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2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-17 de la FIFA Costa Rica 2014
Tournament details
Host country	Costa Rica
Dates	15 March – 4 April
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	113 (3.53 per match)
Attendance	284,320 (8,885 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Deyna Castellanos Gabriela García (6 goals each)
Best player(s)	Hina Sugita
Best goalkeeper	Mamiko Matsumoto
Fair play award	Japan
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The 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the youth association football tournament for women under the age of 17. The final tournament was hosted in Costa Rica.

The competition was played from 15 March to 4 April 2014. Japan beat Spain in the final 2–0, the same score the same match ended in the group stage. Japan emerged as the fourth different champion in four editions.

The opening match of the tournament set a new tournament record with 34,453 spectators. In total, 284,320 supporters attended matches, averaging 8,885 per match and beating the 2012 record.

Host selection

On 3 March 2011, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in Costa Rica. There were six official bids.

•  Costa Rica
•  Ghana
•  Macedonia
•  Russia
•  United Arab Emirates
•  Uzbekistan

Hosting rights were then stripped on 28 February 2013 due to problems in stadium construction. After receiving guarantees from both CONCACAF and the Costa Rican government, they were re-instated as hosts at an executive committee meeting in Zurich on 21 March 2013. The final was originally scheduled on 5 April, but was brought forward one day due to government elections.

Mascot

The official mascot of the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was Juna, a blue morpho butterfly. The name Juna means "to fly" in the Cabécar language.

Theme song

The official theme song for the tournament was "Pasión Total" by F.A.N.S.

Qualified teams

The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee in May 2012. The Oceania Football Confederation qualifying tournament was scheduled for January 2014, FIFA however decided that it would be hosted too late then. Eventually FIFA and OFC in agreement with all member nations agreed to award the confederation spot to New Zealand. Just as New Zealand, Nigeria qualified without playing a match because two opponents withdrew their respective qualifying games. Defending champions France did not qualify.

In total 103 nations took part in the qualifying, three less than for the 2012 World Cup.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifiers
AFC (Asia)	2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship	Japan  North Korea  China
CAF (Africa)	2013 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Nigeria  Ghana  Zambia
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	Host nation	Costa Rica
	2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	Mexico  Canada
CONMEBOL (South America)	2013 South American Under-17 Women's Championship	Venezuela  Colombia  Paraguay
OFC (Oceania)	Appointed by OFC (qualifying tournament cancelled)	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship	Germany  Spain  Italy

1. Teams that made their debut.

Venues

Four stadiums in four cities are to be used across Costa Rica.

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Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto	Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño
Capacity: 16,625	Capacity: 4,300
San José	Tibás
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Capacity: 34,453	Capacity: 21,704

Match officials

A total of 14 referees, 4 reserve referees, and 28 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.

Squads

Each team must name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced on 6 March 2014.

Final draw

The group stage draw was held on 17 December 2013 in Pueblo Antiguo. Confederation champions Germany, Japan and Mexico were put in Pot 1 alongside the hosts Costa Rica, who were automatically assigned to Position A1. The draw then made sure no teams of the same confederation could meet in the group stage.

Group stage

The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:

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. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, Central Standard Time (UTC−6).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Venezuela	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
Italy	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Zambia	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Italy	2–0	Zambia
Serturini 41', 53'	Report

Costa Rica	0–3	Venezuela
	Report	Castellanos 49', 52' Moreno 88'

Venezuela	4–0	Zambia
Castellanos 14' G. García 47', 59', 86'	Report

Costa Rica	0–1	Italy
	Report	Marinelli 19'

Zambia	2–1	Costa Rica
G. Chanda 8' Araya 69' (o.g.)	Report	Varela 3'

Venezuela	1–0	Italy
Castellanos 46'	Report

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Canada	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
North Korea	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
Germany	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

Ghana	2–0	North Korea
Ayiyem 16' Owusu-Ansah 50'	Report

Germany	2–2	Canada
Ehegötz 65' Fellhauer 68'	Report	Fleming 3' Levasseur 44'

Ghana	1–0	Germany
Amfobea 43'	Report

North Korea	1–1	Canada
Sung Hyang-sim 54'	Report	Kim Jong-sim 86' (o.g.)

Canada	2–1	Ghana
Levasseur 9', 40'	Report	Owusu-Ansah 72'

North Korea	4–3	Germany
Ju Hyo-sim 30' Sung Hyang-sim 34' Wi Jong-sim 41' Ri Ji-hyang 61' (pen.)	Report	Ehegötz 5' Sehan 12' Walkling 24'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9
Spain	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1
Paraguay	3	0	1	2	2	18	−16	1

New Zealand	1–1	Paraguay
Cleverley 69'	Report	Barrios 84'

Spain	0–2	Japan
	Report	Miyagawa 43' Matsubara 51'

New Zealand	0–3	Spain
	Report	Hernández 3' P. Garrote 34' N. García 67'

Paraguay	0–10	Japan
	Report	Hasegawa 15' Endo 22' Miyagawa 36' Ichise 47' Hiratsuka 56' Saihara 62' Sugita 75', 85', 86' Kono 90+2' (pen.)

Japan	3–0	New Zealand
Hasegawa 20' Kobayashi 71' (pen.) Matsubara 90+3'	Report

Paraguay	1–7	Spain
Godoy 25'	Report	Beltrán 4' Falcón 11', 17' N. García 64', 83' P. Garrote 76', 79'

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9
Mexico	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
China	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
Colombia	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Mexico	4–0	Colombia
Salazar 1' Crowther 4' J. González 14' Huerta 71'	Report

China	1–2	Nigeria
Fan Yuqiu 64'	Report	Ajibade 21' Kanu 63'

Mexico	4–0	China
Bernal 30' (pen.) J. González 42' Martínez 66' Cruz 87'	Report

Colombia	1–2	Nigeria
Ang. Rodríguez 3'	Report	Bokiri 26' Kanu 59'

Nigeria	3–0	Mexico
Ajibade 12' Kanu 16' Yakubu 58'	Report

Colombia	1–3	China
And. Rodríguez 60'	Report	Cui Yuhan 72' Páez 75' (o.g.) Chen Yudan 90+1'

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	27 March — San José
	Venezuela	3
					31 March — Liberia
	Canada	2
					Venezuela	1
	27 March — Liberia
					Japan	4
	Japan	2
									4 April — San José
	Mexico	0
									Japan	2
	27 March — San José
									Spain	0
	Ghana	2 (3)
					31 March — Liberia
	Italy (p)	2 (4)
					Italy	0
	27 March — Liberia
					Spain	2			Third place
	Nigeria	0
									4 April — San José
	Spain	3
									Venezuela	4 (0)
									Italy (p)	4 (2)

Quarter-finals

Venezuela	3–2	Canada
Castellanos 6' Zambrano 43' G. García 62'	Report	Kinzner 19' Levasseur 40'

Ghana	2–2	Italy
Ayiyem 4' Abambila 90'	Report	Marinelli 8' Giugliano 17' (pen.)
Penalties
Ayiyem Kuzagbe Opoku Abambila Amfobea	3–4	Boattin Giugliano Simonetti Serturini Vergani

Japan	2–0	Mexico
Hasegawa 12' Sugita 43'	Report

Nigeria	0–3	Spain
	Report	Guijarro 14' (pen.), 71' N. García 58'

Semi-finals

Venezuela	1–4	Japan
Castellanos 90+2'	Report	Nagano 13' Ichise 33' Kobayashi 52' Sugita 63' (pen.)

Italy	0–2	Spain
	Report	Hernández 48' (pen.) N. García 81' (pen.)

Third place match

Venezuela	4–4	Italy
Marcano 45+2' G. García 60', 68' Luzardo 90+5'	Report	Bergamaschi 16' Giugliano 55', 61' Simonetti 79'
Penalties
Moreno Romero D. Rodríguez Goyo	0–2	Boattin Giugliano Simonetti

Final

Japan	2–0	Spain
Nishida 5' Kono 78'	Report

Winners

2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup winners
Japan First title

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Hina Sugita	Yui Hasegawa	Pilar Garrote

Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Deyna Castellanos Gabriela García	—	Hina Sugita

FIFA Fair Play Award	Golden Glove
Japan	Mamiko Matsumoto

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Deyna Castellanos
• Gabriela García

5 goals

• Hina Sugita
• Nahikari García

4 goals

• Marie Levasseur

3 goals

• Manuela Giugliano
• Yui Hasegawa
• Uchenna Kanu
• Pilar Garrote

2 goals

• Nina Ehegötz
• Jane Ayiyem
• Sandra Owusu-Ansah
• Gloria Marinelli
• Annamaria Serturini
• Nana Ichise
• Rikako Kobayashi
• Fuka Kono
• Shiho Matsubara
• Asato Miyagawa
• Janae González
• Rasheedat Ajibade
• Sung Hyang-sim
• Andrea Falcón
• Patricia Guijarro
• Sandra Hernández

1 goal

• Jessie Fleming
• Sarah Kinzner
• Chen Yudan
• Cui Yuhan
• Fan Yuqiu
• Andrea Rodríguez
• Angie Rodríguez
• Sofía Varela
• Kim Fellhauer
• Jasmin Sehan
• Ricarda Walkling
• Ernestina Abambila
• Gladys Amfobea
• Valentina Bergamaschi
• Flaminia Simonetti
• Yu Endo
• Maki Hiratsuka
• Fuka Nagano
• Meika Nishida
• Mizuki Saihara
• Rebeca Bernal
• Jacqueline Crowther
• Belén Cruz
• Cinthia Huerta
• Gabriela Martínez
• Viridiana Salazar
• Daisy Cleverley
• Joy Bokiri
• Aminat Yakubu
• Ju Hyo-sim
• Ri Ji-hyang
• Wi Jong-sim
• Sheryl Barrios
• Fanny Godoy
• Beatriz Beltrán
• Sandra Luzardo
• Tahicelis Marcano
• Kika Moreno
• Yosneidy Zambrano
• Grace Chanda

Own goal

• Sara Páez (for China PR)
• Maria Araya (for Zambia)
• Kim Jong-sim (for Canada)

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External links

• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2014, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report

• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup tournaments
• 2014 in women's association football
• 2013–14 in Costa Rican football
• International association football competitions hosted by Costa Rica
• 2014 in youth sport
• March 2014 sports events in North America
• April 2014 sports events in North America
• 2014 in youth association football