The top 32 of the U17 Men's Football World Cup are released: 4 Asian teams advance, South Korea will play England

6686 Sports News on November 12 The 2025 U17 Men's Football World Cup in Qatar has concluded the group stage competition. 32 of the 48 participating teams have advanced to the knockout rounds. In the 1/16 finals, Argentina played against Mexico, Portugal played against Belgium, South Korea played against England, and Japan played against South Africa.

The 2025 U17 Men’s Football World Cup will be held in Qatar, with a total of 48 teams participating in the main match. The group stage is divided into 12 groups. The top 2 in each group and the 8 best third-place finishers advance to the knockout round of the top 32.

In the end, 12 teams from Bolivia, New Caledonia, the United Arab Emirates, Fiji, Undersea, Côte d'Ivoire, El Salvador, Honduras, Tajikistan, Panama, Chile, and New Zealand ranked at the bottom of the group, and were eliminated together with the 4 poorer third-place teams in the group, Costa Rica, Qatar, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia.

Among the 9 participating Asian teams, 4 teams including South Korea, Japan, North Korea, and Uzbekistan successfully advanced. Among them, South Korea will face England and Japan will face South Africa.

In other matches, Argentina faced Mexico, Portugal faced Belgium, and the United States faced Morocco.

U17 World Cup 1/16 Finals Match

Argentina vs Mexico

Portugal vs Belgium

Switzerland vs Egypt

Ireland vs Canada

United States vs Morocco

Zambia vs Mali

Brazil vs Paraguay

France vs Colombia

Austria vs Tunisia

South Korea vs England

Venezuela vs North Korea

Japan vs South Africa

Italy vs Czech Republic

Croatia vs Uzbekistan

Senegal vs Uganda

Germany vs Burkina Faso