India shall be hosting the 17th edition of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup. The tournament featuring the sixteen best teams in the under 19 categories of the world shall kick off from October 6th. The event shall be played from the 6th to the 28th of October across six different venues.
The sixteen teams have been divided into six groups of four each. The teams shall be engaged in a round-robin clash with each other and the top two sides from each group shall progress to the knock-out stage of the tournament.
So here is the schedule and the venues of the first round of group matches
FIFA UNDER 17 WORLD CUP
GROUP MATCHES
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Date |
Match |
Venue |
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6 October |
Ghana vs Colombia |
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi |
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6 October |
India vs United States |
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi |
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6 October |
Paraguay vs Mali |
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai |
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6 October |
New Zealand vs Turkey |
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai |
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7 October |
Germany vs Costa Rica |
Fatorda Stadium, Margao |
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7 October |
Iran vs Guinea |
Fatorda Stadium, Margao |
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8 October |
Chile vs England |
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata |
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8 October |
Iraq vs Mexico |
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata |
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