{"id":310483,"date":"2019-03-16T06:54:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T06:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=310483"},"modified":"2019-03-16T06:54:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T06:54:53","slug":"india-to-host-fifa-u-17-womens-world-cup-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/india-to-host-fifa-u-17-womens-world-cup-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"India to host FIFA U-17 Women&#8217;s World Cup in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/india-to-host-fifa-u-17-womens-world-cup-in-2020\/fifa-women\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-310484\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-310484 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/fifa-women-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/fifa-women-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/fifa-women-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/fifa-women-696x538.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/fifa-women-544x420.jpg 544w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/fifa-women.jpg 892w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a>India will host the FIFA U-17 Women&#8217;s World Cup in 2020, FIFA confirmed on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The decision was taken at the\u00a0FIFA Council meeting\u00a0in Miami.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">&#8220;We have decided that India will host the next U-17 Women&#8217;s World Cup in 2020,&#8221; said FIFA president Gianni Infantino after the FIFA Council met in Miami.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">This will be the second FIFA tournament that India will host, after hosting the\u00a0U-17 Men&#8217;s World\u00a0Cup in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u201cCONFIRMED: @IndianFootball will host the 2020 #U17WWC in #India ,\u201d FIFA women\u2019s world cup tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Indian Football team tweeted, \u201cWe are delighted to announce that India has been confirmed as the host of the FIFA U-17 Women&#8217;s World Cup in 2020. #ShePower #BackTheBlue #IndianFootball.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Javier Ceppi took to Twitter after the news was confirmed and expressed his happiness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u201c@IndianFootball will host the FIFA U-17 Women&#8217;s World Cup 2020. Amazing news for India and the women&#8217;s game!!!\u201d Ceppi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Besides India, France had also expressed interest to host the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The\u00a02020 FIFA will be the 7th edition of U-17 Women&#8217;s World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India will host the FIFA U-17 Women&#8217;s World Cup in 2020, FIFA confirmed on Friday. The decision was taken at the\u00a0FIFA Council meeting\u00a0in Miami. &#8220;We have decided that India will host the next U-17 Women&#8217;s World Cup in 2020,&#8221; said FIFA president Gianni Infantino after the FIFA Council met in Miami. 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