2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup was held in India from 6 to 28 October.

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.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	Host Nation	India1
	2016 AFC U-16 Championship	Iraq Iran Japan North Korea
CAF (Africa)	2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations	Ghana Guinea Mali Niger1
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Costa Rica Honduras Mexico United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2017 South American Under-17 Championship	Brazil Chile Colombia Paraguay
OFC (Oceania)	2017 OFC U-17 Championship	New Caledonia1 New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship	England France Germany Spain Turkey

1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

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.

Kolkata	Kochi	New Delhi
Salt Lake Stadium (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Capacity: 66,600	Capacity: 41,700	Capacity: 58,000
Navi Mumbai New Delhi Kolkata Kochi Margao Guwahati 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup (India)
Navi Mumbai	Guwahati	Margao
DY Patil Stadium (Dr. DY Patil Stadium)	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium	Fatorda Stadium (Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium)
Capacity: 41,000	Capacity: 23,800	Capacity: 16,200

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
Colombia	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
United States	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
India	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	3	3	0	0	10	5	+5	9
Mali	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	4	8	-4	1
Turkey	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9
Germany	3	2	0	1	5	6	-1	6
Guinea	3	0	1	2	4	8	-4	1
Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Spain	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
Niger	3	1	0	2	1	6	-5	3
North Korea	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5	0

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	14	3	+11	9
Japan	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
Honduras	3	1	0	2	7	11	-4	3
New Caledonia	3	0	1	2	2	13	-11	1

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9
Iraq	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4
Mexico	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
Chile	3	0	1	2	0	7	-7	1

Knockout stage

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Colombia	0
	Germany	4
					Germany	1
					Brazil	2
	Brazil	3
	Honduras	0
									Brazil	1
									England	3
	Paraguay	0
	United States	5
					United States	1
					England	4
	England	0(5)
	Japan	0(3)
													England	5
													Spain	2
	Mali	5
	Iraq	1
					Mali	2
					Ghana	1
	Ghana	2
	Niger	0
									Mali	1
									Spain	3			Third place
	France	1
	Spain	2
					Spain	3							Brazil	2
					Iran	1							Mali	0
	Iran	2
	Mexico	1