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A crowd of 800 - including 200 reporters - at the Sala Nezahualcoytl concert hall for the draw were welcomed by Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala and CONCACAF President Jack Warner, chairman of the U-17 World Cup organizing committee.
Mexico, the 2005 U-17 world champion, will play in Morelia and Monterrey, while reigning CONCACAF champion the United States was placed in Group D in Torreon and Pachuca with the Czech Republic, Uzbekistan and New Zealand.
CONCACAF runner-up Canada was joined with Uruguay, Rwanda and England in Group C in Pachuca and Torreon, while Jamaica was put in Group B in Monterrey and Morelia with Japan, France and Argentina.
First-time qualifier Panama was placed in Group E in Queretaro and Guadalajara with Burkina Faso, Germany and Ecuador for the Jun 18-July 10 event.
