FIFA U17 Women's World Cup: India's group, opponents, fixtures & everything you need to know

The 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup draw took place in Zurich on Friday to decide the groups for the main event that will be held in India in October 2022.

16 teams were equally divided into four groups and being the hosts, India were an automatic selection in Group A. The winner and runner-up in each group will progress to the quarter-finals.

Which teams have qualified for the 2022 U-17 Women's World Cup?

AIFF

India qualified as hosts, and the remaining 15 teams qualified based on their performances in their respective continental competitions. 

The full list of teams that have qualified for the 2022 U-17 Women's World Cup can be found below.

What are the groups for the 2022 U-17 Women's World Cup?

India have been joined in Group A by USA, Morocco, and Brazil. The young blue tigresses will go up against USA in their opening fixture of the tournament on October 11 in Bhubaneswar.

There will be 24 group games contested by the 16 teams over six matchdays stretched across eight days.

Each of the three venues will be hosting double headers in the group stage of the tournament.

2022 U-17 WWC: Groups, schedule & all you need to know

2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Venues

The 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was initially supposed to be played across five host cities. However, following the recent inspection by FIFA director of tournaments, Jaime Yarza, the number of venues was reduced to three. The host cities for the tournament are:

• Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
• DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
• Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa

India will play all their group stage matches at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

Fixtures of the Indian team in FIFA U17 Women's World Cup

AIFF

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup previous winners