England to learn FIFA men's U17 World Cup draw

England will be among the 48 nations involved in the FIFA U17 World Cup draw, which takes place in Qatar on Sunday 25 May 2025.

The Young Lions qualified for the tournament, which will be staged in Doha between 3 and 27 November 2025, following their performance in this season’s UEFA U17 EUROs.

Neil Ryan’s team, who are currently in Albania at the U17 EURO Finals, secured their spot in the World Cup following the second qualifying round at St. George’s Park back in March.

England won the U17 World Cup for the first time in 2017, while more recently they went out at the group stage in Indonesia in 2023 and Chile in 2015. They have also reached the quarter-final stages in Mexico in 2011 and in South Korea in 2007.

The draw will begin around 6pm BST on Sunday, and the process sees 12 four-team groups pulled out together for the first stage of the competition.

Ahead of the draw, the teams have been allocated into four pots of 12 teams with England in Pot 1, according to the FIFA ranking system. As hosts, Qatar have automatically been placed in Pot 1.

The draw will be streamed live on FIFA.com and FIFA+ on Sunday.

Pot 1: Qatar (hosts), Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Japan, Mali, Mexico, Paraguay, Senegal, USA

Pot 2: Belgium, Burkina Faso, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Honduras, Italy, Korea Republic, Morocco, New Zealand, Uzbekistan, Venezuela

Pot 3: Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Haiti, Indonesia, Korea DPR, New Caledonia, Panama, South Africa, Tajikistan, Tunisia

Pot 4: Bolivia, Czechia, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, UAE, Uganda, Zambia