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The draw for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Indonesia 2023™ took place on Friday, 15 September.
The draw was conducted by Jaime Yarza, Director FIFA Tournaments, with Stephen Appiah and Julio Cesar – a former FIFA U-17 World Cup champion and finalist respectively – acting as assistants.
Hosts Indonesia will contest the opening match of the tournament against Ecuador, while the group-stage draw also threw up a mouth-watering clash between the past two winners of the tournament, Brazil and England. See below for the full draw.
Group A:
Indonesia
Ecuador
Panama
Morocco
Group B:
Spain
Canada
Mali
Uzbekistan
Group C:
Brazil
IR Iran
New Caledonia
England
Group D:
Japan
Poland
Argentina
Senegal
Group E:
France
Burkina Faso
Korea Republic
USA
Group F:
Mexico
Germany
Venezuela
New Zealand
Format:
The 24 nations have been split into six groups of four. The top two in each group, along with the four best third-placed teams, will reach the knockout phase. Thereafter, a last 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, a third-place play-off and final will unfold.
Host cities confirmed:
Matches at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Indonesia 2023 will take place across four host cities – Surabaya, Surakarta, Jakarta and Bandung. The tournament winners will be crowned in Surakarta on 2 December.
Tickets:
Tickets for the U-17 World Cup will go on sale at 10am CEST on Saturday, 16 September. Tickets can be purchased by clicking here.
Previous U-17 World Cup winners:
1985: Nigeria
1987: Soviet Union
1989: Saudi Arabia
1991: Ghana
1993: Nigeria
1995: Ghana
1997: Brazil
1999: Brazil
2001: France
2003: Brazil
2005: Mexico
2007: Nigeria
2009: Switzerland
2011: Mexico
2013: Nigeria
2015: Nigeria
2017: England
2019: Brazil