India to host 2020 FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup

India have been confirmed as the hosts of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 2020.

New Delhi: India have been confirmed as the hosts of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 2020, All India Football Federation's twitter handle announced on Friday.

Ever since India hosted the FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup in 2017, they were in talks to host the U-17 Women's World Cup as well and they were confirmed as hosts on Friday.

By virtue of being the hosts, India's U-17 women's football team will be part of the World Cup. This will be only the second time that India will play in a FIFA World Cup.

The last time India played in a World Cup was the U-17 Men's World Cup, where also India qualified by virtue of being the hosts.

India had hosted the U-17 World Cup in 2017 successfully and all of the national team's games were held in New Delhi at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, where they had an average attendance of 50,000.

The final of that tournament was held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, where England defeated Spain to lift the U-17 Men's World Cup.