FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Founded | 2002 |
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Region | International (FIFA) |
Number of teams | 16 (finals) |
Current champions | Japan (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | Germany United States (3 titles each) |
Website | www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/ |
2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
Tournaments | |
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The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held in even-numbered years. It was first conducted in 2002 as the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with an upper age limit of 19. In 2006, the age limit was raised to the current 20. The event was renamed as a World Cup effective with the 2008 competition, making its name consistent with FIFA's other worldwide competitions for national teams.
Starting with the 2010 edition, tournaments held in years immediately preceding the FIFA Women's World Cup are awarded as part of the bidding process for the Women's World Cup. In those years, the U-20 Women's World Cup serves as a test event for the host nation of the Women's World Cup, a role similar to that of the former FIFA Confederations Cup in the men's game.
The current champion is Japan, which won its first title at the 2018 tournament in France.
Qualification[]
Each continental governing body has its own qualifying tournament, but Africa does not determine a champion.
Confederation | Qualifier |
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AFC (Asia) | AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup |
CAF (Africa) | African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification |
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) | CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship |
CONMEBOL (South America) | South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship |
OFC (Oceania) | OFC U-20 Women's Championship |
UEFA (Europe) | UEFA Women's U-19 Championship |
History[]
2002[]
The first women's world championship at the youth level, held as the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, with an age limit of 19, was hosted by Canada. The final, held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, drew a surprisingly large crowd of 47,000 to watch the hosts play the United States. The US defeated Canada 1–0 on a golden goal by Lindsay Tarpley. Canada's Christine Sinclair was the adidas Golden Ball recipient, as tournament MVP, and the Golden Shoe (10 goals) winner.
2004[]
The 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship was held in Thailand. For the second time in a row, the current holders of the adult World Cup, Germany, won the youth competition. The Golden Ball went to Brazilian star, Marta, while for the second time the Golden Boot went to a Canadian, Brittany Timko.
2006[]
FIFA raised the women's youth championship age limit to 20 to match the men's, beginning with the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, held in Russia from 17 August through 3 September.
The competition was held in four Moscow stadiums (Dinamo, Lokomotiv, Podmoskovie Stadium and Torpedo Stadion) and one in St. Petersburg (Petrovskiy Stadion).
Korea DPR won the final 5–0 over China PR.
2008[]
The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship was held in Chile, from 20 November to 7 December 2008.[1]
Six years after winning their first championship at the youth level in 2002, the United States reclaimed the trophy with a 2–1 win over defending champions Korea DPR. The Golden Ball and the Golden Shoe went to Sydney Leroux of the United States.
2010[]
The 2010 edition of the tournament was held in Germany from 13 July to 1 August 2010. The host nation defeated Nigeria in the final to claim its second championship. It was the first time that an African nation had advanced as far as the semifinals. It was also the first tournament in which four different confederations were represented in the semifinals. The Golden Ball and Golden Shoe awards both went to Alexandra Popp of Germany.
2012[]
The 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was played in Japan from 19 August to 8 September,[2] after initially having a hosting bid from Vietnam withdrawn and a bid from Uzbekistan rejected. The Golden Ball award went to Dzsenifer Marozsán of Germany and Golden Shoe award went to of North Korea.
2014[]
The 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in Canada from 5–25 August 2014, who reprised its role as host after a Zimbabwean bid withdrew leaving the Canadian bid unopposed. The Golden Ball and Golden Shoe awards both went to Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria.
2016[]
The 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was expected to be held in South Africa, but due to the country's withdrawal, a new host was chosen on 19 March 2015, and it was Papua New Guinea.[3]
2018[]
The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in France from 5–24 August 2018; a year later France would host the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. The Golden Ball and Golden Shoe awards both went to Patricia Guijarro of Spain.
2020[]
The 2020 edition was initially to be hosted jointly by Costa Rica and Panama in August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic it has been postponed to January 2021, to be solely hosted by Costa Rica. Due to having the highest COVID-19 cases and deaths in the region, Panama withdrew from hosting this event along with the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games.[4] The tournament was initially postponed to 2021, subject to further monitoring.[5] On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament would be cancelled.[6]
2022[]
Following the cancellation of the 2020 edition, Costa Rica were appointed as hosts of the next edition of the tournament in 2022.[6]
Results[]
Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||||
1 | 2002 Details |
Canada | United States |
1–0 (g.g.) | Canada |
Germany |
1–1 (4–3 p) |
Brazil |
12 | |||
2 | 2004 Details |
Thailand | Germany |
2–0 | China PR |
United States |
3–0 | Brazil |
12 | |||
3 | 2006 Details |
Russia | North Korea |
5–0 | China PR |
Brazil |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) |
United States |
16 | |||
4 | 2008 Details |
Chile | United States |
2–1 | North Korea |
Germany |
5–3 | France |
16 | |||
5 | 2010 Details |
Germany | Germany |
2–0 | Nigeria |
South Korea |
1–0 | Colombia |
16 | |||
6 | 2012 Details |
Japan | United States |
1–0 | Germany |
Japan |
2–1 | Nigeria |
16 | |||
7 | 2014 Details |
Canada | Germany |
1–0 (a.e.t.) | Nigeria |
France |
3–2 | North Korea |
16 | |||
8 | 2016 Details |
Papua New Guinea | North Korea |
3–1 | France |
Japan |
1–0 | United States |
16 | |||
9 | 2018 Details |
France | Japan |
3–1 | Spain |
England |
1–1 (4–2 p) |
France |
16 | |||
— | 2021 Details |
Costa Rica | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica[6] | 16 | ||||||||
10 | 2022 Details |
16 |
- Key:
- a.e.t. – after extra time
- g.g – after sudden death extra time
- p – after penalty shoot-out
Teams reaching the top four[]
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Germany | 3 (2004, 2010, 2014) | 1 (2012) | 2 (2002, 2008) | – |
United States | 3 (2002, 2008, 2012) | – | 1 (2004) | 2 (2006, 2016) |
North Korea | 2 (2006, 2016) | 1 (2008) | – | 1 (2014) |
Japan | 1 (2018) | – | 2 (2012, 2016) | – |
Nigeria | – | 2 (2010, 2014) | – | 1 (2012) |
China PR | – | 2 (2004, 2006) | – | – |
France | – | 1 (2016) | 1 (2014) | 2 (2008, 2018) |
Canada | – | 1 (2002) | – | – |
Spain | – | 1 (2018) | – | – |
Brazil | – | – | 1 (2006) | 2 (2002, 2004) |
South Korea | – | – | 1 (2010) | – |
England | – | – | 1 (2018) | – |
Colombia | – | – | – | 1 (2010) |
Awards[]
- Source: FIFA[7]
The topscorer award.
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Awarded to the best player of the tournament.
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Awarded to the best goalkeeper.
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Comprehensive team results in each World Cup[]
- Legend
- 1st — Champions
- 2nd — Runners-up
- 3rd — Third place
- 4th — Fourth place
- QF – Quarter-finals
- GS – Group stage
- • — Did not qualify
- — Did not enter / Withdrew / To be determined
- 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 | 2002 (12) |
2004 (12) |
2006 (16) |
2008 (16) |
2010 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2014 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2018 (16) |
2022 (16) |
Total |
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Argentina | • | • | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | 3 | |
Australia | QF | QF | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | |
Brazil | 4th | 4th | 3rd | QF | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | 9 | |
Canada | 2nd | QF | GS | GS | • | GS | QF | GS | • | 7 | |
• | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
China PR | • | 2nd | 2nd | GS | • | GS | GS | • | GS | 6 | |
GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Colombia | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
• | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | • | • | q | 3 | |
Denmark | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
DR Congo | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
England | QF | • | • | QF | GS | • | GS | • | 3rd | 5 | |
Finland | • | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 2 | |
France | GS | • | QF | 4th | GS | • | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 7 | |
Germany | 3rd | 1st | QF | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | QF | QF | 9 | |
Ghana | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | |
Haiti | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 1 | |
• | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | 2 | ||
Japan | QF | • | • | QF | GS | 3rd | • | 3rd | 1st | 6 | |
Mexico | GS | • | GS | GS | QF | QF | GS | QF | GS | 8 | |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | 1 | ||
New Zealand | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | GS | 7 | |
Nigeria | GS | QF | QF | QF | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | GS | QF | 9 | |
North Korea | • | • | 1st | 2nd | QF | QF | 4th | 1st | QF | 7 | |
• | • | • | GS | • | QF | • | • | • | 2 | ||
Papua New Guinea | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 | |
Paraguay | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | 2 | |
Russia | • | QF | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
South Korea | • | GS | • | • | 3rd | QF | QF | GS | • | 5 | |
Spain | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | QF | 2nd | 3 | |
Sweden | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | GS | • | 2 | |
Switzerland | • | • | GS | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | 3 | |
Thailand | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
United States | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 1st | QF | 1st | QF | 4th | GS | 9 | |
Venezuela | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008". FIFA. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
- ^ "Match Schedule FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012" (PDF). FIFA.com. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2013.
- ^ "Sport: PNG Football wants to host U20 Women's World Cup". Radio New Zealand International. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ "Costa Rica 'ready to host the entire tournament' as Panama bows out as U-20 Women's World Cup host". The Tico Times. 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "Statistical Kit" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
External links[]
- Official website, FIFA.com (in English)
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
- FIFA competitions for women's national teams
- Under-20 association football
- Youth football competitions
- World youth sports competitions
- Recurring sporting events established in 2002
- World championships in association football