FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Founded	2008; 14 years ago (2008)
Region	International (FIFA)
Number of teams	16 (finals)
Current champions	Spain (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	North Korea (2 titles)
Website	www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/
2022 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.

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:

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		8		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
•  •  – 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	•	•	GS	•	•	•		1
Brazil	GS	QF	QF	•	GS	GS		5
Cameroon	•	×	•	×	GS	GS		2
Canada	QF	GS	QF	QF	GS	4th		6
Chile	•	GS	•	•	•	•		1
China PR	•	•	GS	GS	•	•		2
Colombia	GS	•	GS	GS	•	GS		4
Costa Rica	GS	•	•	GS	•	•		2
Denmark	QF	•	•	•	•	•		1
England	4th	•	•	•	QF	•		2
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	GS		1
France	GS	•	1st	•	•	•		2
Gambia	×	×	GS	×	×	•		1
Germany	3rd	QF	4th	GS	QF	QF		6
Ghana	GS	GS	3rd	QF	QF	QF		6
India	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	1
Italy	•	•	•	3rd	•	•		1
Japan	QF	2nd	QF	1st	2nd	QF	q	6
Jordan	•	•	•	•	GS	•		1
Mexico	•	GS	GS	QF	QF	2nd		5
New Zealand	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	3rd	q	6
Nigeria	GS	QF	QF	QF	GS	•		5
North Korea	1st	4th	2nd	GS	1st	QF	q	6
Paraguay	GS	•	•	GS	GS	•		3
Republic of Ireland	•	QF	•	•	•	•		1
South Africa	•	GS	•	•	•	GS		2
South Korea	QF	1st	•	•	•	GS		3
Spain	•	3rd	•	2nd	3rd	1st		4
Trinidad and Tobago	•	R1	•	•	•	•		1
United States	2nd	•	GS	•	GS	GS		4
Uruguay	•	•	GS	•	•	GS		2
Venezuela	•	GS	•	4th	4th	•		3
Zambia	•	×	•	GS	×	•		1

See also[]

• FIFA Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup

References[]

External links[]

• Official FIFA site for this competition, FIFA.com (in English)