India Probably to Host U17 World Cup 2017

All India Football Federation has confirmed they have submitted all necessary bids required to host the world cup.

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Givemegoal.com has previously reported on India’s possibility of hosting the U17 world cup 2017 , the news can now be confirmed as AIFF confirmed that India has finally submitted its bid to host the prestigious 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup a couple of days ago.

We are happy that we could submit all the necessary bid documents before the deadline,” AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das was quoted by Arunava, one of the football expert in India.

“I am grateful to our President Mr. (Praful) Patel for the initiative taken in following up with the Government in terms of the guarantees required, and ensuring the all the guarantees were ready and could be submitted in time,” added Mr. Das.

Uzbekistan, Ireland and the 2010 FIFA World Cup host South Africa are among other nations that submitted the bid to host the tournament in 2017.