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Indonesia ready to host Under-17 World Cup

If you had asked any of Indonesia’s 275 million inhabitants back in April whether the country would be hosting a major FIFA tournament in 2023, no one would have answered in the affirmative. Yet November 10 will see the start of the Under-17 World Cup with Indonesia taking on Ecuador on home soil. The nation is waiting and watching.

Much has changed since March when the Southeast Asian nation was stripped of the hosting rights for the Under-20

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