Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, October 21, 2025 — The draw for the Concacaf U17 men’s qualifiers placed Haiti in Group C alongside Guatemala, Antigua and Barbuda, and Grenada. These qualifiers will determine the teams advancing to the 21st edition of the FIFA U17 World Cup, to be held in Qatar in 2026.
The qualifying phase will run February 3–12, 2026 in six host countries: Honduras, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, and Guatemala.
In all, 34 national teams will take part. Sides will play home-and-away fixtures within their groups, and the group winners will book places at the U17 World Cup in Qatar.
Full group draw (Concacaf)
- Group A: Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, Jamaica
- Group B: Canada, Honduras, El Salvador, Bahamas
- Group C: Haiti, Guatemala, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada
- Group D: Panama, Cuba, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados
- Group E: Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Women’s draw: Haiti’s U17s also set
A few days earlier, on October 15, 2025, Concacaf conducted the U17 women’s draw. The first round will be played January 24–February 2, 2026, with matches hosted in Aruba, Bermuda, Curaçao, and Nicaragua.
Thirty nations will compete for places in Round 2, but only the six group winners plus the two best runners-up will advance.
Haiti’s U17 women will play in Group C with Guatemala, the Cayman Islands, Saint Lucia, and Antigua and Barbuda. Group C matches will be staged in Curaçao.
The U17 World Cup is now annual and has been expanded to 48 teams. Qatar will host the tournament from 2025 through 2029 under the new FIFA cycle aimed at broadening global representation.
U17 World Cup 2025: Haiti to face Egypt, England and Venezuela
On the men’s side, the young Grenadiers are preparing for the 20th edition of the U17 World Cup, also in Qatar, set for November 3–25, 2025.
Haiti opens in Group E against Egypt on November 4, then meets England on November 7, and Venezuela on November 10.
This will be Haiti’s third appearance at the U17 World Cup, after 2007 (coach Yves Philogène Labaze) and 2019 (coach Webens Princimé). Egypt will also make its third appearance (after 1987 and 1997). England has five appearances and won the world title in 2017. Venezuela is in just its second U17 World Cup after 2013.
Full group draw – FIFA U17 World Cup Qatar 2025
- Group A: Qatar, Italy, South Africa, Bolivia
- Group B: Japan, Morocco, New Caledonia, Portugal
- Group C: Senegal, Croatia, Costa Rica, United Arab Emirates
- Group D: Argentina, Belgium, Tunisia, Fiji
- Group E: England, Venezuela, Haiti, Egypt
- Group F: Mexico, Republic of Korea, Côte d’Ivoire, Switzerland
- Group G: Germany, Colombia, DPR Korea, El Salvador
- Group H: Brazil, Honduras, Indonesia, Zambia
- Group I: United States, Burkina Faso, Tajikistan, Czech Republic
- Group J: Paraguay, Uzbekistan, Panama, Republic of Ireland
- Group K: France, Chile, Canada, Uganda
- Group L: Mali, New Zealand, Austria, Saudi Arabia
The 2025–2026 window is pivotal for Haitian football, with the national programs engaged on two fronts: regional qualifying for 2026 and the 2025 finals already approaching. The youth sides will aim to confirm the progress of Haiti’s development pathway, increasingly recognized across the Caribbean and the broader region.