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The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 17th FIFA U-17 World Cup, a biennial international football tournament contested by men's under-17 national teams. Organised by FIFA, the tournament took place in India from 6 to 28 October 2017, after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 5 December 2013.
The following is a list of all the squads of the national teams participating in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Each team had to name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. All players of its representative team must have been born on or after 1 January 2000.
India has participated for the first time in FIFA U-17 World Cup as hosts in the 2017 edition of the tournament. This was the first time ever [2] that a team representing India would participate in the finals of a FIFA organized world tournament. India was placed in group A along with, United States, Ghana and Columbia. On 6 October 2017, India ...
The 2017 tournament which was hosted by India became the most attended in the history of the tournament, with the total attendance of the FIFA U-17 World Cup reaching 1,347,133. [ 3 ] Nigeria is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, with five titles and three runners up.
Mission XI Million (MXIM) is an initiative designed, created, conceptualized and implemented by the Local Organising Committee of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017, under the aegis of the AIFF (All India Football Federation) and supported by the Government of India. Mission XI Million is India’s largest school contact programme that aims to ...
The biggest clubs in the world will have their eye on the U-17 World Cup in Indonesia this month as scouts search for the next big thing
This is a list of records and statistics of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Debut of national teams. Year Debuting teams ... 2017 India: Phil Foden: Rhian Brewster: 8
If India were among the top four teams, three play-off matches would be played to decide the fifth-placed team which also qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup; however, this was not necessary as India were eliminated in the group stage. [4] This marked the first time a U-17 World Cup host nation hosts the AFC U-16 Championship.