FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Founded	2008
Region	International (FIFA)
Number of teams	16 (finals)
Current champions	Japan (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	North Korea South Korea France Japan (1 title each)
Website	FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2016 World Cup

The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The tournament is held in even-numbered years, starting in 2008.

History

In 2003 after the inaugural success of the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, held in Canada, FIFA proposed adding a second youth tournament for girls. Continental confederations told FIFA it would be difficult to create a second championship, with the age limits in place at the time. Therefore, FIFA created the U-17 Women's World Cup and the U-20 Women's World Championship (renamed the "U-20 Women's World Cup" in 2007), the same age groups as its men's youth tournaments. Accordingly, the age limit for the U-19 championship was increased to 20, effective with the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia. FIFA committed to creating a U-17 women's championship, stated to begin in 2008.

The first tournament was held in 2008 in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November. Four cities hosted matches during the inaugural tournament — North Shore City (North Harbour Stadium), Hamilton (Waikato Stadium), Wellington (Wellington Stadium) and Christchurch (QEII Park). New Zealand won hosting rights at the same time that Chile received hosting honours for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup; Ecuador also bid for the event.

Qualification

Qualifying tournaments are:

Confederation	Championship
AFC (Asia)	AFC U-16 Women's Championship
CAF (Africa)	African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
CONMEBOL (South America)	South American Under 17 Women's Championship
OFC (Oceania)	OFC U-17 Women's Championship
UEFA (Europe)	UEFA Women's U-17 Championship

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match				Number of Teams
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2008 Details	New Zealand		North Korea	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	United States		Germany	3 – 0	England		16
2010 Details	Trinidad and Tobago		South Korea	3 – 3 (a.e.t.) 5 – 4 pen.	Japan		Spain	1 – 0	North Korea		16
2012 Details	Azerbaijan		France	1 – 1 7 – 6 pen.	North Korea		Ghana	1 – 0	Germany		16
2014 Details	Costa Rica		Japan	2 – 0	Spain		Italy	4 – 4 2 – 0 pen.	Venezuela		16
2016 Details	Jordan
2018 Details

Awards

Adidas Golden Ball

Tournament	Winner
2008 New Zealand	Mana Iwabuchi
2010 Trinidad and Tobago	Yeo Min-Ji
2012 Azerbaijan	Griedge Mbock Bathy
2014 Costa Rica	Hina Sugita

Adidas Golden Shoe

Tournament	Winner	Goals
2008 New Zealand	Dzsenifer Marozsán	6
2010 Trinidad and Tobago	Yeo Min-Ji	8
2012 Azerbaijan	Ri Un-Sim	8
2014 Costa Rica	Deyna Castellanos Gabriela García	6

Adidas Golden Glove

Tournament	Winner
2008 New Zealand	Taylor Vancil
2010 Trinidad and Tobago	Dolores Gallardo
2012 Azerbaijan	Romane Bruneau
2014 Costa Rica	Mamiko Matsumoto

FIFA Fair Play Award

Tournament	Winner
2008 New Zealand	Germany
2010 Trinidad and Tobago	Germany
2012 Azerbaijan	Japan
2014 Costa Rica	Japan

Total wins

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
North Korea	1 (2008)	1 (2012)	–	1 (2010)
Japan	1 (2014)	1 (2010)	–	–
South Korea	1 (2010)	–	–	–
France	1 (2012)	–	–	–
Spain	–	1 (2014)	1 (2010)	–
United States	–	1 (2008)	–	–
Germany	–	–	1 (2008)	1 (2012)
Ghana	–	–	1 (2012)	–
Italy	–	–	1 (2014)	–
England	–	–	–	1 (2008)
Venezuela	–	–	–	1 (2014)

Comprehensive team results in each World Cup

Legend

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
• QF — Quarterfinals
• GS — GroupStage
• 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	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	Total
Azerbaijan	•	•	R1	•		1
Brazil	R1	QF	QF	•		3
Canada	QF	R1	QF	QF		4
Chile	•	R1	•	•		1
China PR	•	•	R1	GS		2
Colombia	R1	•	R1	GS		3
Costa Rica	R1	•	•	GS		2
Denmark	QF	•	•	•		1
England	4th	•	•	•		1
France	R1	•	1st	•		2
Gambia	•	•	R1	•		1
Germany	3rd	QF	4th	GS		4
Ghana	R1	R1	3rd	QF		4
Italy	•	•	•	3rd		1
Japan	QF	2nd	QF	1st		4
Jordan	•	•	•	•	q	1
Mexico	•	R1	R1	QF		3
New Zealand	R1	R1	R1	GS		4
Nigeria	R1	QF	QF	QF		4
North Korea	1st	4th	2nd	GS		4
Paraguay	R1	•	•	GS		2
Republic of Ireland	•	QF	•	•		1
South Africa	•	R1	•	•		1
South Korea	QF	1st	•	•		2
Spain	•	3rd	•	2nd		2
Trinidad and Tobago	•	R1	•	•		1
United States	2nd	•	R1	•		2
Uruguay	•	•	R1	•		1
Venezuela	•	R1	•	4th		2
Zambia	•	•	•	GS		1

See also

• FIFA Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup

External links

• Official FIFA site for this competition

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup – FIFA competition record