The 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 8th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in Papua New Guinea from 13 November to 3 December 2016. This was the first FIFA tournament held in the country, the first FIFA tournament held in Melanesia, and the first FIFA association football tournament in Oceania to take place outside Australasia (i.e. Australia and New Zealand).

North Korea won their second title by beating France 3–1 in the final. They became the first country to win both of the age-group Women's World Cups in the same year, with their under-17 team winning the U-17 Women's World Cup earlier that year.

Host selection

Original round of bidding The following countries submitted bids to host the tournament by the May 2013 deadline:

South Africa were awarded the hosting rights by FIFA Executive Committee at their meeting on 5 December 2013. However, they later withdrew, giving its notice at FIFA's executive committee meeting prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Second round of bidding After South Africa's withdrawal, the following countries announced they would be interested in hosting:

Papua New Guinea were awarded the hosting rights of the tournament by the FIFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2015.

Qualified teams A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Papua New Guinea who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was published in June 2014.

ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)2015 AFC U-19 Women's ChampionshipCAF (Africa)2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying TournamentCONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 ChampionshipCONMEBOL (South America)2015 South American Under-20 Women's ChampionshipOFC (Oceania)Host nation2015 OFC U-20 Women's ChampionshipUEFA (Europe)2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

1.Teams that made their debut.

Venues A FIFA delegation visited the following four stadiums in April 2015: Sir Hubert Murray Stadium, Sir John Guise Stadium, Lloyd Robson Oval (National Football Stadium), and Bava Park, all located in Port Moresby. The same four stadiums were submitted to FIFA for approval in October 2015. The final approved stadiums are:

Port Moresby Sir John Guise Stadium National Football Stadium PNG Football Stadium Bava Park Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 14,800 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 5,000

Emblem and slogan The official emblem and slogan ("To Inspire, To Excel") were unveiled on 8 March 2016.

Mascot The official mascot, a bird-of-paradise nicknamed "Susa", was launched on 11 June 2016.

Theme Song The official theme song for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World cup Kumul Susa written by dAdiigii and performed by Mereani & dAdiigii.

Squads

Each team must name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. All players must be born on or after 1 January 1996, and on or before 31 December 2000. The official squads were announced on 8 November 2016.

Match officials A total of 16 referees, and 27 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.

ConfederationRefereesAssistant refereesAFC Aye Thein Qin Liang Casey Reibelt Bao Mengxiao Fang Yan Sarah Ho Kim Kyoung-minCAF Thérèse Neguel Fatou Thioune Mona Mahmoud Tempa NdahCONCACAF Quetzalli Alvarado Marianela Araya Cruz Melissa Borjas Michelle Pye Elizabeth Aguilar Emperatriz Ayala Chantal Boudreau Lixy Enríquez Kimberly Moreira Shirley PerelloCONMEBOL Yercinia Correa Silvia Reyes Mónica Amboya Mariana Corbo Yoly García Viviana SeguraOFC Finau Vulivuli Maria TamalelagiUEFA Jana Adámková Riem Hussein Katalin Kulcsár Monika Mularczyk Sara Persson Biljana Atanasovski Solenne Bartnik Svetlana Bilić Belinda Brem Angela Kyriakou Julia Magnusson Michelle O'Neill Maryna Striletska Elena Țepușă Katalin Török

Draw The official draw was held on 17 March 2016, 18:30 CET (UTC+1), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland. The teams were seeded based on their performances in previous U-20 Women's World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts Papua New Guinea automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Group stage The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

All times are local, PGT (UTC+10).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played as the match is played directly before the final.

On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Awards The following awards were given for the tournament:

Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Hina Sugita Kim So-hyang Delphine CascarinoGolden BootSilver BootBronze Boot Mami Ueno Gabi Nunes Stina Blackstenius5 goals, 2 assists5 goals, 1 assist5 goals Golden Glove Mylène Chavas FIFA Fair Play Award

Goalscorers

5 goals

Gabi Nunes Mami Ueno Stina Blackstenius

4 goals

Yuka Momiki Kim So-hyang Ri Hyang-sim

3 goals

Brena Clara Matéo Stefanie Sanders Kiana Palacios Jon So-yon Lucía García

2 goals

Yasmim Delphine Cascarino Madeline Gier Yui Hasegawa Shiho Matsubara Chinwendu Ihezuo Ju Hyo-sim Kim Phyong-hwa Wi Jong-sim Mariona Caldentey Mallory Pugh Ally Watt

1 goal

Duda Geyse Katrine Gabrielle Carle Juliane Gathrat Grace Geyoro Marie-Charlotte Léger Saskia Matheis Dina Orschmann Lea Schüller Jane Ayieyam Sandra Owusu-Ansah Honoka Hayashi Miyabi Moriya Hina Sugita Jacqueline Crowther Teresa González Maria Sánchez Tayla Christensen Isabella Coombes Joy Bokiri Ihuoma Onyebuchi Chinaza Uchendu Ri Un-sim Sung Hyang-sim U Sol-gyong Nicollete Ageva Han Chae-rin Kim Seong-mi Namgung Ye-ji Aitana Bonmati Nahikari García Patricia Guijarro Alba Redondo Anna Anvegård Johanna Rytting Kaneryd Kelcie Hedge Natalie Jacobs Ashley Sanchez Gabriela García Kika Moreno Mariana Speckmaier

Own goal

Carla (against North Korea) Casey Murphy (against Ghana)

References

External links FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report