U-17 World Cup Soccer: India's Big Moment

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    • Publish Date: Oct 5 2017 6:09PM
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U-17 World Cup Soccer: India's Big Moment

The fancy jerseys are out. The football chants are ready. Tickets for the entire tournament have been bought. The excitement levels are higher. More so because India is participating in the upcoming edition of the Under-17 Football World Cup. As the country gears up for the most coveted event that starts on October 6, here’s all about it...
 

Why is it significant for India?

Once called the “sleeping giants” by FIFA, India have not exactly woken up to the potential that the world body saw. Propelled from the rear end to the centrestage by virtue of being hosts, “sleeping giants”, India would be eyeing a football revolution with the FIFA Under-17 World Cup – a tournament which promises to deliver the stars of tomorrow. Hosting the first FIFA World Cup ever, India would be home to the prodigal talent, that makes international football fascinating and exhilarating in equal measure, this month. The All India Football Federation see this tournament as the beginning of a revival of a glorious past of the 1950s and 1960s when India ruled Asia and made their presence felt at the world stage as well. A successful hosting of the U-17 World Cup is sure to open up chances of other bigger events like the U-20 FIFA World Cup, for which the country has made a bid for the 2019 edition.The event will be watched by a global audience of 200 million.

 World Cup Facts

1) From 1985 to 2005, the FIFA U-17 World Cup featured 16 teams divided into four groups of four teams. Since 2007, the tournament was expanded to 24 teams.


2)USA and Brazil share the record for most participation in the tournament. Both of them are contesting their 16th U-17 World Cup in this edition.


3)The first goal in the history of the tournament was scored by Brazilian footballer Bismarck, apparently named after world- famous politician Otto Von Bismarck.


4)Fourteen-year-old Freddy Adu scored a hat-trick in FIFA U-17 World Cup 2013 and followed it up with a hat-trick in FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2007 to become the first footballer to achieve a hat-trick at the World Cups for both age levels.


5)In the history of the U-17 World Cup, Guinea were the first team to win a penalty shoot-out (beating OZ in the 1985 quarter-finals)


6)Florent Sinama Pongolle of France was the first ever U-17 world cup player to win the Golden Boot as well as the Golden Ball in the year 2001.

The schedule

The matches of FIFA U-17 World Cup follow the basic rules of football, with two halves of 45 minutes each. However, there is no extra time at the end of 90 minutes and all knockout matches directly proceed to a penalty shootout, if needed.
It will be held across 6 cities – New Delhi, Navi Mumbai, Goa, Kochi, Guwahati and Kolkata
India have been drawn in Group A alongside USA, Colombia and Ghana.
The hosts face USA on October 6. The final of the tournament will be played in Kolkata.

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Comments

R.Lokeshwaran Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Quite informative and interesting article to read

R.Lokeshwaran Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Waiting for the matches

VRINDA P MGM Model School, Varkala, Trivandrum

this is informative

Hemalatha.G Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary Scho

Quite interesting!

Prathamesh Kandale HILLGREEN SCHOOL

Can''t stop the feeling!!So just watch-watch-watch

Roma Ramcoumar Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Awaiting to watch the matches . .........

Prakash.B Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Wow..

Prakash.B Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Yep i am waiting for the match..

Prakash.B Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Looking forward to that..

E.Harish grand Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Hmm.. Quite informative.I''m eating eagerly for the matches.

E.Harish grand Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Sorry its waiting.Not eating.

D. Archanaa Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Very good initiative

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