2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008 Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol Sub-20 de 2008
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	November 19 – December 7
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	North Korea
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	113 (3.53 per match)
Attendance	252,358 (7,886 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sydney Leroux (5 goals)
Best player	Sydney Leroux

The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 4th edition of the tournament. It was held in Chile between November 19 and December 7, 2008.^[1] Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, in which Chile had a guaranteed place as the host nation.^[2]

Background

On September 15, 2006 FIFA officially announced Chile as the host country. It was the third time Chile organized a football world cup, after the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, but the first in the women's competition. The decision came as a surprise to Chile, as it had bid in August 2006 to host the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, which was finally granted to New Zealand (Ecuador was unsuccessful in both bids). Chile previously hosted the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship and the first edition for Under 17s in January 2008.

Venues

Four different cities were selected as venues in an open bidding process. Changes to the stadiums to comply with FIFA standards were carried out between December 2007 and September 2008.^[3][4] The selected venues were:

• Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso World Cup Stadium, Coquimbo (opening)^[5]
• La Florida Bicentennial Municipal Stadium, La Florida (Greater Santiago area)
• Nelson Oyarzún Arenas Chillán Municipal Stadium, Chillán
• Germán Becker B. Municipal Stadium, Temuco

Coquimbo	Coquimbo La Florida Chillán Temuco	La Florida (Greater Santiago area)
Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Stadium		La Florida Bicentennial Stadium
Capacity: 18,750		Capacity: 12,000
Chillán		Temuco
Nelson Oyarzún Stadium		Germán Becker Stadium
Capacity: 12,000		Capacity: 18,125

Qualified teams

The places were allocated as follows to confederations: AFC (3), CAF (2), CONCACAF (3), CONMEBOL (2), OFC (1), UEFA (4), plus the host country.^[6]

Continent	Confederation Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
Asia	AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2007	North Korea  Japan  China PR
Africa	2008 African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women	Nigeria  DR Congo
Central, North America and Caribbean	2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship	Canada  United States  Mexico
South America	2008 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship	Argentina  Brazil
Oceania	appointed by OFC, no qualifying tournament	New Zealand
Europe	2007 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship	England  France  Germany  Norway
Host nation		Chile

Squads

Group stage

The opening phase of the tournament comprised four groups of four teams, with the top two sides in each section advancing to the quarter-finals. The final draw to determine the groups took place in Santiago, Chile on September 13, 2008 at 20:30 GMT.^[7][8]

All times local (GMT-3)^[9]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
England	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
New Zealand	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Chile	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
France	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
China PR	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Argentina	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9
Germany	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
Canada	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
DR Congo	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9
North Korea	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	6
Norway	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
Mexico	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

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Knockout stage

All times local (GMT-3)^[9]

Knockout map

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	November 30 – Coquimbo
	Nigeria	2
					December 4 – Temuco
	France	3
					France	1
	December 1 – La Florida
					North Korea	2
	Japan	1
									December 7 – La Florida
	North Korea	2
									North Korea	1
	November 30 – Chillán
									United States	2
	United States	3
					December 4 – Coquimbo
	England	0
					United States	1			Third place
	December 1 – Temuco
					Germany	0
	Brazil	2							France	3
	Germany	3							Germany	5
									December 7 – La Florida

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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3rd-place playoff

Final

Awards

2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Champions
United States Second title

Golden Shoe Winner	Golden Ball Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Sydney Leroux	Sydney Leroux	United States

All star team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Christiane Endler Alyssa Naeher	Pak Kuk Hui Wendie Renard Bianca Schmidt Katharina Baunach Ingrid Ryland	Natsuko Hara Nicole Banecki Ri Ye Gyong Kim Kulig Toni Duggan Keelin Winters	Érika Marie-Laure Delie Asano Nagasato Sydney Leroux Ra Un Sim Eugénie Le Sommer Alex Morgan

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Sydney Leroux

4 goals

• Eugenie Le Sommer
• Ri Ye-Gyong
• Alex Morgan

3 goals

Marie Pollman Ebere Orji

Rosie White Ra Un-Sim

2 goals

Daiane Érika Francielle Pamela Monica Lam-Feist Toni Duggan Nora Coton Pelagie

Marie-Laure Delie Julie Machart Marine Pervier Nicole Banecki Isabel Kerschowski Kim Kulig

Lisa Schwab Asano Nagasato Isabell Herlovsen Ria Percival Cha Hu-Nam Ri Un-Hyang

1 goal

Florencia Jaimes Adriane Janaína Ketlen Julie Armstrong Jonelle Filigno Loredana Riverso María Mardones Daniela Pardo Daniela Zamora Liu Shukun Zhang Rui Oliva Amani Brooke Chaplen

Natasha Dowie Sylvie Banecki Katharina Baunach Nathalie Bock Bianca Schmidt Julia Simic Konomi Ataeyama Michi Goto Kie Koyama Asuna Tanaka Rumi Utsugi Charlyn Corral Dinora Garza Rita Chikwelu

Ogonna Chukwudi Joy Jegede Sarah Michael Ida Elise Enget Marita Skammelsrud Lund Renee Leota Sarah McLaughlin Choe Un-Ju Pak Kuk-Hui Ra Un-Sim Ri Hyon-Suk Ryom Su-Ok Becky Edwards Keelin Winters

Own goals

• Javiera Guajardo (1 for Nigeria)
• Nanu Mafuala (1 for Japan)
• Carolin Schiewe (1 for Brazil)
• Bianca Schmidt (1 for USA)
• Wendoline Ortiz (1 for Brazil)

References

External links

• FIFA U-20 Women's WC Chile 2008, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report

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