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2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
كأس العالم للسيدات تحت 17 سنة المغرب 2025
Coupe du Monde Féminine U-17 de la FIFA Maroc 2025
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
Dates17 October – 8 November
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)TBD
← 2024 2026 →
International football competition

The 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (Arabic: كأس العالم للسيدات تحت 17 سنة المغرب 2025) (French: Coupe du Monde Féminine U-17 de la FIFA Maroc 2025) will be the 9th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It will be hosted by Morocco. It will also be the first time the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to be held in Africa and the second Arab country to host it after Jordan in 2016. It will also be the first edition to feature 24 teams and played annually.

North Korea are the defending champions, having won a record third title in 2024.

Host selection

Morocco was announced as the 2025–2029 Women's U-17 World Cups host country following the FIFA Council meeting on 14 March 2024 in Zürich, Switzerland.

Calendar change

Talks of a possible change in frequency of the tournament were first unveiled at a FIFA meeting in Doha in December 2022. After the 2023 FIFA Congress in Kigali, FIFA's plans to change the frequency of the U-17 Women's World Cup from biannual to annual was officially confirmed.

Expansion

On 14 March 2024, FIFA decided to expand the tournament to 24 teams. On 15 May 2024, the slot allocation was officially confirmed.

  • AFC (Asia): 4 slots
  • CAF (Africa): 5 slots (including hosts Morocco)
  • CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots
  • CONMEBOL (South America): 4 slots
  • OFC (Oceania): 2 slots
  • UEFA (Europe): 5 slots

Venues

Qualified teams

A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Morocco who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions.

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Team Appearance First appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
AFC (Asia)
(4 teams) 		Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of the last three editions of AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup; Thailand 2017, Thailand 2019 and Indonesia 2024  China 4th 2012 2022 Group stage (2012, 2014, 2022)
 Japan 9th 2008 2024 Champions (2014)
 North Korea 8th 2008 2024 Champions (2008, 2016, 2024)
 South Korea 5th 2008 2024 Champions (2010)
CAF (Africa)
(Hosts + 4 teams) 		Host nation  Morocco 2nd 2022 2022 Group stage (2022)
2025 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)
(4 teams) 		2025 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CONMEBOL (South America)
(4 teams) 		2025 South American U-17 Women's Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
OFC (Oceania)
(2 teams) 		2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship  New Zealand 9th 2008 2024 Third place (2018)
 Samoa 1st None None Debut
UEFA (Europe)
(5 teams) 		2025 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Squads

Main article: 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads

Players born between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2010 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

All times are local, MST (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 E1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 E2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 E3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4 E4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 F2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 F3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4 F4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Third place Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B Third place Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C Third place Group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D Third place Group D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 E Third place Group E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 F Third place Group F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source:

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of five minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. However, for the third place match, if it is played directly before the final, no extra time shall be played and the winner shall be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

 Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
               
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Third place match
  
   
  
   
  
   
  
 
  
 
Combinations of matches in the Round of 16

The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:

Third-placed teams
qualify from groups 		1A
vs 		1B
vs 		1C
vs 		1D
vs
A B C D 3C 3D 3A 3B
A B C E 3C 3A 3B 3E
A B C F 3C 3A 3B 3F
A B D E 3D 3A 3B 3E
A B D F 3D 3A 3B 3F
A B E F 3E 3A 3B 3F
A C D E 3C 3D 3A 3E
A C D F 3C 3D 3A 3F
A C E F 3C 3A 3F 3E
A D E F 3D 3A 3F 3E
B C D E 3C 3D 3B 3E
B C D F 3C 3D 3B 3F
B C E F 3E 3C 3B 3F
B D E F 3E 3D 3B 3F
C D E F 3C 3D 3F 3E

See also

References

  1. ^ "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024.
  2. "Key tournament decisions made by FIFA council". FIFA. 15 May 2024.
  3. "AFC unveils breakthrough reforms to strengthen Women's National Team Competitions". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.

External links

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