The FIFA Council has decided to choose Indonesia to host the 2023 U17 World Cup instead of Peru. The tournament is scheduled to take place in November with the participation of 24 teams. Indonesia U17 did not qualify for the Asian tournament but still qualified for the U17 World Cup as hosts.
"I can only express my gratitude for the FIFA Council's decision to choose Indonesia to host the U17 World Cup this year. This is the world football federation's way of showing its trust in Indonesian football," said Indonesian Football Federation President Erick Thohir.
The 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup was originally scheduled to be hosted by Peru, with the South American nation retaining the right to host after the 2021 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indonesia U17 attends U17 World Cup as host.
However, this time Peru still cannot host the U17 World Cup. FIFA assessed that Peru did not have time to complete the infrastructure preparation to serve the U17 World Cup and decided to cancel the country's hosting qualifications for the tournament in April 2023.
Indonesia was awarded the right to host the U17 World Cup half a year ahead of schedule. However, the archipelago nation has been fully prepared to host the U20 World Cup and can take advantage of it to organize the tournament at the U17 level.
FIFA revoked Indonesia's hosting rights for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in late March. FIFA's announcement did not mention the reason for Indonesia's revocation. The decision may have been related to FIFA's cancellation of the U-20 World Cup draw a few days ago. At that time, the host refused to allow representatives of Israel's U-20 team - one of the teams participating in the tournament - to enter the country. This problem will not be repeated at the U-17 World Cup, as Israel has no representative participating in the tournament.
The problem for Indonesia was that Gelora Bung Karno Stadium was scheduled to host a music event during the U17 World Cup. The Indonesian Football Federation had to work with the organizers of the Cold Play concert to be able to use Bung Karno Stadium.
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