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Morocco will be hosts of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup for the next five consecutive editions starting from 2025.
This was officially confirmed by world football governing body, FIFA on Thursday, March 14 where Qatar was named hosts of the next five editions of the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
“These decisions followed a global call for expressions of interest in hosting both competitions, with a focus on leveraging the use of existing footballing infrastructure in the interest of tournament efficiencies and sustainability” FIFA said in a statement.
FIFA also confirmed that the women’s competition will now be expanded 24 teams and will be played annually, while the men’s edition expands to 48.
Both competitions will now be played annually instead of the previous biennial editions as approved by the FIFA Council.
The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup was launched in 2008 and has since had seven editions played: New Zealand 2008, Trinidad and Tobago 2010, Azerbaijan 2012, Costa Rica 2014, Jordan 2016, Uruguay 2018 as well as India 2022.
Ghana and Nigeria are the two African teams with the most participations with six each.
