2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Piala Dunia U-17 FIFA 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia
Dates	10 November – 2 December
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	175 (3.37 per match)
Attendance	437,575 (8,415 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Agustín Ruberto; (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Paris Brunner
Best goalkeeper	Paul Argney
Fair play award	England
	← 2019; 2021 2025 →

The 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 19th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football tournament contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held in Indonesia from 10 November to 2 December 2023.^[1] This was the first time that Indonesia hosted a FIFA tournament and the first time that the FIFA U-17 World Cup was held in Southeast Asia. It was the third time a FIFA tournament was held in the region since the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia and 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Thailand.

This edition marked the return of the tournament after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing FIFA to cancel the 2021 edition.^[2]

Brazil were the defending champions, having won their fourth title in 2019, but were eliminated after losing 3–0 to Argentina in the quarter-finals.

Host selection

Peru were announced as the 2021 U-17 World Cup hosts following a FIFA Council meeting on 24 October 2019 in Shanghai, China.^[3]

After the 2021 edition was cancelled, Peru was awarded the hosting rights of the next edition in 2023.^[3]

However, after extensive discussions between the Peruvian Football Federation and FIFA on the hosting suitability of Peru caused by its infrastructural deficiencies, Peru withdrew as hosts on 3 April 2023, with FIFA announcing an immediate opening of a replacement hosting rights tender.^[4]

On 23 June 2023, FIFA officially appointed Indonesia as the new host, believed to have been in compensation for the loss of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosting rights which were given to Argentina after Indonesia took issue with the Israeli team in that tournament.^[5]

Venues

Chairman of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI), Erick Thohir, announced that they would propose eight stadiums to FIFA for hosting the tournament. Six of these stadiums, Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (Jakarta), Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium (Surabaya), Jalak Harupat Stadium (Bandung Regency), Manahan Stadium (Surakarta/Solo), Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium (Bali), and Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium (Palembang) were chosen for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup when Indonesia were eligible to be the host. Another two additional stadiums were Jakarta International Stadium and Pakansari Stadium.^[6]

Erick Thohir subsequently confirmed that both semi-final and final matches would be played at the Manahan Stadium.^[7]^[8]

The capacity listed below are the tournament capacity and does not necessarily reflect the maximum capacity of the stadiums.^[9]

Jakarta	Surabaya
Jakarta International Stadium	Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium
Capacity: 23,422	Capacity: 44,200

Location of the stadiums of the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Indonesia) Jakarta Bandung Surabaya Surakarta
Bandung Regency	Surakarta
Jalak Harupat Stadium	Manahan Stadium
Capacity: 22,700	Capacity: 19,700

Teams

Qualification

A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. Indonesia, the host team along with 23 other teams qualified from six separate continental competitions.

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
AFC (Asia)	Host nation	Indonesia	1st	N/A	Debut
	2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup	Iran	5th	2017	Quarter-finals (2017)
		Japan	10th	2019	Quarter-finals (1993, 2011)
		South Korea	7th	2019	Quarter-finals (1987, 2009, 2019)
		Uzbekistan	3rd	2013	Quarter-finals (2011)
CAF (Africa)	2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations	Burkina Faso	5th	2011	Third place (2001)
		Mali	6th	2017	Runners-up (2015)
		Morocco	2nd	2013	Round of 16 (2013)
		Senegal	2nd	2019	Round of 16 (2019)
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Canada	8th	2019	Group stage (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2013, 2019)
		Mexico	15th	2019	Champions (2005, 2011)
		Panama	3rd	2013	Round of 16 (2011)
		United States	18th	2019	Fourth place (1999)
CONMEBOL (South America)	2023 South American U-17 Championship	Argentina	15th	2019	Third place (1991, 1995, 2003)
		Brazil	18th	2019	Champions (1997, 1999, 2003, 2019)
		Ecuador	6th	2019	Quarter-finals (1995, 2015)
		Venezuela	2nd	2013	Group stage (2013)
OFC (Oceania)	2023 OFC U-17 Championship	New Caledonia	2nd	2017	Group stage (2017)
OFC (Oceania)	2023 OFC U-17 Championship	New Zealand	10th	2019	Round of 16 (2009, 2011, 2015)
UEFA (Europe)	2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship	England	5th	2017	Champions (2017)
		France	8th	2019	Champions (2001)
		Germany	11th	2017	Runners-up (1985)^[a]
		Poland	3rd	1999	Fourth place (1993)
		Spain	11th	2019	Runners-up (1991, 2003, 2007, 2017)

Notes

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2006 and on or before 31 December 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Seeding

The 24 teams were organised to be drawn into six groups of four teams. The hosts Indonesia were automatically seeded to Pot 1 and into the first position of Group A, while the remaining teams were seeded into pots based on their results in the last five FIFA U-17 World Cups (with more recent tournaments weighted more heavily, and with five bonus points added to each of the 6 continental champions from the 2023 qualifying tournaments), as follows:^[10]

2011 FIFA U-17 WC: 20% value of total points;
2013 FIFA U-17 WC: 40% value of total points;
2015 FIFA U-17 WC: 60% value of total points;
2017 FIFA U-17 WC: 80% value of total points;
2019 FIFA U-17 WC: 100% value of total points.

Pot	Team	Confederation	2011		2013		2015		2017		2019	BP	Total points
Pot	Team	Confederation	Pts	20%	Pts	40%	Pts	60%	Pts	80%	Pts 100%	BP	Total points
1	Indonesia	AFC	Host nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1
	Brazil	CONMEBOL	13	2.6	13	5.2	9	5.4	18	14.4	21	+5	53.6
	Mexico	CONCACAF	21	4.2	13	5.2	13	7.8	2	1.6	11	+5	34.8
	France	UEFA	8	1.6	DNQ		10	6	9	7.2	18		32.8
	Spain	UEFA	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		15	12	10		22
	Japan	AFC	10	2	9	3.6	DNQ		5	4	7	+5	21.6

2	Germany	UEFA	18	3.6	DNQ		6	3.6	9	7.2	DNQ	+5	19.4
	Mali	CAF	DNQ		DNQ		16	9.6	12	9.6	DNQ		19.2
	England	UEFA	8	1.6	0	0	2	1.2	19	15.2	DNQ		18
	South Korea	AFC	DNQ		DNQ		7	4.2	DNQ		9		13.2
	Argentina	CONMEBOL	4	0.8	13	5.2	0	0	DNQ		7		13
	Ecuador	CONMEBOL	6	1.2	DNQ		9	5.4	DNQ		6		12.6

3	New Zealand	OFC	4	0.8	0	0	4	2.4	1	0.8	3	+5	12
	Iran	AFC	DNQ		5	2	DNQ		12	9.6	DNQ		11.6
	Senegal	CAF	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		6	+5	11
	United States	CONCACAF	4	0.8	DNQ		1	0.6	9	7.2	1		9.6
	Uzbekistan	AFC	9	1.8	7	2.8	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		4.6
	Morocco	CAF	DNQ		7	2.8	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		2.8

4	Canada	CONCACAF	2	0.4	2	0.8	DNQ		DNQ		0		1.2
	New Caledonia	OFC	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		1	0.8	DNQ		0.8
	Panama	CONCACAF	3	0.6	0	0	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0.6
	Venezuela	CONMEBOL	DNQ		0	0	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0
	Burkina Faso	CAF	0	0	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0
	Poland	UEFA	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ		0

Draw

The draw took place at 16:00 CEST (21:00 WIB host time) on 15 September 2023 at FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.^[11] The ceremony was presented by Mollie Kmita and conducted by FIFA Director of Tournaments Jaime Yarza, with the former footballers Júlio César, from Brazil, and Stephen Appiah, from Ghana, acting as draw assistants.^[12]

The draw started with teams from pot one being drawn first and placed in the first position of their groups (hosts Indonesia automatically assigned to A1). Then were drawn the teams from pot 2, followed by pot 3 and pot 4, with each team also drawn to one of the positions within their group; no group could contain more than one team from each confederation.

The draw resulted in the following groups:^[13]

Group A
Pos	Team
A1	Indonesia
A2	Ecuador
A3	Panama
A4	Morocco

Group B
Pos	Team
B1	Spain
B2	Canada
B3	Mali
B4	Uzbekistan

Group C
Pos	Team
C1	Brazil
C2	Iran
C3	New Caledonia
C4	England

Group D
Pos	Team
D1	Japan
D2	Poland
D3	Argentina
D4	Senegal

Group E
Pos	Team
E1	France
E2	Burkina Faso
E3	South Korea
E4	United States

Group F
Pos	Team
F1	Mexico
F2	Germany
F3	Venezuela
F4	New Zealand

Match officials

A total of 18 refereeing trios (a referee and two assistant referees), 3 support referees, and 18 video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament. No match officials from OFC.^[14]

Confederation	Referee	Assistant referees	Video assistant referees
AFC	Omar Mohamed Al Ali	Jasem Al Ali Saeed Rashed Al-Marzooqi	Khalid Saleh Al-Turais Kate Jacewicz Abdullah Jamali
	Fu Ming	Cao Yi Ma Ji
	Ko Hyung-jin	Yoon Jae Yeol Park Sang Jun
CAF	Pierre Ghislain Atcho	Boris Ditsoga Carine Atezambong Fomo	Lahlou Benbraham Daniel Nii Laryea
	Dahane Beida	Dimbiniaina Andriatianarivelo Jonathan Ahonto Koffi
	Ibrahim Mutaz	Khalil Hassani Ahmed Hossan Eldin
CONCACAF	Selvin Brown	Gerson Martinez Roney Valladares	Ismael Cornejo Joe Dickerson Tatiana Guzmán
	Keylor Herrera	William Chow Victor Ramirez Fonseca
	Bryan López	Luis Ventura Humberto Panjoj
CONMEBOL	Augusto Aragón	Ricardo Baren Andrés Tola	Igor Benevenuto Ricardo Molina Derlis López Jhon Perdomo
	Ivo Méndez	Carlos Tapia Roger Orellana
	Roberto Pérez	Alberto Garcia Enrique Pinto
	Gustavo Tejera	Carlos Barreiro Andrés Nievas
OFC	No match officials
UEFA	Espen Eskås	Jan Erik Engan Isaak Bashevkin	David Coote Aleandro Di Paolo Rob Dieperink Angelos Evangelou Fedayi San Ivaylo Stoyanov
	Morten Krogh	Dennis Rasmussen Steffen Bramsen
	Atilla Karaoğlan	Ceyhun Sesigüzel Cevdet Kömürcüoglu
	Rade Obrenovič	Jure Praprotnik Grega Kordež
	João Pinheiro	Bruno Jesus Luciano Maia

Confederation	Support Referees
AFC	Aprisman Aranda Thoriq Alkatiri Yudi Nurcahya

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony took place on 10 November 2023 at the Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium in Surabaya, preceding the Group A match between Indonesia and Ecuador. It featured performances from Indonesian singers Wika Salim and Aurélie Moeremans.^[15]^[16]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.

All times are local, WIB (UTC+7).

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:^[17]

Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
Goal difference in all group matches;
Number of goals scored in all group matches;
Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
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;
Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Knockout stage
2	Ecuador	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Knockout stage
3	Indonesia (H)	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
4	Panama	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

10 November 2023

16:00

Panama	0–2	Morocco
	Report	Chlaghmo 16' Ennair 90+5'

Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, Surabaya

Attendance: 13,437

Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

10 November 2023