Interesting that NZ is treated with more respect at FIFA u-20 mens finals these days.
We were seeded in Pot 2 for the draw (of four pots) with Italy, Colombia, South Korea, Nigeria and Mali.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_FIFA_U-20_World_Cup#Draw_and_schedule
And ahead of Pot 3 countries like Argentina, Senegal and Ukraine.
Reasoning: "The hosts Poland were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position A1, while the remaining teams were seeded into their respective pots based on their results in the last five FIFA U-20 World Cups (more recent tournaments weighted more heavily), with bonus points awarded to confederation champions."
Notably, reigning U-20 champs England, Germany, Spain and Brazil failed to qualify.
In UEFA qualifying, a prelminary group stage played by all UEFA countries qualified teams for the "Elite Group Stage"
Elite Group Stage comprised seven groups of four countries, each group played in one country.
The winner of each group advanced to the UEFA u-20 Finals, joining hosts Finland
Despite hosting their group, Germany lost out to Norway (Holland finished bottom of that group)
Spain also failed to even progress to the UEFA u-19 finals.