FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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)
2016 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.

Confederation	Championship
AFC (Asia)	AFC U-19 Women's Championship
CAF (Africa)	African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
CONMEBOL (South America)	South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
OFC (Oceania)	OFC U-20 Women's Championship
UEFA (Europe)	UEFA Women's U-19 Championship

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
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place	Number of Teams
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
2018 Details	France

Key:
- a.e.t. – after extra time
- asdet – after sudden death extra time
- PSO – after penalty shoot-out

Awards

Source: FIFA^[4]

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	q		8
Canada	2nd	QF	R1	R1	•	R1	QF	q		7
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	q	7
Germany	3rd	1st	QF	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	q		8
Ghana	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	q		3
Italy	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•		2
Japan	QF	•	•	QF	R1	3rd	•	q		5
Mexico	R1	•	R1	R1	QF	QF	R1	q		6
New Zealand	•	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	QF	q		6
Nigeria	R1	QF	QF	QF	2nd	4th	2nd	q		7
North Korea	•	•	1st	2nd	QF	QF	4th	q		6
Norway	•	•	•	R1	•	QF	•	•		2
Papua New Guinea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q		1
Paraguay	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		1
Russia	•	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•		2
South Korea	•	R1	•	•	3rd	QF	QF	q		5
Spain	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	q		2
Sweden	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	q		2
Switzerland	•	•	R1	•	R1	R1	•	•		4
Thailand	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
United States	1st	3rd	4th	1st	QF	1st	QF	q		8
Venezuela	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q		1

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" (PDF). 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.

External links

Official website

FIFA U-19 and U-20 Women's World Cup

Tournaments	Canada 2002 Thailand 2004 Russia 2006 Chile 2008 Germany 2010 Japan 2012 Canada 2014 Papua New Guinea 2016 France 2018

Squads	2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

International women's association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Achievements by nation Men's football

FIFA

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Women's tournaments	FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup FIFA Women's Club World Cup

Presidents	Robert Guérin (1904–1906) Daniel Burley Woolfall (1906–1918) Jules Rimet (1921–1954) Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1954–1955) Arthur Drewry (1955–1961) Stanley Rous (1961–1974) João Havelange (1974–1998) Sepp Blatter (1998–2015) Issa Hayatou (2015–present, acting)

General Secretaries	Louis Muhlinghaus (1904–1906) Wilhelm Hirschman (1906–1931) Ivo Schricker (1932–1951) Kurt Gassmann (1951–1960) Helmut Käser (1961–1981) Sepp Blatter (1981–1998) Michel Zen-Ruffinen (1998–2002) Urs Linsi (2002–2007) Jérôme Valcke (2007–2015) Markus Kattner (2015–present, acting)

Awards	FIFA 100 FIFA Ballon d'Or FIFA Club of the Century FIFA Development Award FIFA Fair Play Award FIFA Female Player of the Century FIFA FIFPro World XI FIFA Order of Merit FIFA Player of the Century FIFA Presidential Award FIFA Puskás Award FIFA Women's World Cup awards FIFA World Coach of the Year FIFA World Cup All-Time Team FIFA World Cup Dream Team FIFA World Cup awards FIFA World Player of the Year

Rankings	FIFA World Rankings (list) FIFA World Ranking system (1999–2006) FIFA Women's World Rankings

Congresses	51st (Paris 1998) 53rd (Seoul 2002) 61st (Zürich 2011) 65th (Zürich 2015) Extraordinary (Zürich 2016)

Corruption	"FIFA's Dirty Secrets" Garcia Report 2015 FIFA corruption case

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World football championships

Men

National	FIFA World Cup FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA U-20 World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup Football at the Summer Olympics Football at the Youth Olympics

Club	FIFA Club World Cup (Intercontinental Cup)

Women

National	FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Football at the Summer Olympics Football at the Youth Olympics

Club	FIFA Women's Club World Cup (International Women's Club Championship)

Variants

FIFA Futsal World Cup

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