The South Korea Under-17 men’s national football team has been drawn in the same group as France and the United States at the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) U-17 World Cup in November. The draw was made on 15 November and South Korea will play in Group E alongside France, Burkina Faso and the United States. This year’s U-17 World Cup will be held in Indonesia from 10 November to 2 December .Established in 1985, the U-17 World Cup is a biennial tournament and is now in its 19th edition. The last edition was originally scheduled to take place in 2021, but was cancelled due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, making this year the first time the tournament has been held in four years since 2019.The 2019 edition was won by host Brazil, followed by Mexico in second place and France in third. South Korea was also drawn in a group with France at the 2019 tournament and finished second in the group (2 wins, 1 loss) behind France (3 wins), advancing to the round of 16, where they beat Angola 1-0 in the round of 16 but lost to Mexico 0-1 in the quarter-finals. South Korea’s best result at the tournament is a quarter-final appearance on three occasions, in 1987, 2009 and 2019.South Korea’s U-17s, coached by Byun Sung-hwan, finished runners-up at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-17 Asian Cup in Thailand in July this year and qualified for the World Cup. The four best-placed nations from each group, including the top two in each group and the third-placed team, will progress to the knockout stages 온라인카지노 from the round of 16.