The England Women’s u17 team will have a difficult task to get out of their group in the forthcoming World Cup to be played in Jordan.
They are placed in Group C alongside Nigeria, Brazil and Korea DPR.
The first group game will be played on the 1st October against Korea DPR in Amman. The second game will be played on the 4th October against Nigeria in Al Zarqa and the final group game on the 8th October against Brazil in Irbid.
The knock-out stage will be played from the 12th to the 21st of October. Should England make it out of the group, the would play a side from Group D in the quarter-finals.
The full draw:
Group A: Jordan, Spain, Mexico, New Zealand
Group B: Venezuela, Germany, Cameroon, Canada
Group C: Nigeria, Brazil, England, Korea DPR
Group D: USA, Paraguay, Ghana, Japan
Five Arsenal players have been regularly called up this season and will be hopefully in John’s Griffiths squad in a couple of months: Anna Patten, Lotte Wubben-Moy, Anna Filbey, Laura Hooper and Taylor Hinds.