2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
Dates 28 October – 16 November
Teams 16
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  North Korea (1st title)
Runners-up  United States
Third place  Germany
Fourth place  England
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 113 (3.53 per match)
Attendance 212,504 (6,641 per match)
Top scorer(s) Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán
(6 goals)
Best player Japan Mana Iwabuchi

The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is the first ever women's football U-17 World Cup in FIFA history. It was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. It is the officially recognized world championship for women's under-17 national football teams. This was the first women's world youth championship organized by FIFA with the age limit of 17.

Host cities

Matches were played in four New Zealand cities:

Pool matches were spread evenly among these cities. The host nation, New Zealand, was based mostly in Auckland but played one pool match in Wellington.

North Harbour Stadium

Location: Auckland (North Shore City)
Capacity: 25,000

Waikato Stadium

Location: Hamilton
Capacity: 26,500

Wellington Stadium
(Westpac Stadium)

Location: Wellington
Capacity: 36,500

Queen Elizabeth II Park

Location: Christchurch
Capacity: 20,000

Qualified teams

Confederation (Continent) Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2007 AFC U-16 Women's Championship  North Korea
 Japan
 South Korea
CAF (Africa) 2008 African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women  Nigeria
 Ghana
CONCACAF (North-, Central America, Caribbean) 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship  United States
 Costa Rica
 Canada.
CONMEBOL (South America) 2008 South American Under-17 Women's Championship  Colombia
 Brazil
 Paraguay
UEFA (Europe) 2008 UEFA U-17 Women's Championship  Germany
 France
 Denmark
 England
Host nation  New Zealand

Squads

Tournament

Group stage

All times local (UTC+13)

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Denmark 5312032+1
 Canada 5312021+1
 New Zealand 33102440
 Colombia 2302135-2

2008-10-28
19:00
New Zealand  0 – 1  Canada
(Report)  53' Lamarre
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 13,123
Referee: Finland Kirsi Savolainen

2008-10-29
12:00
Denmark  1 – 1  Colombia
Boye  51' (Report)  20' Ariza
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 6,759
Referee: South Korea Cha Sung-Mi

2008-11-01
13:00
Colombia  1 – 1  Canada
Vidal  10' (Report)  9' Ezurike

2008-11-01
16:00
New Zealand  1 – 2  Denmark
Longo  13' (Report)  29' Andreasen
 56' Olsen
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 11,170
Referee: Peru Silvia Reyes

2008-11-04
19:00
Colombia  1 – 3  New Zealand
Ariza  82' (Report)  44', 81', 87' White
Wellington Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 3,546
Referee: Japan Etsuko Fukano

2008-11-04
19:00
Canada  0 – 0  Denmark
(Report)
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 3,283
Referee: Fiji Finau Vulivuli

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Germany 7321093+6
 North Korea 5312043+1
 Ghana 43111440
 Costa Rica 0300318-7

2008-10-29
12:00
Costa Rica  0 – 5  Germany
(Report)  17' Mester
 34', 43' Marozsán
 51' Knaak
 66' Kemme
Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch
Attendance: 4,105
Referee: Japan Etsuko Fukano

2008-10-29
15:00
North Korea  1 – 1  Ghana
Ho  69' (Report)  73' Dadson
Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch
Attendance: 453
Referee: Russia Natalia Avdonchenko

2008-11-01
13:00
Ghana  2 – 3  Germany
Dadson  65'
Fordjour  86'
(Report)  5' (pen), 35' Marozsán
 69' Maier
Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch
Referee: Finland Kirsi Savolainen

2008-11-01
16:00
Costa Rica  1 – 2  North Korea
Cedeno  20' (Report)  16', 65' Yun

2008-11-04
16:00
Ghana  1 – 0  Costa Rica
Afriyie  19' (Report)
Wellington Stadium, Wellington
Referee: South Korea Cha Sung-Mi

2008-11-04
16:00
Germany  1 – 1  North Korea
Popp  3' (Report)  58' Jon

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 9330017512
 United States 43111651
 France 43111810-2
 Paraguay 03003516-11

2008-10-30
12:00
Japan  3 – 2  United States
Iwabuchi  31'
Kameoka  68'
Yoshioka  74'
(Report)  3' DiMartino
 51' Mewis
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 4,816
Referee: Greece Thalia Mitsi

2008-10-30
15:00
France  6 – 2  Paraguay
Crammer  5', 12', 61' (pen)
Poulain  17'
Augis  58'
Catala  86'
(Report)  45+3' Gonzalez
 90+2' Genes
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 5,016
Referee: Thailand Pannipar Kamnueng

2008-11-02
13:00
Paraguay  1 – 3  United States
Fernandez  32' (Report)  48' (o.g.) Flores
 77' DiMartino
 83' Verloo
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Greece Thalia Mitsi

2008-11-02
16:00
Japan  7 – 1  France
Inoue  11'
Kishikawa  21' (pen), 57'
Kira  26', 27', 34'
Shimada  38'
(Report)  16' Augis
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 4,115
Referee: Mexico Quetzalli Alvarado

2008-11-05
16:00
Paraguay  2 – 7  Japan
Gonzalez  20' (pen)
Villamayor  55'
(Report)  36', 73' Kishikawa
 40' Ohshima
 43', 52' Hamada
 83', 89' Takahashi

2008-11-05
16:00
United States  1 – 1  France
DiMartino  57' (Report)  72' Rubio
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Referee: Peru Silvia Reyes

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Korea 6320163+3
 England 6320143+1
 Nigeria 43111440
 Brazil 1301237-4

2008-10-30
12:00
Brazil  0 – 3  England
(Report)  71', 89' Carter
 75' Bruton
Wellington Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 10,795
Referee: Canada Michelle Pye

2008-10-30
15:00
South Korea  1 – 2  Nigeria
Ji  85' (Report)  1' Adekwagh
 60' Aighewi
Wellington Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Fiji Finau Vulivuli

2008-11-02
13:00
Nigeria  0 – 1  England
(Report)  79' Holbrook
Wellington Stadium, Wellington
Referee: Japan Etsuko Fukano

2008-11-02
16:00
Brazil  1 – 2  South Korea
Raquel  66' (Report)  47' Lee M.S.
 57' Lee H.Y.
Wellington Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 6,471
Referee: Cameroon Damgoua Neguel

2008-11-05
19:00
Brazil  2 – 2  Nigeria
Ketlen  35'
Rafaelle  71'
(Report)  43' Orji
 75' Okoronkwo
Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch
Attendance: 1,410
Referee: Russia Natalian Avdoncheko

2008-11-05
19:00
England  0 – 3  South Korea
(Report)  8' Ji
 16' Go
 71' Song
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 3,920
Referee: Cameroon Damgoua Negual

Knockout stage

All times local (UTC+13)

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
November 8 - Wellington        
  Denmark  0
November 13 - Christchurch
  North Korea  4  
  North Korea  2
November 9 - Hamilton
    England  1  
  Japan  2 (4)
November 16 - Auckland
  England (pen.)  2 (5)  
  North Korea (aet)  2
November 8 - Wellington
    United States  1
  Germany  3
November 13 - Christchurch
  Canada  1  
  Germany  1 Third place
November 9 - Hamilton
    United States  2  
  South Korea  2   England  0
  United States  4     Germany  3
November 16 - Auckland

Quarterfinals

2008-11-08
13:00
Denmark  0 – 4  North Korea
(Report)  21', 73' Jon
 86' Ri
 89' Kim U.J.
Wellington Stadium, Wellington
Referee: Greece Thalia Mitsi

2008-11-08
16:00
Germany  3 – 1  Canada
Marozsán  4', 78'
Mester  34'
(Report)  44' Ezurike
Wellington Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 4,182
Referee: Peru Silvia Reyes

2008-11-09
13:00
Japan  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)  England
Kira  8'
Iwabuchi  82'
(Report)  45+1' Staniforth
 90+1' Christiansen
  Penalties  
Kira
Takeyama
Kameoka
Kishikawa
Saitō
4-5 Nobbs
Bruton
Carter
Pitman
Bonner
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Mexico Quetzalli Alvarado

2008-11-09
16:00
South Korea  2 – 4  United States
Lee Hyun-Young  65', 85' (Report)  27', 78' Verloo
 54' Mewis
 84' DiMartino
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 7,247
Referee: Finland Kirsi Savolainen

Semifinals

2008-11-13
16:00
North Korea  2 – 1  England
Ho  19'
Jon  44'
(Report)  75' Jane

2008-11-13
19:00
Germany  1 – 2  United States
Popp  6' (Report)  63' DiMartino
 81' Verloo
Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch
Attendance: 8014
Referee: South Korea Sung Mi Cha

3rd Place Playoff

2008-11-16
13:00
England  0 – 3  Germany
(Report)  11' Wesely
 74' Knaak
 88' Mester
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Referee: Russia Natalia Avdonchenko

Final

2008-11-16
16:00
North Korea  2 - 1 (a.e.t.)  United States
Kim U.H.  77'
Jang  113'
(Report)  2' (o.g.) Hong
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 16,162
Referee: Peru Silvia Reyes

Winner

 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Winners 

North Korea
First title

Awards

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Japan Mana Iwabuchi Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán United States Kristie Mewis


Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán United States Vicki DiMartino North Korea Jon Myong-Hwa


FIFA Fair Play Award Golden Glove
 Germany United States Taylor Vancil

Goalscorers

Dzsenifer Marozsán of Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 113 goals were scored by 69 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References