JAKARTA - The U-17 Indonesian national team is currently undergoing a training camp in Bali until 6EMBER 2025. After that, they will go to Medan, North Sumatra, to conduct a match-test against three participants in the 2025 U-17 World Cup.

On the agenda in Medan later, there will only be 30 names that will be brought in. However, there is an opportunity to change the players on the next occasion until the final line-up will be formed which will be brought to the 2025 U-17 World Cup.

The match match in Medan is a means of knowing the feasibility of the players. Reporting from Antara, the opponents that will be faced by the U-17 Indonesian national team are South Africa, Panama, and Tajikistan.

"We are still waiting for the final confirmation of who we will face. For players, not all of them are brought there and there are plans for 30 players," said Nova Arianto as the U-17 Indonesian national team coach, quoted from Antara, Thursday, July 31, 2025.

On the current training camp agenda in Bali, Nova wants to test and assess the physical abilities and tactics of his students.

"I want to see in terms of the focus of the players, it could be 100 percent on the field or not," said the former Indonesian national team defender.

After training in Bali and testing matches in Medan, the U-17 Indonesian national team will still undergo a series of advanced training camps at home and abroad, such as Spain, Yogyakarta, and the United Arab Emirates.

"After this (Bali), our plan is for TC in Spain, Yogyakarta and Dubai. We just saw our squad last there," said Nova.

The 2025 U-17 World Cup will take place on 3-27 November 2025. In the preliminary round, Indonesia is in Group H and will compete with four-time champions Brazil, Honduras, and the debutant state of Zambia.

A total of 48 countries participated in the tournament that spreads young football with the number of participants twice the previous edition.


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