India was chosen as the host country for Under-17 FIFA World Cup in
2017 by the FIFA executive committee in its meeting at Salvador de Bahia in
Brazil on 5 December 2013.
By
virtue of being the host country, India will take part in the 24-nation tournament for the first time in its history.
This will be the biggest ever football tournament in the country as this is the
first FIFA event in the country's history.
India
has hosted Asian Football Confederation's Youth Championships (Under-20) in
2006 and then the AFC Challenge Cup in 2008 but never has hosted any FIFA tournament.
United Arab Emirates hosted the tournament this year while Chile will be the
host country for the 2015 edition.
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