FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup's title | |
| Founded | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Region | International (FIFA) |
| Number of teams | 16 (Finals) |
| Current champions |
 Germany (3rd title) |
| Most successful team(s) |
Germany United States (3 titles each) |
 2014 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 conducted 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 effective with the 2008 competition, making its name consistent with FIFA's other worldwide competitions for national teams.
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 dry run for the host nation of the Women's World Cup, a role similar to that of the FIFA Confederations Cup in the men's game.
Qualification
Every continental governing body has its own qualifying tournament. Usually their continental championship is used as a qualifier.
History
2002
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
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 adult 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
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
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
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
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.
2014
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.
2016
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]
Results
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | Number of Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||||
| 2002 Details |
 Canada |
United States |
1–0 asdet |
Canada |
Germany |
1–1 (4–3) PSO |
 Brazil |
12 | |||
| 2004 Details |
 Thailand |
Germany |
2–0 |  China PR |
United States |
3–0 | Brazil |
12 | |||
| 2006 Details |
 Russia |
 North Korea |
5–0 | China PR |
Brazil |
0–0 a.e.t. (6–5) PSO |
United States |
16 | |||
| 2008 Details |
 Chile |
United States |
2–1 | North Korea |
Germany |
5–3 |  France |
16 | |||
| 2010 Details |
Germany |
Germany |
2–0 |  Nigeria |
 South Korea |
1–0 |  Colombia |
16 | |||
| 2012 Details |
 Japan |
United States |
1–0 | Germany |
Japan |
2–1 | Nigeria |
16 | |||
| 2014 Details |
Canada |
Germany |
1–0 a.e.t. | Nigeria |
France |
3–2 | North Korea |
16 | |||
| 2016 Details |
 Papua New Guinea |
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| 2018 Details |
France |
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- Key:
- a.e.t. – after extra time
- asdet – after sudden death extra time
- PSO – after penalty shoot-out
Awards
Adidas Golden Ball
| Tournament | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2002 Canada | Christine Sinclair |
| 2004 Thailand | Marta |
| 2006 Russia | Ma Xiaoxu |
| 2008 Chile | Sydney Leroux |
| 2010 Germany | Alexandra Popp |
| 2012 Japan | Dzsenifer Marozsán |
| 2014 Canada | Asisat Oshoala |
| 2016 Papua New Guinea | |
| 2018 France |
Adidas Golden Shoe
| Tournament | Winner | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 Canada | Christine Sinclair |
10 |
| 2004 Thailand | Brittany Timko |
7 |
| 2006 Russia | Ma Xiaoxu |
5 |
| 2008 Chile | Sydney Leroux |
5 |
| 2010 Germany | Alexandra Popp |
10 |
| 2012 Japan | Kim Un-Hwa |
7 |
| 2014 Canada | Asisat Oshoala |
7 |
| 2016 Papua New Guinea | ||
| 2018 France |
Adidas Golden Glove
| Tournament | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2008 Chile | Alyssa Naeher |
| 2010 Germany | Bianca Henninger |
| 2012 Japan | Laura Benkarth |
| 2014 Canada | Meike Kämper |
| 2016 Papua New Guinea | |
| 2018 France |
FIFA Fair Play Award
| Tournament | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2002 Canada | Japan |
| 2004 Thailand | United States |
| 2006 Russia | North Korea |
| 2008 Chile | United States |
| 2010 Germany | South Korea |
| 2012 Japan | Japan |
| 2014 Canada | Canada |
| 2016 Papua New Guinea | |
| 2018 France |
Total wins
| Team | Champion | Second Place | Third Place | Fourth Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
3 (2004, 2010, 2014) | 1 (2012) | 2 (2002, 2008) | – |
| United States |
3 (2002, 2008, 2012) | – | 1 (2004) | 1 (2006) |
| North Korea |
1 (2006) | 1 (2008) | – | 1 (2014) |
| Nigeria |
– | 2 (2010, 2014) | – | 1 (2012) |
| China PR |
– | 2 (2004, 2006) | – | – |
| Canada |
– | 1 (2002) | – | – |
| Brazil |
– | – | 1 (2006) | 2 (2002, 2004) |
| France |
– | – | 1 (2014) | 1 (2008) |
| South Korea |
– | – | 1 (2010) | – |
| Japan |
– | – | 1 (2012) | – |
| Colombia |
– | – | – | 1 (2010) |
Comprehensive team results in each World Cup
- Legend
- 1st — Champions
- 2nd — Runners-up
- 3rd — Third place
- 4th — Fourth place
- QF — Quarterfinals
- R1 — Round 1, Group stage
- • — Did not qualify
- — Did not enter / Withdrew
- 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 | 2002 (12) |
2004 (12) |
2006 (16) |
2008 (16) |
2010 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2014 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2018 (16) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
• | • | R1 | R1 | • | R1 | • | 3 | ||
 Australia |
QF | QF | R1 | • | • | • | • | 3 | ||
| Brazil |
4th | 4th | 3rd | QF | R1 | R1 | R1 | 7 | ||
| Canada |
2nd | QF | R1 | R1 | • | R1 | QF | 6 | ||
| Chile |
• | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | 1 | ||
| China PR |
• | 2nd | 2nd | R1 | • | R1 | R1 | 5 | ||
 Chinese Taipei |
R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
| Colombia |
• | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 1 | ||
 Costa Rica |
• | • | • | • | R1 | • | R1 | 2 | ||
 Denmark |
QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
 DR Congo |
• | • | R1 | R1 | • | • | • | 2 | ||
 England |
QF | • | • | QF | R1 | • | R1 | 4 | ||
 Finland |
• | • | R1 | • | • | • | R1 | 2 | ||
| France |
R1 | • | QF | 4th | R1 | • | 3rd | q | 5 | |
| Germany |
3rd | 1st | QF | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 7 | ||
 Ghana |
• | • | • | • | R1 | R1 | R1 | 3 | ||
 Italy |
• | R1 | • | • | • | R1 | • | 2 | ||
| Japan |
QF | • | • | QF | R1 | 3rd | • | 4 | ||
 Mexico |
R1 | • | R1 | R1 | QF | QF | R1 | 6 | ||
 New Zealand |
• | • | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | QF | 5 | ||
| Nigeria |
R1 | QF | QF | QF | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 7 | ||
| North Korea |
• | • | 1st | 2nd | QF | QF | 4th | 5 | ||
 Norway |
• | • | • | R1 | • | QF | • | 2 | ||
| Papua New Guinea |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 1 | |
 Paraguay |
• | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | 1 | ||
| Russia |
• | QF | QF | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||
| South Korea |
• | R1 | • | • | 3rd | QF | QF | 4 | ||
 Spain |
• | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
 Sweden |
• | • | • | • | QF | • | • | 1 | ||
 Switzerland |
• | • | R1 | • | R1 | R1 | • | 3 | ||
| Thailand |
• | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
| United States |
1st | 3rd | 4th | 1st | QF | 1st | QF | 7 |
See also
References
- ↑ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008". FIFA. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
- ↑ "Match Schedule FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012". FIFA.com. 30 July 2012.
- ↑ "Sport: PNG Football wants to host U20 Women's World Cup". Radio New Zealand International. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ↑ "Statistical Kit" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. p. 34. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
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