U-17 soccer world championship 2021

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2021
FIFA U-17 World Cup Peru 2021
Number of nations	24
venue	Peru
Games	52

The 2021 U-17 World Cup will take place in Peru . This is the 19th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup , the biennial international men's youth football championship in which the 24 qualified U-17 national teams of FIFA's member associations take part.

Choice of host

Peru was announced as the host after the FIFA Council meeting in Shanghai on October 24, 2019 . Peru was also one of the bidders to host the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup , which was awarded to Indonesia on the same day . Peru previously hosted the tournament in 2005. They initially received the hosting rights from the previous edition in 2019, but these were revoked by FIFA in February 2019 after their facilities were reviewed.

Attendees

qualification

In addition to the automatically qualified host Peru, 23 other teams from all six continental associations will qualify for the final round of the U-17 World Cup in 2021. The U-16 and U-17 continental championships serve as qualifications.

• The Asian Association AFC has four starting places for the World Cup. These will be awarded as part of the U-16 soccer Asian Cup 2020 .
• The African Association CAF has four starting places for the World Cup. These are within the U-17 African Cup of Nations 2021 vergeben-
• The North and Central American Association CONCACAF has four starting places for the World Cup. These will be awarded as part of the CONCACAF U-17 championship in 2021.
• The Football Association of Oceania has two starting places for the World Cup. These will be awarded as part of the U-16 Soccer Oceania Championship 2020 .
• The European Association UEFA has five starting places for the World Cup. These will be awarded as part of the U-17 European Football Championship in 2021 .
• The South American association CONMEBOL has five starting places, one of which went to host Peru and the other four will be awarded at the U-17 South American Football Championship in 2021 .

Qualified teams

4 from Asia
5 from Europe
4 from Africa
4 from North and Central America
5 from South America	Peru
2 from Oceania

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIFA.com: Who We Are - News - FIFA Council unanimously appoints China PR as hosts of new Club World Cup in 2021 - FIFA.com. Retrieved January 21, 2020 (UK English). 
2. ↑ FIFA.com: Who We Are - News - Update on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019 - FIFA.com. Retrieved January 21, 2020 (UK English).