Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was cancelled on 24 December 2020.
[2] Peru were announced as hosts following the FIFA Council meeting on 24 October 2019 in Shanghai, China.
[1] They were also one of the bidders to host the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was awarded to Indonesia on the same day in exchange for Peru's right to host the U-17 competition.
They were also initially awarded hosting rights of the previous edition in 2019, but were stripped by FIFA in February 2019 after inspection of their facilities.
[4] Peruvian Football Federation had proposed five venues in five host cities.