FIFA U-17 World Cup Draw

Draw on 7th July

The Groups are:

Group A: India, USA, Colombia, Ghana

Group B: Paraguay, Mali, New Zealand and Turkey

Group C: Iran, Guinea, Germany, Costa Rica

Group D: DPR Korea, Niger, Brazil, Spain

Group E: Honduras, Japan, Caledonia, France

Group F: Iraq, Mexico, Chile, England


The POTs are:

#	POT 1	POT 2	POT 3	POT 4
1	India (Host)	Japan	North Korea	Chile
2	Mexico	Spain	USA	Paraguay
3	Brazil	New Zealand	Honduras	Ghana
4	Germany	England	Iraq	Guinea
5	Mali	Costa Rica	Colombia	Niger
6	France	Iran	Turkey	New Caledonia

CONCACAF U-17 Championship 2017

The top four teams will qualify for FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 in India

Final

Mexico defeated USA 1-1 (5-4) on penalties
Scorer
Mexico: Carlos Robles Jiménez 90+2'
USA: Carleton 62'

Classification Stage

Group D

Matches

Honduras defeated Cuba 7-1
Scorers
Hondurus: Mejía 11', 36', 42', Palacios 16', 31', 73', Perez 24'
Cuba: Savigne 87'

USA defeated Honduras 3-0
Scorers
USA: Sargent 26', 82', Akinola 65'

USA defeated Cuba 6-2
USA: Vassilev 15', Tamayo 37'(og), Carleton 39', Jones 49', Reynolds 83', Weah 88'
Cuba: Polanco 19', Vasquez 47'(og)

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	USA	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	6
2	Honduras	2	1	0	1	7	4	+3	3
3	Cuba	2	0	0	2	3	13	-10	0

Group E

Matches

Costa Rica defeated Panama 2-1
Scorers
Costa Rica: Alfaro 31', Arce 41'
Panama: Guerrero 44'

Mexico defeated Panama 1-0
Scorer
Mexico: Torres Rodríguez 32'

Mexico defeated Costa Rica 6-1

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6
2	Costa Rica	2	1	0	1	3	7	-4	3
3	Panama	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0

Group Stage

Group A

Matches

Honduras defeated Haiti 3-1
Scorers
Hondurus: López 70', Mejía 82', Palma 88'
Haiti: Leveille 10'

Panama defeated Curacao 1-0
Scorer
Panama: Locano 35'

Honduras defeated Curacao 3-0
Scorer
Hondurus: Mejía 50', 52', Cardona 90+3'

Panama drew Haiti 0-0

Curacao defeated Haiti 1-0
Scorer
Haiti: Bernadina 43'

Panama defeated Honduras 4-2
Scorers
Panama: Guerrero 21', 24', Orelien 87'(p), 89'
Honduras: Palma 16', Mejía 49'(p)

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Panama (H)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
2	Honduras	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Curacao	3	1	0	2	1	4	-3	3
4	Haiti	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1

Group B

Matches

Canada defeated Suriname 2-0
Scorer
Canada: David 13', 56'

Costa Rica defeated Cuba 3-1
Scorers
Costa Rica: Coll 37'(og), Gómez 68', Jarquin 71'
Cuba: Savigne 49'

Cuba defeated Canada 2-1
Scorer
Cuba: Romero 26', Cruz 59'
Canada: Hojabrpour 71'

Costa Rica defeated Suriname 3-0
Scorers
Costa Rica: Cordero 14', Abarca 64', Montero 80'

Cuba drew Suriname 1-1
Scorer
Cuba: Rendón 57'
Suriname: Hoever 83'

Costa Rica defeated Canada 2-1
Scorers
Costa Rica: Alfaro 44', 90+5'
Canada: Romeo 51'

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Costa Rica	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
2	Cuba	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Suriname	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5	1

Group C

Matches

USA defeated El Salvador 1-0
Scorer
USA: Jones 52'

Mexico defeated Jamaica 5-1
Scorers
Mexico:
Jamaica:

USA defeated Mexico 4-3
Scorer
USA: Sargent 26', 40', Ferri 51', Akinola 84'
Mexico: González 6', 44', Lindsey 90+2'(og)

Jamaica defeated El Salvador 3-1
Scorers
Jamaica: McIntosh 18', Parris 84', 90+2'
El Salvador: Castañeda 54'

USA defeated Jamaica 5-0
Scorer
USA: Durkin 53', Weah 77', Sargent 87', Akinola 88', 90+2'

Mexico defeated El Salvador 6-0
Scorers
Mexico: Menjívar 1'(og), Olivas 31', López 35', 46', Ávila 41'(og), Maeda 75'

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	USA	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	14	5	+9	6
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	4	11	-7	3
4	El Salvador	3	0	0	3	1	10	-9	0

2017 CONMEBOL U-17 Championship

The top four teams will qualify for FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 in India

Final Stage

Results

Brazil defeated Chile 5-0
Scorers:
Brazil: Paulinho 12', Alan Souza 44', 63', 83', Lincoln 80'

Columbia defeated Paraguay 2-1
Scorers:
Columbia: D. Barrerro 40', J. Vidal 66'
Paraguay: M. Sánchez 9'

Venezuela defeated Ecuador 4-2
Scorers:
Venezuela: J. Hurtado 21', J. Echeverría 25' (p), J. Barragán 77', D. Luna 90'
Ecuador: J. Rezabala 37', S. Micolta 46'

Brazil defeated Columbia 3-0
Scorers:
Brazil: Vinicius Junior 24', 52', Alerrandro 69'

Chile defeated Ecuador 1-0
Scorers:
Chile: G. Zúñiga 34'

Paraguay defeated Venezuela 3-1
Scorers:
Paraguay: R. Fernández 2', F. Romero 20', A. Rodríguez 54'
Venezuela: C. Cásseres 90'(p)

Brazil defeated Ecuador 3-0
Scorers:
Brazil: Vinicius Junior 19', 29', Lincoln 55'

Paraguay defeated Chile 2-0
Scorers:
Paraguay: F. Romero 7', M. Sánchez 45'

Columbia drew Venezuela 0-0

Brazil defeated Venezuela 4-0
Scorers:
Brazil: D. Luna 25'(og), Lucas Halter 39', Vinicius Junior 83', Yuri Alberto 90'

Chile defeated Columbia 1-0
Scorer:
Chile: G. Zúñiga 20'

Paraguay drew Ecuador 2-2
Scorers:
Paraguay: J. Rolón 45', R. Fernández 57'
Ecuador: S. Micolta 37', C. Tobar 40'

Brazil drew Paraguay 2-2
Scorers:
Brazil: Lincoln 15', 40'(p)
Paraguay: Sánchez 78', Fernández 82'

Chile defeated Venezuela 1-0
Scorer:
Chile: A. Díaz 37'

Columbia defeated Ecuador 2-1
Scorer:
Columbia: J. Campaz 53', J. Martínez 90'
Ecuador: J. Quiñónez 12'

Table

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	5	4	1	0	17	2	+15	13
2	Chile (H)	5	3	0	2	3	7	-4	9
3	Paraguay	5	2	2	1	10	7	+3	8
4	Columbia	5	2	1	2	4	6	-2	7
5	Venezuela	5	1	1	3	5	10	-5	1
6	Ecuador	5	0	1	4	5	12	-7	1

Round Robin Matches

Group A

Colombia defeated Ecuador 2-1
Scorers:
Colombia: D. Barrerro 72', J. Peñaloza 78'
Ecuador: J. Rezabala

Chile defeated Bolivia 1-0
Scorer:
Chile: S. Valencia 38'

Ecuador defeated Uruguay 1-0
Scorer:
Ecuador: J. Porozo 16'

Chile drew Colombia 1-1
Scorers:
Chile:
Columbia: J. Peñaloza 60'

Colombia defeated Uruguay 3-1
Scorers:
Colombia: J. Peñaloza 38'(p), D. Barrerro 49', J. Campaz 63'
Uruguay: O. Falconis 44'

Ecuador defeated Bolivia 1-0
Scorer:
Ecuador: J. Campos 80'


Bolivia defeated Colombia 3-2
Scorers:
Bolivia: F. Roca 4', S. Melgar 9', F. Roca 56'
Colombia: L. López 77', J. Campaz 80'

Chile drew Uruguay 1-1
Scorers:
Chile: A. Valencia 90'
Uruguay: P. Neris 72'

Uruguay defeated Bolivia 2-0
Scorers:
Uruguay: T. Chacón 45', G. Viera 66'

Chile defeated Ecuador 1-0
Scorer:
Chile: J. Porozo 23'(og)

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chile (H)	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8
2	Columbia	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	7
3	Ecuador	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	6
4	Uruguay	4	1	1	2	4	5	-1	4
5	Bolivia	4	1	0	3	3	6	-3	3

Group B

Venezuela defeated Argentina 1-0
Scorer:
Venezuela: S. Chalbaud 54'

Brazil defeated Peru 3-0
Scorers:
Brazil: Vinicius Junior 14', Marcos Antonio 34', Lincoln 45'(p)

Paraguay defeated Argentina 1-0
Scorer:
Paraguay: F. Romero 19'

Brazil defeated Venezuela 1-0
Scorer:
Brazil: Paulinho 56'

Venezuela drew Paraguay 2-2
Scorers:
Venezuela: E. Ferreira 47', J. Hurtado 68'
Paraguay: A. Galeano 22' (p), N. Morínigo 90'

Argentina defeated Peru 3-0
Scorers:
Argentina: F. Colidio 35', 40', A. Obando 58'

Venezuela defeated Peru 3-2
Scorers:
Venezuela: J. Barragán 21', J. Hurtado 30', C. Makoun 77'
Peru: R. Ibarra 24'(og), G. Sánchez 45'

Brazil drew Paraguay 1-1
Scorers:
Brazil: Vinicius Junior 38'
Paraguay: M. Sánchez 15'(p)

Paraguay defeated Peru 2-0
Scorers:
Paraguay: A. Rodríguez 20', A. Fuentes 43'(og)

Brazil defeated Argentina 2-0
Scorers:
Brazil: Brenner 61', Yuri Alberto 82'

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	10
2	Paraguay	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	8
3	Venezuela	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
4	Argentina	4	1	0	3	3	4	-1	3
5	Peru	4	0	0	4	2	11	-9	0

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017

In my childhood I used to dream that one day the Indian football team will play in the football World Cup. India never played in the World Cup football at any level. In 1950, we were invited to play in the World Cup in Brazil but we declined. That has been our only chance till date. Our best football success have come at the Asian level and the Olympics. We won Gold in the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games and silver in the 1964 Asia Cup. We were 4th in the 1956 Olympics. But these all are long back achievements which have faded from our memories. In recent years, we have been unable to qualify for the 2nd or 3rd round of the World cup qualification. Our rank is 130. But thanks to FIFA we are playing in U-17 World cup by virtue of hosting it.

Whatever the way, we will be seeing The Blue Tigers playing for the first time in the world cup at  any level. I hope this is going to be a starting step for our future football success. One day this team will qualify in the 48 team football world cup. This doesn't mean I have great hopes on India U-17 team to do well in this tournament. I am not expecting them to put up an excellent show but hoping that they put up a decent show. If they qualify as one of the best third team to last 16 (however remote that chance!) it will be more than enough.

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 is going to be hosted by India from 6th Oct to 28th October this year. The draw for the tournament will be held on July 7, 2017. “Kheleo”, the leopard, is the tournament’s mascot. It was unveiled at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi by organisers of the 2017 Fifa Under-17 World Cup with Sports Minister Vijay Goel and All India Football President Praful Patel.

The tournament will be played in six venues which are: 

Kochi (Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium)

Goa (Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium)

Guwahati (Indira Gandhi Athletic International Stadium)

Kolkata (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan)

New Delhi (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium)

The FIFA U-17 World Cup was originally started as the FIFA U-16 World Championship in 1985. The first team to win the tournament was Nigeria. The tournament was renamed as FIFA U-17 World Championship in 1991 and was won by Ghana. From 2007 the tournament was renamed as FIFA U-17 World Cup. Nigeria is the most successful team. They were champion 5 times (1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015) and runner-up 3 times (1987, 2001, 2009). Nigeria never lost in the semifinal. Unfortunately we will not see Nigeria this time as they failed to qualify for 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. 

Brazil is the second most successful team after Nigeria. They won the championship 3 times (1997, 1999, 2003) and where runner-up twice (1995, 2005). You will be very surprised to know that some of the football superpower failed to win the tournament. Spain runner-up 3 times (1991, 2003, 2007), Germany runner-up once (1985), Argentina finished 3rd thrice (1991, 1995, 2003) and fourth twice (2001, 2013), Italy was fourth in 1987 and Uruguay were runner-up once (2011).

Africa is the most successful continent. Beside Nigeria winning 5 times, Ghana won twice (1991, 1995). From Europe, Soviet Union won it in 1987, France in 2001 and Switzerland in 2009. Saudi Arabia from Asia won it in 1989. Among the CONCACAF countries Mexico won it twice (2005, 2011).

Who will win the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017? Before that who will qualify? 24 teams will qualify for this tournament. The break-ups are:

AFC (Asia)	Host	India
	2016 AFC U-16 Championship	Iran Iraq Japan North Korea
CAF (Africa)	2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations	Ghana Guinea Mali Niger
CONCACAF (Central, North America & Caribbean)	2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Honduras Costa Rica Mexico USA
CONMEBOL (South America)	2017 South American Under-17 Championship	Brazil Chile Paraguay Columbia
OFC (Oceania)	2017 OFC U-17 Championship	New Caledonia New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship	Turkey Spain England Germany France