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)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
← 2018
2024 →

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 PR[^] 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 PR

 Colombia
 Chile
 Morocco
 Tanzania

Squads

See the main article: 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 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 Goal 5'
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 4,243
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
India 0–8 United States
Report
  • Rebimbas Goal 9', 31'
  • Kohler Goal 15'
  • Gamero Goal 23'
  • Thompson Goal 39'
  • Emri Goal 51'
  • Suarez Goal 59' (pen.)
  • Bhuta Goal 62'
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)
Brazil 1–1 United States
  • Carol Goal 37'
 Report
  • Kiorpes Goal 33'
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 3,639
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
India 0–3 Morocco
Report
  • El-Madani Goal 51' (pen.)
  • Zouhir Goal 62'
  • Cherif Goal 90+1'
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 8,749
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
Brazil 5–0 India
  • Gabi Berchon Goal 11'
  • Aline Goal 40', 51'
  • Lara Goal 86', 90+3'
 Report
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 8,765
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
United States 4–0 Morocco
  • Kohler Goal 24', 73'
  • Smith Goal 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 Goal 12'
  • Rovner Goal 22' (pen.)
  • Cifuentes Goal 64'
 Report
  • Clegg Goal 52'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 4,064
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
Germany 2–1 Nigeria
  • Stoldt Goal 49'
  • Alber Goal 61'
 Report
  • Usani Goal 30'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 6,524
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
New Zealand 0–4 Nigeria
Report
  • Bello Goal 16'
  • Usani Goal 34'
  • Afolabi Goal 75'
  • Etim Goal 90+5'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 2,191
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
Germany 6–0 Chile
  • Veit Goal 20'
  • Şehitler Goal 24'
  • Alber Goal 40'
  • Steiner Goal 58' (pen.)
  • Bender Goal 60'
  • Portella Goal 90+5'
 Report
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 4,417
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)
New Zealand 1–3 Germany
  • Clegg Goal 10'
 Report
  • Bender Goal 5', 54'
  • Şehitler Goal 60' (pen.)
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 1,945
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Nigeria 2–1 Chile
  • Emmanuel Goal 4'
  • Mosaku Goal 82'
 Report
  • Rovner Goal 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 PR 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Mexico 1–2 China PR
  • Guijarro Goal 90+3'
 Report
  • Qiao Ruiqi Goal 49' (pen.)
  • Yu Xingyue Goal 90'
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 8,086
Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri (Italy)
Spain 1–0 Colombia
  • Amezaga Goal 85'
 Report
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 2,923
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
China PR 0–2 Colombia
Report
  • Caicedo Goal 9', 23'
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 10,417
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Spain 1–2 Mexico
  • Pujols Goal 74'
 Report
  • M. Flores Goal 47'
  • Saldivar Goal 85'
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 5,350
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
China PR 0–1 Spain
Report
  • Artero Goal 61'
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 8,230
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Colombia 2–1 Mexico
  • Ortegón Goal 41'
  • Caicedo Goal 74'
 Report
  • Caicedo Goal 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 Goal 67'
 Report
  • Calba Goal 73'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 3,499
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Japan 4–0 Tanzania
  • Shiragaki Goal 33'
  • Itamura Goal 67'
  • Tsujisawa Goal 75'
  • Tanikawa Goal 81'
 Report
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 3,566
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
France 1–2 Tanzania
 Report
  • Mnally Goal 17'
  • Bahera Goal 60' (pen.)
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 2,625
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Japan 4–0 Canada
  • Kubota Goal 9'
  • Shiragaki Goal 37'
  • Tanikawa Goal 52'
  • Takaoka Goal 90+2'
 Report
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 5,492
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)
France 0–2 Japan
Report
  • Tanikawa Goal 29'
  • Kusunoki Goal 90+1'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 6,734
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)
Tanzania 1–1 Canada
  • Mapunda Goal 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 Goal 40'
 Report
Penalties
  • Adames Penalty scored
  • Emri Penalty missed
  • Suarez Penalty scored
  • Bhuta Penalty scored
  • Jackson Penalty missed
 3–4
  • Penalty scored Etim
  • Penalty scored Offiong
  • Penalty scored Usani
  • Penalty missed Folorunsho
  • Penalty scored Edafe
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 6,619
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
Germany 2–0 Brazil
  • Steiner Goal 23'
  • Krüger Goal 90+5'
 Report
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Attendance: 3,751
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
Colombia 3–0 Tanzania
  • Caicedo Goal 3'
  • Muñoz Goal 17'
  • Rodríguez Goal 36' (pen.)
 Report
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 3,547
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Japan 1–2 Spain
  • Tanikawa Goal 66'
 Report
  • López Goal 87', 90+3'
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
Attendance: 6,432
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

Semi-finals

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

Third place match

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

Final

Colombia 0–1 Spain
Report Guzmán Goal 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.