Start the FIFA U-17 in Nigeria

Argentina - Mexico and Honduras in Abuja - Lagos Switzerland, will begin today a new edition of the FIFA World Cup for players under 17 years. This time, competition is developing in Nigeria and had 24 teams from around the world. Are involved eight teams from CONMEBOL and CONCACAF.

Group A
Argentina: The table led by Tata Brown comes aa competition after losing the final of South America to Brazil. Win this championship for the first time, being its best location obtained third place in Italy 1991, Ecuador 1995 and Finland 2003. Keko Villalba Daniel takes his strongest card in the offense.

Honduras: The Catrachos vying for the second time a World Cup. His previous participation (Korea '07) was pretty bad, falling defeated in all matches. Offensive game, Honduras got its ticket to Nigeria after finishing second in their area.

Rounding out the group A local German and Nigeria.

Group B
Brazil: Champions Egypt '97, New Zealand '99 and '03 Finland, Brazilians are the top candidates to stay with the competition. They are also one of the teams with more equity (11), arrive at the world imposed after the South American. As usual, we have a squad packed with players of good standing and must give primary attention to what they do Coutinho and Wellington, his figures.

Mexico: No participation in Korea '07, Mexicans looking triumphant return to the path that Dos Santos, Vela, and other great players were able to go on '05 Peru, where he devoted playing great.

In Group B, alongside these teams, Japan and Switzerland.

Group C:
Colombia: Joins Global generosity but by FIFA on merit ended in the fourth position in the previous stage. For coffee growers will be the fifth part in the competition, reaching its best performance in Finland '03, where he reached the semifinals.

Do your competitors? Iran, Gambia and the Netherlands.

Group D:
Costa Rica: The Ticos have been doing a great job in less than a long time, that's proof that this is their eighth in the competition. They have a solid team, which seeks to overcome for the first time the quarterfinals, the farthest they have historically come in the contest.

Group D is completed by Turkey, Burkina Faso and New Zealand.

Group E:
United States: Present in all world category, Americans seeking to assert itself as a power and are without doubt one of the candidates to stay with the competition. Led by Colombian Wilmer Cabrera, the Yankees had a superb qualifying stage, leaning on the great work of his figure, striker Jack McInerny.

Equatorial Guinea, Malawi and Spain complete the group.

Group F:
Uruguay: Historically weak in the category, Uruguay comes with the obligation to improve its record in a race where only able to overcome the group stage on one occasion in New Zealand '99. The Uruguayans were classified after winning the final run of second and third of the CONMEBOL.

This group will be present Republic of Korea, Algeria and Italy.

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