2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Kick off The Dream
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates11–30 October
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up Colombia
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored95 (2.97 per match)
Attendance185,781 (5,806 per match)
Top scorer(s)Colombia Linda Caicedo
Germany Loreen Bender
Japan Momoko Tanikawa
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Spain Vicky López
Best goalkeeperSpain Sofía Fuente
Fair play award Japan
2024 →

The 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 7th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the multinational–international women's youth football championship, contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 2008. The tournament was hosted by India, which would have hosted the 2020 edition before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3] It was the second time that India have been hosting a FIFA tournament, after the men's 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the first time that India hosting a FIFA women's football tournament.

Morocco and Tanzania, along with host India, made their debuts in the tournament.

Spain were the defending champions, having won their first title in 2018. They managed to retain the title.

Host selection

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India were originally selected as hosts of the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup on 15 March 2019.[4] On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, India were appointed as hosts of the next edition of the tournament in 2022.[1][5]

On 16 August 2022, it was announced that the All India Football Federation, or AIFF, was suspended by FIFA due to undue influence from third parties. As a result, the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was stripped from India, as FIFA assessed the next steps when it came to hosting the tournament.[2] On 26 August 2022, the AIFF were reinstated by FIFA due to the AIFF administration regaining control of daily affairs. As a result, the tournament went ahead as planned.[3]

Qualified teams

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A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to the hosts, 15 teams qualified from six continental competitions.

Confederation Qualifying tournament Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
AFC (Asia)
(Hosts + 2 teams) 		Host nation  India 1st None Debut
Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship and regional rankings (qualification cancelled)[6][7][8]  China[^] 3rd 2014 Group stage (2012, 2014)
 Japan 7th 2018 Champions (2014)
CAF (Africa)
(3 teams) 		2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament  Morocco 1st None Debut
 Nigeria 6th 2016 Quarter-finals (2010, 2012, 2014)
 Tanzania 1st None Debut
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)
(3 teams) 		2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship  Canada 7th 2018 Fourth place (2018)
 Mexico 6th 2018 Runners-up (2018)
 United States 5th 2018 Runners-up (2008)
CONMEBOL (South America)
(3 teams) 		2022 South American U-17 Women's Championship  Brazil 6th 2018 Quarter-finals (2010, 2012)
 Chile 2nd 2010 Group stage (2010)
 Colombia 4th 2018 Group stage (2008, 2012, 2014, 2018)
OFC (Oceania)
(1 team) 		Team was nominated by OFC rankings
(qualification cancelled)[9] 		 New Zealand 7th 2018 Third place (2018)
UEFA (Europe)
(3 teams) 		2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship  France 3rd 2012 Champions (2012)
 Germany 7th 2018 Third place (2008)
 Spain 5th 2018 Champions (2018)
Notes
  1. ^
    On 16 March 2022, the AFC announced that China PR would replace North Korea as the AFC’s representatives at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup due to the withdrawal of the DPR Korea Football Association.[8]

Venues

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On 13 April 2022, FIFA confirmed 3 host cities in 3 Indian states:[10]

  1. Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  2. Margao, Goa
  3. Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Bhubaneswar Margao Navi Mumbai
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Location of the host cities of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Kalinga Stadium Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium DY Patil Stadium
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 19,000 Capacity: 55,000

Marketing

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Emblem

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The official emblem for the tournament was unveiled by FIFA and the local organising committee on 2 November 2019 at the Gateway of India in Mumbai. According to FIFA, the design combines elements from the natural world and Indian culture. The emblem takes the form of the tournament trophy with bright blue waves and "a paisley flourish" at its base. The two elements extend towards the top of the trophy which resembles a ball made of marigold flowers framed by a water droplet. The colour and style of the marigold was inspired by Bandhani textiles, and the stem features symbols inspired by Warli paintings and Bandhani patterns.[11]

Mascot

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The official mascot for the tournament, named Ibha, was unveiled on 11 October 2021 coinciding with the International Day of the Girl Child. Ibha is an Asiatic lioness, a lion subspecies that today survives in the wild only in India. The name Ibha means "one with good vision or judgement" in Khasi, a language spoken primarily in the state of Meghalaya. According to FIFA, the mascot represents Nari Shakti (woman power) and is a "strong, playful and charming Asiatic lioness that aims to inspire and encourage women and girls by using teamwork, resilience, kindness and empowering others."[12]

Slogan

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The official slogan for the tournament - "Kick Off The Dream" - was unveiled in February 2020.[13]

Draw

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The official draw took place on 24 June 2022, 12:00 local time CEST (UTC+2) at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[14] The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-17 Women's World Cups, five bonus points are added to each of the confederation's current champions that won the respective qualifying tournament (for this cycle). The hosts India were automatically assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.[15]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 India H
 Japan
 Spain
 Germany

 Mexico
 Canada
 Brazil
 New Zealand

 United States
 Nigeria
 France
 China

 Colombia
 Chile
 Morocco
 Tanzania

Squads

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Main article: 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads

Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2007 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Match officials

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A total of 14 referees, 28 assistant referees and 16 video match officials were appointed officially by FIFA for the tournament on 30 August 2022.[16] The Video assistant referee (VAR) system will be utilize for the first time in a FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Originally, Susana Corella (Ecuador) was assigned as support referee only. However, she was assigned as principal referee during the tournament.

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage took place on 24 June 2022.[17]

Tiebreakers

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The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The format for tiebreakers were determined as follows:[18]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. fair play points in all group matches:
    • first yellow card: minus 1 point;
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
    • direct red card: minus 4 points;
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
  5. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, IST (UTC+5:30).[19]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 1 0 13 1 +12 7 Knockout stage
2  Brazil 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
3  Morocco 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  India (H) 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Morocco 0–1 Brazil
Report
  • Jhonson 5'
Attendance: 4,243
India 0–8 United States
Report
Attendance: 4,100
Brazil 1–1 United States
 Report
Attendance: 3,639
India 0–3 Morocco
Report
Attendance: 8,749
Brazil 5–0 India
 Report
Attendance: 8,765
United States 4–0 Morocco
 Report
Attendance: 3,578

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Chile 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4  New Zealand 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Chile 3–1 New Zealand
 Report
Attendance: 4,064
Germany 2–1 Nigeria
 Report
Attendance: 6,524
New Zealand 0–4 Nigeria
Report
Attendance: 2,191
Germany 6–0 Chile
 Report
Attendance: 4,417
New Zealand 1–3 Germany
 Report
Attendance: 1,945
Nigeria 2–1 Chile
 Report
Attendance: 4,261

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Knockout stage
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3  Mexico 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  China 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Mexico 1–2 China
 Report
Attendance: 8,086
Spain 1–0 Colombia
 Report
Attendance: 2,923
China 0–2 Colombia
Report
Attendance: 10,417
Spain 1–2 Mexico
 Report
Attendance: 5,350
China 0–1 Spain
Report
Attendance: 8,230
Colombia 2–1 Mexico
 Report
Attendance: 4,920

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Knockout stage
2  Tanzania 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4
3  Canada 3 0 2 1 2 6 −4 2
4  France 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Canada 1–1 France
 Report
Attendance: 3,499
Japan 4–0 Tanzania
 Report
Attendance: 3,566
France 1–2 Tanzania
 Report
Attendance: 2,625
Japan 4–0 Canada
 Report
Attendance: 5,492
France 0–2 Japan
Report
Attendance: 6,734
Tanzania 1–1 Canada
 Report
Attendance: 3,728

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played).[18]

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
21 October – Navi Mumbai
 
 
 United States1 (3)
 
26 October – Margao
 
 Nigeria (p)1 (4)
 
 Nigeria0 (5)
 
22 October – Margao
 
 Colombia (p)0 (6)
 
 Colombia3
 
30 October – Navi Mumbai
 
 Tanzania0
 
 Colombia0
 
21 October – Navi Mumbai
 
 Spain1
 
 Germany2
 
26 October – Margao
 
 Brazil0
 
 Germany0
 
22 October – Margao
 
 Spain1 Third place
 
 Japan1
 
30 October – Navi Mumbai
 
 Spain2
 
 Nigeria (p)3 (3)
 
 
 Germany3 (2)
 

Quarter-finals

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United States 1–1 Nigeria
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 6,619
Germany 2–0 Brazil
 Report
Attendance: 3,751
Colombia 3–0 Tanzania
 Report
Attendance: 3,547
Japan 1–2 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 6,432

Semi-finals

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Germany 0–1 Spain
Report Corrales 90'
Attendance: 10,264

Third place match

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Nigeria 3–3 Germany
 Report
Penalties
 3–2
Attendance: 4,722

Final

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Colombia 0–1 Spain
Report Guzmán 82' (o.g.)
Attendance: 24,824

Winners

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 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Winners 

Spain
2nd title

Awards

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The following awards were given for the tournament:[20]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Spain Vicky López Colombia Linda Caicedo Germany Mara Alber
Golden Boot Silver Boot Bronze Boot
Germany Loreen Bender Japan Momoko Tanikawa Colombia Linda Caicedo
4 goals, 250 minutes 4 goals, 285 minutes 4 goals, 504 minutes
Golden Glove
Spain Sofía Fuente
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Japan

Goalscorers

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There were 95 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.97 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final standings

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Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Spain 6 5 0 1 15 7 3 +4
2  Colombia 6 3 1 2 10 7 3 +4
3  Nigeria 6 2 3 1 9 11 7 +4
4  Germany 6 4 1 1 13 16 6 +10
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Japan 4 3 0 1 9 11 2 +9
6  United States 4 2 2 0 8 14 2 +12
7  Brazil 4 2 1 1 7 7 3 +4
8  Tanzania 4 1 1 2 4 3 9 −6
Eliminated in the group stage
9  Mexico 3 1 0 2 3 4 5 −1
10  Morocco 3 1 0 2 3 3 5 −2
11  China 3 1 0 2 3 2 4 −2
12  Chile 3 1 0 2 3 4 9 −5
13  Canada 3 0 2 1 2 2 6 −4
14  France 3 0 1 2 1 2 5 −3
15  New Zealand 3 0 0 3 0 2 10 −8
16  India (H) 3 0 0 3 0 0 16 −16

See also

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References

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