Indonesia will join Singapore in hosting the 2025 U-20 World Cup, the world’s governing body FIFA announced on Monday ( Dec 4).
In reference to Indonesia’s football association, he told reporters in Jakarta,” The declaration of interest has been signed by PSSI and ( the ) Football Association of Singapore ( FAS ).
” I think Indonesia and Singapore may make good visitors.”
Separately on Monday, FAS announced that FIFA had received an a  letter of intent to examine and consider simultaneously hosting future editions of the under-20 and under-17 World Cups with Indonesia starting in 2025.
The FAS stated in a speech that” this letter of intent is experimental at this time, and the pay, if any, will need to be further developed with FIFA ( and )PSSI.” It even added that, in the event of an offer, it would also be necessary to seek consensus with Singaporean authorities.
As a result of  , criticism from some state officials to Israel’s membership, Indonesia was denied the right to sponsor the 2023 U- 20 World Cup in March.
FIFA stated in a statement at the time that it had “decided to eliminate Indonesia as the number of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023” due to the current situation.
FIFA’s decision was also made six months after one of the biggest venue disasters in the history of sport, when 135 spectators were killed in a stampede at an Indonesian regional game. Many of them were crushed as they fled after police fired tear gas into the crowd.
Argentina ultimately served as the host of the U-20 World Cup, with Uruguay taking home the title.
But, Indonesia did network the recently concluded U-17 World Cup, which Germany won.
The U-17 World Cup will become an quarterly competition starting in 2025, whereas the U- 20 earth cup is a biannual event.