Bhubaneswar : The capital city of Odisha, Bhubaneswar, will host a total of eight matches of the upcoming FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup which is scheduled to take place from February 17 to March 7, next year.
The All India Football Federation today released the updated match schedule for the tournament which said that six group-stage matches, one quarter and one semi-final match will be played at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
The tourney will kick-start at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati and the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar with matches in Group A and Group B respectively.
Kalinga Stadium is among the five venues where the tournament will be played. The other host cities are Navi Mumbai, Guwahati, Ahmedabad and Kolkata. The five cities will host 32 matches involving 16 teams.
This is the second time India is hosting a FIFA tournament. Earlier, FIFA U-17 Men’s World Cup was held in India in 2017.