{"id":35085,"date":"2017-07-05T06:34:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T06:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=35085"},"modified":"2017-07-05T06:34:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T06:34:09","slug":"india-expresses-interest-to-host-fifa-u-20-world-cup-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=35085","title":{"rendered":"India expresses interest to host FIFA U-20 World Cup In 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33353\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/football-icon-520.jpg\" alt=\"football icon 520\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/football-icon-520.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/football-icon-520-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/football-icon-520-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>NEW DELHI: All India Football Federation today (July 4, 2017) submitted an expression of interest to host the FIFA U-20 World Cup in India in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Praful Patel, President, All India Football Federation stated that this would be the next \u201clogical step for the development of Football in India.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith India hosting the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 this year in October, we feel hosting the U-20 World Cup would be the best way to sustain the footballing momentum in India. Even though the event was held earlier this year in Asia in Korea Republic, we would be happy to discuss with FIFA about the possibility of hosting the event in India in 2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The format of the U-20 World Cup is same as the FIFA U-17 World Cup with 24 teams playing out of six venues.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 will be held in India from October 6-28, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33353\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/football-icon-520.jpg\" alt=\"football icon 520\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/football-icon-520.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/football-icon-520-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/football-icon-520-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>NEW DELHI: All India Football Federation today (July 4, 2017) submitted an expression of interest to host the FIFA U-20 World Cup in India in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Praful Patel, President, All India Football Federation stated that this would be the next \u201clogical step for the development of Football in India.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[973,22385,1343,466],"class_list":["post-35085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-all-india-football-federation","tag-fifa-u-20-world-cup","tag-football","tag-indian-sports-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>India expresses interest to host FIFA U-20 World Cup In 2019 - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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