2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Host selection

The bids for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup had to be submitted by 15 November 2013. On 28 May 2013 it was announced by FIFA that Azerbaijan, India, Republic of Ireland, and Uzbekistan would bid for the hosting rights.

Finally, on 5 December 2013, FIFA announced that India had won the 2017 FIFA World Cup hosting rights.

Qualified teams

As host, India made their first ever appearance at the FIFA U-17 World Cup and their first appearance in the World Cup at any age level. As well as India, New Caledonia and Niger also made their first appearance in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

The previous U-17 World Cup title holders, Nigeria, failed to qualify for this edition. In failing to qualify, Nigeria became the first nation since Switzerland in 2009 to fail to qualify for the next edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup after winning the previous edition.

A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to India, the other 23 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. Starting from 2017, the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) will receive an additional spot (in total two spots), while UEFA will have five instead of six spots.

:1.Teams that will make their debut.

Organization

Preparation

The six venues selected for the tournament were given major renovations prior to the FIFA U-17 World Cup. All the stadiums were given new bucket seats, new dressing rooms, new evacuation exits for fans, and new training grounds. Javier Ceppi, the Local Organising Committee director, stated that despite work starting slowly, things eventually became quicker. "It has been a long process in the last two and half years. In India, it takes time to start things but once things start it kind of picks its own pace and in terms of implementation I always say that India is a very good country when it comes to implementation."

Emblem

The official emblem for the tournament was launched on 27 September 2016 at a hotel in Goa during the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship. According to the press release from FIFA the emblem was designed "as a celebration of the country's richness and diversity of cultures, with the main elements of the Indian Ocean, the banyan tree, the kite and the starburst, which is an interpretation of the Ashoka Chakra, an integral part of the national identity."

Tickets

Sales of tickets for the FIFA U-17 World Cup began on 16 May 2017 during a function in New Delhi. Carles Puyol was present during the ticket sales launch as special guest. General ticket sales officially began on 17 May 2017 at 19:11. The time was selected as a tribute to when Mohun Bagan defeated East Yorkshire Regiment in the IFA Shield in 1911, marking the first time an Indian football club defeated a British side in British India. Tickets for the tournament were sold in four phases: Phase one only sold tickets for categories 1 to 3 at each venue with a 60% discount while phase two allowed people to buy tickets for all categories, but only if you are a Visa card holder, at a 50% discount. Phase three allowed anyone to buy tickets with a 25% discount while phase four had tickets at full price. The attendance for matches breached the million mark in the final match of the Round of 16, which made India only the third nation after China and Mexico to register an attendance of over a million for the event. On 28 October 2017, in the 3rd place match-up between Brazil and Mali, India finally beat the existing record of 1,230,976 set in the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship edition in China The final attendance figures were 1,347,133.

Mascot

The mascot is "Kheleo", a Himalayan Clouded Leopard. He wears a jersey with the colours of white, yellow, green and orange. The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Vijay Goel, stated: "Kheleo is young, vibrant, enthustiatic and a perfect representation of our country. He will help us to involve kids in football in a fun way".

Theme song

The theme song for the 2017 U17 World Cup is called 'Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal' (कर के दिखला दे गोल) which roughly translates to 'Show that you can score a goal', composed by Pritam and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya features Indian football legend Bhaichung Bhutia along with Kerala Blasters co-owner Sachin Tendulkar and singer Babul Supriyo, who had designed the Mohun Bagan kit half a decade back.

Venues

After being awarded the hosting rights for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, eight locations were shortlisted: Bangalore, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Margao, Navi Mumbai, New Delhi and Pune. On 29 May 2015, Kochi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Guwahati were provisionally selected as host locations and was informed two more would be provisionally approved from the list of Bengaluru, Chennai, Goa, New Delhi and Pune. On 27 October 2016, FIFA officially announced Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Margao, Navi Mumbai and New Delhi as the official host cities for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Draw

The draw for the FIFA U-17 World Cup was held on 7 July 2017 at the Hotel Sahara Star in Mumbai, India. The draw was attended by former U-17 World Cup champions Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria) and former U-20 World Cup champions Esteban Cambiasso (Argentina), as well as India senior international Sunil Chhetri and badminton player P. V. Sindhu.

The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams, with hosts India being allocated to position A1. The rest of the teams were allocated into their respective pots based on a ranking which was built according to past performances during the last five FIFA U-17 World Cups. Importance was given to the most recent U-17 World Cups.

Referees

FIFA's Referees' Committee selected 21 referees, representing all six confederations, to officiate at the U-17 World Cup: Seven from UEFA, four from CONMEBOL, three each from the AFC, CAF, and CONCACAF, and one from the OFC. Interestingly, no referee from host country India were selected to officiate.

Squads

Each team's squad for the FIFA U-17 World Cup consisted of 21 players. Each participating national association had to confirm their final 21-player squad by 21 September 2017. A total of 504 players participated in the tournament. The squads were announced by FIFA on 26 September 2017.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.

All times are local, IST (UTC+5:30).

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Article 17.7): | points obtained in all group matches; | goal difference in all group matches; | number of goals scored in all group matches; If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows: | points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; | goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned; | number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; | fair play points: {{unordered list | first yellow card: minus 1 point; | indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points; | direct red card: minus 4 points; | yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points; | drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Group A

• S. Ibrahim
• Sargent
• Durkin
• Carleton

• Akinola
• Jeakson
• Peñaloza

• Ayiah
• Danso
• Toku
• Acosta
• Vidal
• Peñaloza
• D. Caicedo

Group B

• Mata
• Kutucu
• Galeano
• Sánchez
• Rodríguez
• Dramé
• N'Diaye

• D. Traoré
• N'Diaye
• Konaté
• Rodríguez
• Vega
• Armoa
• Duarte

• Kesgin
• Bogado
• Cardozo
• Galeano
• Jiddou
• D. Traoré
• N'Diaye
• Spragg

Group C

• Arp
• Awuku
• Gómez
• Sayyadmanesh
• Sharifi
• Karimi
• Touré

• Jarquin
• Gómez
• Touré
• I. Soumah
• Delfi
• Sayyadmanesh
• Namdari

• Ghobeishavi
• Shariati
• Sardari
• I. Soumah
• Arp
• Kühn
• Cetin

Group D

• Lincoln
• Paulinho
• Wesley
• Abdourahmane

• A. Ruiz
• César
• Gómez
• Lincoln
• Paulinho

• Moha
• César
• Lincoln
• Brenner

Group E

• Wadenges
• Iwa
• Gouiri
• Gomes
• Caqueret
• Wanesse
• Isidor
• Palacios
• Nakamura
• Kubo
• Miyashiro
• Suzuki

• Gouiri
• Miyashiro
• Mejía
• Canales
• Palacios

• Isidor
• Flips
• Gouiri
• Adli
• Mejía
• Nakamura
• Jeno

Group F

• Hudson-Odoi
• Sancho
• Gomes
• Dawood
• De la Rosa

• Brewster
• Foden
• Sancho
• Lainez
• Dawood
• D. Valencia

• Gomes
• Smith Rowe
• Loader

Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best teams among those ranked third are determined as follows (regulations Article 17.7): | points obtained in all group matches; | goal difference in all group matches; | number of goals scored in all group matches; | fair play points; | drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).

In the round of 16, the four third-placed teams were matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D. The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:

Bracket

|16 October – New Delhi||0||4 |18 October – Kochi||3||0 |16 October – New Delhi||0||5 |17 October – Kolkata| |0 (5)||0 (3) |17 October – Margao||5||1 |18 October – Navi Mumbai||2||0 |17 October – Guwahati||1||2 |17 October – Margao||2||1 |22 October – Kolkata||1||2 |21 October – Margao||1||4 |21 October – Guwahati||2||1 |22 October – Kochi||3||1 |25 October – Kolkata||1||3 |25 October – Navi Mumbai||1||3 |28 October – Kolkata||5||2 |28 October – Kolkata||2||0

Round of 16

• Arp
• Bisseck
• Yeboah

• Weah
• Carleton
• Sargent

• Sharifi
• Sayyadmanesh
• De la Rosa

• Pintor
• Miranda
• A. Ruiz

• Brewster
• Hudson-Odoi
• Foden
• Anderson
• Kirby
• Sugawara
• Miyashiro
• Kida
• Kozuki

• Dramé
• N'Diaye
• Konaté
• S. Camara
• Kareem

• Ayiah
• Danso

• Brenner
• Marcos Antônio

Quarter-finals

• Dramé
• D. Traoré
• K. Mohammed

• Sargent
• Brewster
• Gibbs-White

• A. Ruiz
• Gómez
• Torres
• Karimi

• Arp
• Weverson
• Paulinho

Semi-finals

• Wesley
• Brewster

• N'Diaye
• A. Ruiz
• Torres

Third place play-off

• Alan
• Yuri Alberto

Final

• Brewster
• Gibbs-White
• Foden
• Guéhi
• S. Gómez

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. They were all sponsored by Adidas, except for the FIFA Fair Play Award.

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Quarter-finals Round of 16 Group stage

Goalscorers

;8 goals

• ENG Rhian Brewster

;6 goals

• MLI Lassana N'Diaye
• ESP Abel Ruiz

;5 goals

• FRA Amine Gouiri
• GER Jann-Fiete Arp

;4 goals

• JPN Keito Nakamura
• ESP Sergio Gómez Martín

;3 goals

• BRA Brenner
• BRA Lincoln
• BRA Paulinho
• COL Juan Peñaloza
• ENG Phil Foden
• ENG Jadon Sancho
• GHA Eric Ayiah
• HON Carlos Mejía
• HON Patrick Palacios
• IRN Allahyar Sayyadmanesh
• IRQ Mohammed Dawood Yaseen
• MLI Hadji Dramé
• MLI Djemoussa Traoré
• USA Josh Sargent
• USA Timothy Weah

;2 goals

• CRC Andrés Gómez
• ENG Morgan Gibbs-White
• ENG Angel Gomes
• ENG Danny Loader
• FRA Alexis Flips
• FRA Wilson Isidor
• GHA Richard Danso
• GUI Ibrahima Soumah
• GUI Fandje Touré
• IRN Younes Delfi
• IRN Saeid Karimi
• IRN Mohammad Sharifi
• JPN Taisei Miyashiro
• MLI Fode Konaté
• MEX Diego Lainez
• MEX Roberto de la Rosa
• PAR Antonio Galeano
• PAR Alan Francisco Rodríguez
• PAR Aníbal Vega
• ESP César Gelabert
• ESP Ferran Torres
• USA Andrew Carleton

;1 goal

• BRA Alan Souza
• BRA Yuri Alberto
• BRA Marcos Antônio
• BRA Wesley
• BRA Weverson
• COL Déiber Caicedo
• COL Juan Vidal
• CRC Yecxy Jarquin
• ENG Callum Hudson-Odoi
• ENG Emile Smith Rowe
• ENG Marc Guéhi
• FRA Yacine Adli
• FRA Claudio Gomes
• FRA Maxence Caqueret
• FRA Lenny Pintor
• GER Noah Awuku
• GER Yann Aurel Bisseck
• GER Sahverdi Cetin
• GER Nicolas Kühn
• GER John Yeboah
• GHA Ibrahim Sadiq
• GHA Mohammed Kudus
• GHA Emmanuel Toku
• HON Joshua Canales
• IND Jeakson Singh Thounaojam
• IRN Mohammad Ghobeishavi
• IRN Vahid Namdari
• IRN Mohammad Sardari
• IRN Taha Shariati
• IRQ Ali Kareem
• JPN Takefusa Kubo
• JPN Tochi Suzuki
• MLI Seme Camara
• MLI Salam Giddou
• NCL Cameron Wadenges
• NCL Jekob Jeno
• NZL Max Mata
• NZL Charles Spragg
• NIG Salim Abdourahmane
• PAR Blas Armoa
• PAR Giovanni Bogado
• PAR Fernando David Cardozo
• PAR Leonardo Sánchez Cohener
• ESP Juan Miranda
• ESP Mohamed Moukhliss
• TUR Kerem Atakan Kesgin
• TUR Ahmed Kutucu
• USA George Acosta
• USA Ayo Akinola
• USA Chris Durkin

;1 own goal

• BRA Wesley (against Spain)
• CHI Diego Valencia (against Iraq)
• NCL Bernard Iwa (against France)
• NCL Kiam Wanesse (against France)

;2 own goals

• PAR Alexis Duarte (against New Zealand)

Source: FIFA

Marketing

Sponsorships

Broadcasting

FIFA released the media licensing rights for the U-17 World Cup on 21 September 2017. In India, the official broadcaster was Sony TEN and Sony ESPN. In the United States, the tournament was broadcast on Fox Sports 2 while the United Kingdom had the tournament broadcast on Eurosport.

Legacy

The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup was regarded as a success by the media, FIFA and the tournament organisers. Jaime Yarza, Head of FIFA Tournaments, said, "It's been a fantastic tournament with an overwhelming response of everybody involved. First and foremost, the fans have filled the stadiums in all the matches, showing fair play and respect, cheering on all the teams, and really loving the football they have seen. The figures speak for themselves: more than 1.2 million fans attended games at the stadiums. By the final matchday, we’re probably going to break the [attendance] record of all the other U-17 World Cups and we might even break the record for the U-20 World Cup, which is an amazing achievement. It really shows that India is a footballing nation in every sense. The hard work put in place during so many years has received a great response from everybody. It has been a very proud moment for all of us."

The tournament was the most attended and highest scoring edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in history. It was also the highest attended men's age-group World Cup ever, surpassing the attendance record of the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The attendance for this World Cup was a record 1,347,133 surpassing China's 1985 edition where it was 1,230,976, and the 2011 U-20 World Cup in Colombia which was attended by 1,309,929 people.

The 177 goals scored during the tournament made it the highest scoring U-17 World Cup in history, surpassing the previous record of 172 during the 2013 edition in the United Arab Emirates. The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup also recorded the highest goal average of 3.40 per match since the tournament format was expanded from 16 teams to 24 teams in 2007.

In September 2017, India submitted a bid to host the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, but lost to Poland. India was selected to host the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup by the FIFA Council on 15 March 2019.

Notes

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