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World youth sports competitions

  • FIFA U-17 World CupThe Lion City Cup began in Singapore during 1977 as the first under-16 football tournament ever created. Football Association of Singapore organizers…
  • FIFA U-20 World CupThe first edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship opened in Tunisia during 1977. Twenty-four teams competed for the title that year, though only sixteen…
  • FIFA U-17 Women's World CupIn 2003, FIFA proposed adding a second youth tournament for girls after the success of the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada.
  • FIFA U-20 Women's World CupThe first women's world championship at the youth level opened in 2002 with an upper age limit of 19. Canada hosted this inaugural event, which drew a…