FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022: Get schedule and know where to watch telecast and live streaming in India

The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022, to be hosted in India, will start on October 11 and run till October 30.

Hosts India, Morocco and Tanzania will make their debut in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Interestingly, India will host a FIFA tournament for the second time after the men’s FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2017.

The upcoming biennial women's youth football tournament was earlier scheduled to be held in 2020 in India but was postponed due to COVID-19.

As many as 16 teams from six confederations will participate in the seventh edition of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. The 16 teams have been divided into four groups of four sides each.

While Group A features India, United States (US), Morocco and Brazil, Germany, Nigeria, Chile and New Zealand make up Group B.

Group C includes reigning champions Spain, Colombia, Mexico and China. Japan, Tanzania, Canada and France have been drawn in Group D of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022.

The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-final stage of the tournament.

The Indian football team will kick-off their FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 campaign against USA on October 11 before facing Morocco on October 14.

Under head coach Thomas Dennerby, India will square off against Brazil in their final Group A fixture on October 17.

Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao and Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium are the three venues that will host the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 matches.

The two semi-finals of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 will be hosted at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium while the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 final will be played at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on October 30.

Spain defeated Mexico 2-1 in the 2018 final to clinch the previous edition of FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup held in Uruguay.

North Korea are the most successful team in the tournament’s history, having won the title twice in 2008 and 2016.

South Korea (2010), France (2012) and Japan (2014) are the other teams who have won the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup once previously.

Indian football squad for FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022

Goalkeepers: Monalisha Devi, Melody Chanu, Anjali Munda

Defenders: Astam Oraon, Kajal, Naketa, Purnima Kumari, Varshika, Shilky Devi

Midfielders: Babina Devi, Nitu Linda, Shailja, Shubhangi Singh

Forwards: Anita Kumari, Lynda Kom, Neha, Rejya Devi, Shelia Devi, Kajol D'Souza, Lavanya Upadhyay, Sudha Tirkey

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 groups and teams

Group A: India, Brazil, USA, Morocco

Group B: Germany, Nigeria, Chile, New Zealand

Group C: Spain, Colombia, Mexico, China

Group D: Japan, Tanzania, Canada, France

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 schedule and live India match times

All timings are in India Standard Time (IST)

Day and Date	Match	Time (IST)	Venue
Tuesday, October 11	Morocco vs Brazil	4:30 PM	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Tuesday, October 11	Chile vs New Zealand	4:30 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Tuesday, October 11	Germany vs Nigeria	8:00 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Tuesday, October 11	India vs USA	8:00 PM	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Wednesday, October 12	Canada vs France	4:30 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Wednesday, October 12	Mexico vs China	8:00 PM	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Wednesday, October 12	Japan vs Tanzania	8:00 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Wednesday, October 12	Spain vs Colombia	8:00 PM	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Friday, October 14	Brazil vs USA	4:30 PM	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Friday, October 14	New Zealand vs Nigeria	4:30 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Friday, October 14	Germany vs Chile	8:00 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Friday, October 14	India vs Morocco	8:00 PM	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Saturday, October 15	China vs Colombia	4:30 PM	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Saturday, October 15	France vs Tanzania	4:30 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Saturday, October 15	Japan vs Canada	8:00 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Saturday, October 15	Spain vs Mexico	8:00 PM	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Monday, October 17	New Zealand vs Germany	4:30 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Monday, October 17	Nigeria vs Chile	4:30 PM	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Monday, October 17	USA vs Morocco	8:00 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Monday, October 17	Brazil vs India	8:00 PM	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Tuesday, October 18	China vs Spain	4:30 PM	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Tuesday, October 18	Colombia vs Mexico	4:30 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Tuesday, October 18	France vs Japan	8:00 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Tuesday, October 18	Tanzania vs Canada	8:00 PM	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Friday, October 21	Quarter-final 1: Group A Winner vs Group B Runner-up	4:30 PM	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Friday, October 21	Quarter-final 2: Group B Winner vs Group A Runner-up	8:00 PM	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Saturday, October 22	Quarter-final 3: Winner Group C vs Runner-up Group D	4:30 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Saturday, October 22	Quarter-final 4: Winner Group D vs Runner-up Group C	8:00 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Wednesday, October 26	Semi-final 1: QF 1 Winner vs QF 3 Winner	4:30 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Wednesday, October 26	Semi-final 2: QF 2 Winner vs QF 4 Winner	8:00 PM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Sunday, October 30	Third Place: SF1 loser vs SF2 loser	4:30 PM	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Sunday, October 30	FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 final	8:00 PM	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai