FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The tournament is held in even-numbered years, starting in 2008. The current champion is Spain, which won its first title at the 2018 tournament in Uruguay.

This article is about the women's association football tournament. For the men's tournament, see FIFA U-17 World Cup.
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Founded2008 (2008)
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams16 (finals)
Current champions Spain
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) North Korea
(2 titles)
Websitewww.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/
2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Tournaments

History

In 2003 after the inaugural success of the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, held in Canada, FIFA proposed adding a second youth tournament for girls. Continental confederations told FIFA it would be difficult to create a second championship, with the age limits in place at the time. Therefore, FIFA created the U-17 Women's World Cup and the U-20 Women's World Championship (renamed the "U-20 Women's World Cup" in 2007), the same age groups as its men's youth tournaments. Accordingly, the age limit for the U-19 championship was increased to 20, effective with the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia. FIFA committed to creating a U-17 women's championship, stated to begin in 2008.

The first tournament was held in 2008 in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November. Four cities hosted matches during the inaugural tournament – North Shore City (North Harbour Stadium), Hamilton (Waikato Stadium), Wellington (Wellington Stadium) and Christchurch (QEII Park). New Zealand won hosting rights at the same time that Chile received hosting honours for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup; Ecuador also bid for the event.

On 4 April 2020, FIFA announced the decision of postponing the 2020 World Cup which was originally scheduled in five venues to be held from 2 to 21 November in India.[1] The tournament was initially postponed to 2021, subject to further monitoring.[2] On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournamenth would be cancelled, and India were appointed as hosts of the next edition of the tournament in 2022.[3]

The opening match between Uruguay and Ghana at the 2018 edition.

Qualification

Qualifying tournaments are:

Confederation Championship
AFC (Asia) AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
CAF (Africa) African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
CONMEBOL (South America) South American Under 17 Women's Championship
OFC (Oceania) OFC U-17 Women's Championship
UEFA (Europe) UEFA Women's U-17 Championship

Results
Edition Year Host Final Third place match Number of Teams
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 2008
Details		  New Zealand
North Korea		 2–1 (a.e.t.)
United States
Germany		 3–0
England		 16
2 2010
Details		  Trinidad and Tobago
South Korea		 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Japan
Spain		 1–0
North Korea		 16
3 2012
Details		  Azerbaijan
France		 1–1
(7–6 p)
North Korea
Ghana		 1–0
Germany		 16
4 2014
Details		  Costa Rica
Japan		 2–0
Spain
Italy		 4–4
(2–0 p)
Venezuela		 16
5 2016
Details		  Jordan
North Korea		 0–0
(5–4 p)
Japan
Spain		 4–0
Venezuela		 16
6 2018
Details		  Uruguay
Spain		 2–1
Mexico
New Zealand		 2–1
Canada		 16
— 2021
Details		  India Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3] 16
7 2022
Details		  India 16

Teams reaching the top four
Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 North Korea 2 (2008, 2016) 1 (2012) – 1 (2010)
 Japan 1 (2014) 2 (2010, 2016) – –
 Spain 1 (2018) 1 (2014) 2 (2010, 2016) –
 South Korea 1 (2010) – – –
 France 1 (2012) – – –
 United States – 1 (2008) – –
 Mexico – 1 (2018) – –
 Germany – – 1 (2008) 1 (2012)
 Ghana – – 1 (2012) –
 Italy – – 1 (2014) –
 New Zealand – – 1 (2018) –
 Venezuela – – – 2 (2014, 2016)
 England – – – 1 (2008)
 Canada – – – 1 (2018)

Awards
Tournament Golden Ball Golden Shoe Award Goals Golden Glove Fair Play Award
2008 New Zealand Mana Iwabuchi Dzsenifer Marozsán 6 Taylor Vancil  Germany
2010 Trinidad and Tobago Yeo Min-ji Yeo Min-ji 8 Dolores Gallardo  Germany
2012 Azerbaijan Griedge Mbock Bathy Ri Un-sim 8 Romane Bruneau  Japan
2014 Costa Rica Hina Sugita Deyna Castellanos
Gabriela García		 6 Mamiko Matsumoto  Japan
2016 Jordan Fuka Nagano Lorena Navarro 8 Noelia Ramos  Japan
2018 Uruguay Clàudia Pina Mukarama Abdulai 7 Catalina Coll  Japan
2022 India

Comprehensive team results in each World Cup
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • GS – Group stage
  • R1 – Round 1, Group stage
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  • XX – Country did not exist or national team was inactive
  •    – Hosts
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team
2008
(16)
2010
(16)
2012
(16)
2014
(16)
2016
(16)
2018
(16)
2022
(16)		 Total
 Azerbaijan ••R1•••1
 Brazil R1QFQF•GSGS5
 Cameroon •×•×GSGS2
 Canada QFR1QFQFGS4th6
 Chile •R1••••1
 China PR ••R1GS••2
 Colombia R1•R1GS•GS4
 Costa Rica R1••GS••2
 Denmark QF•••••1
 England 4th•••QF•2
 Finland •••••GS1
 France R1•1st•••2
 Gambia ××R1×ו1
 Germany 3rdQF4thGSQFQF6
 Ghana R1R13rdQFQFQF6
 India ••••••q1
 Italy •••3rd••1
 Japan QF2ndQF1st2ndQF6
 Jordan ••••GS•1
 Mexico •R1R1QFQF2nd5
 New Zealand R1R1R1GSGS3rd6
 Nigeria R1QFQFQFGS•5
 North Korea 1st4th2ndGS1stQF6
 Paraguay R1••GSGS•3
 Republic of Ireland •QF••••1
 South Africa •R1•••GS2
 South Korea QF1st•••GS3
 Spain •3rd•2nd3rd1st4
 Trinidad and Tobago •R1••••1
 United States 2nd•R1•GSGS4
 Uruguay ••R1••GS2
 Venezuela •R1•4th4th•3
 Zambia •×•GSו1

See also

References
  1. "FIFA postpones U-17 Women's World Cup in India due to Covid-19 pandemic". India Today. April 4, 2020.
  2. "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
  3. "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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