As billions of football fans across the world prepares for the long anticipated Qatar 2022 world which is estimated to cost over $500 billion for the host country, there is little or no attention has been paid to the Women's Under 17 world cup happening this year.
The continent of Asia is about to host the world in two FIFA world cups, first the women's (U17) and senior world cup respectively
The women's under 17 FIFA world cup is over shadowed by the maiden winter world cup and first FIFA world cup in the middle east, a tiny Arab gulf state in Asia.
Prior to the winter world cup in middle east Asia, India is slated to host the Under 17 FIFA world cup some weeks before the grand Qatar 2022 in South-East Asia.
India 2022 World Cup Draws
The draw for the India 2022 FIFA U17 Women's World Cup holds this Friday I June, 2022 at 11:00AM West Africa Time (+1 GMT) in Zurich.
See all 16 Participating Teams:
• China PR
• Japan
• New Zealand
• USA
• Canada
• Mexico
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Germany
• Spain
• France
• Morocco
• Nigeria
• Tanzania
• India - Host
The 2022 FIFA U17 Women's World Cup will hold between 11 and 30 October across three Cities of India, namely; Bhubaneswar, Goa and Navi Mumbai.
It is interesting to know that the two hosts nations Qatar and India are not known to be footballing nations. For India who are traditionally a cricket nation, will this be the long awaiting launch pad for growing the sport in the 1.2 billion population country.