By decision of FIFA, the United Arab Emirates received the right to host decisive matches of the World Cup among juniors no older than 17 years old - 2013 Under-17 World Cup, “bypassing” countries that have submitted applications such as Denmark and Ghana. Recall that the UAE has already managed to organize and conduct the final matches of the World Cup for juniors no older than 20 years - Under 20 World Cup in 2003, the FIFA Club World Cup in 2009 and 2010 and the Beach Soccer World Cup in 2009 .
In addition, the UAE also applied for the World Cup among juniors no older than 20 years old - 2013 Fifa Under-20 World Cup, which was “given” to Turkey, and the World Championship among junior girls under 17 years old - 2014 Women's The Under-17 World Cup, which Canada won. According to Said Abdul Ghaffar, the deputy chairman of the UAE Football Association, who participated in the meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee, “for the Emirates, it is a huge achievement that the preference was given to this country, it was not very easy to“ defeat ”applicants such as Denmark and Ghana".
