<Tr> <Th> Fair play award </Th> <Td> Brazil </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 2015 2019 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 17th FIFA U-17 World Cup, a biennial international football tournament contested by men's under - 17 national teams . Organized by FIFA, the tournament took place in India between 6 and 28 October 2017, after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 5 December 2013 . The tournament marked the first time India have hosted a FIFA tournament and the first Asian hosted U-17 World Cup since 2013 . The attendance for this World Cup was a record 1,347,133 surpassing China's 1985 edition where it was 1,230,976 . </P> <P> The matches were played in six stadiums in six host cities around the country, with the final taking place at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, West Bengal . Twenty - three teams, besides the host India, managed to qualify for the tournament via participating in their various continental under - 17 tournaments . In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round - robin groups of four for points, where the top two teams in each group along with the top four third placed teams would advance to the next round . These 16 teams will advance to the knockout stage, where three rounds of play will decide which teams would participate in the final . </P>

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