2015 FIFA U 17 World Cup

Host selection

The following four countries bid to host the tournament:

Venues

Along with proposing ten venues for Chile's hosting of the 2015 Copa América, the Chilean Football Federation also announced its plans for hosting of the U17 World Cup in the same year. On 8 April 2014, 8 cities were confirmed as host of the competition, with Copiapó and Quillota being dropped.

The Local organising committee have also said that the capital City (Santiago) would not host the final.

Qualified teams

In addition to host nation Chile, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.

Schedule and draw

The schedule of the tournament was unveiled on 5 May 2015.

The final draw was held on 6 August 2015, 20:00 local time, at the Centro de las Artes 660 art gallery in Santiago. For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:

As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage.

Match officials

A total of 21 referees, 6 support referees, and 42 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.

Emblem and slogan

The emblem and slogan ("Una fiesta en nuestra cancha", a party on our pitch) of the tournament was unveiled on 7 October 2014.

Squads

Each team named a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced on 8 October 2015.

All players of its representative team must have been born on or after 1 January 1998.

Group stage

The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

All times are local, Chile Standard Time (UTC−3).

Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the round of 16. They are paired with the winners of groups A, B, C and D, according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).

Combinations of matches in the Round of 16

The third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16 were placed with the winners of groups A, B, C and D according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. They were all sponsored by adidas.

In December 2015, Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze was retroactively awarded the Bronze boot award. Kelechi Nwakali had erroneously been awarded the award immediately following the tournament but as he had played more minutes (630) than Chukwueze (535) in the tournament the award was re-allocated.

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Goalscorers

Sponsorship

Mascot and anthem

The official mascot, a young boy named Brochico, and anthem, composed by DJ Méndez, were unveiled on 9 July 2015.

USA

Fox Sports: English language, Telemundo: Spanish language

Bulgaria

BNT

Canada

TSN.

Germany

ARD and ZDF.

Indonesia

Rajawali Televisi

United Kingdom

BBC, ITV, Eurosport.

New Zealand

Sky Sport

South Africa, Sub Sahara Africa and Nigeria

Startimes Sports

South Korea

SBS, KBS, and MBC