{"id":114503,"date":"2025-11-04T07:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T07:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/114503\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T07:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T07:42:07","slug":"2025-fifa-u17-world-cup-off-to-a-historic-start-first-ever-48-team-world-cup-underway-in-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/114503\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 FIFA U17 World Cup off to a historic start: First-ever 48-team World Cup underway in Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HE Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, Local Organising Committee (LOC) Chairman, said: &#8220;We are proud to host the first-ever 48-team FIFA tournament, which will showcase football\u2019s exceptional emerging talent and celebrate the sport\u2019s power in uniting people from all around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the first of five U-17 tournaments that Qatar will host, this event is another testament of the country\u2019s enduring commitment to advancing football at all levels. It will witness the rise of football\u2019s stars of tomorrow, and hosting it at Aspire Academy is a continuation of the facility\u2019s long-standing track record in producing elite athletes across multiple sports,\u201d HE Sheikh Hamad added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FIFA U-17 World Cup will be another chapter in our rich football legacy and will further our position as a global sporting destination that constantly sets new standards in player and fan experiences,\u201d HE Sheikh Hamad concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HE Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, Local Organising Committee (LOC) Chairman, said: &#8220;We are proud&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73891,85,46,105],"class_list":["post-114503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-fifa-arab-cup","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}