The opponents of Uzbekistan's U-17 national team at the World Championship have been announced.
The competition will take place in Qatar in November-December of this year.
On May 21, 2026, the draw ceremony for the U-17 World Cup, which will be held from November 19 to December 13 at the Aspire Academy grounds in Qatar, took place in Zurich, Switzerland.
The Uzbekistan youth national team, led by Sergey Chigodayev, was placed in Group "E" of the mini-world championship.
All groups of the competition were formed as follows:
- Group "A": Qatar, Egypt, Panama, Greece
- Group "B": South Korea, Ecuador, New Caledonia, Africa play-off winner
- Group "C": Argentina, Australia, Denmark, Africa play-off winner
- Group "D": France, Saudi Arabia, Haiti, Uruguay
- Group "E": Italy, Uzbekistan, Ivory Coast, Jamaica
- Group "F": Senegal, Croatia, Tajikistan, Cuba
- Group "G": Mali, Belgium, New Zealand, Vietnam
- Group "H": Spain, Fiji, Morocco, China
- Group "I": Brazil, Ireland, Costa Rica, Tanzania
- Group "J": USA, Chile, Montenegro, Algeria
- Group "K": Mexico, Cameroon, Venezuela, Romania
- Group "L": Japan, Colombia, Honduras, Serbia.
For reference, the Uzbekistan U-17 national team, led by Islombek Ismoilov, reached the quarterfinals of the 2025 World Championship, where they lost 1:2 to Italy.
