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2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the first women's football edition of the U-17 World Cup. It was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. North Korea won the first edition, extending their grip of women's youth football having won the then-most recent U-20 Women's World Cup.

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2008 FIFA I Raro I Te 17 Kapu Wahine O Te Ao
FIFA U-17 WWC official logo
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates28 October – 16 November
Teams16
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions North Korea (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Germany
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored113 (3.53 per match)
Attendance212,504 (6,641 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Mana Iwabuchi
Best goalkeeperUnited States Taylor Vancil
Fair play award Germany
2010 →

Host cities edit

Matches were played in four New Zealand cities:

  • The Auckland conurbation, New Zealand's largest metropolitan area, hosted the final and 3rd place playoff. The designated host stadium is located in North Shore City.
  • Hamilton hosted two of the quarter-finals.
  • Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, hosted two of the quarter-finals.
  • Christchurch, the only host city in the South Island, hosted the semi-finals.

Pool matches were spread evenly among these cities. The host nation, New Zealand, was based mostly in Auckland but played one pool match in Wellington.

       
North Harbour Stadium

Location: Auckland (North Shore City)
Capacity: 25,000

Waikato Stadium

Location: Hamilton
Capacity: 26,500

Wellington Stadium
(Westpac Stadium)

Location: Wellington
Capacity: 36,500

Queen Elizabeth II Park

Location: Christchurch
Capacity: 20,000

Qualified teams edit

Confederation (Continent) Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2007 AFC U-16 Women's Championship   North Korea
  Japan
  South Korea
CAF (Africa) 2008 African U-17 Women's Championship   Nigeria
  Ghana
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship   United States
  Costa Rica
  Canada
CONMEBOL (South America) 2008 South American Under-17 Women's Championship   Colombia
  Brazil
  Paraguay
OFC (Oceania) Host nation   New Zealand
UEFA (Europe) 2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship   Germany
  France
  Denmark
  England

Squads edit

Main article: 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads

Tournament edit

Group stage edit

All times local (UTC+13)

Group A edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Denmark 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1
  Canada 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1
  New Zealand 3 3 1 0 2 4 4 0
  Colombia 2 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2
Denmark  1–1  Colombia
Boye   51' (Report) Ariza   20'
Attendance: 6,759
Referee: Cha Sung-mi
New Zealand  0–1  Canada
(Report) Lamarre   53'
Attendance: 13,123
Colombia  1–1  Canada
Vidal   10' (Report) Ezurike   9'
Referee: Wang Jia
New Zealand  1–2  Denmark
Longo   13' (Report) Andreasen   29'
Olsen   56'
Attendance: 11,170
Referee: Silvia Reyes
Colombia  1–3  New Zealand
Ariza   82' (Report) White   44', 81', 87'
Attendance: 3,546
Referee: Etsuko Fukano
Canada  0–0  Denmark
(Report)
Attendance: 3,283

Group B edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Germany 7 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6
  North Korea 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1
  Ghana 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 0
  Costa Rica 0 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7
Costa Rica  0–5  Germany
(Report) Mester   17'
Marozsán   34', 43'
Knaak   51'
Kemme   66'
Attendance: 4,105
Referee: Etsuko Fukano
North Korea  1–1  Ghana
Ho Un-byol   69' (Report) Dadson   73'
Attendance: 453
Ghana  2–3  Germany
Dadson   65'
Fordjour   86'		 (Report) Marozsán   5' (pen.), 35'
Maier   69'
Costa Rica  1–2  North Korea
Rodríguez Cedeño   20' (Report) Yun Hyon-hi   16', 65'
Attendance: 4,272
Ghana  1–0  Costa Rica
Afriyie   19' (Report)
Referee: Cha Sung-mi
Germany  1–1  North Korea
Popp   3' (Report) Jon Myong-hwa   58'
Referee: Michelle Pye

Group C edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Japan 9 3 3 0 0 17 5 12
  United States 4 3 1 1 1 6 5 1
  France 4 3 1 1 1 8 10 −2
  Paraguay 0 3 0 0 3 5 16 −11
Japan  3–2  United States
Iwabuchi   31'
Kameoka   68'
Yoshioka   74'		 (Report) DiMartino   3'
K. Mewis   51'
Attendance: 4,816
Referee: Thalia Mitsi
France  6–2  Paraguay
Crammer   5', 12', 61' (pen.)
Poulain   17'
Augis   58'
Catala   86'		 (Report) J. González   45+3'
Genes   90+2'
Attendance: 5,016
Paraguay  1–3  United States
Fernández   32' (Report) Flores   48' (o.g.)
DiMartino   77'
Verloo   83'
Referee: Thalia Mitsi
Japan  7–1  France
Inoue   11'
Kishikawa   21' (pen.), 57'
Kira   26', 27', 34'
Shimada   38'		 (Report) Augis   16'
Attendance: 4,115
Paraguay  2–7  Japan
J. González   20' (pen.)
Villamayor   55'		 (Report) Kishikawa   36', 73'
Ohshima   40'
Hamada   43', 52'
Takahashi   83', 89'
United States  1–1  France
DiMartino   57' (Report) Rubio   72'
Referee: Silvia Reyes

Group D edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  South Korea 6 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3
  England 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1
  Nigeria 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 0
  Brazil 1 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4
Brazil  0–3  England
(Report) Carter   71', 89'
Bruton   75'
Attendance: 10,795
Referee: Michelle Pye
South Korea  1–2  Nigeria
Ji So-yun   85' (Report) Adekwagh   1'
Aighewi   60'
Attendance: 11,500
Nigeria  0–1  England
(Report) Holbrook   79'
Referee: Etsuko Fukano
Brazil  1–2  South Korea
Raquel   66' (Report) Lee Min-sun   47'
Lee Hyun-young   57'
Attendance: 6,471
Nigeria  2–2  Brazil
Orji   43'
Okoronkwo   75'		 (Report) Ketlen   35'
Rafaelle   71'
Attendance: 1,410
England  0–3  South Korea
(Report) Ji So-yun   8'
Koh Kyung-yeon   16'
Song Ah-ri   71'
Attendance: 3,920

Knockout stage edit

All times local (UTC+13)

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 November – Wellington
 
 
  Denmark 0
 
13 November – Christchurch
 
  North Korea 4
 
   North Korea 2
 
9 November – Hamilton
 
   England 1
 
  Japan2 (4)
 
16 November – Auckland
 
  England (p)2 (5)
 
   North Korea (a.e.t.) 2
 
8 November – Wellington
 
   United States 1
 
  Germany 3
 
13 November – Christchurch
 
  Canada 1
 
   Germany 1
 
9 November – Hamilton
 
   United States 2 Third place
 
  South Korea2
 
16 November – Auckland
 
  United States 4
 
   England 0
 
 
   Germany 3
 

Quarterfinals edit

Denmark  0–4  North Korea
(Report) Jon Myong-hwa   21', 73'
Ri Un-ae   86'
Kim Un-ju   89'
Referee: Thalia Mitsi
Germany  3–1  Canada
Marozsán   4', 78'
Mester   34'		 (Report) Ezurike   44'
Attendance: 4,182
Referee: Silvia Reyes
Japan  2–2 (a.e.t.)  England
Kira   8'
Iwabuchi   82'		 (Report) Staniforth   45+1'
Christiansen   90+1'
Penalties
Kira  
Takeyama  
Kameoka  
Kishikawa  
Saitō  		 4–5   Nobbs
  Bruton
  Carter
  Pitman
  Bonner
South Korea  2–4  United States
Lee Hyun-young   65', 85' (Report) Verloo   27', 78'
K. Mewis   54'
DiMartino   84'
Attendance: 7,247

Semifinals edit

North Korea  2–1  England
Ho Un-byol   19'
Jon Myong-hwa   44'		 (Report) Jane   75'
Referee: Michelle Pye
Germany  1–2  United States
Popp   6' (Report) DiMartino   63'
Verloo   81'
Attendance: 8014
Referee: Cha Sung-mi

3rd Place Playoff edit

England  0–3  Germany
(Report) Wesely   11'
Knaak   74'
Mester   88'

Final edit

North Korea  2–1 (a.e.t.)  United States
Kim Un-hyang   77'
Jang Hyon-sun   113'		 (Report) Hong Myong-hui   2' (o.g.)
Attendance: 16,162
Referee: Silvia Reyes

Winners edit

 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup winners 
 
North Korea
First title

Awards edit

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
  Mana Iwabuchi   Dzsenifer Marozsán   Kristie Mewis


Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
  Dzsenifer Marozsán   Vicki DiMartino   Jon Myong-hwa


FIFA Fair Play Award Golden Glove
  Germany   Taylor Vancil

Goalscorers edit

Dzsenifer Marozsán of Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 113 goals were scored by 69 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References edit

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