U-20 FIFA World Cup

NEW DELHI: World football governing body FIFA has awarded the hosting rights for next year's U-20 World Cup to Poland.

This was decided at the FIFA's first council meeting of 2018 in Bogota, Colombia,, where the bid of the European nation won favour over that of India's.

After successfully organising the U-17 World Cup last October, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) had submitted its bid to host the U-20 World Cup in 2019.

Both India and Poland fulfilled the most important criteria – of having ready stadia.