The draw is in 5 days and Iran has been placed in pot 2 so we will avoid euro champs Spain and England.
With the absence of five-time champions Nigeria, Mexico remain the most prolific team from the past five Under-17 World Cups, while Brazil and Germany are also among the foremost performers. Mali’s run to the final of the Under-17 World Cup in Chile in 2015 means they are the only African team to be placed in Pot 1.The rest of the pots are populated gradually with teams placed into ascending pot numbers based on descending number of points obtained in the past World Cups.The four pots will be as follows:
Pot 1
India
Mexico Brazil Germany Mali
France
Pot 2
Spain JapanNew ZealandEngland Costa Rica Iran
Pot 3
USA North KoreaHonduras Iraq ColombiaTurkey
Pot 4
ChileParaguayGhanaGuinea Niger New CaledoniaA
With the absence of five-time champions Nigeria, Mexico remain the most prolific team from the past five Under-17 World Cups, while Brazil and Germany are also among the foremost performers. Mali’s run to the final of the Under-17 World Cup in Chile in 2015 means they are the only African team to be placed in Pot 1.The rest of the pots are populated gradually with teams placed into ascending pot numbers based on descending number of points obtained in the past World Cups.The four pots will be as follows:
Pot 1
India
Mexico Brazil Germany Mali
France
Pot 2
Spain JapanNew ZealandEngland Costa Rica Iran
Pot 3
USA North KoreaHonduras Iraq ColombiaTurkey
Pot 4
ChileParaguayGhanaGuinea Niger New CaledoniaA
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