The Under 17 World Cup begins in Indonesia: the groups, the 10 figures to follow, the Argentina fixture and everything you need to know

Four years after its last celebration – in 2021 it was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic – and with Brazil as current champion, this Friday, November 10 , the FIFA U-17 World Cup gets underway in Indonesia , where The Argentine team will go in search of its first international conquest in this category. The team led by Diego Placente is among the 24 teams that want to achieve glory.

This competition emerged in 1985 after the success of the U20 World Cup , the main national team event at the youth level. In the 16 editions held so far, the countries that have obtained the most titles are Nigeria (5) and Brazil (4), followed by Ghana and Mexico (two titles each). Saudi Arabia, France, Switzerland, England and Russia (as the Soviet Union) have also managed to lift the trophy .

At the FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup™, held every two years, 24 nations compete against each other for the title. The various continental qualifiers give way to a very exciting final phase. The competition has had nine champions to date: Nigeria, Brazil, Ghana, Mexico, France, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and England.

In the case of Argentina , their best performances were the third places achieved in the editions of Italy 1991 , Ecuador 1995 and Finland 2003 ; while he also finished among the best four in the tournament on two occasions: Trinidad and Tobago 2001 and United Arab Emirates 2013 . The excitement is completely renewed and here is all the information necessary to follow the competition:

Groups.

• Group A: Indonesia, Ecuador, Panama, Morocco

• Group B: Spain, Canada, Mali, Uzbekistan

• Group C: Brazil, Iran, New Caledonia, England

• Group D: Japan, Poland, Argentina, Senegal

• Group E: France, Burkina Faso, Republic of Korea, United States

• Group F: Mexico, Germany, Venezuela, New Zealand

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Among the notable results of the first day are the annulled 10-0 win by England against New Caledonia, and the defeat of Argentina at the hands of Senegal by 2-1.

Also Brazil, another of the favorites, was surprisingly defeated by Iran by 3 to 2.

Source images: Twitter FIFA WorldCup.