The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the first women's football edition of the U-17 World Cup. It was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. North Korea won the first edition, extending their grip of women's youth football having won the then-most recent U-20 Women's World Cup.
Host cities
Matches were played in four New Zealand cities: The Auckland conurbation, New Zealand's largest metropolitan area, hosted the final and 3rd place playoff. The designated host stadium is located in North Shore City. Hamilton hosted two of the quarter-finals. Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, hosted two of the quarter-finals. Christchurch, the only host city in the South Island, hosted the semi-finals.
Pool matches were spread evenly among these cities. The host nation, New Zealand, was based mostly in Auckland but played one pool match in Wellington.
North Harbour Stadium Location: Auckland (North Shore City) Capacity: 25,000Waikato Stadium Location: Hamilton Capacity: 26,500Wellington Stadium(Westpac Stadium) Location: Wellington Capacity: 36,500Queen Elizabeth II Park Location: Christchurch Capacity: 20,000
Qualified teams Confederation (Continent) Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)AFC (Asia)2007 AFC U-16 Women's Championship CAF (Africa)2008 African U-17 Women's ChampionshipCONCACAF(North, Central America & Caribbean)2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 ChampionshipCONMEBOL (South America)2008 South American Under-17 Women's Championship OFC (Oceania)Host nationUEFA (Europe)2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Squads
Tournament
Group stage All times local (UTC+13)
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage All times local (UTC+13)
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd Place Playoff
Final
Winners
Awards Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Mana Iwabuchi Dzsenifer Marozsán Kristie Mewis
Golden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe Dzsenifer Marozsán Vicki DiMartino Jon Myong-hwa
FIFA Fair Play AwardGolden Glove Taylor Vancil
Goalscorers
Dzsenifer Marozsán of Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 113 goals were scored by 69 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
6 goals
Dzsenifer Marozsán
5 goals
Vicki DiMartino
4 goals
Chinatsu Kira Natsuki Kishikawa Jon Myong-hwa Courtney Verloo
3 goals
Pauline Crammer Lynn Mester Rosie White Ho Un-byol Lee Hyun-young
2 goals
Nkem Ezurike Tatiana Ariza Danielle Carter Marine Augis Alexandra Popp Turid Knaak Haruka Hamada Mana Iwabuchi Saori Takahashi Yun Hyon-hi Jacqueline Gonzalez Ji So-yun Kristie Mewis
1 goal
Ketlen Wiggers Raquel Fernandez Rafaelle Souza Rachel Lamarre Ingrid Vidal Raquel Rodríguez Britta Olsen Linette Andreasen Simone Boye Isobel Christiansen Jessica Holbrook Lauren Bruton Lucy Staniforth Rebecca Jane Camille Catala Charlotte Poulain Lea Rubio Inka Wesely Leonie Maier Tabea Kemme Deborah Afriyie Florence Dadson Isha Fordjour Chiaki Shimada Kei Yoshioka Marika Ohshima Natsumi Kameoka Yuiko Inoue Annalie Longo Amarachi Okoronkwo Amenze Aighewi Ebere Orji Soo Adekwagh Jang Hyon-sun Kim Un-hyang Kim Un-ju Ri Un-ae Gloria Villamayor Paola Genes Rebeca Fernández Go Kyung-yeon Lee Min-sun Song Ah-ri
Own goal
Hong Myong-hui (playing against the United States) Cris Mabel Flores (playing against the United States)
References FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 , FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report