FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The trophy awarded to the champions
Organising bodyFIFA
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
RegionInternational
Number of teams24 (finals)
Related competitionsFIFA U-20 World Cup
Current champions Spain (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Germany
 United States
(3 titles each)
Websitefifa.com/u20womensworldcup
2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Tournaments

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 held 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 since 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 test event for the host nation of the Women's World Cup, a role similar to that of the former FIFA Confederations Cup in the men's game.

The current champions are Spain, who won their first title at the 2022 tournament in Costa Rica.

Qualification[edit]

Each continental governing body has its own qualifying tournament, but Africa does not determine a champion.

Confederation Qualifier
AFC (Asia) AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
CAF (Africa) African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
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[edit]

2002[edit]

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[edit]

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 senior 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Third-place match between Japan and Nigeria at the 2012 edition

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. The Golden Ball went to Dzsenifer Marozsán of Germany, while the Golden Shoe went to Kim Un-hwa of North Korea.

2014[edit]

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. The Golden Ball and Golden Shoe awards both went to Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria.

2016[edit]

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]

2018[edit]

The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in France from 5–24 August 2018; a year later France would host the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. The Golden Ball and Golden Shoe awards both went to Patricia Guijarro of Spain.

2020[edit]

The 2020 edition was initially to be hosted jointly by Costa Rica and Panama in August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic it has been postponed to January 2021, to be solely hosted by Costa Rica. Due to having the highest COVID-19 cases and deaths in the region, Panama withdrew from hosting this event along with the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games.[4] The tournament was initially postponed to 2021, subject to further monitoring.[5] On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament would be cancelled.[6]

2022[edit]

Following the cancellation of the 2020 edition, Costa Rica were appointed as hosts of the tournament in 2022.[6]

2024[edit]

As of 2024 the tournament will be expanded from 16 to 24 teams.[7] Colombia was selected as host on 23 June 2023.[8]

2026[edit]

Poland was selected as host on 17 December 2023.[9]

Results[edit]

Tournament name
  • 2002–2004: "FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship"
  • 2006: "FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship"
  • 2008–present: "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup"
Keys
Ed. Year Host Final Third place game Num.
teams
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions Score 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place Score Fourth place
1 2002  Canada
United States 		1–0 (g.g.)
Canada
Germany 		1–1
(4–3 p)
Brazil 		12
2 2004  Thailand
Germany 		2–0
China
United States 		3–0
Brazil 		12
3 2006  Russia
North Korea 		5–0
China
Brazil 		0–0 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
United States 		16
4 2008  Chile
United States 		2–1
North Korea
Germany 		5–3
France 		16
5 2010  Germany
Germany 		2–0
Nigeria
South Korea 		1–0
Colombia 		16
6 2012  Japan
United States 		1–0
Germany
Japan 		2–1
Nigeria 		16
7 2014  Canada
Germany 		1–0 (a.e.t.)
Nigeria
France 		3–2
North Korea 		16
8 2016  Papua New Guinea
North Korea 		3–1
France
Japan 		1–0
United States 		16
9 2018  France
Japan 		3–1
Spain
England 		1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
France 		16
10 2022  Costa Rica
Spain 		3–1
Japan
Brazil 		4–1
Netherlands 		16
11 2024  Colombia 24
12 2026  Poland 24
Map of countries' best results

Teams reaching the top four[edit]

Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Germany 3 (2004, 2010, 2014) 1 (2012) 2 (2002, 2008) —
 United States 3 (2002, 2008, 2012) — 1 (2004) 2 (2006, 2016)
 North Korea 2 (2006, 2016) 1 (2008) — 1 (2014)
 Japan 1 (2018) 1 (2022) 2 (2012, 2016) —
 Spain 1 (2022) 1 (2018) — —
 Nigeria — 2 (2010, 2014) — 1 (2012)
China PR — 2 (2004, 2006) — —
 France — 1 (2016) 1 (2014) 2 (2008, 2018)
 Canada — 1 (2002) — —
 Brazil — — 2 (2006, 2022) 2 (2002, 2004)
 South Korea — — 1 (2010) —
 England — — 1 (2018) —
 Colombia — — — 1 (2010)
 Netherlands — — — 1 (2022)

Awards[edit]

Comprehensive team results in each World Cup[edit]

Legend
  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / To be determined
  • 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 Confederation 2002
Canada
(12) 		2004
Thailand
(12) 		2006
Russia
(16) 		2008
Chile
(16) 		2010
Germany
(16) 		2012
Japan
(16) 		2014
Canada
(16) 		2016
Papua New Guinea
(16) 		2018
France
(16) 		2022
Costa Rica
(16) 		2024
Colombia
(24) 		2026
Poland
(24) 		Total
 Argentina CONMEBOL • • GS GS • GS • • • • 3
 Australia AFC[A] QF QF GS • • • • • • GS Q 5
 Austria UEFA • • • • • • • • • • Q 1
 Brazil CONMEBOL 4th 4th 3rd QF GS GS GS QF GS 3rd 10
 Cameroon CAF × × • • × • × • • • Q 1
 Canada CONCACAF 2nd QF GS GS • GS QF GS • GS Q 9
 Chile CONMEBOL • • • GS • • • • • • 1
 China AFC • 2nd 2nd GS • GS GS • GS • • 6
 Chinese Taipei AFC GS • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Colombia CONMEBOL • • • • 4th • • • • QF Q 3
 Costa Rica CONCACAF • • • • GS • GS • • GS Q 4
 Denmark UEFA QF • • • • • • • • • • 1
 DR Congo CAF × • GS GS • • × • × • • 2
 England UEFA QF • • QF GS • GS • 3rd • • 5
 Fiji OFC • × • × × × × × • • Q 1
 Finland UEFA • • GS • • • GS • • • • 2
 France UEFA GS • QF 4th GS • 3rd 2nd 4th QF Q 9
 Germany UEFA 3rd 1st QF 3rd 1st 2nd 1st QF QF GS Q 11
 Ghana CAF × × • • GS GS GS GS GS GS Q 7
 Haiti CONCACAF • • • • • • • • GS • × 1
 Italy UEFA • GS • • • GS • • • • • 2
 Japan AFC QF • • QF GS 3rd • 3rd 1st 2nd Q 8
 Mexico CONCACAF GS • GS GS QF QF GS QF GS QF Q 10
 Morocco CAF • • • × × • • × • • Q 1
 Netherlands UEFA • • • • • • • • QF 4th Q 3
 New Zealand OFC • • GS GS GS GS QF GS GS GS Q 9
 Nigeria CAF GS QF QF QF 2nd 4th 2nd GS QF QF Q 11
 North Korea AFC • • 1st 2nd QF QF 4th 1st QF × Q 8
 Norway UEFA • • • GS • QF • • • • • 2
 Papua New Guinea OFC • • • • • • • GS • • • 1
 Paraguay CONMEBOL • • • • • • GS • GS • 2
 Poland UEFA • • • • • • • • • • • Q 1
 Russia UEFA • QF QF • • • • • • • × 2
 South Korea AFC • GS • • 3rd QF QF GS • GS Q 7
 Spain UEFA • GS • • • • • QF 2nd 1st Q 5
 Sweden UEFA • • • • QF • • GS • • • 2
  Switzerland UEFA • • GS • GS GS • • • • • 3
 Thailand AFC • GS • • • • • • • • • 1
 United States CONCACAF 1st 3rd 4th 1st QF 1st QF 4th GS GS Q 11
 Venezuela CONMEBOL • • • • • • • GS • • 1
  1. ^ Australia represented OFC before 2006.

Debut of national teams[edit]

Year Debuting teams
Teams No. Cum.
2002  Australia,  Brazil,  Canada,  Chinese Taipei,  Denmark , England,  France,  Germany,  Japan,  Mexico,  Nigeria,  United States 12 12
2004  China,  Italy,  Russia,  South Korea,  Spain , Thailand 6 18
2006  Argentina,  DR Congo,  Finland,  New Zealand,  North Korea ,  Switzerland 6 24
2008  Chile,  Norway 2 26
2010  Colombia,  Costa Rica,  Ghana,  Sweden 4 30
2012 None 0 30
2014  Paraguay 1 31
2016  Papua New Guinea,  Venezuela 2 33
2018  Haiti,  Netherlands 2 35
2022 None 0 35
2024  Austria,  Cameroon,  Fiji,  Morocco 4 39
2026  Poland 1 40

Results by confederation[edit]

   — Hosts are from this confederation

AFC[edit]

2002
Canada
(12) 		2004
Thailand
(12) 		2006
Russia
(16) 		2008
Chile
(16) 		2010
Germany
(16) 		2012
Japan
(16) 		2014
Canada
(16) 		2016
Papua New Guinea
(16) 		2018
France
(16) 		2022
Costa Rica
(16) 		2024
Colombia
(24) 		2026
Poland
(24) 		Total
Teams 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 38
Top 8 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 18
Top 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 11
Top 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 7
1st North Korea North Korea Japan 3
2nd China China North Korea Japan 4
3rd South Korea Japan Japan 3
4th North Korea 1

CAF[edit]

2002
Canada
(12) 		2004
Thailand
(12) 		2006
Russia
(16) 		2008
Chile
(16) 		2010
Germany
(16) 		2012
Japan
(16) 		2014
Canada
(16) 		2016
Papua New Guinea
(16) 		2018
France
(16) 		2022
Costa Rica
(16) 		2024
Colombia
(24) 		2026
Poland
(24) 		Total
Teams 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 26
Top 8 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8
Top 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
Top 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
1st 0
2nd Nigeria Nigeria 2
3rd 0
4th Nigeria 1

CONCACAF[edit]

2002
Canada
(12) 		2004
Thailand
(12) 		2006
Russia
(16) 		2008
Chile
(16) 		2010
Germany
(16) 		2012
Japan
(16) 		2014
Canada
(16) 		2016
Papua New Guinea
(16) 		2018
France
(16) 		2022
Costa Rica
(16) 		2024
Colombia
(24) 		2026
Poland
(24) 		Total
Teams 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 39
Top 8 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 15
Top 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
Top 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
1st United States United States United States 3
2nd Canada 1
3rd United States 1
4th United States United States 2

CONMEBOL[edit]

2002
Canada
(12) 		2004
Thailand
(12) 		2006
Russia
(16) 		2008
Chile
(16) 		2010
Germany
(16) 		2012
Japan
(16) 		2014
Canada
(16) 		2016
Papua New Guinea
(16) 		2018
France
(16) 		2022
Costa Rica
(16) 		2024
Colombia
(24) 		2026
Poland
(24) 		Total
Teams 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 28
Top 8 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 8
Top 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd Brazil Brazil 2
4th Brazil Brazil Colombia 3

OFC[edit]

2002
Canada
(12) 		2004
Thailand
(12) 		2006
Russia
(16) 		2008
Chile
(16) 		2010
Germany
(16) 		2012
Japan
(16) 		2014
Canada
(16) 		2016
Papua New Guinea
(16) 		2018
France
(16) 		2022
Costa Rica
(16) 		2024
Colombia
(24) 		2026
Poland
(24) 		Total
Teams 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 15
Top 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd 0
4th 0

UEFA[edit]

2002
Canada
(12) 		2004
Thailand
(12) 		2006
Russia
(16) 		2008
Chile
(16) 		2010
Germany
(16) 		2012
Japan
(16) 		2014
Canada
(16) 		2016
Papua New Guinea
(16) 		2018
France
(16) 		2022
Costa Rica
(16) 		2024
Colombia
(24) 		2026
Poland
(24) 		Total
Teams 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 6 54
Top 8 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 3 28
Top 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 14
Top 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
1st Germany Germany Germany Spain 4
2nd Germany France Spain 3
3rd Germany Germany France England 4
4th France France Netherlands 3

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008". FIFA. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
  2. ^ "Match Schedule FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012" (PDF). FIFA.com. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Sport: PNG Football wants to host U20 Women's World Cup". Radio New Zealand International. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Costa Rica 'ready to host the entire tournament' as Panama bows out as U-20 Women's World Cup host". The Tico Times. 26 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  7. ^ FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup from 16 to 24 teams.
  8. ^ "FIFA Council appoints United States as host of new and expanded FIFA Club World Cup". FIFA.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  9. ^ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Statistical Kit" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

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