Draft:2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be the 20th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football tournament contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It will be held in Qatar. This will be the first time that Qatar hosts this tournament and the third time that the FIFA U-17 World Cup will be held in the Arab world. Qatar will be the seventh different country and the second consecutive edition in Asia.

This will be the first edition to feature 48 teams and be played annually.

Germany are the defending champions, having won their first title in 2023.

Host selection
Qatar was announced as the 2025-2029 U-17 World Cup hosts following the FIFA Council meeting on 14 March 2024 in Zürich, Switzerland.

Expansion
On 4 October 2023, FIFA decided the expansion of the tournament to 24 teams.


 * AFC (Asia): 9 slots (including hosts Qatar)
 * CAF (Africa): 10 slots
 * CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 8 slots
 * CONMEBOL (South America): 7 slots
 * OFC (Oceania): 3 slots
 * UEFA (Europe): 11 slots

Venues
TBD.

Qualified teams
A total of 48 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 47 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions.

Group stages
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Ranking of runner-ups
The best runner-up from the three groups advance to the knockout stage along with the three group winners.

Ranking of runner-ups
The best runner-up from the three groups advance to the knockout stage along with the three group winners.

Ranking of runner-ups
The best runner-up from the three groups advance to the knockout stage along with the three group winners.

Ranking of runner-ups
The best runner-up from the three groups advance to the knockout stage along with the three group winners.

Knockout stages
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of five minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. The winners of each stage will qualify to the final four.

Final Four
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of five minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. However, for the third place match, if it is played directly before the final, no extra time shall be played and the winner shall be determined by a penalty shoot-out.