Iran to Know Rivals at 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup on Friday

The ceremony will be staged at the Home of FIFA.

Former FIFA U-17 World Cup winner Stephen Appiah and tournament finalist Júlio César are confirmed as draw assistants.

The following 24 teams will line up at the tournament: Argentina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea Republic, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Senegal, Spain, the US, Uzbekistan and Venezuela.

The 24 nations will be drawn into six groups of four. The teams have been split into four pots, with one team from each pot to be drawn into each group. Teams have been allocated into pots based on a points system determined by their performance at the past five editions of the FIFA U‑17 World Cup, with the nations that won their respective confederation’s qualifying tournament awarded five bonus points.

Indonesia has automatically been placed into Pot 1 as the tournament host.

The pots are as follows:

Pot 1: Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, France, Spain, Japan
Pot 2: Germany, Mali, England, Korea Republic, Argentina, Ecuador
Pot 3: New Zealand, Iran, Senegal, USA, Uzbekistan, Morocco
Pot 4: Canada, New Caledonia, Panama, Venezuela, Poland, Burkina Faso