2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be the 18th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, to be hosted in Brazil between 26 October and 17 November 2019.

Originally, it was determined that Peru would have hosted it between 5 and 27 October 2019, however, it was announced in February 2019 that they would no longer host the tournament, following inspection of the facilities and concern over organizational challenges. A formal announcement on 15 March 2019 ratified the recommendation to move the tournament to Brazil.

With the ratification to name Brazil as host, this will mark for the first time Brazil will host a FIFA youth competition, having previously hosted senior FIFA World Cup twice.

England were the defending champions, but will not defend their title after being eliminated in the group stages at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Republic of Ireland. England became the second consecutive title holders that failed to qualify.

Host selection
The bidding process to host the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup was launched by FIFA in June 2017. A member association may bid for both tournaments, but they would be awarded to different hosts.

Original round of bidding
Two countries publicly declared their formal bids to host the tournament.
 * (withdrawn)
 * (withdrawn)

On 8 March 2018, Rwanda withdrew its bid to host the tournament due to time and logistic aspects. FIFA then unanimously announced Peru as the host country after the FIFA Council meeting on 16 March 2018 in Bogotá, Colombia.

Second round of bidding
On 22 February 2019, FIFA announced that the tournament would be moved to a yet-to-be-determined host after inspection visits found issues with the prepared infrastructure and organization in Peru. On the same day, FIFA Secretary-General Fatma Samoura sent a letter to the Brazilian Football Confederation to determine if the tournament could be held on that country, and the answer was positive. CONMEBOL reinforced the idea by claiming that, because of the preparation for the 2019 Copa América, which is scheduled to start in less than four months, Brazil would be the only one able to make the commitment in such a short time. With the change of venue, the tournament may be delayed by one month. Brazil was confirmed as the new host by the FIFA Council on 15 March 2019.

Qualified teams
Currently a total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. Brazil as host team along with 23 other teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 10 June 2018.

Venues
Brazilian venues will be announced at the FIFA Congress in Paris on 5 June 2019.

Draw and schedule
The 24 teams will be drawn into six groups of four teams. The hosts Brazil are automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position A1. The draw will be held on 11 July 2019 at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Countries from the same confederation will not be grouped in the same group.

Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 and on or before 31 December 2004 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Each team have to name a preliminary squad of between 22 and 50 players. From the preliminary squad, the team have to name a final squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad can be replaced by a player from the preliminary squad due to serious injury or illness up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match.

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

All times are local.

Dates to be confirmed following the draw on 11 July 2019.

Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:


 * 1) Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
 * 2) Goal difference in all group matches;
 * 3) Number of goals scored in all group matches;
 * 4) Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 5) Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 6) Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 7) Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
 * Yellow card: −1 points;
 * Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
 * Direct red card: −4 points;
 * Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
 * 8. Drawing of lots.

Ranking of third-placed teams
The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.

In the next stage the four third-placed teams will be matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D according to the tournament regulations.

Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner (no extra time will be played).

In the round of 16, the four third-placed teams will be 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:

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Sponsorship

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 * Hyundai–Kia


 * Qatar Airways
 * VISA
 * Wanda Group