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A Brief : Impact on India by hosting U-17 World Cup 2017

For a Country which has been struggling since decades to make a patch in the Asian and in the World Football Circuit, being the host of the U-17 Football World Cup in the country holds prime importance and is quite grandeur. The first match of India against a top – notch opponent, USA concluded with 4 goals from their side and none from India. But the scoreboard could not measure the game India played amidst the cheerful crowd which brought praises from the foreign media as well as the Coach of the USA Soccer Team, John Hackworth.
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, Venue for Final of U-17 WC 2017

The taking place of such a grand event in the Indian soil will comprise of various advantages which will provide India an experience to administer the norms and regulations of hosting this football mega event. The Youth team which will further contest in the match will gain experiences with competing against world - class football teams in the championship. Throughout the Nation, all the Venue Stadiums in Kolkata, Kochi, Navi Mumbai and Delhi have been renovated to match up to the international standards. Apart from all these, an employment opportunity has also been generated roping in hundreds of Sports professionals and emerging Sports Management Graduates a platform to taste the flavor of the FIFA World Cup.
We believe that Team India puts the best of their skills in the upcoming matches and moves forward and suprises all of us. As they call us, ‘The Sleeping Giant’.


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  1. NASM Sport Management Institute17 February 2019 at 21:12

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