FIFA youth tournaments

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international youth football competition

FIFA youth tournaments are international football competitions organized by FIFA for national teams in younger age categories, such as under-17 and under-20.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
FIFA youth tournaments canonical	8
FIFA competitions	2
FIFA youth competitions	2
FIFA Youth Olympic Futsal Tournaments (organized with IOC)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1601403 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIFA youth tournaments
Context triple: [OFC, associatedWith, FIFA youth tournaments]

A. FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup is an international football tournament that showcases the world’s best male players under 17, serving as a key platform for emerging talent on the global stage.
B. FIFA U-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup is an international football tournament that showcases the world’s best male players under 20, serving as a major platform for emerging talent.
C. FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup
The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup is an international youth football tournament for under-17 women’s national teams, serving as a key platform for developing young female talent worldwide.
D. Kopa Trophy
The Kopa Trophy is an annual football award presented by France Football to the world's best male player under the age of 21.
E. FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification tournaments
FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification tournaments are regional competitions organized by continental confederations to determine which national futsal teams advance to the FIFA Futsal World Cup.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIFA youth tournaments
Target entity description: FIFA youth tournaments are international football competitions organized by FIFA for national teams in younger age categories, such as under-17 and under-20.

A. FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup is an international football tournament that showcases the world’s best male players under 17, serving as a key platform for emerging talent on the global stage.
B. FIFA U-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup is an international football tournament that showcases the world’s best male players under 20, serving as a major platform for emerging talent.
C. FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup
The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup is an international youth football tournament for under-17 women’s national teams, serving as a key platform for developing young female talent worldwide.
D. Kopa Trophy
The Kopa Trophy is an annual football award presented by France Football to the world's best male player under the age of 21.
E. FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification tournaments
FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification tournaments are regional competitions organized by continental confederations to determine which national futsal teams advance to the FIFA Futsal World Cup.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international youth football competition ⓘ
ageCategory	under-16 ⓘ under-17 ⓘ under-19 ⓘ under-20 ⓘ under-23 ⓘ
ageEligibilityRule	players must be under the age limit at a specified date ⓘ
category	international association football competition ⓘ youth sport competition ⓘ
competitionLevel	international ⓘ
confederationsInvolved	AFC ⓘ CAF ⓘ CONCACAF ⓘ CONMEBOL ⓘ OFC ⓘ UEFA ⓘ
developmentRole	showcase for emerging football talent ⓘ
format	tournament ⓘ
frequency	typically biennial ⓘ
genderCategory	men ⓘ women ⓘ
globalScope	worldwide ⓘ
governedByRules	Laws of the Game (football) ⓘ linked to: Laws of the Game of association football
governingBody	FIFA ⓘ
hasDiscipline	men’s youth football ⓘ women’s youth football ⓘ
includesTournament	FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup ⓘ FIFA U-17 World Cup ⓘ FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup ⓘ FIFA U-20 World Cup ⓘ Olympic Football Tournament (men’s under-23) ⓘ linked to: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Olympic Football Tournament (women’s senior, youth-eligible players) ⓘ linked to: Olympic women's football tournament
mediaCoverage	televised internationally ⓘ
organisationalLevel	FIFA competition structure ⓘ
organisedBy	FIFA ⓘ
participantType	national youth football team ⓘ
professionalStatus	mostly amateur or semi-professional players ⓘ
purpose	development of young football players ⓘ pathway to senior national team ⓘ talent identification ⓘ
qualificationMethod	continental youth championships ⓘ
relatedTo	FIFA Women’s World Cup ⓘ linked to: FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA World Cup ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
teamType	national team ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OFC → associatedWith → FIFA youth tournaments ⓘ

CAN → usedIn → FIFA youth tournaments ⓘ

Scotland national under-17 football team → representsInCompetition → FIFA competitions ⓘ