2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	13 November – 1 December
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	86 (2.69 per match)
Attendance	38,272 (1,196 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mukarama Abdulai ; Clàudia Pina (7 goals each)
Best player(s)	Clàudia Pina
Best goalkeeper	Catalina Coll
Fair play award	Japan

The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 6th 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, since its inception in 2008.

The tournament was held in Uruguay from 13 November to 1 December 2018.[1][2] North Korea were the defending champions but were eliminated by Spain in the quarter-finals.

The final took place at the Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo between Spain and Mexico a rematch from the group stage in 2016. Spain won their first title, beating Mexico 2–1 in the Final.

Host selection

On 6 March 2014, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 31 October 2014.[3]

The following countries made official bids for hosting the tournament:[4]

The decision on the hosts was originally to be made at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting on 19–20 March 2015,[5] but no announcement was made after the meeting.

During FIFA President Gianni Infantino's visit to Uruguay in March 2016, Uruguay showed interest in organizing the event.[6] The FIFA Council appointed Uruguay as host on 10 May 2016.[1]

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Uruguay who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 13–14 October 2016.[7]

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
AFC (Asia)	2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship	Japan	6th	2016	Champions (2014)
		North Korea	6th	2016	Champions (2008, 2016)
		South Korea	3rd	2010	Champions (2010)
CAF (Africa)	2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Cameroon	2nd	2016	Group stage (2016)
		Ghana	6th	2016	Third place (2012)
		South Africa	2nd	2010	Group stage (2010)
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	Canada	6th	2016	Quarter-Finals (2008, 2012, 2014)
		Mexico	5th	2016	Quarter-finals (2014, 2016)
		United States	4th	2016	Runners-up (2008)
CONMEBOL (South America)	Host nation	Uruguay	2nd	2012	Group stage (2012)
	2018 South American U-17 Women's Championship	Brazil	5th	2016	Quarter-finals (2010, 2012)
	2018 South American U-17 Women's Championship	Colombia	4th	2014	Group stage (2008, 2012, 2014)
OFC (Oceania)	2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship	New Zealand	6th	2016	Group stage (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
UEFA (Europe)	2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship	Finland	1st	None	Debut
		Germany	6th	2016	Third place (2008)
		Spain	4th	2016	Runners-up (2014)

Venues

Colonia del Sacramento	Maldonado	Montevideo
Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici	Estadio Domingo Burgueño (Estadio Domingo Burgueño Miguel)	Estadio Charrúa
34°28′01″S 57°50′43″W	34°54′52″S 54°57′19″W	34°52′42″S 56°05′22″W
Capacity: 6,500	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 14,000

Colonia del Sacramento Maldonado Montevideo 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (Southern Uruguay)

Branding

The emblem was launched on 16 November 2017 at the Palacio Legislativo in Montevideo. The emblem is inspired by the famous beach coastline and its shape of the tournament's trophy. It features the Uruguayan flower ceibo, the Candombe drummer and the sun from the national flag.[8]

Mascot

The mascot named Capi was unveiled on 7 June 2018, she is inspired by a Uruguayan capybara.[9][10]

Slogan

The slogan "Same Game, Same Emotion" was unveiled on 29 September 2018.[11]

Draw

The official draw was held on 30 May 2018, 15:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA Headquarters in Zürich.[12][13][14][15][16] The teams were seeded based on their performances in previous U-17 Women's World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts Uruguay automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.

The identity of the three teams from CONCACAF were not known at the time of the draw, and were seeded based on the rankings of the three best-performing teams from the region in previous editions. They were assigned to the three places reserved for CONCACAF after the qualifying tournament was completed based on their rankings in the seeding formula (instead of their rankings in the qualifying tournament).[17][18]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Uruguay Japan North Korea Spain	Germany Ghana Mexico Canada	Brazil New Zealand United States South Korea	Colombia South Africa Cameroon Finland

Match officials

A total of 15 referees and 28 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.[19][20]

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees
AFC	Casey Reibelt Yoshimi Yamashita	Makoto Bozono Lee Seul-Gi Naomi Teshirogi Truong Thi Le Trinh
CAF	Salima Mukansanga	Bielignin Some Fanta Idrissa Kone
CONCACAF	Marie-Soleil Beaudoin Ekaterina Koroleva Lucila Venegas	Mayte Chavez Enedina Caudillo Princess Brown Felisha Mariscal Deleana Quan Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing
CONMEBOL	Laura Fortunato Maria Carvajal Olga Miranda	Mary Cristina Blanco Bolivar Mariana De Almeida Nilda Gamarra Maria Rocco Loreto Toloza Sacilotti Leslie Vasquez
OFC	Finau Vulivuli	Sarah Jones
UEFA	Riem Hussein Katalin Kulcsár Monika Mularczyk Sara Persson Anastasia Pustovoytova	Nicolet Bakker Oleksandra Ardasheva Julia Magnusson Rocio Puento Pino Ekaterina Kurochkina Kylie McMullan Lisa Rashid Lucie Ratajova Maria Sukenikova Mihaela Tepusa Katalin Török

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to name a preliminary squad of 35 players. From the preliminary squad, the team has to name a final squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad can be replaced due to serious injury up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match.[21]

Group stage

Uruguay vs Ghana match

The official schedule was unveiled on 8 February 2018.[12]

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Article 17.7):[21]

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 followed:

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 in all group matches:
- 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, UYT (UTC−3).[22]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	New Zealand	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6	Knockout stage
3	Finland	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
4	Uruguay (H)	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

13 November 2018

16:00

New Zealand	1–0	Finland
Brown 41'	Report

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

Attendance: 1,385[23]

Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

13 November 2018