2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
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) Linda Caicedo
Loreen Bender
Momoko Tanikawa
(4 goals each)
Best player(s) Vicky López
Best goalkeeper Sofía Fuente
Fair play award Japan

2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be the seventh edition of the youth tournament for women under the age of 17. It was held in India from 11 to 30 October.

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to the hosts, 15 teams qualify 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 (qualification cancelled)[1][2][3]  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 5th 2018 Group stage (2008, 2012, 2014, 2018)
OFC (Oceania)
(1 team) 		Team was nominated by OFC
(qualification cancelled)[4] 		 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.[3]

Venues

On 13 April 2022, FIFA confirmed 3 host cities in 3 Indian states:[5]

  1. Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  2. Margao, Goa
  3. Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
 Bhubaneswar Margao Navi Mumbai
Kalinga Stadium Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium DY Patil Stadium
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 19,000 Capacity: 55,000


Draw

The official draw took place on 24 June 2022, 12:00 local time CEST (UTC+2) at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[6] 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 original hosts India were automatically assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.[7]

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

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

Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place on 24 June 2022.[8]

Tiebreakers

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The format for tiebreakers are determined as follows:[9]

  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 are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are 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).[10]

Group A

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) Host
Morocco 0–1 Brazil
Report
  • Jhonson  5'
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 4,243
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
India 0–8 United States
Report
  • Rebimbas  9', 31'
  • Kohler  15'
  • Gamero  23'
  • Thompson  39'
  • Emri  51'
  • Suarez  59' (pen.)
  • Bhuta  62'
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)
Brazil 1–1 United States
  • Carol  37'
 Report
  • Kiorpes  33'
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 3,639
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
India 0–3 Morocco
Report
  • El-Madani  51' (pen.)
  • Zouhir  62'
  • Cherif  90+1'
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 8,749
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
Brazil 5–0 India
  • Gabi Berchon  11'
  • Aline  40', 51'
  • Lara  86', 90+3'
 Report
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 8,765
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
United States 4–0 Morocco
  • Kohler  24', 73'
  • Smith  68', 81'
 Report
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 3,578
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

Group B

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
  • Á. Figueroa  12'
  • Rovner  22' (pen.)
  • Cifuentes  64'
 Report
  • Clegg  52'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 4,064
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
Germany 2–1 Nigeria
  • Stoldt  49'
  • Alber  61'
 Report
  • Usani  30'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 6,524
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
New Zealand 0–4 Nigeria
Report
  • Bello  16'
  • Usani  34'
  • Afolabi  75'
  • Etim  90+5'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 2,191
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
Germany 6–0 Chile
  • Veit  20'
  • Şehitler  24'
  • Alber  40'
  • Steiner  58' (pen.)
  • Bender  60'
  • Portella  90+5'
 Report
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 4,417
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)
New Zealand 1–3 Germany
  • Clegg  10'
 Report
  • Bender  5', 54'
  • Şehitler  60' (pen.)
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 1,945
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Nigeria 2–1 Chile
  • Emmanuel  4'
  • Mosaku  82'
 Report
  • Rovner  90+1' (pen.)
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 4,261
Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri (Italy)

Group C

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
  • Guijarro  90+3'
 Report
  • Qiao Ruiqi  49' (pen.)
  • Yu Xingyue  90'
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 8,086
Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri (Italy)
Spain 1–0 Colombia
  • Amezaga  85'
 Report
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 2,923
China 0–2 Colombia
Report
  • Caicedo  9', 23'
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 10,417
Spain 1–2 Mexico
  • Pujols  74'
 Report
  • M. Flores  47'
  • Saldivar  85'
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 5,350
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
China 0–1 Spain
Report
  • Artero  61'
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 8,230
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Colombia 2–1 Mexico
  • Ortegón  41'
  • Caicedo  74'
 Report
  • Caicedo  81' (o.g.)
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 4,920
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

Group D

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
  • Chukwu  67'
 Report
  • Calba  73'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 3,499
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Japan 4–0 Tanzania
  • Shiragaki  33'
  • Itamura  67'
  • Tsujisawa  75'
  • Tanikawa  81'
 Report
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 3,566
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
France 1–2 Tanzania
 Report
  • Mnally  17'
  • Bahera  60' (pen.)
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 2,625
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Japan 4–0 Canada
  • Kubota  9'
  • Shiragaki  37'
  • Tanikawa  52'
  • Takaoka  90+2'
 Report
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 5,492
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)
France 0–2 Japan
Report
  • Tanikawa  29'
  • Kusunoki  90+1'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 6,734
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)
Tanzania 1–1 Canada
  • Mapunda  35'
 Report
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 3,728
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, 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).[9]

Bracket

 
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

United States 1–1 Nigeria
  • Villareal  40'
 Report
Penalties
  • Adames
  • Emri
  • Suarez
  • Bhuta
  • Jackson
3–4
  • Etim
  • Offiong
  • Usani
  • Folorunsho
  • Edafe
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 6,619
Germany 2–0 Brazil
  • Steiner  23'
  • Krüger  90+5'
 Report
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 3,751
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
Colombia 3–0 Tanzania
  • Caicedo  3'
  • Muñoz  17'
  • Rodríguez  36' (pen.)
 Report
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 3,547
Japan 1–2 Spain
  • Tanikawa  66'
 Report
  • López  87', 90+3'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 6,432
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

Semi-finals

Nigeria 0–0 Colombia
Report
Penalties
  • Offiong
  • Etim
  • Usani
  • Afolabi
  • Edafe
  • Oyinlola
  • Folorunsho
5–6
  • Rodríguez
  • Perlaza
  • Muñoz
  • Espitaleta
  • Caicedo
  • Ortegón
  • Hernández
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 3,576
Germany 0–1 Spain
Report Corrales  90'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 10,264
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

Third place match

Nigeria 3–3 Germany
  • Ajakaye  20'
  • Bello  48'
  • Etim  63'
 Report
  • Veit  73'
  • Bartz  85'
  • Bender  90'
Penalties
  • Sunday
  • Etim
  • Ajakaye
  • Adeshina
3–2
  • Veit
  • Platner
  • Bender
  • Janzen
  • Bartz
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 4,722
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

Final

Colombia 0–1 Spain
Report Guzmán  82' (o.g.)
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 24,824
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

References

  1. ↑ "Latest update on the AFC National Team Competitions in 2021 and 2022". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "AFC Women's Football Committee hails the successful restart of the Asian women's game". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 14 October 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Asia's representatives at FIFA women's competitions confirmed". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 16 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "OFC competitions schedule update for 2022". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 8 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Bhubaneswar, Margao in Goa and Navi Mumbai confirmed as Host Cities for tournament". FIFA.com. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Draw for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022™ to take place on 24 June". FIFA.com. 13 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Draw Procedures-FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022™" (PDF). FIFA.com. 22 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Groups revealed in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 Draw". FIFA. 24 June 2022.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Regulations-FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022™" (PDF). FIFA. 18 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Match Schedule – FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022" (PDF). FIFA.com.
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