2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was held in Trinidad and Tobago from 5 to 25 September.

2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Trinidad & Tobago 2010
Tournament details
Host country	Trinidad and Tobago
Dates	5–25 September
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	North Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	125 (3.91 per match)
Attendance	141,622 (4,426 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yeo Min-Ji (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Yeo Min-Ji
Best goalkeeper	Dolores Gallardo
Fair play award	Germany

Qualified teams

• The qualifiers took place during late 2009 and early 2010. The places were allocated as follows to confederations: AFC (3), CAF (3), CONCACAF (2), CONMEBOL (3), OFC (1), UEFA (3), plus the host country.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2009 AFC U-16 Women's Championship	North Korea South Korea Japan
CAF (Africa)	2010 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Nigeria Ghana South Africa1
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	Host nation	Trinidad and Tobago1
	2010 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship	Canada Mexico1
CONMEBOL (South America)	2010 South American Under 17 Women Championship	Brazil Chile1 Venezuela1
OFC (Oceania)	2010 OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2010 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship	Spain1 Republic of Ireland1 Germany

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

On 30 June 2010, President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan announced he would suspend the Nigeria Football Federation from FIFA competition for 2 years. This put the Flamingoes place at the competition in jeopardy. On 5 July 2010, the ban was lifted.

Venues

During preparation four stadia were constructed in 2001. These four venues along with Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad are the venues for the women's competition.

Port of Spain	Arima/Malabar	Couva	Marabella	Scarborough
Hasely Crawford Stadium	Larry Gomes Stadium	Ato Boldon Stadium	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	Dwight Yorke Stadium
10°39′41.48″N 61°31′58.92″W	10°36′59.00″N 61°16′57.00″W	10°25′29.00″N 61°25′02.00″W	10°18′12.00″N 61°26′30.00″W	11°10′53.17″N 60°43′00.86″W
Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 7,500
Port of Spain Arima / Malabar Couva     Marabella Scarborough

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9
North Korea	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
Chile	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	22	1	+21	9
South Korea	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
Mexico	3	1	0	2	5	13	-8	3
South Africa	3	0	0	3	2	17	-15	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9
Japan	3	2	0	1	13	4	+9	6
Venezuela	3	1	0	2	3	9	-6	3
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Brazil	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Canada	3	1	0	2	1	3	-2	3
Ghana	3	1	0	2	1	4	-3	3

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 September — Marabella
	Nigeria	5
					21 September — Arima
	South Korea	6
					South Korea	2
	17 September — Couva
					Spain	1
	Spain	2
									25 September — Port of Spain
	Brazil	1
									South Korea	3 (5)
	16 September — Marabella
									Japan	3 (4)
	Germany	0
					21 September — Couva
	North Korea	1
					North Korea	1
	17 September — Arima
					Japan	2			Third place
	Republic of Ireland	1
									25 September — Port of Spain
	Japan	2
									Spain	1
									North Korea	0