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2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-17 de la FIFA Uruguay 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	13 November – 1 December
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	86 (2.69 per match)
Attendance	38,272 (1,196 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mukarama Abdulai Clàudia Pina (7 goals each)
Best player(s)	Clàudia Pina
Best goalkeeper	Catalina Coll
Fair play award	Japan
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The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the sixth edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 2008.

The tournament was held in Uruguay from 13 November to 1 December 2018. North Korea were the defending champions but were eliminated by Spain in the quarter-finals.

The final took place at the Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo between Spain and Mexico a rematch from the group stage in 2016. Spain won their first title, beating Mexico 2–1.

Host selection

On 6 March 2014, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 31 October 2014.

The following countries made official bids for hosting the tournament:

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Egypt
•  Finland
•  Northern Ireland
•  Sweden

The decision on the hosts was originally to be made at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting on 19–20 March 2015, but no announcement was made after the meeting.

During FIFA president Gianni Infantino's visit to Uruguay in March 2016, Uruguay showed interest in organizing the event. The FIFA Council appointed Uruguay as host on 10 May 2016. This was the first FIFA tournament held in the country since the first men's World Cup in 1930, the first FIFA women's event held in Uruguay and the first FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup ever held in South America.

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Uruguay who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 13–14 October 2016.

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
AFC (Asia)	2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship	Japan	6th	2016	Champions (2014)
		North Korea	6th	2016	Champions (2008, 2016)
		South Korea	3rd	2010	Champions (2010)
CAF (Africa)	2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Cameroon	2nd	2016	Group stage (2016)
		Ghana	6th	2016	Third place (2012)
		South Africa	2nd	2010	Group stage (2010)
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	Canada	6th	2016	Quarter-Finals (2008, 2012, 2014)
		Mexico	5th	2016	Quarter-finals (2014, 2016)
		United States	4th	2016	Runners-up (2008)
CONMEBOL (South America)	Host nation	Uruguay	2nd	2012	Group stage (2012)
	2018 South American U-17 Women's Championship	Brazil	5th	2016	Quarter-finals (2010, 2012)
		Colombia	4th	2014	Group stage (2008, 2012, 2014)
OFC (Oceania)	2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship	New Zealand	6th	2016	Group stage (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
UEFA (Europe)	2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship	Finland	1st	None	Debut
		Germany	6th	2016	Third place (2008)
		Spain	4th	2016	Runners-up (2014)

Venues

Colonia del Sacramento	Maldonado	Montevideo
Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici	Estadio Domingo Burgueño (Estadio Domingo Burgueño Miguel)	Estadio Charrúa
34°28′01″S 57°50′43″W / 34.46694°S 57.84528°W / -34.46694; -57.84528 (Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici)	34°54′52″S 54°57′19″W / 34.91444°S 54.95528°W / -34.91444; -54.95528 (Estadio Domingo Burgueño)	34°52′42″S 56°05′22″W / 34.87833°S 56.08944°W / -34.87833; -56.08944 (Estadio Charrua)
Capacity: 6,500	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 14,000
Colonia del SacramentoMaldonadoMontevideoclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Branding

The emblem was launched on 16 November 2017 at the Palacio Legislativo in Montevideo. The emblem is inspired by the famous beach coastline and its shape of the tournament's trophy. It features the Uruguayan flower ceibo, the Candombe drummer and the sun from the national flag.

Mascot

The mascot named Capi was unveiled on 7 June 2018, she is inspired by a Uruguayan capybara.

Slogan

The slogan "Same Game, Same Emotion" was unveiled on 29 September 2018.

Draw

The official draw was held on 30 May 2018, 15:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA Headquarters in Zürich. The teams were seeded based on their performances in previous U-17 Women's World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts Uruguay automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.

The identity of the three teams from CONCACAF were not known at the time of the draw, and were seeded based on the rankings of the three best-performing teams from the region in previous editions. They were assigned to the three places reserved for CONCACAF after the qualifying tournament was completed based on their rankings in the seeding formula (instead of their rankings in the qualifying tournament).

Match officials

A total of 15 referees and 28 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to name a preliminary squad of 35 players. From the preliminary squad, the team has to name a final squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad can be replaced due to serious injury up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match.

Group stage

The official schedule was unveiled on 8 February 2018.

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Article 17.7):

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:

4. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
6. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
7. 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;
8. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, UYT (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	New Zealand	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Finland	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
4	Uruguay (H)	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

New Zealand	1–0	Finland
Brown 41'	Report

Uruguay	0–5	Ghana
	Report	Mumuni 20' Abdulai 25', 78', 90+1' Pokuaa 66'

Finland	1–3	Ghana
Kantanen 75'	Report	Pokuaa 6' Abdulai 13' Animah 86'

Uruguay	1–2	New Zealand
Aquino 8'	Report	Wisnewski 26' Brown 36'

Finland	1–1	Uruguay
Vuorinen 51'	Report	Pizarro 79'

Ghana	2–0	New Zealand
Abdulai 61', 89'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	1	2	0	7	1	+6	5	Knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Brazil	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

Brazil	0–0	Japan
	Report

Mexico	0–0	South Africa
	Report

Japan	6–0	South Africa
Osawa 4', 23' Tanaka 37' (pen.) S. Ito 41', 55' (pen.) Yamamoto 90+1'	Report

Mexico	1–0	Brazil
Buso 43'	Report

Japan	1–1	Mexico
Kinoshita 40'	Report	González 63'

South Africa	1–4	Brazil
Vilakazi 53'	Report	Jheniffer 50' Júlia 51' (pen.) Amanda 54' Maria Eduarda 60'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6	Knockout stage
2	North Korea	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	United States	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3

United States	3–0	Cameroon
Fishel 22' Fontes 45+5' (pen.), 81'	Report

North Korea	1–4	Germany
Yun Ji-hwa 69'	Report	Blümel 14' Corley 35', 70' Weidauer 84'

United States	0–3	North Korea
	Report	Ri Kum-hyang 25' Kim Yun-ok 32' Kim Kyong-yong 52'

Germany	0–1	Cameroon
	Report	Kameni 54'

Germany	4–0	United States
Fudalla 4' Martinez 32', 65' Donhauser 89'	Report

Cameroon	1–2	North Korea
Kameni 6'	Report	Ko Kyong-hui 45' Ri Su-jong 75'

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7	Knockout stage
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	Colombia	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
4	South Korea	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

South Korea	0–4	Spain
	Report	Navarro 17' Pina 51', 65' Hernández 59'

Canada	3–0	Colombia
Huitema 77' Williams 88' De Filippo 90+4'	Report

South Korea	0–2	Canada
	Report	Huitema 59' Kazandjian 74'

Colombia	1–1	Spain
Robledo 53'	Report	Okoye 52'

Colombia	1–1	South Korea
Robledo 90+1'	Report	Cho Mi-jin 14' (pen.)

Spain	5–0	Canada
Paralluelo 9' I. López 22', 50' Pina 25' Navarro 71'	Report

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).

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 November – Colonia del S.
	Japan	1 (3)
					28 November – Montevideo
	New Zealand (p)	1 (4)
					New Zealand	0
	24 November – Colonia del S.
					Spain	2
	Spain (p)	1 (3)
									1 December – Montevideo
	North Korea	1 (1)
									Spain	2
	25 November – Montevideo
									Mexico	1
	Ghana	2 (2)
					28 November – Montevideo
	Mexico (p)	2 (4)
					Mexico	1
	25 November – Montevideo
					Canada	0			Third place
	Germany	0
									1 December – Montevideo
	Canada	1
									New Zealand	2
									Canada	1

Quarter-finals

Spain	1–1	North Korea
Pina 72'	Report	Kim Kyong-yong 74'
Penalties
Hernández I. López Navarro Nevado	3–1	Kim Yun-ok Ri Su-gyong Ri Sin-ok Choe Kum-ok

Japan	1–1	New Zealand
Mackay-Wright 31' (o.g.)	Report	Abbott 17'
Penalties
Matsuda Kinoshita Tomioka Kamiya Yoshizumi	3–4	Hahn Wisnewski Brown Stewart Leat

Ghana	2–2	Mexico
Abdulai 46' Teye 75'	Report	Pérez 61' (pen.), 82'
Penalties
Abdulai Tweneboaa Teye Oppong	2–4	Pérez Flores Mauleón Peralta

Germany	0–1	Canada
	Report	Huitema 83'

Semi-finals

New Zealand	0–2	Spain
	Report	Pina 39' I. López 48'

Mexico	1–0	Canada
Pérez 25' (pen.)	Report

Third place match

New Zealand	2–1	Canada
Wisnewski 1', 13'	Report	Kazandjian 64'

Final

Spain	2–1	Mexico
Pina 16', 26'	Report	Castro 29'

Winners

2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup winners
Spain 1st title

Goalscorers

There were 86 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.

7 goals

• Mukarama Abdulai
• Clàudia Pina

3 goals

• Jordyn Huitema
• Nicole Pérez
• Grace Wisnewski
• Irene López

2 goals

• Alice Kameni
• Lara Kazandjian
• Gisela Robledo
• Gia Corley
• Shekiera Martinez
• Millot Pokuaa
• Sara Ito
• Haruka Osawa
• Kelli Brown
• Kim Kyong-yong
• Eva Navarro
• Sunshine Fontes

1 goal

• Amanda
• Maria Eduarda
• Jheniffer
• Júlia
• Jessica De Filippo
• Andersen Williams
• Jenni Kantanen
• Aino Vuorinen
• Charlotte Blümel
• Laura Donhauser
• Vanessa Fudalla
• Sophie Weidauer
• Grace Animah
• Fuseina Mumuni
• Suzzy Teye
• Momoka Kinoshita
• Tomoko Tanaka
• Yuzuki Yamamoto
• Vanessa Buso
• Denise Castro
• Alison González
• Amelia Abbott
• Yun Ji-hwa
• Ri Kum-hyang
• Ko Kyong-hui
• Ri Su-jong
• Kim Yun-ok
• Zethembiso Vilakazi
• Cho Mi-jin
• Paola Hernández
• Mabel Okoye
• Salma Paralluelo
• Mia Fishel
• Belén Aquino
• Esperanza Pizarro

1 own goal

• Hannah Mackay-Wright (against Japan)

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Clàudia Pina	Nicole Pérez	Mukarama Abdulai

Golden Boot	Silver Boot	Bronze Boot
Mukarama Abdulai (7 goals, 2 assists)	Clàudia Pina	Irene López

FIFA Fair Play Trophy	Golden Glove
Japan	Catalina Coll

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External links

• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Uruguay 2018, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report

• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup tournaments
• International association football competitions hosted by Uruguay
• Youth sport in Uruguay
• 2018 in women's association football
• 2018 in youth association football
• 2018 in Uruguayan football
• 2018 in Uruguayan women's sport
• November 2018 sports events in South America
• December 2018 sports events in South America