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POSTED: Thursday July 16th 2009
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Draw for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009 to be held in Abuja on 7 August

The draw in Abuja will determine the fixtures for the group stage of the competition, which will be played from 24 October to 15 November 2009

The Official Draw for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009
will take place in the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja
on Friday, 7 August 2009 (20.00h local time and CET), with the presence
of FIFA Vice-President and Chairman of the Organising Committee of the
FIFA U-17 World Cup, Jack A. Warner.

The 24 teams participating in the tournament are: Iran, Japan, Korea Republic and United Arab Emirates (Asian zone); Algeria, Burkina Faso, Gambia and Malawi (African zone); Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey (European zone); Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico and USA (North, Central America and Caribbean zone); New Zealand (Oceania); Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay (South American zone); and Nigeria who have qualified automatically as the host country.

Extensive coverage of the draw and the FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009, as well as general background information on the event (match schedules, results, standings, team profiles and reports), will be available on the tournament’s official website, www.FIFA.com/nigeria2009.

Media Accreditation for the Official Draw

Any media representatives who want to attend the draw on site have to:

1) Register on the FIFA Media Channel by filling in the ‘New user registration form’ on http://media.fifa.com (in case you have already registered you simply have to log in)

2) Fill in the media accreditation form that can be found on the FIFA Media Channel.

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Name: Delia Fischer
Organization: FIFA
Email:
Phone: +2783 2010470
URL: http://www.fifa.com/index.html

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    Contact Information

    Name: Delia Fischer

    Organization: FIFA

    Email:

    Phone: +2783 2010470

    URL: http://www.fifa.com/index.html

     

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