2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Piala Dunia U-17 FIFA 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia
Dates	10 November – 2 December
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)

The 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be the 19th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football tournament contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It will be held in Indonesia from 10 November to 2 December 2023.[1] This will be the first time that Indonesia will host a FIFA tournament and the first time that the FIFA U-17 World Cup will be held in Southeast Asia. It will also be the third time a FIFA tournament will be held in the region since the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia and 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Thailand. It will be the sixth time the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Asia.

This edition marks the return of the tournament after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing FIFA to cancel the 2021 edition.[2]

Brazil are the defending champions, having won their fourth title in 2019.

Host selection

Peru were announced as the 2021 U-17 World Cup hosts following a FIFA Council meeting on 24 October 2019 in Shanghai, China.[3]

After the 2021 edition was cancelled, Peru was awarded the hosting rights of the next edition in 2023.[3]

However, after extensive discussions between the Peruvian Football Federation and FIFA on the hosting suitability of Peru caused by its infrastructural defects, Peru withdrew as hosts on 3 April 2023, with FIFA announcing an immediate opening of a replacement hosting rights tender.[4]

On 23 June 2023, FIFA officially appointed Indonesia as the new host, believed to have been in compensation for the loss of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosting rights which were given to Argentina after Indonesia took issue with the Israeli team in that tournament.[5]

Venues

Chairman of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI), Erick Thohir, announced that they would propose eight stadiums to FIFA for hosting the tournament. Six of these stadiums, Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (Jakarta), Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium (Surabaya), Jalak Harupat Stadium (Bandung), Manahan Stadium (Surakarta/Solo), Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium (Bali), and Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium (Palembang) were chosen for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup when Indonesia were eligible to be the host. Another two additional stadiums were Jakarta International Stadium and Pakansari Stadium.[6]

Erick Thohir subsequently confirmed that both semifinal and final matches would be played at the Manahan Stadium.[7][8]

Jakarta	Surabaya
Jakarta International Stadium	Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium
Capacity: 82,000	Capacity: 45,134

Location of the stadiums of the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Indonesia) Jakarta Bandung Surabaya Surakarta
Bandung	Surakarta
Jalak Harupat Stadium	Manahan Stadium
Capacity: 30,100	Capacity: 20,000

Teams

Qualification

A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. Indonesia, the host team along with 23 other teams qualified from six separate continental competitions.

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
AFC (Asia)	Host nation	Indonesia	1st	N/A	Debut
	2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup	Iran	5th	2017	Quarter-finals (2017)
		Japan	10th	2019	Quarter-finals (1993, 2011)
		South Korea	7th	2019	Quarter-finals (1987, 2009, 2019)
		Uzbekistan	3rd	2013	Quarter-finals (2011)
CAF (Africa)	2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations	Burkina Faso	5th	2011	Third place (2001)
		Mali	6th	2017	Runners-up (2015)
		Morocco	2nd	2013	Round of 16 (2013)
		Senegal	2nd	2019	Round of 16 (2019)
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Canada	8th	2019	Group stage (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2013, 2019)
		Mexico	15th	2019	Champions (2005, 2011)
		Panama	3rd	2013	Round of 16 (2011)
		United States	18th	2019	Fourth place (1999)
CONMEBOL (South America)	2023 South American U-17 Championship	Argentina	15th	2019	Third place (1991, 1995, 2003)
		Brazil	18th	2019	Champions (1997, 1999, 2003, 2019)
		Ecuador	6th	2019	Quarter-finals (1995, 2015)
		Venezuela	2nd	2013	Group stage (2013)
OFC (Oceania)	2023 OFC U-17 Championship	New Caledonia	2nd	2017	Group stage (2017)
OFC (Oceania)	2023 OFC U-17 Championship	New Zealand	10th	2019	Round of 16 (2009, 2011, 2015)
UEFA (Europe)	2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship	England	5th	2017	Champions (2017)
		France	8th	2019	Champions (2001)
		Germany	11th	2017	Runners-up (1985)[lower-alpha 1]
		Poland	3rd	1999	Fourth place (1993)
		Spain	11th	2019	Runners-up (1991, 2003, 2007, 2017)

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2006 and on or before 31 December 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Draw

The draw took place at 16:00 CEST (21:00 WIB host time) on 15 September 2023 at FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[9]

The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams, with the hosts Indonesia automatically seeded to Pot 1 and placed into the first position of Group A, while the remaining teams were seeded into their respective pots based on their results in the last five FIFA U-17 World Cups (more recent tournaments weighted more heavily), as follows:[10]

2011 FIFA U-17 WC: 20% value of total points;
2013 FIFA U-17 WC: 40% value of total points;
2015 FIFA U-17 WC: 60% value of total points;
2017 FIFA U-17 WC: 80% value of total points;
2019 FIFA U-17 WC: 100% value of total points.

Furthermore, five bonus points were added to each of the 6 continental champions from the qualifying tournaments.

Pot	Team	Confederation	2011		2013		2015		2017		2019	BP	Total points
Pot	Team	Confederation	Pts	20%	Pts	40%	Pts	60%	Pts	80%	Pts 100%	BP	Total points
1	Indonesia	AFC	Host nation, automatically asigned to Pot 1
	Brazil	CONMEBOL	13	2.6	13	5.2	9	5.4	18	14.4	21	+5	53.6
	Mexico	CONCACAF	21	4.2	13	5.2	13	7.8	2	1.6	11	+5	34.8
	France	UEFA	8	1.6	DNQ		10	6	9	7.2	18		32.8
	Spain	UEFA	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		15	12	10		22
	Japan	AFC	10	2	9	3.6	DNQ		5	4	7	+5	21.6

2	Germany	UEFA	18	3.6	DNQ		6	3.6	9	7.2	DNQ	+5	19.4
	Mali	CAF	DNQ		DNQ		16	9.6	12	9.6	DNQ		19.2
	England	UEFA	8	1.6	0	0	2	1.2	19	15.2	DNQ		18
	South Korea	AFC	DNQ		DNQ		7	4.2	DNQ		9		13.2
	Argentina	CONMEBOL	4	0.8	13	5.2	0	0	DNQ		7		13
	Ecuador	CONMEBOL	6	1.2	DNQ		9	5.4	DNQ		6		12.6

3	New Zealand	OFC	4	0.8	0	0	4	2.4	1	0.8	3	+5	12
	Iran	AFC	DNQ		5	2	DNQ		12	9.6	DNQ		11.6
	Senegal	CAF	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		6	+5	11
	United States	CONCACAF	4	0.8	DNQ		1	0.6	9	7.2	1		9.6
	Uzbekistan	AFC	9	1.8	7	2.8	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		4.6
	Morocco	CAF	DNQ		7	2.8	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		2.8

4	Canada	CONCACAF	2	0.4	2	0.8	DNQ		DNQ		0		1.2
	New Caledonia	OFC	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		1	0.8	DNQ		0.8
	Panama	CONCACAF	3	0.6	0	0	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0.6
	Venezuela	CONMEBOL	DNQ		0	0	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0
	Burkina Faso	CAF	0	0	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0
	Poland	UEFA	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0

The draw started with the hosts Indonesia being "drawn" to A1, the teams from Pot 1 will be drawn first, the teams from Pots 2, 3 and 4 need to skip groups to avoid geographical clash and there will be no 2 teams to play from the same confederation, then the draw will conclude with teams from Pot 4.

The draw started with teams from pot one being drawn first and placed in the first position of their groups (hosts Indonesia automatically assigned to A1). Then were drawn the teams from pot 2, followed by pot 3 and pot 4, with each team also drawn to one of the positions within their group, no group could contain more than one team from each confederation. The ceremony was presented by Mollie Kmita and conducted by FIFA Director of Tournaments Jaime Yarza, with the former footballers Júlio César, from Brazil, and Stephen Appiah, from Ghana, acting as draw assistants.[11]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[12]

Group A
Pos	Team
A1	Indonesia
A2	Ecuador
A3	Panama
A4	Morocco

Group B
Pos	Team
B1	Spain
B2	Canada
B3	Mali
B4	Uzbekistan

Group C
Pos	Team
C1	Brazil
C2	Iran
C3	New Caledonia
C4	England

Group D
Pos	Team
D1	Japan
D2	Poland
D3	Argentina
D4	Senegal

Group E
Pos	Team
E1	France
E2	Burkina Faso
E3	South Korea
E4	United States

Group F
Pos	Team
F1	Mexico
F2	Germany
F3	Venezuela
F4	New Zealand

Match officials

A total of 18 refereeing trios (a referee and two assistant referees), 3 support referees, and 18 video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament. No match officials from OFC.[13]

Confederation	Referee	Assistant referees	Video assistant referees
AFC	Omar Mohamed Al Ali	Jasem Al Ali Saeed Rashed Al-Marzooqi	Khalid Saleh Al-Turais Kate Jacewicz Abdullah Jamali
	Fu Ming	Cao Yi Ma Ji
	Ko Hyung-jin	Yoon Jae Yeol Park Sang Jun
CAF	Pierre Ghislain Atcho	Boris Ditsoga Carine Atezambong Fomo	Lahlou Benbraham Daniel Nii Laryea
	Dahane Beida	Dimbiniaina Andriatianarivelo Jonathan Ahonto Koffi
	Ibrahim Mutaz	Khalil Hassani Ahmed Hossan Eldin
CONCACAF	Selvin Brown	Gerson Martinez Roney Valladares	Ismael Cornejo Joe Dickerson Tatiana Guzmán
	Keylor Herrera	William Chow Victor Ramirez Fonseca
	Bryan López	Luis Ventura Humberto Panjoj
CONMEBOL	Augusto Aragón	Ricardo Baren Andrés Tola	Igor Benevenuto Ricardo Molina Derlis López Jhon Perdomo
	Ivo Méndez	Carlos Tapia Roger Orellana
	Roberto Pérez	Alberto Garcia Enrique Pinto
	Gustavo Tejera	Carlos Barreiro Andrés Nievas
OFC	No match officials
UEFA	Espen Eskås	Jan Erik Engan Isaak Bashevkin	David Coote Aleandro Di Paolo Rob Dieperink Angelos Evangelou Fedayi San Ivaylo Stoyanov
	Morten Krogh	Dennis Rasmussen Steffen Bramsen
	Atilla Karaoğlan	Ceyhun Sesigüzel Cevdet Kömürcüoglu
	Rade Obrenovič	Jure Praprotnik Grega Kordež
	João Pinheiro	Bruno Jesus Luciano Maia

Confederation	Support Referees
AFC	Aprisman Aranda Thoriq Alkatiri Yudi Nurcahya

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 in local, WIB (UTC+7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Indonesia (H)	Knockout stage
2	Ecuador	Knockout stage
3	Panama	Possible Knockout stage
4	Morocco

First match(es) will be played: 10 November 2023. Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

10 November 2023