, Valparaíso, Rancagua and Talca, with 24 teams advancing from six groups to a 16-team knockout stage.
• Argentina plays all Group D matches in Valparaíso—Cuba on September 28, Australia on October 1 and Italy on October 4—after being named among the contenders under coach Diego Placente.
• Argentina confirmed notable absences as Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen did not release Franco Mastantuono and Claudio “Diablito” Echeverri for the competition.
• Colombia removed John Edwin Montaño Preciado and Keimer Sandoval from camp for indiscipline, a decision coach César Torres confirmed, with local radio reporting the incident involved beer in the team hotel.
• FIFA will trial Football Video Support in place of traditional VAR, limiting reviews to goals, penalties, straight reds and mistaken identity with coach-initiated requests via a green card, while DSports/DGO stream all matches and Telefé airs Argentina’s games.