The FIFA council on Thursday announced that they have decided to cancel the 2021 edition of Men’s U17 and U20 World Cup.
The Council of FIFA also announced that the hosting rights for the U17 World Cup and U20 World Cup 2023 edition are given to Peru and Indonesia respectively.
“The COVID-19 pandemic continues to present challenges for the hosting of international sporting events and to have a restrictive effect on international travel. FIFA has therefore regularly consulted the relevant stakeholders, including the host member associations as well as the confederations involved in both tournaments originally scheduled to take place in 2021,” said the governing body of football in a statement.
“In doing so, it became clear that the global situation has failed to normalise to a sufficient level to address the challenges associated with hosting both tournaments, including the feasibility of the relevant qualification pathways,” it further added.
FIFA also has shown its gratitude to the host nations as well as the authorities in Indonesia and Peru for their commitment and the preparations for the tournaments.
FIFA after the success of previous World Cup editions FIFA has started more than before as India has created momentum after hosting the U-17 successfully with great facilities to the teams and also great support from the audience too. Not only this but also FIFA chief Gianni Infantino announced India as a football continent.
The victory in last year’s U17 World Cup, added to Brazil’s success of 1997, 1999 and 2003 as they moved with that of Nigeria’s record of five championships.
The United States U-20s is one of the most successful teams in U17 and U20 levels as they have reached the quarterfinals in each of the last three U-20 World Cups and even the U-17s made the quarterfinals in 2017.
