2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017
Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	September – October 2017
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)

The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be the 17th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under 17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be hosted by India. This will be the first time India will host an international football competition.

Should the competition be considered a success, the All India Football Federation has hinted at an Under 20 World Cup bid.^[1]

Host selection

Bids had to be submitted by 15 November 2013. The following four countries had submitted bids to host the tournament:^[2]^[3]

FIFA revealed on 5 December 2013 (as part of their Executive Committee meeting in Salvador, Brazil) that India would be the host.^[4]^[5]

Qualified teams

A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to India who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. Starting from 2017, the Oceania Football Confederation will receive an additional slot (in total two), while UEFA will have five instead of six slots.^[6]

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	Host nation	India¹
AFC (Asia)	2016 AFC U-16 Championship	TBD TBD TBD TBD
CAF (Africa)	2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations	TBD TBD TBD TBD
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	TBD TBD TBD TBD
CONMEBOL (South America)	2017 South American Under-17 Championship	TBD TBD TBD TBD
OFC (Oceania)	2017 OFC U-17 Championship	TBD TBD
UEFA (Europe)	2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

Venues

The initial short-list of 10 venues in the host cities of New Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, Margao, Bangalore, Kolkata, Kochi, Guwahati, and Navi Mumbai^[7] was announced in December 2013. Following the reception of FIFA's technical report, Kochi, Delhi, Navi Mumbai, Guwahati, Margao and Kolkata were provisionally selected as venues for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in May 2015.^[8]^[9] The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi was the first venue to be provisionally selected.^[10] Both FIFA and the Local Organising Committee for the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 have repeatedly stated that the final selection of venues will be upon completion of all the requirements and would be announced no earlier than October 2016, which is when FIFA will make a new full inspection. All provisionally selected Venues have been informed that they have to be compliant with the core infrastructure requirements before October 2016.

Delhi	Kolkata	Navi Mumbai	Margao
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Salt Lake Stadium	DY Patil Stadium	Fatorda Stadium
Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 85,000^[11]	Capacity: 55,000	Capacity: 19,800

Kochi	Mumbai Delhi Kolkata Kochi Margao Guwahati 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup (India)		Guwahati
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium			Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Capacity: 67,000			Capacity: 30,000

References

↑ "India may get to host FIFA Club World Cup". NDTV. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
↑ "FIFA Executive Committee fully backs resolution on the fight against racism and discrimination". FIFA. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
↑ "South Africa did not bid for World Cup". The South African Football Association. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
↑ "Official: India to host U-17 World Cup in 2017". Goal.com. 5 December 2013.
↑ "FIFA launches 2014 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust". FIFA.com. 5 December 2013.
↑ "FIFA executive vows to improve governance and boost female participation in football". FIFA.com. 25 September 2015.
↑ "India to host 2017 Under-17 FIFA World Cup". ibtimes.co.in. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
↑ "Minister discusses U-17 World Cup progress with FIFA officials". Newsnation.in. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
↑ "FIFA Team Inspects Kochi JN Stadium and Training Grounds for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup". Football News India. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
↑ "Kochi to host U-17 FIFA World Cup matches". Manoramaonline. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
↑ "Transformed and shrunk Saltlake Stadium ready for ISL". THE TIMES OF INDIA. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

External links

FIFA U-17 Official website

FIFA U-16 World Championship / U-17 World Cup

Tournaments	China 1985 Canada 1987 Scotland 1989 Italy 1991 Japan 1993 Ecuador 1995 Egypt 1997 New Zealand 1999 Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Finland 2003 Peru 2005 South Korea 2007 Nigeria 2009 Mexico 2011 UAE 2013 Chile 2015 India 2017 TBA 2019

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Squads	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Team appearances Records and statistics

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

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