2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
كأس العالم للسيدات تحت 17 سنة 2016
Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Dates	30 September – 21 October
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	104 (3.25 per match)
Attendance	104,095 (3,253 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lorena Navarro; (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Jeeda Al-Naber;
Best goalkeeper	Noelia Ramos
Fair play award	Japan

The 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in Jordan from 30 September to 21 October 2016.[1]

While the role of women in sport was regarded as controversial due to cultural and religious conservatism in some countries of the Middle East, this tournament was the first female FIFA tournament held in the region.[2]

Host selection

The following countries submitted a bid to host the tournament by the May 2013 deadline:[3]

On 5 December 2013, the FIFA Executive Committee announced that the tournament would be held in Jordan.[4]

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Jordan who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was published in June 2014.[5]

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	Host nation	Jordan¹
AFC (Asia)	2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship	Japan North Korea
CAF (Africa)	2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Cameroon¹ Ghana Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	Canada Mexico United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2016 South American Under-17 Women's Championship	Brazil Paraguay Venezuela
OFC (Oceania)	2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship	England Germany Spain

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Venues

The three host cities were Amman, Irbid, and Zarqa. The infrastructure of the stadiums and surrounding areas in the host cities was developed. Greater Amman Municipality and the Higher Council for Youth were responsible for developing the infrastructure, with 30% under the responsibility of the municipality and 70% under the responsibility of the council.[6]

Amman	Amman Zarqa Irbid	Amman
Amman International Stadium		King Abdullah II Stadium

Capacity: 20,000		Capacity: 18,000
Zarqa		Irbid
Prince Mohammed Stadium		Al-Hassan Stadium

Capacity: 17,000		Capacity: 15,000

Emblem

The official emblem was unveiled on 3 May 2015, which was designed to showcase Jordan's most iconic symbols. Visual aspects of the Jordanian culture can be seen on the emblem that has the traditional shape of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Trophy, which include; the distinctive pattern of the Jordanian Keffieh, the Jordanian national flower Black Iris, Pan Arab colors and a star from the Jordanian flag.[7]

Mascot

In a FIFA press conference on 28 May 2016, the tournament mascot Aseela was introduced. Aseela is an Arabian oryx, which is a rare animal that happens to be the national animal of Jordan. The Arabian Oryx was chosen for being a symbol of " strength, gentleness, and athleticism", resembling female football players. The mascot is expected to inspire young women across Jordan and the region to participate in watching the tournament.[8]

Theme Song

The Official song for the 2016 FIFA Women U-17 World Cup is 'Jordan our Playground' Composed by Lebanese Singer Carole Samaha and her Jordanian counterpart Hussein Al Salman [9][10]

Squads

Each team named a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. All players must be born on or after 1 January 1999, and on or before 31 December 2001.[11] The official squads were announced on 23 September 2016.[12]

Match officials

A total of 16 referees, 1 reserve referee, and 28 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.[13]

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees
AFC	Kate Jacewicz Park Ji-Yeong Yoshimi Yamashita Oh Hyeon-Jeong (reserve)	Renae Coghill Uvena Fernandes Maiko Hagio Lee Seul-Gi Liang Jianping Truong Thi Le Trinh
CAF	Aissata Ameyo Amegee Ledya Tafesse	Josiane Mbakop Fanta Idrissa Kone
CONCACAF	Marie-Soleil Beaudoin Ekaterina Koroleva Miriam Patricia León Serpas	Thelma Beltran Yudilia Briones Princess Brown Kathryn Nesbitt Deleana Quan Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing
CONMEBOL	Laura Fortunato Regildenia de Holanda Moura Viviana Muñoz Yeimy Martinez	Liliana Bejarano Nilda Gamarra Luzmila Gonzalez Daiana Milone Tatiane Sacilotti Leslie Vasquez
OFC	Finau Vulivuli	–
UEFA	Esther Azzopardi Sandra Braz Bastos Anastasia Pustovoitova Olga Zadinová	Lucia Abruzzese Oleksandra Ardasheva Christina Biehl Susanne Kueng Ekaterina Kurochkina Kylie McMullan Slavomira Majkuthová Katarzyna Wojs

Draw

The official draw was held on 30 May 2016, 18:00 EEST (UTC+3), at the Al Hussein Cultural Centre in Amman.[14][15] The teams were seeded based on their performances in previous U-17 Women's World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts Jordan automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.[8]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Jordan Japan Germany North Korea	Nigeria Spain Venezuela Ghana	Canada United States Mexico Brazil	New Zealand England Paraguay Cameroon

Group stage

The match schedule was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee on 25 May 2015,[16] and officially announced on 10 August 2015.[17]

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:[11]

points obtained in all group matches;
goal difference in all group matches;
number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
fair play points
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, EEST (UTC+3).[18]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Knockout stage
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Knockout stage
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Jordan (H)	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Host.

30 September 2016

17:00

Mexico	5–0	New Zealand
Espinosa 18' Ovalle 36' Lopez 68' Avalos 81' Torres 87'	Report

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 7,635

Referee: Yeimy Martinez (Colombia)

30 September 2016