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

Date Match Venue 
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 October Germany vs Costa Rica Fatorda Stadium, Margao
7 October  Iran  vs Guinea Fatorda Stadium, Margao
8 October Chile vs England Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
8 October Iraq vs Mexico Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
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