Mexico and Costa Rica book final spots at FIFA Under-20 World Cup Canada 2007
The field for FIFA Under-20 World Cup Canada 2007 is complete after CONCACAF nations Mexico and Costa Rica qualified this weekend for the 24-nation tournament.

Mexico and Costa Rica booked their tickets to Canada Friday after Mexico beat Jamaica 2-0 and Costa Rica rallied to edge St. Kitts and Nevis 3-2 in a qualifying tournament at Culiacan, Mexico.

Both teams went 2-0 in their first two games of the four-nation qualifying tournament assuring them of the final two spots.

The two nations join Canada, the United States and Panama as CONCACAF representatives in the tournament. Canada automatically qualified as host nation.

Other notable qualifiers for the 52-match tournament include Brazil, Argentina, Portugal and Spain.

All 24 nations will be assigned to six groups at the Official Draw ceremony in Toronto on Sat., March 3. The Official Draw will determine the opponents for each team along with venues and match dates.

Tournament organizers also announced the move of a group stage match on Sun., July 8 from the National Soccer Stadium in Toronto to Montreal's Olympic Stadium. The change was made to accommodate spectators attending both the Champ Car Grand Prix of Toronto auto race and the FIFA Under-20 World Cup match scheduled the same day at Exhibition Place, the site of the National Soccer Stadium.

The Under-20 World Cup, FIFA's second largest event after the World Cup, will take place in Victoria, Burnaby, B.C., Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal from June 30 to July 22.