2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | India |
| Dates | 11–30 October |
| Teams | 16 (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 played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 95 (2.97 per match) |
| Attendance | 185,781 (5,806 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Linda Caicedo Loreen Bender Momoko Tanikawa(4 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Vicky López |
| Best goalkeeper | Sofía Fuente |
| Fair play award | Japan |
Qualified teams change
A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to the hosts, 15 teams qualify from six continental competitions.
- Notes
- ^ 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 change
On 13 April 2022, FIFA confirmed 3 host cities in 3 Indian states:[5]
| Bhubaneswar | Margao | Navi Mumbai | |
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| Kalinga Stadium | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | DY Patil Stadium | |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 19,000 | Capacity: 55,000 | |
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Draw change
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 |
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Squads change
Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2007 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
Group stage change
The draw for the group stage took place on 24 June 2022.[8]
Tiebreakers change
The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The format for tiebreakers are determined as follows:[9]
- points obtained in all group matches;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- 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:
- points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- 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;
- drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
All times are local, IST (UTC+5:30).[10]
Group A change
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  United States
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  Brazil
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Morocco
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  India (H)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |
| India | 0–8 | United States |
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| Brazil | 1–1 | United States |
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Group B change
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Chile
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 |  New Zealand
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
| Chile | 3–1 | New Zealand |
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| New Zealand | 0–4 | Nigeria |
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| New Zealand | 1–3 | Germany |
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Group C change
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Colombia
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Spain
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Mexico
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  China
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| Mexico | 1–2 | China |
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Group D change
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Japan
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  Tanzania
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Canada
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 |  France
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Knockout stage change
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 change
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 21 October – Navi Mumbai | ||||||||||
| United States | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 26 October – Margao | ||||||||||
| Nigeria (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 0 (5) | |||||||||
| 22 October – Margao | ||||||||||
| Colombia (p) | 0 (6) | |||||||||
| Colombia | 3 | |||||||||
| 30 October – Navi Mumbai | ||||||||||
| Tanzania | 0 | |||||||||
| Colombia | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 October – Navi Mumbai | ||||||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 October – Margao | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||||||
| 22 October – Margao | ||||||||||
| Spain | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||
| 30 October – Navi Mumbai | ||||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
| Nigeria (p) | 3 (3) | |||||||||
| Germany | 3 (2) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals change
| United States | 1–1 | Nigeria |
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| Penalties | ||
| 3–4 | ||
Semi-finals change
Third place match change
Final change
References change
- ↑ "Latest update on the AFC National Team Competitions in 2021 and 2022". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 July 2021.
- ↑ "AFC Women's Football Committee hails the successful restart of the Asian women's game". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 14 October 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Asia's representatives at FIFA women's competitions confirmed". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 16 March 2022.
- ↑ "OFC competitions schedule update for 2022". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 8 October 2021.
- ↑ "Bhubaneswar, Margao in Goa and Navi Mumbai confirmed as Host Cities for tournament". FIFA.com. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ↑ "Draw for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022™ to take place on 24 June". FIFA.com. 13 April 2022.
- ↑ "Draw Procedures-FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022™" (PDF). FIFA.com. 22 June 2022.
- ↑ "Groups revealed in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 Draw". FIFA. 24 June 2022.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Regulations-FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022™" (PDF). FIFA. 18 March 2022.
- ↑ "Match Schedule – FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022" (PDF). FIFA.com.