FIFA U-17 World Cup, Group matches: Schedule, timings, venues

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.

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FIFA U-17 World Cup, Group matches: Schedule, timings, venues

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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

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GROUP MATCHES

DateMatchVenue 
6 October Ghana vs Colombia Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
6 October India vs United States
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
6 October Paraguay vs Mali
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
6 October New Zealand vs Turkey
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
7 OctoberGermany vs Costa RicaFatorda Stadium, Margao
7 October Iran  vs GuineaFatorda Stadium, Margao
8 OctoberChile vsEnglandSalt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
8 OctoberIraq vs MexicoSalt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
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