2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 20th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 3–27 November. This edition marked the last of the biannual scheduling and the first the new annual cycle adopted by FIFA for the U-17 World Cup and expanded to be the first to be played in a 48-team format. As part of these changes, FIFA also granted Qatar the hosting rights for the tournament for a five-year period from 2025 to 2029.

Germany were the defending champions, having won their first title in 2023. They were eliminated in the round of 32 by Burkina Faso, the earliest exit for a team holding the U-17 World Cup title who qualified for the subsequent tournament.

Portugal won their first title after defeating Austria 1–0 in the final.

Format changes

2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Starting with this edition, the FIFA U-17 World Cup featured a number of changes to its format adopted during 2023. These changes stemmed from a proposal submitted by the Liberia Football Association at the 71st FIFA Congress held virtually on 21 May 2021, regarding FIFA's youth tournaments. FIFA initiated a consultative process among its member associations before publishing a report by the FIFA Chief of Global Football Development Arsène Wenger, which included an annual 48-team U-17 World Cup. Over the following months these proposals continued to be evaluated and analysed until they were approved by the FIFA Council in October 2023, and then confirmed on 14 March 2024.

The original new competition format would have had 48 participating teams divided into four 12-team mini-tournaments consisting of three groups of four teams in single round-robin format. Within each mini-tournament, the three group winners plus the best second-placed team would advance to the semi-finals (essentially tournament's round of 16) and final (essentially tournament's quarter-finals). The four mini-tournaments winners would qualify for the final four consisting of semi-finals, third place play-off and the grand final, which would determine the champions of the tournament.

In March 2025, FIFA announced that the format would be changed to mirror that of the FIFA World Cup from (/wiki/2026FIFAWorldCup) onwards. The teams were divided into 12 groups of four teams each, with each group playing in a single round-robin format, thus each team played three matches. The top two teams from each group (24 teams) and the eight best third-placed teams advanced to the knockout stage, starting at the round of 32 all the way to the final. In total, the tournament included 104 matches, double the amount of past editions.

Host selection

2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup

On 15 November 2023, FIFA launched a global call for expressions of interest from member associations to host the next five editions of the U17 World Cup (2025–2029) as a single consolidated package. Member associations had to express their interest no later than 4 December 2023.

After a FIFA Council meeting held on 14 March 2024, it was announced that Qatar would host the next five editions of the U-17 World Cup (2025–2029), as part of the new annual cycle implemented by FIFA for the tournament. This was the first time that Qatar hosted the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the third time that the tournament was held in the Arab world.

Controversies

Although FIFA did not disclose whether there were other interested member associations, a joint bid by Indonesia and Singapore and another by Denmark were known to have been submitted.

The Danish Football Association accused FIFA of changing the format to a five-year package without clearly announcing it. They said that they and other potential bidders were blindsided by FIFA when Qatar and Morocco—who was chosen to host the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup during the same years—ended up with the deal, saying that "FIFA moved the goalposts".

This joined previous controversies regarding Qatar hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup, such as violations of the human rights of migrant workers and FIFA's ban on the Danish football team training with pro-human rights shirts. In 2024, Amnesty International criticized FIFA and Qatar for not yet addressing the "severe" human rights violations surrounding the hosting of the 2022 World Cup, claiming that they are not taking responsibility for "the vast number of migrant workers who were exploited and in many cases died to make the 2022 World Cup possible". In 2025, Amnesty reported that "the Qatari authorities continued to fail to investigate effectively the deaths of migrant workers and to hold employers or authorities accountable, preventing any assessment of whether the deaths were work-related and depriving families of the opportunity to receive compensation." Also in 2025, Human Rights Watch stated that despite scrutiny regarding migrant worker deaths building up to the tournament, Qatar "has failed to prevent, investigate, or compensate" for the deaths of thousands of them.

Venues

2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The host venues were announced by FIFA on 22 May 2025.

All matches were held in the city of Al Rayyan inside the "Aspire Zone" sport complex. The final took place at the Khalifa International Stadium, which was also in the Aspire Zone. The eight pitches used were named after eight former Qatar national football team players; Mohammed Ghanim (pitch 1), Ibrahim Khalfan (pitch 2), Badr Bilal (pitch 3), Khalid Salman (pitch 4), Khaled Ballan (pitch 5), Mansour Muftah (pitch 7), Mahmoud Soufi (pitch 8), and Adel Ahmed Malalla (pitch 9). Only Soufi and Ballan had died before the tournament started.

Al Rayyan
Aspire Zone
Khalifa International Stadium	8 pitches
Capacity: 45,857

Teams

Qualification

  Teams qualified  Teams failed to qualify  Teams withdrew or suspended  Did not enter  Not a FIFA member

A total of 48 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Qatar, who qualified automatically as the host nation, the other 47 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. The new expanded slot allocation per confederation was approved by the FIFA Council meeting held on 15 May 2024:

• AFC (Asia): 9 (including the hosts Qatar) • CAF (Africa): 10 • CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 8 • CONMEBOL (South America): 7 • OFC (Oceania): 3 • UEFA (Europe): 11

El Salvador, Fiji, Republic of Ireland, Uganda and Zambia made their debut in the tournament. Uganda made their first appearance in a FIFA tournament.

Bolivia qualified for its first U-17 World Cup since (/wiki/1987FIFAU-16WorldChampionship) and to any FIFA tournament for the first time since the 1994 FIFA World Cup. After hosting the (/wiki/2023FIFAU-17WorldCup) edition, Indonesia qualified by merit to a FIFA U-17 World Cup and any FIFA tournament for the first time. Switzerland qualified for only the second time ever, their first return to the U-17 World Cup since winning it in (/wiki/2009FIFAU-17WorldCup).

Ecuador, Iran, Poland and Spain failed to qualify having appeared at the 2023 edition. Record champions Nigeria did not qualify for the second consecutive tournament.

<table><thead><tr><th>Qualifying tournament</th><th>Team</th><th>Qualification date</th><th>Appearance(s)</th><th>Previous best performance</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Total</td><td>First</td><td>Last</td><td>Streak</td></tr><tr><td>Host nation</td><td> Qatar</td><td>14 March 2024</td><td>8th</td><td>1985</td><td>2005</td><td>1</td><td>Fourth place (1991)</td></tr><tr><td>2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup</td><td> Saudi Arabia</td><td>6 April 2025</td><td>4th</td><td>1985</td><td>1989</td><td>1</td><td>Champions (1989)</td></tr><tr><td> Uzbekistan</td><td>2011</td><td>2023</td><td>2</td><td>Quarter-finals (2011, 2023)</td></tr><tr><td> Indonesia</td><td>7 April 2025</td><td>2nd</td><td>2023</td><td>2</td><td>Group stage (2023)</td></tr><tr><td> Japan</td><td>10 April 2025</td><td>11th</td><td>1993</td><td>2023</td><td>4</td><td>Quarter-finals (1993, 2011)</td></tr><tr><td> South Korea</td><td>8th</td><td>1987</td><td>2023</td><td>3</td><td>Quarter-finals (1987, 2009, 2019)</td></tr><tr><td> United Arab Emirates</td><td>4th</td><td>1991</td><td>2013</td><td>1</td><td>Round of 16 (2009)</td></tr><tr><td> North Korea</td><td>11 April 2025</td><td>6th</td><td>2005</td><td>2017</td><td>1</td><td>Quarter-finals (2005)</td></tr><tr><td> Tajikistan</td><td>3rd</td><td>2007</td><td>2019</td><td>1</td><td>Round of 16 (2007)</td></tr><tr><td>2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations</td><td> Burkina Faso</td><td>3 April 2025</td><td>6th</td><td>1999</td><td>2023</td><td>2</td><td>Third place (2001)</td></tr><tr><td> Mali</td><td>4 April 2025</td><td>7th</td><td>1997</td><td>2023</td><td>2</td><td>Runners-up (2015)</td></tr><tr><td> Morocco</td><td>6 April 2025</td><td>3rd</td><td>2013</td><td>2023</td><td>2</td><td>Quarter-finals (2023)</td></tr><tr><td> South Africa</td><td>2nd</td><td>2015</td><td>1</td><td>Group stage (2015)</td></tr><tr><td> Zambia</td><td>1st</td><td>Debut</td></tr><tr><td> Ivory Coast</td><td>7 April 2025</td><td>5th</td><td>1987</td><td>2013</td><td>1</td><td>Third place (1987)</td></tr><tr><td> Senegal</td><td>3rd</td><td>2019</td><td>2023</td><td>3</td><td>Round of 16 (2019, 2023)</td></tr><tr><td> Tunisia</td><td>4th</td><td>1993</td><td>2013</td><td>1</td><td>Round of 16 (2007, 2013)</td></tr><tr><td> Egypt</td><td>12 April 2025</td><td>3rd</td><td>1987</td><td>1997</td><td>1</td><td>Quarter-finals (1997)</td></tr><tr><td> Uganda</td><td>1st</td><td>Debut</td></tr><tr><td>2025 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification</td><td> El Salvador</td><td>15 February 2025</td><td>1st</td><td>Debut</td></tr><tr><td> Honduras</td><td>6th</td><td>2007</td><td>2017</td><td>1</td><td>Quarter-finals (2013)</td></tr><tr><td> Panama</td><td>4th</td><td>2011</td><td>2023</td><td>2</td><td>Round of 16 (2011)</td></tr><tr><td> United States</td><td>19th</td><td>1985</td><td>2023</td><td>5</td><td>Fourth place (1999)</td></tr><tr><td> Canada</td><td>16 February 2025</td><td>9th</td><td>1987</td><td>2023</td><td>3</td><td>Group stage (Eight times)</td></tr><tr><td> Costa Rica</td><td>11th</td><td>1985</td><td>2017</td><td>1</td><td>Quarter-finals (Four times)</td></tr><tr><td> Haiti</td><td>3rd</td><td>2007</td><td>2019</td><td>1</td><td>Group stage (2007, 2019)</td></tr><tr><td> Mexico</td><td>16th</td><td>1985</td><td>2023</td><td>8</td><td>Champions (2005, 2011)</td></tr><tr><td>2025 South American U-17 Championship</td><td> Brazil</td><td>5 April 2025</td><td>19th</td><td>1985</td><td>2023</td><td>15</td><td>Champions (1997, 1999, 2003, 2019)</td></tr><tr><td> Chile</td><td>6th</td><td>1993</td><td>2019</td><td>1</td><td>Third place (1993)</td></tr><tr><td> Colombia</td><td>7th</td><td>1989</td><td>2017</td><td>1</td><td>Fourth place (2003, 2009)</td></tr><tr><td> Venezuela</td><td>3rd</td><td>2013</td><td>2023</td><td>2</td><td>Round of 16 (2023)</td></tr><tr><td> Argentina</td><td>8 April 2025</td><td>16th</td><td>1985</td><td>2023</td><td>3</td><td>Third place (1991, 1995, 2003)</td></tr><tr><td> Paraguay</td><td>6th</td><td>1999</td><td>2019</td><td>1</td><td>Quarter-finals (1999, 2019)</td></tr><tr><td> Bolivia</td><td>11 April 2025</td><td>3rd</td><td>1985</td><td>1987</td><td>1</td><td>Group stage (1985, 1987)</td></tr><tr><td>2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship</td><td> Fiji</td><td>7 August 2024</td><td>1st</td><td>Debut</td></tr><tr><td> New Zealand</td><td>11th</td><td>1997</td><td>2023</td><td>9</td><td>Round of 16 (2009, 2011, 2015)</td></tr><tr><td> New Caledonia</td><td>10 August 2024</td><td>3rd</td><td>2017</td><td>2023</td><td>2</td><td>Group stage (2017, 2023)</td></tr><tr><td>2025 UEFA U-17 Euro qualification</td><td> Belgium</td><td>22 March 2025</td><td>3rd</td><td>2007</td><td>2015</td><td>1</td><td>Third place (2015)</td></tr><tr><td> England</td><td>6th</td><td>2007</td><td>2023</td><td>2</td><td>Champions (2017)</td></tr><tr><td> Austria</td><td>25 March 2025</td><td>3rd</td><td>1997</td><td>2013</td><td>1</td><td>Group stage (1997, 2013)</td></tr><tr><td> Croatia</td><td>4th</td><td>2001</td><td>2015</td><td>1</td><td>Quarter-finals (2015)</td></tr><tr><td> Czech Republic</td><td>3rd</td><td>1993</td><td>2011</td><td>1</td><td>Quarter-finals (1993)</td></tr><tr><td> France</td><td>9th</td><td>1987</td><td>2023</td><td>5</td><td>Champions (2001)</td></tr><tr><td> Germany</td><td>12th</td><td>1985</td><td>2023</td><td>2</td><td>Champions (2023)</td></tr><tr><td> Italy</td><td>9th</td><td>1985</td><td>2019</td><td>1</td><td>Fourth place (1987)</td></tr><tr><td> Portugal</td><td>4th</td><td>1989</td><td>2003</td><td>1</td><td>Third place (1989)</td></tr><tr><td> Republic of Ireland</td><td>1st</td><td>Debut</td></tr><tr><td>  Switzerland</td><td>2nd</td><td>2009</td><td>1</td><td>Champions (2009)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Seeding

The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four teams. The hosts Qatar 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, using a points-based ranking system as outlined by FIFA).

Pot	Team	Confederation	2013	2015	2017	2019	2023	Total points
Points (20%)	Points (40%)	Points (60%)	Points (80%)	Points (100%)
1	Qatar (H)	AFC	Host nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1
Brazil	CONMEBOL	2.6	3.6	10.8	16.8	9	42.8
France	UEFA	DNQ	4	5.4	14.4	17	40.8
Mali	CAF	DNQ	6.4	7.2	DNQ	15	28.6
Germany	UEFA	DNQ	2.4	5.4	DNQ	17	24.8
Mexico	CONCACAF	2.6	5.2	1.2	8.8	4	21.8
Argentina	CONMEBOL	2.6	0	DNQ	5.6	13	21.2
England	UEFA	DNQ	0.8	11.4	DNQ	6	18.2
Japan	AFC	1.8	DNQ	3	5.6	6	16.4
Paraguay	CONMEBOL	DNQ	1.2	5.4	8	DNQ	14.6
United States	CONCACAF	DNQ	0.4	5.4	0.8	6	12.6
Senegal	CAF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	4.8	7	11.8
2	South Korea	AFC	DNQ	2.8	DNQ	7.2	0	10
Morocco	CAF	1.4	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	7	8.4
Uzbekistan	AFC	1.4	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	7	8.4
Italy	UEFA	1.2	DNQ	DNQ	7.2	DNQ	8.4
Belgium	UEFA	DNQ	5.2	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	5.2
New Zealand	OFC	0	1.6	0.6	2.4	0	4.6
Chile	CONMEBOL	DNQ	1.6	0.6	2.4	DNQ	4.6
Venezuela	CONMEBOL	0	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	4	4
Croatia	UEFA	0.6	3.2	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	3.8
Colombia	CONMEBOL	DNQ	DNQ	3.6	DNQ	DNQ	3.6
Honduras	CONCACAF	1.4	0	1.8	DNQ	DNQ	3.2
Burkina Faso	CAF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	3	3
3	Costa Rica	CONCACAF	DNQ	2	0.6	DNQ	DNQ	2.6
Tajikistan	AFC	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	2.4	DNQ	2.4
Panama	CONCACAF	0	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	2	2
Indonesia	AFC	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	2	2
North Korea	AFC	DNQ	1.6	0	DNQ	DNQ	1.6
Ivory Coast	CAF	1.4	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	1.4
Tunisia	CAF	1.2	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	1.2
New Caledonia	OFC	DNQ	DNQ	0.6	DNQ	0	0.6
Canada	CONCACAF	0.4	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0	0.4
South Africa	CAF	DNQ	0.4	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0.4
Austria	UEFA	0.2	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0.2
Haiti	CONCACAF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0	DNQ	0
4	United Arab Emirates	AFC	0	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
Portugal	UEFA	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
Czech Republic	UEFA	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
Republic of Ireland	UEFA	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
Switzerland	UEFA	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
Zambia	CAF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
Egypt	CAF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
Uganda	CAF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
Bolivia	CONMEBOL	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
Saudi Arabia	AFC	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
El Salvador	CONCACAF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
Fiji	OFC	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0

Draw

The draw took place on 25 May 2025 in Doha, Qatar. The draw began with teams from pot one being drawn first and placed in the first position of their groups (hosts Qatar automatically assigned to A1). The draw then proceeded with teams from pot 2, followed by pot 3 and pot 4, with each team drawn into one of the positions within their group. No group could contain more than one team from the same confederation.

Match officials

2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup

On 21 August 2025, FIFA confirmed that 81 match officials from 35 member associations would be selected for the tournament. This included 27 referees and 54 assistant referees. Football video support was in use for the competition.

Confederation	Referee	Assistant referees
AFC	Faisal Al-Balawi	Faisal Al-Qahtani Ibrahim Al-Dakhil
Mohammed Al-Shammari	Khaled Khalaf Faisal Al-Shammari
Choi Hyun-jai	Bang Gi-yeol Cheon Jin-hee
Hiroki Kasahara	Takeshi Asada Satoshi Michiyama
Rustam Lutfullin	Sanjar Shayusupov Akmal Giyosov
CAF	Jelly Chavani	Sirak Samuel Mengis Hamdani Ally
Hamza El Fariq	Hamza Naciri Ahmed Dhouioui
Tanguy Mebiame	Salim Alao Amos Abeigne Ndong
Abdou Mefire	Eleyeh Robleh Dirir Joel Doe
CONCACAF	Adonis Carrasco	José Bare Milano Lendy Taveras
Filip Dujic	Stefan Tanaka-Freundt Gerard-Kader Lebuis
Steven Madrigal	Jeriel Valverde Luis Granados
Kwinsi Williams	Ainsley Rochard Kirt Charles
CONMEBOL	Yender Herrera	Antoni García Erizon Nieto
Ivo Méndez	Jesús Antelo William Medina
Derlis López	Roberto Cañete Eduardo Britos
Paulo Zanovelli	Nailton Sousa Luanderson Lima
Roberto Pérez	Leonar Soto José Castillo
Fernando Véjar	Juan Serrano Carlos Poblete
OFC	Ben Aukwai	Malaetala Salanoa Garet Sheehan
UEFA	Marian Barbu	Mircea Grigoriu George Neacsu
Andrea Colombo	Giorgio Peretti Giuseppe Perrotti
Oleksii Derevinskyi	Oleksii Myronov Viktor Mathias
Vasileios Fotias	Andreas Meintanas Michail Papadakis
Rohit Saggi	Anders Dale Jorgen Valstadsve
Sander van der Eijk	Rens Bluemink Stefan de Groot
Jasper Vergoote	Michele Seeldraeyers Martijn Tiesters

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Knockout stage
2	South Africa	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Qatar (H)	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Bolivia	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	13	3	+10	6
3	Morocco	3	1	0	2	16	8	+8	3
4	New Caledonia	3	0	1	2	1	22	−21	1

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7	Knockout stage
2	Croatia	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
3	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	6
3	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	6	3	+3	3
4	Fiji	3	0	0	3	0	20	−20	0

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Venezuela	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Knockout stage
2	England	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	6
3	Egypt	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Haiti	3	0	0	3	4	16	−12	0

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	1	2	0	9	2	+7	5	Knockout stage
2	Colombia	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
3	North Korea	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	El Salvador	3	0	1	2	0	12	−12	1

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7	Knockout stage
2	Zambia	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
3	Indonesia	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Knockout stage
2	Burkina Faso	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	7	4	+3	3
4	Tajikistan	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	Uzbekistan	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
3	Paraguay	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Panama	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4	Knockout stage
2	Canada	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Uganda	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Chile	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Knockout stage
2	Mali	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Ranking of third-placed teams

Tie-breaking criteria for qualified teams
The ranking of third-placed teams was determined as follows:

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	G	North Korea	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4	Knockout stage
2	E	Egypt	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	K	Uganda	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	J	Paraguay	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
5	B	Morocco	3	1	0	2	16	8	+8	3
6	I	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	7	4	+3	3
7	D	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	6	3	+3	3
8	F	Mexico	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
9	L	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
10	H	Indonesia	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
11	A	Qatar	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
12	C	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Knockout stage

2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, no extra time was played and the winners were determined by penalty shoot-out.

Determination of knockout fixtures

The bracket was decided by means of a ranking based on the standings of all teams in the group stage. Teams from the same group could not meet in the round of 32.

Ranking of qualified teams

Teams were seeded based on their performance in the group stage.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	D	Argentina	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9
2	L	Austria	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
3	A	Italy	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
4	I	United States	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9
5	H	Brazil	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7
6	C	Senegal	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7
7	E	Venezuela	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7
8	F	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
9	J	Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
10	B	Japan	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
11	G	Germany	3	1	2	0	9	2	+7	5
12	K	France	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	H	Zambia	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
2	C	Croatia	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
3	F	South Korea	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
4	B	Portugal	3	2	0	1	13	3	+10	6
5	D	Belgium	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	6
6	E	England	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	6
7	J	Uzbekistan	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
8	L	Mali	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
9	I	Burkina Faso	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
10	G	Colombia	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
11	A	South Africa	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
12	K	Canada	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	G	North Korea	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
2	E	Egypt	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	K	Uganda	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	J	Paraguay	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
5	B	Morocco	3	1	0	2	16	8	+8	3
6	I	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	7	4	+3	3
7	D	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	6	3	+3	3
8	F	Mexico	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3

Knockout fixtures

The pairings for the round of 32 were predetermined according to the performance ranking of group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams from the group stage. The 1st-ranked group winner would face the 8th-ranked third place team, the 2nd-ranked group winner would face the 7th-ranked third place team, etc. However, teams from the same group could not face each other in the round of 32. Therefore, if such teams were due to face each other based on the rankings (which could apply to matches 73 to 84), the group winner would instead face the next possible team ranked higher.

Based on the ranking of group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams, FIFA confirmed the round of 32 fixtures as follows:

Match	Team 1	v	Team 2
73	1st-ranked group winner	Argentina	v	Mexico	8th-ranked third place
74	2nd-ranked group winner	Austria	v	Tunisia	7th-ranked third place
75	3rd-ranked group winner	Italy	v	Czech Republic	6th-ranked third place
76	4th-ranked group winner	United States	v	Morocco	5th-ranked third place
77	5th-ranked group winner	Brazil	v	Paraguay	4th-ranked third place
78	6th-ranked group winner	Senegal	v	Uganda	3rd-ranked third place
79	7th-ranked group winner	Venezuela	v	North Korea	1st-ranked third place
80	8th-ranked group winner	Switzerland	v	Egypt	2nd-ranked third place
81	9th-ranked group winner	Republic of Ireland	v	Canada	12th-ranked runner-up
82	10th-ranked group winner	Japan	v	South Africa	11th-ranked runner-up
83	11th-ranked group winner	Germany	v	Burkina Faso	9th-ranked runner-up
84	12th-ranked group winner	France	v	Colombia	10th-ranked runner-up
85	1st-ranked runner-up	Zambia	v	Mali	8th-ranked runner-up
86	2nd-ranked runner-up	Croatia	v	Uzbekistan	7th-ranked runner-up
87	3rd-ranked runner-up	South Korea	v	England	6th-ranked runner-up
88	4th-ranked runner-up	Portugal	v	Belgium	5th-ranked runner-up

Bracket

	Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final
	14 November – Aspire Zone (2)
	Argentina	2 (4)
	18 November – Aspire Zone (3)
	Mexico (p)	2 (5)
	Mexico	0
	14 November – Aspire Zone (3)
		Portugal	5
	Portugal	2
		21 November – Aspire Zone (2)
	Belgium	1
	Portugal	2
	14 November – Aspire Zone (5)
		Switzerland	0
	Switzerland	3
	18 November – Aspire Zone (1)
	Egypt	1
	Switzerland	3
	14 November – Aspire Zone (4)
		Republic of Ireland	1
	Republic of Ireland (p)	1 (9)
		24 November – Aspire Zone (7)
	Canada	1 (8)
	Portugal (p)	0 (6)
	14 November – Aspire Zone (7)
		Brazil	0 (5)
	United States	1 (3)
	18 November – Aspire Zone (7)
	Morocco (p)	1 (4)
	Morocco	3
	14 November – Aspire Zone (8)
		Mali	2
	Zambia	1
		21 November – Aspire Zone (7)
	Mali	3
	Morocco	1
	14 November – Aspire Zone (9)
		Brazil	2
	Brazil (p)	0 (5)
	18 November – Aspire Zone (2)
	Paraguay	0 (4)
	Brazil (p)	1 (4)
	14 November – Aspire Zone (1)
		France	1 (3)
	France	2
		27 November – Khalifa
	Colombia	0
	Portugal	1
	15 November – Aspire Zone (5)
		Austria	0
	Austria	2
	18 November – Aspire Zone (9)
	Tunisia	0
	Austria	4
	15 November – Aspire Zone (8)
		England	0
	South Korea	0
		21 November – Aspire Zone (3)
	England	2
	Austria	1
	15 November – Aspire Zone (4)
		Japan	0
	Venezuela	1
	18 November – Aspire Zone (4)
	North Korea	2
	North Korea	1 (4)
	15 November – Aspire Zone (3)
		Japan (p)	1 (5)
	Japan	3
		24 November – Aspire Zone (5)
	South Africa	0
	Austria	2
	15 November – Aspire Zone (1)
		Italy	0		Third place play-off
	Italy	2
	18 November – Aspire Zone (8)		27 November – Aspire Zone (7)
	Czech Republic	0
	Italy	3	Brazil	0 (2)
	15 November – Aspire Zone (9)
		Uzbekistan	2		Italy (p)	0 (4)
	Croatia	1 (3)
		21 November – Aspire Zone (5)
	Uzbekistan (p)	1 (4)
	Italy	1
	15 November – Aspire Zone (7)
		Burkina Faso	0
	Senegal	0
	18 November – Aspire Zone (5)
	Uganda	1
	Uganda	1 (3)
	15 November – Aspire Zone (2)
		Burkina Faso (p)	1 (5)
	Germany	0
	Burkina Faso	1

Awards

2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. They were all sponsored by Adidas, except for the FIFA Fair Play Trophy.

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Mateus Mide	Johannes Moser	Mauro Furtado
Golden Boot	Silver Boot	Bronze Boot
Johannes Moser (8 goals)	Anísio Cabral (7 goals)	Dell (5 goals)
Golden Glove
Romário Cunha
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Czech Republic

Goalscorers

2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup

There were 325 goals scored in 104 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.

Marketing

Theme song

On 31 October 2025, FIFA revealed the official song titled "TMRW'S GOAT" (short for "Tomorrow's GOAT") sung by duo Nour from Egypt and Yarden from Nigeria.

Mascot

On 30 October 2025, a desert owl-shaped mascot named "Boma" was revealed. The name means the animal type in Arabic. Boma's personality is a tribute to Bora Milutinović. Boma represents experience, intelligence and the vision for the future.