One more staging is scrapped after FIFA drops Peru as U-17 World Cup host
KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: World football federation FIFA has lost another of its age-group tournament hosts.
Last week Indonesia was stripped of the U-20 World Cup in May and now Peru has ‘lost’ the U-17 World Cup set for November 10 to December 2.
The FIFA Bureau – president Gianni Infantino plus the presidents of the six regional confederations – “of the FIFA Council “will now designate a new host in due course.”
Basically Peru could not guarantee preparing the necessary venues and accommodation.
A FIFA statement said: “The move was made given the inability of the host country to fulfil its commitments to completing the infrastructure required to stage the tournament.
“Despite a very positive working relationship between FIFA and the FPF, it has been determined that there is now not sufficient time to secure the required investment and complete the necessary work with the Peruvian government ahead of the tournament start date.”
FIFA scrapped the Indonesia hosting of the U-20 event FIFA after the governor of the largely Hindu island of Bali had refused to host Israel’s team.
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