Host country - India
Dates - 6-28 October 2017
Team - 24
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 U17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be hosted by India between 6th and 28th of October 2017. This will be the first FIFA tournament hosted by the country.[1][2] The final will be held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on 28 October 2017.[3]
Should the competition be considered a success, the All India Football Federation has hinted at a FIFA U-20 World Cup & FIFA Club World Cup bid.[4]
Nigeria, the 2015 champions, will not be able to defend their title as they failed to reach the final round of the CAF qualifying tournament. In doing so, they became the first incumbent title holder since Switzerland in 2009 to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament.
Salt Lake Stadium! Kolkata
Capacity: 85,000
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi
Capacity: Limited to 41,748
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium New Delhi
Capacity: 58,114