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.
| Organising body | FIFA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Region | International |
| Number of teams | 16 (finals) |
| Related competitions | FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| Current champions |  Spain (2nd title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  North Korea Spain(2 titles each) |
| Website | Official website |
 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | |
History edit
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.[1]
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.[2][3]
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.[4] The tournament was initially postponed to 2021, subject to further monitoring.[5] 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.[6] However, on 16 August 2022, India were stripped of their hosting rights for 2022 as the All India Football Federation was suspended by FIFA.[7] The rights were given back to India on 26 August 2022 as the AIFF was reinstated by FIFA.[8]
Dominican Republic was selected as host for the 2024 edition on 23 June 2023.[9]
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 2029 onwards.[10] Morocco was selected to host these edition on 14 March 2024 becoming the first African country to host the event.[11]
Qualification edit
Qualifying tournaments are:
Results edit
- Keys
- aet: after extra time
- p: penalty shoot-out
| Ed. | Year | Host | Final | Third place game | Num. teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Champions
|
Score |  Runners-up
|
 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 edit
| 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 edit
| Tournament | Golden Ball | Golden Boot | Goals | Golden Glove | FIFA Fair Play Trophy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand 2008
|
Mana Iwabuchi
|
Dzsenifer Marozsán
|
6 | Taylor Vancil
|
Germany
|
| Trinidad and Tobago 2010
|
Yeo Min-ji
|
Yeo Min-ji
|
8 | Dolores Gallardo
|
Germany
|
| Azerbaijan 2012
|
 Griedge Mbock Bathy
|
Ri Un-sim
|
8 | Romane Bruneau
|
Japan
|
| Costa Rica 2014
|
Hina Sugita
|
 Deyna Castellanos Gabriela García
|
6 | Mamiko Matsumoto
|
Japan
|
| Jordan 2016
|
Fuka Nagano
|
Lorena Navarro
|
8 | Noelia Ramos
|
Japan
|
| Uruguay 2018
|
Clàudia Pina
|
Mukarama Abdulai
|
7 | Catalina Coll
|
Japan
|
| India 2022
|
Vicky López
|
Loreen Bender
|
4 | Sofía Fuente
|
Japan
|
| Dominican Republic 2024
|
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| Morocco 2025
|
Overall team records edit
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.[12]
| 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 |
| 11 | Venezuela
|
3 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 30 | –4 | 25 |
| 12 | South Korea
|
3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 28 | –1 | 20 |
| 13 | Colombia
|
5 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | –8 | 17 |
| 14 | New Zealand
|
7 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 54 | –31 | 17 |
| 15 | France
|
3 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 15 |
| 16 | England
|
2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | –5 | 12 |
| 17 |  China
|
3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | –3 | 10 |
| 18 | Italy
|
1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 |  Republic of Ireland
|
2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| 20 |  Denmark
|
1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 5 |
| 21 |  Tanzania
|
1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | –6 | 4 |
| 22 | Trinidad and Tobago
|
1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 |
| 23 | Morocco
|
1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 3 |
| 24 |  Zambia
|
1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 3 |
| 25 |  Cameroon
|
2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | –7 | 3 |
| 26 |  Chile
|
2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | –14 | 3 |
| 27 |  Finland
|
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 1 |
| 28 | Uruguay
|
2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 22 | –18 | 1 |
| 29 |  South Africa
|
2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 27 | –24 | 1 |
| 30 |  Paraguay
|
3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 46 | –38 | 1 |
| 31 | Costa Rica
|
2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | –12 | 0 |
| 32 | Jordan
|
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | –14 | 0 |
| 33 |  Azerbaijan
|
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | –16 | 0 |
| 34 | India
|
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | –16 | 0 |
| 35 |  Gambia
|
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | –25 | 0 |
| 36 | Dominican Republic
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 |  Ecuador
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Comprehensive team results by tournament edit
- 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 | 2008 (16) |
2010 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2014 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2018 (16) |
2022 (16) |
2024 (16) |
2025 (24) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan |
UEFA | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
| Brazil |
CONMEBOL | GS | QF | QF | • | GS | GS | QF | Q | 7 | |
| 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 | Q | 6 | |
| Costa Rica |
CONCACAF | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
| Denmark |
UEFA | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
| Dominican Republic |
CONCACAF | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 | |
| Ecuador |
CONMEBOL | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 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 edit
| 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, Ecuador
|
2 | 37 |
Results by confederation edit
— Hosting confederation
AFC edit
| 2008 (16) |
2010 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2014 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2018 (16) |
2022 (16) |
2024 (16) |
2025 (24) |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
| 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 | |
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|
4 | |||||
| 2nd | |
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|
3 | ||||||
| 3rd | 0 | |||||||||
| 4th | |
1 |
CAF edit
| 2008 (16) |
2010 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2014 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2018 (16) |
2022 (16) |
2024 (16) |
2025 (24) |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 28 |
| 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 | |
|
2 | |||||||
| 4th | 0 |
CONCACAF edit
| 2008 (16) |
2010 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2014 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2018 (16) |
2022 (16) |
2024 (16) |
2025 (24) |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
| 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 | |
|
2 | |||||||
| 3rd | 0 | |||||||||
| 4th | |
1 |
CONMEBOL edit
| 2008 (16) |
2010 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2014 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2018 (16) |
2022 (16) |
2024 (16) |
2025 (24) |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
| 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 | |
1 | ||||||||
| 3rd | 0 | |||||||||
| 4th | |
|
2 |
OFC edit
| 2008 (16) |
2010 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2014 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2018 (16) |
2022 (16) |
2024 (16) |
2025 (24) |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 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 | |
1 | ||||||||
| 4th | 0 |
UEFA edit
| 2008 (16) |
2010 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2014 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2018 (16) |
2022 (16) |
2024 (16) |
2025 (24) |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| 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 | |
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3 | ||||||
| 2nd | |
1 | ||||||||
| 3rd | |
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|
4 | |||||
| 4th | |
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3 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Soccer: NZ to host 2008 Fifa under 17 women's World Cup". NZ Herald. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "FIFA postpones U-17 Women's World Cup in India due to Covid-19 pandemic". India Today. 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "FIFA suspends All India Football Federation". FIFA.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "FIFA lifts suspension of All India Football Federation". FIFA.com. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "FIFA Council appoints United States as host of new and expanded FIFA Club World Cup". FIFA.com. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "FIFA President hails return of "inspiring" FIFA U-17 World Cup". FIFA.com. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
It is the key reason why this and the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup tournament will be held every year, rather than every two years, from 2025 onwards...
- ^ "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Women U-17 World Cup - All-time tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
External links edit
