FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Organising bodyFIFA
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008)
RegionInternational
Number of teams16 (finals)
Related competitionsFIFA U-17 World Cup
Current champions Spain (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) North Korea
 Spain
(2 titles each)
WebsiteOfficial website
2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is a biennial international women's association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) since 2008. The current champions are Spain, who won its second title at the 2022 edition in India.

History

The opening match between Uruguay and Ghana at the 2018 edition

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.

On 4 April 2020, FIFA announced the decision of postponing the 2020 World Cup which was originally scheduled in five venues to be held from 2 to 21 November in India. The tournament was initially postponed to 2021, subject to further monitoring. On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournamenth would be cancelled, and India were appointed as hosts of the next edition of the tournament in 2022. However, on 16 August 2022, India were stripped of their hosting rights for 2022 as the All India Football Federation was suspended by FIFA. The rights were given back to India on 26 August 2022 as the AIFF was reinstated by FIFA.

Dominican Republic was selected as host for the 2024 edition on 23 June 2023.

Starting from 2025 the U-17 Women's World Cup and its men's counterpart will be held annually, with the women's tournament it takes effect from 2027 onwards.

Qualification

Qualifying tournaments are:

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

Results

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 2008  New Zealand
North Korea
2–1 (a.e.t.)
United States

Germany
3–0
England
16
2 2010  Trinidad and Tobago
South Korea
3–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)

Japan

Spain
1–0
North Korea
16
3 2012  Azerbaijan
France
1–1 (7–6 p)
North Korea

Ghana
1–0
Germany
16
4 2014  Costa Rica
Japan
2–0
Spain

Italy
4–4 (2–0 p)
Venezuela
16
5 2016  Jordan
North Korea
0–0 (5–4 p)
Japan

Spain
4–0
Venezuela
16
6 2018  Uruguay
Spain
2–1
Mexico

New Zealand
2–1
Canada
16
7 2022  India
Spain
1–0
Colombia

Nigeria
3–3 (3–2 p)
Germany
16
8 2024  Dominican Republic 16
9 2025  Morocco 24
10 2026 24
11 2027 24
12 2028 24
13 2029 24

Teams reaching the top four

Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Spain 2 (2018, 2022) 1 (2014) 2 (2010, 2016)
 North Korea 2 (2008, 2016) 1 (2012) 1 (2010)
 Japan 1 (2014) 2 (2010, 2016)
 South Korea 1 (2010)
 France 1 (2012)
 United States 1 (2008)
 Mexico 1 (2018)
 Colombia 1 (2022)
 Germany 1 (2008) 2 (2012, 2022)
 Ghana 1 (2012)
 Italy 1 (2014)
 New Zealand 1 (2018)
 Nigeria 1 (2022)
 Venezuela 2 (2014, 2016)
 England 1 (2008)
 Canada 1 (2018)

Awards

Tournament Golden Ball Golden Boot Goals Golden Glove FIFA Fair Play Trophy
New Zealand New Zealand 2008 Japan Mana Iwabuchi Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán 6 United States Taylor Vancil  Germany
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 2010 South Korea Yeo Min-ji South Korea Yeo Min-ji 8 Spain Dolores Gallardo  Germany
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 2012 France Griedge Mbock Bathy North Korea Ri Un-sim 8 France Romane Bruneau  Japan
Costa Rica Costa Rica 2014 Japan Hina Sugita Venezuela Deyna Castellanos
Venezuela Gabriela García
6 Japan Mamiko Matsumoto  Japan
Jordan Jordan 2016 Japan Fuka Nagano Spain Lorena Navarro 8 Spain Noelia Ramos  Japan
Uruguay Uruguay 2018 Spain Clàudia Pina Ghana Mukarama Abdulai 7 Spain Catalina Coll  Japan
India India 2022 Spain Vicky López Germany Loreen Bender 4 Spain Sofía Fuente  Japan
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 2024

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
1  Japan 7 34 25 6 3 117 24 +93 81
2  Spain 5 30 22 3 5 65 22 +43 69
3  North Korea 6 31 17 9 5 62 32 +30 60
4  Germany 7 33 18 5 10 84 36 +48 59
5  Ghana 6 24 13 3 8 37 27 +10 42
6  Nigeria 6 24 11 7 6 52 30 +22 40
7  Canada 7 27 9 8 10 28 36 –8 35
8  Mexico 6 23 9 4 10 35 42 –7 31
9  United States 5 19 8 5 6 46 26 +20 29
10  Brazil 6 21 8 3 10 27 29 –2 27
12  Venezuela 3 15 8 1 6 26 30 –4 25
13  South Korea 3 13 6 2 5 27 28 –1 20
14  Colombia 5 18 4 5 9 18 26 –8 17
15  New Zealand 7 24 5 2 17 23 54 –31 17
16  France 3 12 3 6 3 24 19 +5 15
17  England 2 10 3 3 4 12 17 –5 12
18  China 3 9 3 1 5 11 14 –3 10
19  Italy 1 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 8
20  Republic of Ireland 2 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 6
21  Denmark 1 4 1 2 1 3 6 –3 5
22  Tanzania 1 4 1 1 2 3 9 –6 4
23  Trinidad and Tobago 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 –1 3
24  Morocco 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 –2 3
25  Zambia 1 3 1 0 2 2 7 –5 3
26  Cameroon 2 6 1 0 5 5 12 –7 3
27  Chile 2 6 1 0 5 5 19 –14 3
28  Finland 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 –3 1
29  Uruguay 2 6 0 1 5 4 22 –18 1
30  South Africa 2 6 0 1 5 3 27 –24 1
31  Paraguay 3 9 0 1 8 8 46 –38 1
32  Costa Rica 2 6 0 0 6 2 14 –12 0
33  Jordan 1 3 0 0 3 1 15 –14 0
34  Azerbaijan 1 3 0 0 3 0 16 –16 0
35  India 1 3 0 0 3 0 16 –16 0
36  Gambia 1 3 0 0 3 2 27 –25 0
37  Dominican Republic 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • GS – Group stage
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  • 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 New Zealand
2008
(16)
Trinidad and Tobago
2010
(16)
Azerbaijan
2012
(16)
Costa Rica
2014
(16)
Jordan
2016
(16)
Uruguay
2018
(16)
India
2022
(16)
Dominican Republic
2024
(16)
Morocco
2025
(24)
Total
 Azerbaijan UEFA GS 1
 Brazil CONMEBOL GS QF QF GS GS QF 6
 Cameroon CAF × × GS GS 2
 Canada CONCACAF QF GS QF QF GS 4th GS 7
 Chile CONMEBOL GS GS 2
 China AFC GS GS GS 3
 Colombia CONMEBOL GS GS GS GS 2nd 5
 Costa Rica CONCACAF GS GS 2
 Denmark UEFA QF 1
 Dominican Republic CONCACAF × Q 1
 England UEFA 4th QF 2
 Finland UEFA GS 1
 France UEFA GS 1st GS 3
 Gambia CAF × × GS × × × × 1
 Germany UEFA 3rd QF 4th GS QF QF 4th 7
 Ghana CAF GS GS 3rd QF QF QF × 6
 India AFC GS 1
 Italy UEFA 3rd 1
 Japan AFC QF 2nd QF 1st 2nd QF QF 7
 Jordan AFC GS 1
 Mexico CONCACAF GS GS QF QF 2nd GS Q 7
 Morocco CAF × × × × GS Q 2
 New Zealand OFC GS GS GS GS GS 3rd GS Q 8
 Nigeria CAF GS QF QF QF GS 3rd 6
 North Korea AFC 1st 4th 2nd GS 1st QF × 6
 Paraguay CONMEBOL GS GS GS 3
 Republic of Ireland UEFA QF 1
 South Africa CAF GS GS 2
 South Korea AFC QF 1st GS 3
 Spain UEFA 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 5
 Tanzania CAF × × × × × × QF 1
 Trinidad and Tobago CONCACAF GS 1
 United States CONCACAF 2nd GS GS GS QF Q 6
 Uruguay CONMEBOL GS GS 2
 Venezuela CONMEBOL GS 4th 4th 3
 Zambia CAF × GS × 1

Debut of national teams

Year Debuting teams
Teams No. Cum.
2008  Brazil,  Canada,  Colombia,  Costa Rica,  Denmark , England,  France,  Germany,  Ghana,  Japan,  New Zealand,  Nigeria,  North Korea,  Paraguay,  South Korea,  United States 16 16
2010  Chile,  Mexico,  Republic of Ireland,  South Africa,  Spain,  Trinidad and Tobago,  Venezuela 7 23
2012  Azerbaijan,  China,  Gambia,  Uruguay 4 27
2014  Italy,  Zambia 2 29
2016  Cameroon,  Jordan 2 31
2018  Finland 1 32
2022  India,  Morocco,  Tanzania 3 35
2024  Dominican Republic 1 36

Results by confederation

   — Hosting confederation

AFC

2008
New Zealand
(16)
2010
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2012
Azerbaijan
(16)
2014
Costa Rica
(16)
2016
Jordan
(16)
2018
Uruguay
(16)
2022
India
(16)
2024
Dominican Republic
(16)
Total
Teams 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 21
Top 8 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 14
Top 4 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 8
Top 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 7
1st North Korea South Korea Japan North Korea 4
2nd Japan North Korea Japan 3
3rd 0
4th North Korea 1

CAF

2008
New Zealand
(16)
2010
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2012
Azerbaijan
(16)
2014
Costa Rica
(16)
2016
Jordan
(16)
2018
Uruguay
(16)
2022
India
(16)
2024
Dominican Republic
(16)
Total
Teams 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 20
Top 8 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 9
Top 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd Ghana Nigeria 2
4th 0

CONCACAF

2008
New Zealand
(16)
2010
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2012
Azerbaijan
(16)
2014
Costa Rica
(16)
2016
Jordan
(16)
2018
Uruguay
(16)
2022
India
(16)
2024
Dominican Republic
(16)
Total
Teams 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 24
Top 8 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 9
Top 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Top 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
1st 0
2nd United States Mexico 2
3rd 0
4th Canada 1

CONMEBOL

2008
New Zealand
(16)
2010
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2012
Azerbaijan
(16)
2014
Costa Rica
(16)
2016
Jordan
(16)
2018
Uruguay
(16)
2022
India
(16)
2024
Dominican Republic
(16)
Total
Teams 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 21
Top 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 6
Top 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1st 0
2nd Colombia 1
3rd 0
4th Venezuela Venezuela 2

OFC

2008
New Zealand
(16)
2010
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2012
Azerbaijan
(16)
2014
Costa Rica
(16)
2016
Jordan
(16)
2018
Uruguay
(16)
2022
India
(16)
2024
Dominican Republic
(16)
Total
Teams 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Top 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd New Zealand 1
4th 0

UEFA

2008
New Zealand
(16)
2010
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2012
Azerbaijan
(16)
2014
Costa Rica
(16)
2016
Jordan
(16)
2018
Uruguay
(16)
2022
India
(16)
2024
Dominican Republic
(16)
Total
Teams 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 22
Top 8 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 17
Top 4 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 11
Top 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 4
1st France Spain Spain 3
2nd Spain 1
3rd Germany Spain Italy Spain 4
4th England Germany Germany 3

See also


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