⚽ FIFA U-17 World Cup Discussion Thread ⚽

[blue Snow]

In the next few months FIFA U-17 World Cup will start in Indonesia, several major football countries will compete for the title, among them is:

Europe: English, France, Germany, Poland, and Spain.

Conmebol: Brazil (defending champions), Argentina, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Africa: Burkina Faso, Mali, Morocco, and Senegal

Concacaf: Canada, Mexico, United States, and Panama.

Oceania: New Zealand and New Caledonia.

And still have 4 seats from Asia which is still being contested: Iran vs Yemen, Thailand vs South Korea, Japan vs Australia, and Saudi Arabia vs Uzbekistan, and of course including Indonesia which is the host and is entitled to 1 ticket.

So, what is your favorite?

[Jody.Drummer]

Previously, the U17 World Cup was to be held in Peru, but due to several reasons, FIFA could not proceed with it because it considered that the supporting infrastructure for the U17 World Cup was not ready and not feasible, so FIFA canceled it. Then FIFA announced and appointed Indonesia to be the substitute host for this World Cup, maybe this had something to do with the cancellation of the U20 World Cup which was to be held in Indonesia, so FIFA considered Indonesia because it had previously prepared everything for the World Cup in the age group.
This may be medicine for Indonesia after the previous big disappointment because they failed to host the U20 World Cup.

[MAAManda]

So, what is your favorite?

First of all welcome back to the forum, how's the past month? Have you found peace in the real world?

Talking about favorites, I don't know which team to favorite because Indonesia (my country) will also be playing in this tournament. Of course, there's no doubt that I will favor Indonesia regardless of whether they are a weak or strong team.

BTW, It's quite a surprise to see the U-17 world cup taking place in Indonesia after the U-21 world cup was canceled in this country.

[aylabadia05]

[So, what is your favorite?

It is difficult to predict who will be the favorite in this tournament for several reasons.
The fundamental reason, in my opinion, is that each team that will compete is not known for its players and their quality.

The 2019 U17 World Cup in Brazil according to the FIFA timeline, the winner is Brazil.
In 2017 in India, winner of England and in 2015 in Chile, winner of Nigeria.



As an initial prediction, I will choose a team from the Concacaf zone which will emerge as the winner of the U17 World Cup which will be held in Indonesia.

[Doell]

So, what is your favorite?

Talking about favorites, I don't know which team to favorite because Indonesia (my country) will also be playing in this tournament. Of course, there's no doubt that I will favor Indonesia regardless of whether they are a weak or strong team.

Same, I will also favor my beloved country, Indonesia. Previously, the Indonesia youth national team successfully won the U-16 AFF Cup last year, I think the squad Indonesia U-17 this years will be filled with young players who have won achievements at that time.
But in reality it will be very tough for Indonesia, because reigning champions Brazil will probably have a higher chance to win the title, considering their are also having produced a lot of professional players.

[Sexylizzy2813]

In the next few months FIFA U-17 World Cup will start in Indonesia, several major football countries will compete for the title, among them is:

Europe: English, France, Germany, Poland, and Spain.

Conmebol: Brazil (defending champions), Argentina, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Africa: Burkina Faso, Mali, Morocco, and Senegal

Concacaf: Canada, Mexico, United States, and Panama.

Oceania: New Zealand and New Caledonia.

And still have 4 seats from Asia which is still being contested: Iran vs Yemen, Thailand vs South Korea, Japan vs Australia, and Saudi Arabia vs Uzbekistan, and of course including Indonesia which is the host and is entitled to 1 ticket.

So, what is your favorite?

Is really hard to say which team is the best or favorite at this early stage, but we just have to see how these young lads battle to the final stage of the tournament.
We just have to make a choice eventually and I'd tip the England team as the favorite, they're just like the senior team with so much zeal and they're still pushing hard to get to the senior team so is going to be like we're watching the senior team play. I just feel with so much talents on this young team it will be hard for other teams like the Brazilians to come close.

[LTU_btc]

U-17 World Cup - basically, it's tournament where teenagers play and it makes very difficult to predict something. Honestly, I have no idea who is main favorites here, but probably we should look at usual suspects like Brazil, Argentina, France, Spain, Germany and England. Now I can't even find outright odds for this tournament.
BTW, currently EURO-21 is outgoing which is much bigger thing as there is some big names are playing there. But as I understand, we don't have topic to discuss it, or I didn't found it...

[hosseinimr93]

And still have 4 seats from Asia which is still being contested: Iran vs Yemen, Thailand vs South Korea, Japan vs Australia, and Saudi Arabia vs Uzbekistan,

Iran, South Korea, Japan and Uzbekistan advanced to semi-final of AFC U-17 asian cup and qualified for the final tournament of FIFA U-17 world cup.

BTW, It's quite a surprise to see the U-17 world cup taking place in Indonesia after the U-21 world cup was canceled in this country.

There is no FIFA U-21 world cup. We have U-17 and U-20 world cups.

[cytpoway121]

There is no FIFA U-21 world cup. We have U-17 and U-20 world cups.

Yes this is correct, there is no FIFA U-21 world cup. Only UEFA hosts EURO U-21 tournaments for the youths in the European countries. Also Africa only follows FIFA model, U-17, U20, U-23 (Olympic Squad). In few months time, we will find out the country with the best footballers in teenagers football. I think France would do well to win the competition.

[DaNNy001]

Well am not sure I have any favorite when its comes to football tournament and especially the youth competition like this one but am pretty sure my country has a strong team unlike the national team anytime it come to the youth team especially the under17 and they were also previous winner of the competition in 2015 and would love to see them perform well again of possible.

[Slow death]

It's not many months before this world cup starts, I haven't been following the U-17 soccer much, so it's very difficult for me to predict who will be the champion this time, I'll wait for the next few months to see when the news channels start talking a lot about this world cup, they will give very important data about the performance of each U-17 national team, based on that it will also be easier for me to search for more data, but until they get close to the start date of the competition so that I see more data and have an idea of who I'm going to bet one thing I can say now are the teams that I don't expect to win this tournament

I also don't expect to see indonesia winning this tournament, even though it's organized in indonesia, i see indonesia with no chance to win this tournament, i also don't see argentina, new zealand and new caledonia, ecuador, and venezuela, canada, mexico, United States, and Panama, Burkina Faso, Mali, Morocco, and Senegal and Poland. these countries that I mentioned are in my opinion the countries that I do not see them being champions, in the case of other countries like Japan, Iran, Yemen, Thailand, South Korea, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan any of these countries that qualify for the U-17 world cup will not have a chance to be champion

in my opinion for now the countries that can win this year are england, germany, spain, brazil, france. one of them has a chance of winning, and it's true that I don't have much data on the performance of each national team, so I'm guessing. but in a small analysis I see these countries with greater chances of winning this cup

[rdluffy]

Although I follow a lot of games, different championships, and know a lot of players, including the younger ones, I don't have a very good knowledge of the U-17 players, only the Brazilian players.
Many of them have not yet played for the professional teams, which makes it very difficult to follow

I particularly find it a more difficult tournament than others to place good bets.

Some examples: the Mali team was runner-up in 2015, and 4th place in 2017. Switzerland was champions in 2009, and Nigeria has won the tournament 4 times.

What I can say is only what I know, the Brazilian team. They are the current champions of the tournament and also the current South American champions (without lose any match). The team is really good and if anyone is interested, the team will play on the June 27th (tomorrow) and the 30th, two friendly matches against Mexico
During the championship I will analyze whether the bets will be worthwhile. I believe Brazil will be the favorite

[hosseinimr93]

Well am not sure I have any favorite when its comes to football tournament and especially the youth competition like this one but am pretty sure my country has a strong team unlike the national team anytime it come to the youth team especially the under17 and they were also previous winner of the competition in 2015 and would love to see them perform well again of possible.

Since you said your country won the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, you should be from Nigeria.
Nigeria is one of the most successful teams in history of FIFA U-17 world cup with winning the title 4 times, but they haven't qualified for the 2023 tournament. As mentioned by OP, CAF qualified teams are Burkina Faso, Mali, Morocco and Senegal.

[Luzin]

And still have 4 seats from Asia which is still being contested: Iran vs Yemen, Thailand vs South Korea, Japan vs Australia, and Saudi Arabia vs Uzbekistan, and of course including Indonesia which is the host and is entitled to 1 ticket.

So, what is your favorite?

Of course I hope Indonesia can make a surprise even though Indonesia qualified because of Host status. I hope they are able to qualify from the group stage even more than that. At a young age Indonesia has many talented players, they also seem to have the Garuda Select program, although not all are under the age of 17. There are still about 4 months more, I read a lot if they are assisted by senior and U-23 coaches Shin Tae Yong and Indra Sjafri to find young talents in the area to attend long-term training. Another news I heard Thailand failed to qualify for the U17 world cup because they lost 1-4 to South Korea. The other three representatives from Asia are Iran, Uzbekistan, Japan

[bering]

This is junior tournament and i am sure most of us will not so familiar with all of the players in this tournament and if we see from champion lists i can see Nigeria as the most champion in this tournament with 5 times and following them there was Brazil with 4 title but if we see from list of participants apparently Nigeria will not playing so automatically Brazil is the favourite moreover they are defending champion and for second favourite i personally more likely to choose England

I am sure the talent scouts from European teams will be watching this tournament so this is good for young players because those who can able to performing well probably will be into big teams radar and not impossible they will be signed by big teams and previously some of big names has started to play through an this tournament such as Toni Kroos, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Victor Osimhen, Aurelien Tchouameni and many more and now they are became an famous players

[armanda90]

First, congrats for my country Indonesian success become host for FIFA U17 World Cup 2023 and give us little happiness after FIFA removing our participants as host for FIFA U20 World Cup 2023 before changing Argentina as the host. Actually little difficult for predicting which one national teams are favorite with junior level competition, as Indonesian not get impressive performance last edition with U17 squad and we don't have junior competition right now.

Its difficult for Indonesian teams can talk more in FIFA U17 because other teams participants they have competition for junior level and make their head coach easy build teams. However, I have big expectation with FIFA U17, Indonesian teams can qualify from group phase because seems realistic target.

[Sarah Azhari]

Even this tournamnet is for the junior team, I should be confirmed those countries who have great football traditions like English, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, and Argentina will be favorites for the champion. because we know, they already exist in all things, they are good at nurturing young players, and their football schools are references from other countries. So, I think, this is just like the early world cup where each talented player meets in a tournament, and we are not surprised if we can see several football agents will take a seat on supporter stands to look for a future talented player.

My favorite is Indonesia, but I can't force it, because I know how they play, So I think Brazil will be the champion again, and meet Argentina in the Final.

[Strongkored]

Of course I hope Indonesia can make a surprise even though Indonesia qualified because of Host status. I hope they are able to qualify from the group stage even more than that. At a young age Indonesia has many talented players, they also seem to have the Garuda Select program, although not all are under the age of 17. There are still about 4 months more, I read a lot if they are assisted by senior and U-23 coaches Shin Tae Yong and Indra Sjafri to find young talents in the area to attend long-term training. Another news I heard Thailand failed to qualify for the U17 world cup because they lost 1-4 to South Korea. The other three representatives from Asia are Iran, Uzbekistan, Japan

Junior tournaments are different from senior tournaments so for Indonesia to make surprises is very possible even though they don't become champions but at least they can go far enough to achieve good achievements not only playing in this tournament without results, but I don't really understand also about the strength map of the Indonesian national team at the age of 17, how they are trained and also the preparation.
Actually, it is quite surprising that FIFA appointed Indonesia as the host, hopefully, the organizers can prepare everything well so that the implementation is successful and can raise the name of Indonesia so that when running for other tournaments it can be calculated properly.

[Pandu Geddon]

Indonesia was reportedly very well prepared when they were appointed as the host for the U-20 World Cup agenda. but failed due to some problem. FIFA saw how enthusiastic the Indonesian people were who were crazy about football. FIFA had expressed its disappointment at canceling the U-20 World Cup in Indonesia because it saw how enthusiastic Indonesian supporters were during the friendly match with Argentina.

now with the FIFA U-17 World Cup agenda which will be held in Indonesia. they have high hopes for the success of this agenda. FIFA assesses that Indonesia has a proper and magnificent stadium for the implementation of this agenda. let's see how the preparation of the host Indonesia, not only in their facilities. but also from the readiness of their team to face strong European teams.

[Sithara007]

More than 4 months to go, but I can see that a lot of interest is there. And the schedule is not yet out (it will be known only by August). One thing that I liked about this tournament is that they have given equal importance to all the confederations. There are 5 participants from AFC(including the hosts), 4 each from CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL and 2 from OFC. UEFA is restricted to 5 teams. A lot of people are going to complain that UEFA is under-represented, but I am quite OK with the current setup. They can't increase the number of participants anymore (this is a U-17 tournament) and need to give enough representation to all the confederations.