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| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 18 August - 9 September[1] |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
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The 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup will be the 7th edition of the tournament. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations. The host nation were to be decided on 19 March 2010 but was postponed by FIFA to give bidders more time to prepare their bids.[2]
On March 3, 2011 FIFA awarded the World Cup to Uzbekistan.[3] However, on December 18, 2011 FIFA had the tournament stripped from this country.[4]
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Vietnam had originally won the right the host the tournament. However, Vietnam's bid imploded late last year (2010) and New Zealand had initially been asked to be ready as a backup venue.[5] New Zealand were eventually awarded the Men's 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Vietnam had to withdraw its bid, because it couldn't guarantee government backing and found the FIFA bid process "taxing".[6] FIFA finally awarded the right to host the games to Uzbekistan. However, in its meeting in Tokyo on December 2011, FIFA's Executive Committe decided to cancel Uzbekistan's hosting of the tournament due to "a number of logistical and technical issues", and anounced Japan had been proposed as the its new organizer.[7]
The Uzbekistan Football Federation had recommended six cities to host games. They are Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Qarshi, Mubarek and Guzar.[8] The competition would have taken place in Tashkent's Pakhtakor and Bunyodkor Stadiums, Samarkand's Olympic Stadium, Bukhara's Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi's Stadium, Mubarek's Bahrom Vafoev Stadium and Guzar's Stadium.
| Confederation (Continent) | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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| AFC (Asia) | 2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship | North Korea China PR South Korea* |
| CAF (Africa) | 2012 African Under-20 Women's Championship | |
| CONCACAF (North-, Central America & Caribbean) | 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship | |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2012 South American Under 20 Women Championship | |
| OFC (Oceania) | 2012 OFC Women's U-20 Championship | |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship | Germany Norway Switzerland Italy |
| Host nation | Japan | |
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