FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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.

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The trophy awarded to the champions
Organising bodyFIFA
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
RegionInternational
Number of teams24 (finals)
Related competitionsFIFA U-20 World Cup
Current champions North Korea (3rd title)
Most successful team(s) Germany
 North Korea
 United States
(3 titles each)
Websitefifa.com/u20womensworldcup
2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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 North Korea, who won their third title at the 2024 tournament in Colombia.

Qualification

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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

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2002

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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

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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 senior 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

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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

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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

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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

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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 went to Dzsenifer Marozsán of Germany, while the Golden Shoe went to Kim Un-hwa of North Korea.

2014

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Following the cancellation of the 2020 edition, Costa Rica were appointed as hosts of the tournament in 2022.[6]

2024

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As of 2024 the tournament will be expanded from 16 to 24 teams.[7] Colombia was selected as host on 23 June 2023.[8]

2026

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Poland was selected as host on 17 December 2023.[9]

Results

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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 Final Third place game Num.
teams
  Champions Score   Runners-up   Third place Score Fourth place
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
11 2024   Colombia  
North Korea
1–0  
Japan
 
United States
2–1 (a.e.t.)  
Netherlands
24
12 2026   Poland 24
 
Map of countries' best results

Teams reaching the top four

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Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place
  Germany 3 (2004, 2010, 2014) 1 (2012) 2 (2002, 2008)
  North Korea 3 (2006, 2016, 2024) 1 (2008) 1 (2014)
  United States 3 (2002, 2008, 2012) 2 (2004, 2024) 2 (2006, 2016)
  Japan 1 (2018) 2 (2022, 2024) 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)
  Netherlands 2 (2022, 2024)
  Colombia 1 (2010)

Awards

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Below are the award winners.[10]

Comprehensive team results in each World Cup

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Legend
  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • R16 – Round of 16
  • 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 Confederation 2002
 
(12)
2004
 
(12)
2006
 
(16)
2008
 
(16)
2010
 
(16)
2012
 
(16)
2014
 
(16)
2016
 
(16)
2018
 
(16)
2022
 
(16)
2024
 
(24)
2026
 
(24)
Total
  Argentina CONMEBOL GS GS GS R16 4
  Australia AFC[A] QF QF GS GS GS 5
  Austria UEFA R16 1
  Brazil CONMEBOL 4th 4th 3rd QF GS GS GS QF GS 3rd QF 11
  Cameroon CAF × × × × R16 1
  Canada CONCACAF 2nd QF GS GS GS QF GS GS R16 9
  Chile CONMEBOL GS 1
  China AFC 2nd 2nd GS GS GS GS 6
  Chinese Taipei AFC GS 1
  Colombia CONMEBOL 4th QF QF 3
  Costa Rica CONCACAF GS GS GS GS 4
  Denmark UEFA QF 1
  DR Congo CAF × GS GS × × 2
  England UEFA QF QF GS GS 3rd 5
  Fiji OFC × × × × × × GS 1
  Finland UEFA GS GS 2
  France UEFA GS QF 4th GS 3rd 2nd 4th QF R16 9
  Germany UEFA 3rd 1st QF 3rd 1st 2nd 1st QF QF GS QF 11
  Ghana CAF × × GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 7
  Haiti CONCACAF GS × 1
  Italy UEFA GS GS 2
  Japan AFC QF QF GS 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 8
  Mexico CONCACAF GS GS GS QF QF GS QF GS QF R16 10
  Morocco CAF × × × GS 1
  Netherlands UEFA QF 4th 4th 3
  New Zealand OFC × GS GS GS GS QF GS GS GS GS 9
  Nigeria CAF GS QF QF QF 2nd 4th 2nd GS QF QF R16 11
  North Korea AFC 1st 2nd QF QF 4th 1st QF × 1st 8
  Norway UEFA GS QF 2
  Papua New Guinea OFC × × × GS 1
  Paraguay CONMEBOL GS GS GS 3
  Poland UEFA Q 1
  Russia UEFA QF QF × 2
  South Korea AFC GS 3rd QF QF GS GS R16 7
  Spain UEFA GS QF 2nd 1st QF 5
  Sweden UEFA QF GS 2
   Switzerland UEFA GS GS GS 3
  Thailand AFC GS 1
  United States CONCACAF 1st 3rd 4th 1st QF 1st QF 4th GS GS 3rd 11
  Venezuela CONMEBOL GS GS 2
  1. ^ Australia represented OFC before 2006.

Debut of national teams

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Year Debuting teams
Teams No. Cum.
2002   Australia,   Brazil,   Canada,   Chinese Taipei,   Denmark ,  England,   France,   Germany,   Japan,   Mexico,   Nigeria,   United States 12 12
2004   China,   Italy,   Russia,   South Korea,   Spain,   Thailand 6 18
2006   Argentina,   DR Congo,   Finland,   New Zealand,   North Korea ,   Switzerland 6 24
2008   Chile,   Norway 2 26
2010   Colombia,   Costa Rica,   Ghana,   Sweden 4 30
2012 None 0 30
2014   Paraguay 1 31
2016   Papua New Guinea,   Venezuela 2 33
2018   Haiti,   Netherlands 2 35
2022 None 0 35
2024   Austria,   Cameroon,   Fiji,   Morocco 4 39
2026   Poland 1 40

Results by confederation

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   — Hosts are from this confederation

2002
 
(12)
2004
 
(12)
2006
 
(16)
2008
 
(16)
2010
 
(16)
2012
 
(16)
2014
 
(16)
2016
 
(16)
2018
 
(16)
2022
 
(16)
2024
 
(24)
2026
 
(24)
Total
Teams 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 38
Top 16 3 3
Top 8 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 20
Top 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 13
Top 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 9
1st         4
2nd           5
3rd       3
4th   1
2002
 
(12)
2004
 
(12)
2006
 
(16)
2008
 
(16)
2010
 
(16)
2012
 
(16)
2014
 
(16)
2016
 
(16)
2018
 
(16)
2022
 
(16)
2024
 
(24)
2026
 
(24)
Total
Teams 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 26
Top 16 2 2
Top 8 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 8
Top 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Top 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
1st 0
2nd     2
3rd 0
4th   1
2002
 
(12)
2004
 
(12)
2006
 
(16)
2008
 
(16)
2010
 
(16)
2012
 
(16)
2014
 
(16)
2016
 
(16)
2018
 
(16)
2022
 
(16)
2024
 
(24)
2026
 
(24)
Total
Teams 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 39
Top 16 3 3
Top 8 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 16
Top 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 8
Top 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
1st       3
2nd   1
3rd     2
4th     2
2002
 
(12)
2004
 
(12)
2006
 
(16)
2008
 
(16)
2010
 
(16)
2012
 
(16)
2014
 
(16)
2016
 
(16)
2018
 
(16)
2022
 
(16)
2024
 
(24)
2026
 
(24)
Total
Teams 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 28
Top 16 3 3
Top 8 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 10
Top 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd     2
4th       3
2002
 
(12)
2004
 
(12)
2006
 
(16)
2008
 
(16)
2010
 
(16)
2012
 
(16)
2014
 
(16)
2016
 
(16)
2018
 
(16)
2022
 
(16)
2024
 
(24)
2026
 
(24)
Total
Teams 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 15
Top 16 0 0
Top 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd 0
4th 0
2002
 
(12)
2004
 
(12)
2006
 
(16)
2008
 
(16)
2010
 
(16)
2012
 
(16)
2014
 
(16)
2016
 
(16)
2018
 
(16)
2022
 
(16)
2024
 
(24)
2026
 
(24)
Total
Teams 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 6 54
Top 16 5 5
Top 8 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 3 3 31
Top 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 15
Top 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7
1st         4
2nd       3
3rd         4
4th         4

See also

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References

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  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. ^ FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup from 16 to 24 teams.
  8. ^ "FIFA Council appoints United States as host of new and expanded FIFA Club World Cup". FIFA.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  9. ^ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  10. ^ "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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