The 2021 edition of the tournament which was supposed to be held in India was cancelled...
The 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be held in India from October 11 to October 30, 2022.
The dates were announced via a virtual FIFA Council meeting held on Thursday, May 20, 2021.
What happened to the 2021 U-17 Women's World Cup?
The 2021 U-17 Women's World Cup, which was scheduled to be held in India, was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic and it had also been decided that India will host the 2022 edition of the World Cup.
The tournament was initially supposed to be held in November 202 but FIFA had to postpone the tournament to February and March in 2021.
India was appointed as the host by the FIFA Council meeting in Miami on 15 March 2019. But after taking stock of the pandemic situation, the governing body for the sport decided to scrap the event in its entirety. The 2020 U20 Women's World Cup has also been cancelled along with the U17 edition.
Which cities were supposed to host the World Cup in India?
Before the pandemic forced the 2021 edition to be called off, five venues in India had been selected as host cities for the tournament - the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) in Kolkata, Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati, EKA Arena in Ahmedabad and the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.