FIFA Under-17 World Cup 2017: India drawn with two-time winners Ghana, USA and Colombia

Hosts India were today clubbed with two-time champions Ghana, United States and two-time semi- finalists Colombia in a tough Group A of the upcoming FIFA Under 17 World Cup. India would kick off their campaign against the USA on October 6 and clash with Colombia on October 9 before concluding the first phase with match against Ghana, winners in 1991 and 1995, on October 12. New Delhi will host India’s all three Group matches.

The first match of the tournament will be between Colombia versus Ghana (Group A) and New Zealand versus Turkey (Group B) in New Delhi and Mumbai respectively.India, by virtue of being hosts, were the first to be placed in Group A in the draw in which Rio Olympics silver medallist shuttler P V Sindhu and Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri took part along with football legends Esteban Cambiasso and Nwanko Kanu.

Apart from New Delhi, the other cities earmarked for the October 6-28 tournament are Mumbai, Kochi, Goa, Guwahati and Kolkata which will also host the final. Two teams from each group along with the four best third placed teams in the preliminary phase will move to the round of 16 to be held from October 16.

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