Pot 1: Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, France, Spain, Japan.
Pot 2: Germany, Mali, England, Korea Republic, Argentina, Ecuador.
Pot 3: New Zealand, Iran, Senegal,
USA, Uzbekistan, Morocco.
Pot 4: Canada, New Caledonia, Panama, Venezuela, Poland, Burkina Faso.
Note: Teams were seeded on a points-system based on their performances at the past five U-17 World Cups.