2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Copa do Mundo Sub-17 de 2019
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	26 October – 17 November
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	TBC (in TBC host cities)
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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.

• Peru
• Rwanda (withdrawn)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.

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
AFC (Asia)	2018 AFC U-16 Championship	Australia	13th	2015	02 !Runners-up (1999)
		Japan	9th	2017	05 !Quarter-finals (1993, 2011)
		South Korea	6th	2015	02 !Quarter-finals (1987, 2009)
		Tajikistan	2nd	2007	04 !Round of 16 (2007)
CAF (Africa)	2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations	Cameroon	2nd	2003	Group stage (2003)
		Nigeria	12th	2015	Champions (1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015)
		Angola	1st	N/A	Debut
		Senegal	1st	N/A	Debut
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Canada	7th	2013	Group Stage (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2013)
		United States	17th	2017	Fourth place (1999)
		Mexico	14th	2017	Champions (2005, 2011)
		Haiti	2nd	2007	Group Stage (2007)
CONMEBOL (South America)	Host nation	Brazil	17th	2017	Champions (1997, 1999, 2003)
	2019 South American U-17 Championship	Argentina	14th	2015	03 !Third Place (1991, 1995, 2003)
		Chile	5th	2017	03 !Third Place (1993)
		Ecuador	5th	2015	05 !Quarter-finals (1995, 2015)
		Paraguay	5th	2017	05 !Quarter-finals (1999)
OFC (Oceania)	2018 OFC U-16 Championship	New Zealand	9th	2017	Round of 16 (2009, 2011, 2015)
		Solomon Islands	1st	N/A	Debut
UEFA (Europe)	2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship	France	7th	2017	Champions (2001)
		Netherlands	4th	2011	Third place (2005)
		Italy	8th	2013	Fourth place (1987)
		Spain	10th	2017	Runners-up (1991, 2003, 2007, 2017)
		Hungary	2nd	1985	Quarter-finals (1985)

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.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Brazil (Hosts/A1)

Squads

Main article: 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup 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.

Group A

Template:2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup group table A

	Brazil	v	A2

	A3	v	A4

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	Brazil	v	A3

	A4	v	A2

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	A4	v	Brazil

	A2	v	A3

Group B

Template:2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup group table B

	B1	v	B2

	B3	v	B4

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	B1	v	B3

	B4	v	B2

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	B4	v	B1

	B2	v	B3

Group C

Template:2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup group table C

	C1	v	C2

	C3	v	C4

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	C1	v	C3

	C4	v	C2

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	C4	v	C1

	C2	v	C3

Group D

Template:2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup group table D

	D1	v	D2

	D3	v	D4

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	D1	v	D3

	D4	v	D2

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	D4	v	D1

	D2	v	D3

Group E

Template:2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup group table E

	E1	v	E2

	E3	v	E4

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	E1	v	E3

	E4	v	E2

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	E4	v	E1

	E2	v	E3

Group F

Template:2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup group table F

	F1	v	F2

	F3	v	F4

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	F1	v	F3

	F4	v	F2

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	F4	v	F1

	F2	v	F3

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.

Template:2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup group table 3rd place

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:

  Combinations which are still possible

Third-placed teams qualify from groups							1A vs	1B vs	1C vs	1D vs
A	B	C	D				3C	3D	3A	3B
A	B	C		E			3C	3A	3B	3E
A	B	C			F		3C	3A	3B	3F
A	B		D	E			3D	3A	3B	3E
A	B		D		F		3D	3A	3B	3F
A	B			E	F		3E	3A	3B	3F
A		C	D	E			3C	3D	3A	3E
A		C	D		F		3C	3D	3A	3F
A		C		E	F		3C	3A	3F	3E
A			D	E	F		3D	3A	3F	3E
	B	C	D	E			3C	3D	3B	3E
	B	C	D		F		3C	3D	3B	3F
	B	C		E	F		3E	3C	3B	3F
	B		D	E	F		3E	3D	3B	3F
		C	D	E	F		3C	3D	3F	3E

Bracket

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Third place

Round of 16

2019 (2019)	Runner-up Group A	v	Runner-up Group C

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2019 (2019)	Winner Group D	v	Third Place Group B/E/F

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2019 (2019)	Winner Group B	v	Third Place Group A/C/D

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2019 (2019)	Winner Group F	v	Runner-up Group E

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2019 (2019)	Winner Group E	v	Runner-up Group D

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2019 (2019)	Winner Group C	v	Third Place Group A/B/F

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2019 (2019)	Runner-up Group B	v	Runner-up Group F

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2019 (2019)	Winner Group A	v	Third Place Group C/D/E

Quarter-finals

2019 (2019)	Winner R16 1	v	Winner R16 2

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2019 (2019)	Winner R16 3	v	Winner R16 4

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2019 (2019)	Winner R16 5	v	Winner R16 6

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2019 (2019)	Winner R16 7	v	Winner R16 8

Semi-finals

2019 (2019)	Winner QF 1	v	Winner QF 2

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2019 (2019)	Winner QF 3	v	Winner QF 4

Third place match

2019 (2019)	Loser SF 1	v	Loser SF 2

Final

2019 (2019)	Winner SF 1	v	Winner SF 2

Sponsorship

• Adidas
• Coca-Cola
• Hyundai–Kia

• Qatar Airways
• VISA
• Wanda Group

See also

• 2019 Copa América

External links

• Official website

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