FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
FIFA U-20 Womens-World-Cup.jpg
The trophy awarded to the champions
Organising bodyFIFA
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
RegionInternational
Number of teams16 (finals)
Related competitionsFIFA U-20 World Cup
Current champions Spain (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Germany
 United States
(3 titles each)
Websitefifa.com/u20womensworldcup
2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Tournaments

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 held 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 since 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 champions are Spain, who won their first title at the 2022 tournament in Costa Rica.

Qualification

Each continental governing body has its own qualifying tournament, but Africa does not determine a champion.

Confederation Qualifier
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

Third-place match between Japan and Nigeria at the 2012 edition

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 Kim Un-hwa 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

Tournament name
  • 2002–2004: "FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship"
  • 2006: "FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship"
  • 2008–present: "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup"
Keys
Ed. Year Host First place game Third place game Num.
teams
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion Score 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third Score Fourth
1 2002  Canada
United States
1–0 (g.g.)
Canada

Germany
1–1
(4–3 p)

Brazil
12
2 2004  Thailand
Germany
2–0
China

United States
3–0
Brazil
12
3 2006  Russia
North Korea
5–0
China

Brazil
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)

United States
16
4 2008  Chile
United States
2–1
North Korea

Germany
5–3
France
16
5 2010  Germany
Germany
2–0
Nigeria

South Korea
1–0
Colombia
16
6 2012  Japan
United States
1–0
Germany

Japan
2–1
Nigeria
16
7 2014  Canada
Germany
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Nigeria

France
3–2
North Korea
16
8 2016  Papua New Guinea
North Korea
3–1
France

Japan
1–0
United States
16
9 2018  France
Japan
3–1
Spain

England
1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)

France
16
10 2022  Costa Rica
Spain
3–1
Japan

Brazil
4–1
Netherlands
16
Map of countries' best results

Teams reaching the top four

Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 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) 1 (2022) 2 (2012, 2016)
 Spain 1 (2022) 1 (2018)
 Nigeria 2 (2010, 2014) 1 (2012)
China PR 2 (2004, 2006)
 France 1 (2016) 1 (2014) 2 (2008, 2018)
 Canada 1 (2002)
 Brazil 2 (2006, 2022) 2 (2002, 2004)
 South Korea 1 (2010)
 England 1 (2018)
 Colombia 1 (2010)
 Netherlands 1 (2022)

Awards

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
Canada
(12)
2004
Thailand
(12)
2006
Russia
(16)
2008
Chile
(16)
2010
Germany
(16)
2012
Japan
(16)
2014
Canada
(16)
2016
Papua New Guinea
(16)
2018
France
(16)
2022
Costa Rica
(16)
Total
 Argentina GS GS GS 3
 Australia QF QF GS GS 4
 Brazil 4th 4th 3rd QF GS GS GS QF GS 3rd 10
 Canada 2nd QF GS GS GS QF GS GS 8
 Chile GS 1
 China 2nd 2nd GS GS GS GS 6
 Chinese Taipei GS 1
 Colombia 4th QF 2
 Costa Rica GS GS GS 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 QF 8
 Germany 3rd 1st QF 3rd 1st 2nd 1st QF QF GS 10
 Ghana GS GS GS GS GS GS 6
 Haiti GS 1
 Italy GS GS 2
 Japan QF QF GS 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 7
 Mexico GS GS GS QF QF GS QF GS QF 9
 Netherlands QF 4th 2
 New Zealand GS GS GS GS QF GS GS GS 8
 Nigeria GS QF QF QF 2nd 4th 2nd GS QF QF 10
 North Korea 1st 2nd QF QF 4th 1st QF × 7
 Norway GS QF 2
 Papua New Guinea GS 1
 Paraguay GS GS 2
 Russia QF QF 2
 South Korea GS 3rd QF QF GS GS 6
 Spain GS QF 2nd 1st 4
 Sweden QF GS 2
 Switzerland GS GS GS 3
 Thailand GS 1
 United States 1st 3rd 4th 1st QF 1st QF 4th GS GS 10
 Venezuela GS 1

Results by confederation

   — Hosts are from this confederation

AFC

2002
Canada
(12)
2004
Thailand
(12)
2006
Russia
(16)
2008
Chile
(16)
2010
Germany
(16)
2012
Japan
(16)
2014
Canada
(16)
2016
Papua New Guinea
(16)
2018
France
(16)
2022
Costa Rica
(16)
Total
Teams 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 30
Top 8 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 18
Top 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 11
Top 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 7
1st North Korea North Korea Japan 3
2nd China China North Korea Japan 4
3rd South Korea Japan Japan 3
4th North Korea 1

CAF

2002
Canada
(12)
2004
Thailand
(12)
2006
Russia
(16)
2008
Chile
(16)
2010
Germany
(16)
2012
Japan
(16)
2014
Canada
(16)
2016
Papua New Guinea
(16)
2018
France
(16)
2022
Costa Rica
(16)
Total
Teams 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 18
Top 8 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8
Top 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
Top 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
1st 0
2nd Nigeria Nigeria 2
3rd 0
4th Nigeria 1

CONCACAF

2002
Canada
(12)
2004
Thailand
(12)
2006
Russia
(16)
2008
Chile
(16)
2010
Germany
(16)
2012
Japan
(16)
2014
Canada
(16)
2016
Papua New Guinea
(16)
2018
France
(16)
2022
Costa Rica
(16)
Total
Teams 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 31
Top 8 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 15
Top 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
Top 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
1st United States United States United States 3
2nd Canada 1
3rd United States 1
4th United States United States 2

CONMEBOL

2002
Canada
(12)
2004
Thailand
(12)
2006
Russia
(16)
2008
Chile
(16)
2010
Germany
(16)
2012
Japan
(16)
2014
Canada
(16)
2016
Papua New Guinea
(16)
2018
France
(16)
2022
Costa Rica
(16)
Total
Teams 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 19
Top 8 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 8
Top 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd Brazil Brazil 2
4th Brazil Brazil Colombia 3

OFC

2002
Canada
(12)
2004
Thailand
(12)
2006
Russia
(16)
2008
Chile
(16)
2010
Germany
(16)
2012
Japan
(16)
2014
Canada
(16)
2016
Papua New Guinea
(16)
2018
France
(16)
2022
Costa Rica
(16)
Total
Teams 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 11
Top 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd 0
4th 0

UEFA

2002
Canada
(12)
2004
Thailand
(12)
2006
Russia
(16)
2008
Chile
(16)
2010
Germany
(16)
2012
Japan
(16)
2014
Canada
(16)
2016
Papua New Guinea
(16)
2018
France
(16)
2022
Costa Rica
(16)
Total
Teams 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 43
Top 8 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 3 28
Top 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 14
Top 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
1st Germany Germany Germany Spain 4
2nd Germany France Spain 3
3rd Germany Germany France England 4
4th France France Netherlands 3

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008". FIFA. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Sport: PNG Football wants to host U20 Women's World Cup". Radio New Zealand International. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b "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.
  7. ^ "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.

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