The Ecuador national team will play the opening match of the U-17 World Cup in Indonesia

Again Ecuador will be in the eyes of the whole world for opening game World Cup events and as happened in Qatar 2022 with the senior team, Tricolor U-17 will open the World Championship in its category next November 10.

This was determined by the draw held this Friday at the FIFA headquarters Ecuador is part of Group A with Indonesiaas a host, in addition to the selection Panama and Morocco.

Ecuador drew with Venezuela and the dream of the South American U-17 crown was thwarted, it is the runner-up

Under the command of Diego Martínez, Ecuador will make their debut against Indonesia on November 10 at the Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium from the city of Surabaya, d match 1 the World Cup fair.

Tri’s second game will be against Morocco, and they will close their series against Panama.

The Indonesian event will have participation of 24 teams distributed in six groups. Of these, the two best placed in the table and the four best third place players will qualify for the knockout phase. Round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final, a playoffs for third place and the final.

The tournament has four host cities: Surabaya, Surakarta, Jakarta and Bandung. The final will be played in Surakarta on December 2.

Tricolor works in microcycles, and the next one starts on September 20 in search of forming the list of players that Martínez will take to Indonesia. (D)

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