FIFA cancels next year’s U-20, U-17 World Cups

Sumit Arora Last updated on December 26th, 2020 06:06 pm Leave a comment

FIFA has cancelled men’s U-20 and U-17 World Cup tournaments in 2021 for the novel coronavirus. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to cancel the 2021 editions of the men’s FIFA U-20 World Cup and FIFA U-17 World Cup, and to appoint Indonesia and Peru respectively, who were due to host the tournaments in 2021, as the hosts of the 2023 editions.

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So Peru will host the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2023. In the same year, the FIFA U-20 World Cup will be held by Indonesia.

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President of FIFA: Gianni Infantino; Founded: 21 May 1904.
Headquarters: Zürich, Switzerland.

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