2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2014
Tournament details
Host country Costa Rica
Dates 15 March–4 April[1]
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Japan (1st title)
Runners-up  Spain
Third place  Italy
Fourth place  Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 113 (3.53 per match)
Attendance 284,320 (8,885 per match)
Top scorer(s) Venezuela Deyna Castellanos
Venezuela Gabriela García
(6 goals each)
Best player Japan Hina Sugita
Best goalkeeper Japan Mamiko Matsumoto
Fair play award  Japan

The 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the youth association football tournament for women under the age of 17. The final tournament was hosted in Costa Rica.

The competition was played from 15 March to 4 April 2014. Japan beat Spain in the final 2–0, the same score the same match ended in the group stage. Japan in the fourth different champion in four editions.

The opening match of the tournament set a new tournament record with 34,453 spectators. In total 284,320 supporters attended matches averaging 8,885 per match beating the 2012 record.[2]

Host selection

On 3 March 2011, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in Costa Rica. There were six official bids.[3]

Hosting rights were then stripped on 28 February 2013 due to problems in stadium construction.[4] After receiving guarantees from both CONCACAF and the Costa Rican government, they were re-instated as hosts at an executive committee meeting in Zurich on March 21, 2013.[5] The final was originally scheduled on 5 April, but was brought forward one day due to government elections.[6]

Mascot

The official mascot of the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup was Juna, a Blue Morpho butterfly. The name “Juna” means “to fly” in the Cabécar language.[7]

Qualified teams

The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee in May 2012.[8][9] The Oceania Football Confederation qualifying tournament was scheduled for January 2014, FIFA however decided that it would be hosted too late then. Eventually FIFA and OFC in agreement with all member nations agreed to award the confederation spot to New Zealand. Just as New Zealand, Nigeria qualified without playing a match because two opponents withdrew their respective qualifying games. Defending champions France did not qualify.

In total 103 nations took part in the qualifying, three less than for the 2012 World Cup.[10]

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifiers[11]
AFC (Asia) 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship  Japan
 North Korea
 China PR
CAF (Africa) 2013 African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women  Nigeria
 Ghana
 Zambia1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America and Caribbean)
2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship  Mexico
 Canada
CONMEBOL (South America) 2013 South American Under-17 Women's Championship  Venezuela
 Colombia
 Paraguay
OFC (Oceania) Appointed by OFC (qualifying tournament cancelled)[12]  New Zealand
UEFA (Europe) 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship  Germany
 Spain
 Italy1
Host nation  Costa Rica
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Venues

Four stadiums are to be used across Costa Rica.[13]

Host cities
Alajuela Liberia
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño
Capacity: 16,625 Capacity: 4,300
San José Tibás
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Capacity: 34,453 Capacity: 21,704

Match officials

A total of 14 referees, 4 reserve referees, and 28 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.[14]

Confederation Referees Assistant referees
AFC

Japan Fusako Kajiyama
Thailand Pannipar Kamnueng
Singapore Abirami Apbai Naidu (reserve)

Japan Emi Chiba
South Korea Kim Kyoung-Min
South Korea Lee Seul-Gi
Japan Saori Takahashi

CAF

Togo Aissata Ameyo Amegee
Zambia Gladys Lengwe (reserve)

Togo Ayawa Mana Dzodope
Madagascar Lidwine Pelagie Rakotozafinoro

CONCACAF

El Salvador Miriam Patricia Leon Serpas
Jamaica Cardella Samuels
Mexico Lucila Venegas Montes
Costa Rica Marianela Ayala Cruz (reserve)

El Salvador Emperatriz Ivonne Ayala Lopez
Jamaica Princess Brown
Mexico Enedina Caudillo Gomez
Mexico Lixy Esperanza Enriquez Guerrero
Jamaica Stacy-Ann Greyson
Costa Rica Kimberly Moreira Rojas

CONMEBOL

Brazil Ana Karina Marques Valentin Alves
Peru Silvia Elizabeth Reyes Juarez
Chile Maria Belen Carvajal Peña (reserve)

Uruguay Luciana Elizabeth Mascaraña
Brazil Katiuscia Mayer Berger Mendonça
Paraguay Rossana Mabel Salinas Garcia
Paraguay Nadia Maria Macarena Weiler Figueredo

OFC

New Zealand Anna-Marie Keighley

Solomon Islands Nagarita Jimmy
Tonga Lata I Sia Kaumatule

UEFA

Czech Republic Jana Adámková
Hungary Katalin Anna Kulcsár
Sweden Pernilla Larsson
Ukraine Kateryna Monzul
Italy Carina Susana Vitulano

Greece Ourania Foskolou
Sweden Helen Karo
Greece Panagiota Koutsoumpou
Hungary Judit Kulcsár
Cyprus Angela Kyriakou
England Sian Massey
Spain Yolanda Parga Rodriguez
Czech Republic Lucie Ratajova
Croatia Sanja Rodak Karsic
Slovakia Maria Sukenikova

Squads

Each team must name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.[9] The squads were announced on 6 March 2014.[15]

Final draw

The group stage draw was held on 17 December 2013 in Pueblo Antiguo.[16][17] Confederation champions Germany, Japan and Mexico were put in Pot 1 alongside the hosts Costa Rica, who were automatically assigned to Position A1. The draw then made sure no teams of the same confederation could meet in the group stage.[18]

Pot 1
(Seeded teams)
Pot 2
(CONCACAF & CONMEBOL)
Pot 3
(CAF & OFC)
Pot 4
(AFC & UEFA)

Group stage

The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:[9]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Quarter-finals

All times are local, Central Standard Time (UTC−6).[19]

Group A

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Venezuela 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9
 Italy 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
 Zambia 3 1 0 2 2 7 5 3
 Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 1 6 5 0

15 March 2014
17:00
Italy  2–0  Zambia
Serturini  41', 53' Report
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Attendance: 34,453
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

15 March 2014
20:00
Costa Rica  0–3  Venezuela
Report Castellanos  49', 52'
Moreno  88'
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Attendance: 34,453
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

18 March 2014
17:00
Venezuela  4–0  Zambia
Castellanos  14'
G. García  47', 59', 86'
Report
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Attendance: 25,624
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

18 March 2014
20:00
Costa Rica  0–1  Italy
Report Marinelli  19'
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Attendance: 25,624
Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)

22 March 2014
20:00
Zambia  2–1  Costa Rica
Chanda  8'
Araya  69' (o.g.)
Report Varela  3'
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
Attendance: 9,658
Referee: Anna–Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

22 March 2014
20:00
Venezuela  1–0  Italy
Castellanos  46' Report
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Attendance: 5,863
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Ghana 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
 Canada 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
 North Korea 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 4
 Germany 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 1

15 March 2014
17:00
Ghana  2–0  North Korea
Ayieyam  16'
Owusu-Ansah  50'
Report
Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia
Attendance: 2,910
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

15 March 2014
20:00
Germany  2–2  Canada
Ehegötz  65'
Fellhauer  68'
Report Fleming  3'
Levasseur  44'
Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia
Attendance: 2,910
Referee: Ana Marques (Brazil)

18 March 2014
17:00
Ghana  1–0  Germany
Amfobea  43' Report

18 March 2014
20:00
North Korea  1–1  Canada
Sung Hyang-Sim  54' Report Kim Jong-Sim  86' (o.g.)
Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia
Attendance: 3,250
Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

22 March 2014
17:00
Canada  2–1  Ghana
Levasseur  9', 40' Report Owusu-Ansah  72'
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
Attendance: 9,658
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

22 March 2014
17:00
North Korea  4–3  Germany
Ju Hyo-Sim  30'
Sung Hyang-Sim  34'
Wi Jong-Sim  41'
Ri Ji-Hyang  61' (pen.)
Report Ehegötz  5'
Sehan  12'
Walkling  24'
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Attendance: 5,863
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Group C

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Japan 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 9
 Spain 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6
 New Zealand 3 0 1 2 1 7 6 1
 Paraguay 3 0 1 2 2 18 16 1

16 March 2014
11:00
New Zealand  1–1  Paraguay
Cleverly  69' Report Barrios  84'

16 March 2014
14:00
Spain  0–2  Japan
Report Miyagawa  43'
Matsubara  51'
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
Attendance: 2,250
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

19 March 2014
17:00
New Zealand  0–3  Spain
Report Hernández  3'
Garrote  34'
N. García  67'
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
Attendance: 2,364
Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo)

19 March 2014
20:00
Paraguay  0–10  Japan
Report Hasegawa  15'
Endo  22'
Miyagawa  36'
Ichise  47'
Hiratsuka  56'
Saihara  62'
Sugita  75', 85', 86'
Kono  90+2' (pen.)
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
Attendance: 2,364
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

23 March 2014
17:00
Japan  3–0  New Zealand
Hasegawa  20'
Kobayashi  71' (pen.)
Matsubara  90+3'
Report
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Ana Marques (Brazil)

23 March 2014
17:00
Paraguay  1–7  Spain
Godoy  25' Report Beltrán  4'
Falcon  11', 17'
N. García  64', 83'
Garrote  76', 79'
Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia
Attendance: 3,199
Referee: Miriam Leon (El Salvador)

Group D

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Nigeria 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
 Mexico 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
 China PR 3 1 0 2 4 7 3 3
 Colombia 3 0 0 3 2 9 7 0

16 March 2014
14:00
Mexico  4–0  Colombia
Salazar  1'
Crowther  4'
González  14'
Huerta  71'
Report
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

16 March 2014
17:00
China PR  1–2  Nigeria
Fan Yuqiu  64' Report Ajibade  21'
Kanu  63'
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

19 March 2014
17:00
Mexico  4–0  China PR
Bernal  30' (pen.)
González  42'
Martínez  66'
Cruz  87'
Report
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Attendance: 4,629
Referee: Anna–Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

19 March 2014
20:00
Colombia  1–2  Nigeria
Ang. Rodríguez  3' Report Bokiri  26'
Kanu  59'
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Attendance: 4,629
Referee: Miriam Leon (El Salvador)

23 March 2014
20:00
Nigeria  3–0  Mexico
Ajibade  12'
Kanu  16'
Yakubu  58'
Report
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)

23 March 2014
20:00
Colombia  1–3  China PR
And. Rodríguez  60' Report Cui Yuhan  72'
Páez  75' (o.g.)
Chen Yudan  90+1'
Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia
Attendance: 3,199
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).[9]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
27 March — San José        
  Venezuela  3
31 March — Liberia
  Canada  2  
  Venezuela  1
27 March — Liberia
      Japan  4  
  Japan  2
4 April — San José
  Mexico  0  
  Japan  2
27 March — San José    
    Spain  0
  Ghana  2 (3)
31 March — Liberia
  Italy (pen.)  2 (4)  
  Italy  0 Third place
27 March — Liberia
      Spain  2   4 April — San José
  Nigeria  0
  Venezuela  4 (0)
  Spain  3  
  Italy (pen.)  4 (2)
 

Quarter-finals

27 March 2014
14:00
Venezuela  3–2  Canada
Castellanos  6'
Zambrano  43'
G. García  62'
Report Kinzner  19'
Levasseur  40'
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Attendance: 1,812
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

27 March 2014
17:00
Ghana  2–2  Italy
Ayieyam  4'
Abambila  90'
Report Marinelli  8'
Giugliano  17' (pen.)
  Penalties  
Ayieyam
Kuzagbe
Opoku
Abambila
Amfobea
3–4 Boattin
Giugliano
Simonetti
Serturini
Vergani
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Attendance: 1,812
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

27 March 2014
17:00
Japan  2–0  Mexico
Hasegawa  12'
Sugita  43'
Report
Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia
Attendance: 3,406
Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

27 March 2014
20:00
Nigeria  0–3  Spain
Report Guijarro  14' (pen.), 71'
N. García  58'
Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia
Attendance: 3,406
Referee: Anna–Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Semi-finals

31 March 2014
17:00
Venezuela  1–4  Japan
Castellanos  90+2' Report Nagano  13'
Ichise  33'
Kobayashi  52'
Sugita  63' (pen.)
Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia
Attendance: 3,528
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

31 March 2014
20:00
Italy  0–2  Spain
Report Hernández  48' (pen.)
N. García  81' (pen.)
Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia
Attendance: 3,528
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

Third place match

4 April 2014
14:00
Venezuela  4–4  Italy
Marcano  45+2'
G. García  60', 68'
Luzardo  90+5'
Report Bergamaschi  16'
Giugliano  55', 61'
Simonetti  79'
  Penalties  
Moreno
Romero
D. Rodriguez
Goyo
0–2 Boattin
Giugliano
Simonetti

Final

4 April 2014
17:00
Japan  2–0  Spain
Nishida  5'
Kono  78'
Report
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Attendance: 29,814
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)


 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Champions 

Japan
First title

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:[20]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Japan Hina Sugita Japan Yui Hasegawa Spain Pilar Garrote


Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Venezuela Deyna Castellanos
Venezuela Gabriela García
Japan Hina Sugita


FIFA Fair Play Award Golden Glove
 Japan Japan Mamiko Matsumoto

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
  • Italy Manuela Giugliano
  • Japan Yui Hasegawa
  • Nigeria Uchenna Kanu
  • Spain Pilar Garrote
2 goals
  • Germany Nina Ehegötz
  • Ghana Jane Ayieyam
  • Ghana Sandra Owusu-Ansah
  • Italy Gloria Marinelli
  • Italy Annamaria Serturini
  • Japan Nana Ichise
  • Japan Rikako Kobayashi
  • Japan Fuka Kono
  • Japan Shiho Matsubara
  • Japan Asato Miyagawa
  • Mexico Janae González
  • Nigeria Rasheedat Ajibade
  • North Korea Sung Hyang-Sim
  • Spain Andrea Falcon
  • Spain Patri Guijarro
  • Spain Sandra Hernández
1 goal
  • Canada Jessie Fleming
  • Canada Sarah Kinzner
  • China Chen Yudan
  • China Cui Yuhan
  • China Fan Yuqiu
  • Colombia Andrea Rodríguez
  • Colombia Angie Rodríguez
  • Costa Rica Sofia Varela
  • Germany Kim Fellhauer
  • Germany Jasmin Sehan
  • Germany Ricarda Walkling
  • Ghana Ernestina Abambila
  • Ghana Gladys Amfobea
  • Italy Valentina Bergamaschi
  • Italy Flaminia Simonetti
  • Japan Yu Endo
  • Japan Maki Hiratsuka
  • Japan Fuka Nagano
  • Japan Meika Nishida
  • Japan Mizuki Saihara
  • Mexico Rebeca Bernal
  • Mexico Jacqueline Crowther
  • Mexico Belen Cruz
  • Mexico Cinthia Huerta
  • Mexico Gabriela Martínez
  • Mexico Viridiana Salazar
  • New Zealand Daisy Cleverly
  • Nigeria Joy Bokiri
  • Nigeria Aminat Yakubu
  • North Korea Ju Hyo-Sim
  • North Korea Ri Ji-Hyang
  • North Korea Wi Jong-Sim
  • Paraguay Sheryl Barrios
  • Paraguay Fanny Godoy
  • Spain Beatriz Beltrán
  • Venezuela Sandra Luzardo
  • Venezuela Tahicelis Marcano
  • Venezuela Lourdes Moreno
  • Venezuela Yosneidy Zambrano
  • Zambia Grace Chanda
Own goal
  • Colombia Sara Páez (for China PR)
  • Costa Rica Maria Araya (for Zambia)
  • North Korea Kim Jong-Sim (for Canada)

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