Uganda U-17, The Cubs will face 2001 winners France in the forthcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar.
This follows a draw that was made in Doha on Sunday, 25 May, with the help of assistants Julian Draxler, who won the 2014 FIFA World Cup with Germany, and former Qatar U-17 player Abdulaziz Al Sulaiti.
Uganda is in Group K and besides France, they will face Chile and Canada.
It will be the first ever appearance for any Uganda football team on the global scene and it comes at the newly-expanded tournament that will feature 48 nations for the first time and teams have been drawn into 12 groups of four teams.
The tournament will kickoff on November 3rd and conclude on 27th, 2025.
The top two teams in each group, along with the eight best third-placed sides, will qualify for the Round of 32. From the Round of 32 onwards, the tournament will be played in a knockout format.
Germany are the current champions of the competition while Nigeria are the record winners with five trophies. Ghana is the other African nation that has won the tournament.
FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2025 draw
Group A: Qatar Italy South Africa Bolivia
Group B: Japan Morocco New Caledonia Portugal
Group C: Senegal Croatia Costa Rica United Arab Emirates
Group D: Argentina Belgium Tunisia Fiji
Group E: England Venezuela Haiti Egypt
Group F: Mexico Korea Republic Côte d’Ivoire Switzerland
Group G: Germany Colombia Korea DPR El Salvador
Group H: Brazil Honduras Indonesia Zambia
Group I: USA Burkina Faso Tajikistan Czechia
Group J: Paraguay Uzbekistan Panama Republic of Ireland
Group K: France Chile Canada Uganda
Group L: Mali New Zealand Austria Saudi Arabia