FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Organising body	FIFA
Founded	2008 (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

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.^[1] The tournament was initially postponed to 2021, subject to further monitoring.^[2] 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.^[3] However, on 16 August 2022, India were stripped of their hosting rights for 2022 as the All India Football Federation was suspended by FIFA.^[4] The rights were given back to India on 26 August 2022 as the AIFF was reinstated by FIFA.^[5]

Dominican Republic was selected as host for the 2024 edition on 23 June 2023.^[6]

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.^[7]

Qualification

Qualifying tournaments are:

Results

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	2026	TBD							16

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 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

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.^[8]

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	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (16)	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		6
Morocco	CAF	×	×	×	×	•	•	GS		1
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		5
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 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (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									4
2nd									3
3rd									0
4th									1

CAF

	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (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									2
4th									0

CONCACAF

	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (16)	Total
Teams	3	3	3	3	3	3	3		21
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

	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (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									1
3rd									0
4th									2

OFC

	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (16)	Total
Teams	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		7
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

	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (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									3
2nd									1
3rd									4
4th									3

See also

• FIFA Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

• Official website
• Women U-17 World Cup at the RSSSF