Hosts India were on Friday clubbed with two-time champions Ghana, United States and two-time semi-finalists Colombia in a tough Group A of the upcoming FIFA Under 17 World Cup.
India would kick off their campaign against the USA on October 6 and clash with Colombia on October 9 before concluding the first phase with match against Ghana, winners in 1991 and 1995, on October 12.
New Delhi will host India's all three Group matches.
The first match of the tournament will be between Colombia versus Ghana (Group A) and New Zealand versus Turkey (Group B) in New Delhi and Mumbai respectively.
India, by virtue of being hosts, were the first to be placed in Group A in the draw in which Rio Olympics silver medallist shuttler P V Sindhu and Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri took part along with football legends Esteban Cambiasso and Nwanko Kanu.
Apart from New Delhi, the other cities earmarked for the October 6-28 tournament are Mumbai, Kochi, Goa, Guwahati and Kolkata which will also host the final.
India, New Caledonia and Niger are making their debuts in the tournament.
India coach luis Norton de Matos said that it was a tough group. "Each of these teams have had 10 years of competitive experience. But now that we know our group rivals we will work hard, view videos of all these teams and prepare well for the tough challenge," said Matos who took over the reins of the team in March.
"The first game is very important and we want to start with a victory," he said.