S’pore to bid for 2019 or 2021 u-17 World Cup

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The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) will go ahead with its plan to host the 2019 or 2021 FIFA under-17 World Cup.

A standing committee co-chaired by FAS vice-presidents Edwin Tong and Bernard Tan has also been formed to submit a bid and oversee the development of a national under-17 side that is competitive at that level.

Chile and India will host the 2015 and 2017 editions, respectively, but it is not known whether any other countries are keen to bid for the 2019 or 2021 FIFA under-17 World Cup.

But Singapore’s chances would be boosted by the completion of the Sports Hub’s 55,000-seater National Stadium. The Republic also has six smaller stadiums with capacities of between 5,000 to 10,000 seats.

The FAS must also convince football’s world governing body FIFA that Singapore has the capability to stage the tournament.

But Tan stressed that as part of the proposed bid, Singapore should also be able to field a national side that is competitive internationally at the under-17 level.

FAS technical director Slobodan Pavkovic will not be involved in that process, after the association also announced yesterday that the Serbian, who joined in 2008, had resigned.