Current European champions, the Portuguese team had already secured the best participation ever in the competition, surpassing third place in 1989, then played at the under-16 level, with current coach Bino Maçães in the Portuguese squad.
Portugal reached the final in its fourth appearance in 20 editions, after third place in 1989, in Scotland, and being eliminated in the quarter-finals in 1995, in Ecuador, and 2003, in Finland.
The team from the corners became the 11th world champion team at the level, the seventh with a title, succeeding Germany, champion in 2023, in history, which continues to be dominated by Nigeria (1985, 1993, 2007, 2013 and 2015), with one more scepter than Brazil (1997, 1999, 2003 and 2019).
This is the third world champion title won by Portugal, after the triumphs in the under-20 World Cups, in 1989, in Saudi Arabia, and 1991, in Portugal, in both cases under the guidance of Carlos Queiroz.
Despite the defeat, Austria enjoyed their best campaign ever, after in their two previous appearances, in 1997, in Egypt, and in 2013, in the United Arab Emirates, they did not make it past the group stage, nor did they win any of the six games.
Portugal, whose previous best result in the under-17 World Cup was third place achieved in 1989, in Scotland, when the competition was still called the under-16 World Cup.