The 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup () was the 10th 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, since its inception in 2002 as the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship (the age limit was raised from 19 to 20 in 2008). The tournament was held in Costa Rica, which would have hosted the 2020 edition before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the second time that Costa Rica hosted a FIFA tournament after the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Japan were the defending champions. The opening match played at the tournament was contested between Costa Rica and Australia at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José. The final was held on 28 August 2022. For the third time in FIFA football tournaments, and the first time for the youth tournaments, there was a back-to-back final between the same two teams.

This was the final edition to feature 16 teams before expanded to 24 teams in 2024 in Colombia.

Host selection Costa Rica and Panama were originally selected as co-hosts of the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup on 20 December 2019, before the withdrawal of Panama leaving Costa Rica as the only host country. On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, Costa Rica was appointed a host of the next edition of the tournament scheduled for 2022.

Qualified teams A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Costa Rica who automatically qualifies as host, 15 teams qualify from six continental competitions.

ConfederationQualifying tournamentTeamAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performanceAFC Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (qualification cancelled)4th2006 (2002, 2004)7th2018 (2018)6th2016 (2010)CAF 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament6th2018 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)10th2018 (2010, 2014)CONCACAF Host nation3rd2014 (2010, 2014)2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship8th2016 (2002)9th2018 (2010, 2012, 2016)10th2018 (2002, 2008, 2012)CONMEBOL 2022 South American U-20 Women's Championship10th2018 (2006)2nd2010 (2010)OFC Team was nominated by OFC based on results of 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship (qualification cancelled)8th2018 (2014)UEFA Teams were nominated by UEFA based on 2020/21 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying round coefficient ranking list (qualification cancelled)8th2018 (2016)10th2018 (2004, 2010, 2014)2nd2018 (2018)4th2018 (2018) Notes

Venues The two host cities were announced on 10 August 2021.

Alajuela San José Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Capacity: 17,895 Capacity: 35,175

Draw The official draw took place on 5 May 2022, 13:00 local time (UTC-6), at the Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica in San José. The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-20 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 hosts Costa Rica were automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage. Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2006 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Match officials A total of 13 referees, 26 assistant referees and 14 video match officials (VAR and AVAR) were appointed officially by FIFA for the tournament on 1 June 2022.

The Video assistant referee (VAR) system would be utilized for the first time in a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

ConfederationRefereesAssistant refereesAFC Lara Lee Kim Yu-jeong Ramina Tsoi Heba Saadieh Park Mi-suk Trương Thị Lệ TrinhCAF Akhona Makalima Vincentia Amedome Carine Atezambong Fanta Kone Mimisen Iyorhe Diana ChikoteshaCONCACAF Marianela Araya Francia González Tori Penso Chantal Boudreau Ivette Santiago Enedina Caudillo Sandra Ramírez Mijensa Rensch Brooke MayoCONMEBOL Emikar Calderas Mary Blanco Migdalia RodríguezOFC Anna-Marie Keighley Sarah Jones Maria SalamasinaUEFA Lina Lehtovaara Marta Huerta de Aza Tess Olofsson Cheryl Foster Sara Telek Polyxeni Irodotou Karolin Kaivoja Katalin Török Katarzyna Wójs Guadalupe Porras Almira Spahić Susanne Küng

ConfederationVideo assistant referee (VAR)AFC Kate Jacewicz Sarah Ho (AVAR)CAF Bouchra Karboubi Fatiha Jermoumi (AVAR)CONCACAF Melissa Borjas Tatiana GuzmánCONMEBOL Salomé di Iorio Daiane Muniz dos Santos María Belén CarvajalUEFA Maïka Vanderstichel Esther Staubli Ella De Vries (AVAR) Sian Massey (AVAR) Eliana Fernández (AVAR) Support refereeCONMEBOL Elizabeth Tintaya

Group stage The draw for the group stage took place on 5 May 2022.

Tiebreakers The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The format for tiebreakers were determined as follows:

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

All times are local, CST (UTC–6).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. However, for the third place match, no extra time will be played and the winner will be determined by a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

The 2022 final is a rematch of the 2018 final, the previous final.

Awards The following awards were given for the tournament:

Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Maika Hamano Inma Gabarro TarcianeGolden BootSilver BootBronze Boot Inma Gabarro Maika Hamano Yuzuki Yamamoto8 goals4 goals3 goals, 3 assists Golden Glove Txell Font FIFA Fair Play Award

Goalscorers

Marketing Branding The official emblem and slogan were unveiled on 10 August 2021, one year prior to the start of the tournament.

"Vamos juntas" by Isabella Castro, Rebeca Malavassi, Tony Succar and the female choir of the Franz Liszt Schule served as the official song of the tournament. (Produced and composed by Costa Rican artist Jorge Castro).

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