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.
 The trophy awarded to the champions | |
| Organising body | FIFA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Region | International |
| Number of teams | 24 (finals) |
| Related competitions | FIFA U-20 World Cup |
| Current champions |  Spain (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Germany United States(3 titles each) |
| Website | fifa.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 Spain, who won their first title at the 2022 tournament in Costa Rica.
Qualification edit
Each continental governing body has its own qualifying tournament, but Africa does not determine a champion.
History edit
2002 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Following the cancellation of the 2020 edition, Costa Rica were appointed as hosts of the tournament in 2022.[6]
2024 edit
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 edit
Poland was selected as host on 17 December 2023.[9]
Results edit
- 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
- aet: after extra time
- p: penalty shoot-out
| Ed. | Year | Host | Final | Third place game | Num. teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Champions
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Score |  Runners-up
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 Third place
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Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1 | 2002 |  Canada
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 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
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24 | ||||||
| 12 | 2026 |  Poland
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24 | ||||||
Teams reaching the top four edit
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany
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3 (2004, 2010, 2014) | 1 (2012) | 2 (2002, 2008) | — |
| United States
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3 (2002, 2008, 2012) | — | 1 (2004) | 2 (2006, 2016) |
 North Korea
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2 (2006, 2016) | 1 (2008) | — | 1 (2014) |
| Japan
|
1 (2018) | 1 (2022) | 2 (2012, 2016) | — |
| Spain
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1 (2022) | 1 (2018) | — | — |
 Nigeria
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— | 2 (2010, 2014) | — | 1 (2012) |
 China PR
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— | 2 (2004, 2006) | — | — |
 France
|
— | 1 (2016) | 1 (2014) | 2 (2008, 2018) |
| Canada
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— | 1 (2002) | — | — |
 Brazil
|
— | — | 2 (2006, 2022) | 2 (2002, 2004) |
 South Korea
|
— | — | 1 (2010) | — |
 England
|
— | — | 1 (2018) | — |
| Colombia
|
— | — | — | 1 (2010) |
 Netherlands
|
— | — | — | 1 (2022) |
Awards edit
Awarded to the best player of the tournament.
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The topscorer award.
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Awarded to the best goalkeeper.
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Comprehensive team results in each World Cup edit
- 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 | 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 | • | • | • | • | 3 | ||
 Australia |
AFC[A] | QF | QF | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | Q | 5 | |
 Austria |
UEFA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 | |
| Brazil |
CONMEBOL | 4th | 4th | 3rd | QF | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | 3rd | 10 | ||
 Cameroon |
CAF | × | × | • | • | × | • | × | • | • | • | Q | 1 | |
| Canada |
CONCACAF | 2nd | QF | GS | GS | • | GS | QF | GS | • | GS | Q | 9 | |
| Chile |
CONMEBOL | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
| China |
AFC | • | 2nd | 2nd | GS | • | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | 6 | |
 Chinese Taipei |
AFC | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
| Colombia |
CONMEBOL | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | QF | Q | 3 | |
| Costa Rica |
CONCACAF | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | • | • | GS | Q | 4 | |
 Denmark |
UEFA | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
 DR Congo |
CAF | × | • | GS | GS | • | • | × | • | × | • | • | 2 | |
| England |
UEFA | QF | • | • | QF | GS | • | GS | • | 3rd | • | • | 5 | |
 Fiji |
OFC | • | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | Q | 1 | |
 Finland |
UEFA | • | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
| France |
UEFA | GS | • | QF | 4th | GS | • | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | QF | Q | 9 | |
| Germany |
UEFA | 3rd | 1st | QF | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | QF | QF | GS | Q | 11 | |
 Ghana |
CAF | × | × | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | Q | 7 | |
 Haiti |
CONCACAF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | × | 1 | |
 Italy |
UEFA | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
| Japan |
AFC | QF | • | • | QF | GS | 3rd | • | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | Q | 8 | |
 Mexico |
CONCACAF | GS | • | GS | GS | QF | QF | GS | QF | GS | QF | Q | 10 | |
 Morocco |
CAF | • | • | • | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | Q | 1 | |
| Netherlands |
UEFA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | 4th | Q | 3 | |
 New Zealand |
OFC | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | Q | 9 | |
| Nigeria |
CAF | GS | QF | QF | QF | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | GS | QF | QF | Q | 11 | |
| North Korea |
AFC | • | • | 1st | 2nd | QF | QF | 4th | 1st | QF | × | Q | 8 | |
 Norway |
UEFA | • | • | • | GS | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
| Papua New Guinea |
OFC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | 1 | |
 Paraguay |
CONMEBOL | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | • | 2 | ||
| Poland |
UEFA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
| Russia |
UEFA | • | QF | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | 2 | |
| South Korea |
AFC | • | GS | • | • | 3rd | QF | QF | GS | • | GS | Q | 7 | |
| Spain |
UEFA | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | QF | 2nd | 1st | Q | 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 | Q | 11 | |
 Venezuela |
CONMEBOL | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 |
Debut of national teams edit
| 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
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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 edit
— Hosts are from this confederation
AFC edit
| 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 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 | ||
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| 3rd |  |
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| 4th | |
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CAF edit
| 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 | |
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| Teams | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 26 |
| 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 | ||
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| 3rd | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4th | |
1 |
CONCACAF edit
| 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 | |
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| Teams | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 39 |
| 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 | ||
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| 4th | |
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CONMEBOL edit
| 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 | |
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| Teams | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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| 4th | |
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3 |
OFC edit
| 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 | |
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| Teams | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 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 edit
| 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 | |
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| Teams | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 54 |
| 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 | ||
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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 "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.
- ^ FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup from 16 to 24 teams.
- ^ "FIFA Council appoints United States as host of new and expanded FIFA Club World Cup". FIFA.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "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 edit
- Official website
(in English) - Women U-19/U-20 World Cup at the RSSSF
