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ARGENTINA
BEST PREVIOUS FINISH: Gold Medal (2004 and 2008)
QUALIFIED: Second Place, 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament KEY PLAYERS: MID Thiago Almada (Atlanta United FC) and FWD Luciano Gondou (Argentinos Juniors)
IRAQ
BEST PREVIOUS FINISH: Fourth Place (2004)
QUALIFIED: Third Place, 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup
KEY PLAYERS: DEF Roman Doulashi (Schalke 04) and MID Ali Jassim (Al- Quwa Al-Jawiya)
MOROCCO
BEST PREVIOUS FINISH: Group Stage (1992, 2000, 2004, and 2012) QUALIFIED: First Place, 2023 AFCON U-23 Cup of Nations
KEY PLAYERS: DEF Chadi Riad (Real Betis) and FWD Abde Ezzalzouli (Real Betis)
UKRAINE
BEST PREVIOUS FINISH: First Appearance
QUALIFIED: Semifinalist, 2023 UEFA U-21 European Championship
KEY PLAYERS: MID Oleksiy Sych (Rukh Lviv) and FWD Mykola Kukharevych (Swansea City)
Oleksiy Sych
Thiago Almada
Roman Doulashi
Abde Ezzalzouli
GROUP B FIXTURES MACTH DAY 1:
ARGENTINA VS MOROCCO JULY 24 IRAQ VS UKRAINE JULY 24
GROUP B FIXTURES MACTH DAY 2:
ARGENTINA VS IRAQ JULY 27 UKRAINE VS MOROCCO JULY 27
GROUP B FIXTURES MACTH DAY 3:
UKRAINE VS ARGENTINA JULY 30 MOROCCO VS IRAQ JULY 30
ISRAEL
BEST PREVIOUS FINISH: Group Stage (1968 and 1976)
QUALIFIED: Semifinalist, 2023 UEFA U-21 European Championship
KEY PLAYERS: MID Omri Gandelman (Gent) and FWD Dor Turgeman (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
JAPAN
BEST PREVIOUS FINISH: Fourth Place (2012 and 2020)
QUALIFIED: First Place, 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup
KEY PLAYERS: MID Shunsuke Miko (Sparta Rotterdam) and FWD Fuki Yamada (Tokyo Verdy)
GROUP B FIXTURES
PARAGUAY
BEST PREVIOUS FINISH: Silver Medal (2004)
QUALIFIED: First Place, 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament KEY PLAYERS: MID Enso Gonzalez (Wolverhampton) and MID Diego Gomez (Inter Miami CF)
Diego Gomez
MALI
BEST PREVIOUS FINISH: Quarterfinals (2004)
QUALIFIED: Third Place, 2023 AFCON U-23 Cup of Nations
KEY PLAYERS: DEF Ibrahima Cisse (Schalke 04) and DEF Fode Doucoure (Red Star Belgrade)
Ibrahima Cisse
Omri Gandelman
Fuki Yamada
GROUP D FIXTURES
GROUP D FIXTURES MACTH DAY 1:
JAPAN VS PARAGUAY JULY 24 MALI VS ISRAEL JULY 24
GROUP D FIXTURES MACTH DAY 2:
ISREAL VS PARAGUAY JULY 27 JAPAN VS MALI JULY 27
GROUP D FIXTURES MACTH DAY 3:
ISRAEL VS JAPAN JULY 30 PARAGUAY VS MALI JULY 30
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