Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur graced the opening ceremony of the FIFA U-17 Women’s Football World Cup
Union Ministers Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Shri Kiren Rijiju also attended the ceremony
Host India takes on the USA in their first encounter at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar
By PIB Bhubaneshwar
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and Information and Broadcasting Shri Anurag Singh Thakur today attended the opening ceremony of the FIFA U-17 Women’s Football World Cup India 2022 at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
Shri Thakur also watched the match between India and the USA. Union Minister for Education, Skill Development, and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister for Law and Justice Shri Kiren Rijiju also attended the inaugural ceremony of the World Cup.
India is hosting the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022, which is being organized at three venues. The matches will be played at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, PJN Stadium in Goa, and DY Patil Sports Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
As many as 16 nations will be taking part in the grand sporting event, which will continue till October 30. The seventh edition of the prestigious tournament has four groups – A, B, C, and D – and Navi Mumbai is set to host the grand final on 30th October.
The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2022 will see three former champions in France, Japan, and Spain take the field. Meanwhile, Canada, Germany, and New Zealand – along with Japan – will continue their proud record of participating in every edition of this spectacle.
Host India, in the meantime, is the debutant in this edition of the World Cup. After boys in 2017, it is now the turn of India’s U-17 women’s team to make it big at this tournament.
