The 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup () was the 11th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was expanded by FIFA to feature 24 teams instead of 16.
The tournament was hosted by Colombia from 31 August to 22 September 2024. It was the third time that Colombia hosted a FIFA tournament, after the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. This was also the first time that Colombia hosted a FIFA women's tournament.
Spain were the defending champions. In addition, Spain held all three Women's World Cups (senior, U-20 and U-17) at the time of the tournament. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Japan, whom they faced in the two previous finals.
North Korea won a joint-record third title, defeating Japan in the final.
Host selection Colombia were announced as the 2024 Women's U-20 World Cup hosts following the FIFA Council meeting on 25 June 2023 in Zürich, Switzerland.
Expansion On 4 October 2023, FIFA decided the expansion of the tournament from 16 to 24 teams. The slot allocation mirrored the men's tournament and was as follows:
AFC (Asia): 4 slots CAF (Africa): 4 slots CONCACAF (North America): 4 slots CONMEBOL (South America): 5 slots (including hosts Colombia) OFC (Oceania): 2 slots UEFA (Europe): 5 slots
Qualified teams A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Colombia who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. All the teams that qualified from the last edition also qualified to this edition.
North Korea made a return after missing out in the 2022 edition. The rest of the three teams who made their return were from CONMEBOL. Argentina made a return after 12 years, Paraguay made a six-year return after they last qualified in 2018, and Venezuela made an eight-year return after qualifying in Papua New Guinea. Cameroon, Morocco, Austria, and Fiji made their debut. This was the first time that Austria and Fiji made their FIFA debut for any level in the women's federation.
ConfederationQualifying tournamentTeamAppearancePrevious best performanceFirstLastAFC 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup5th20022022 (2002, 2004)8th20022022 (2018)8th20062018 (2006, 2016)7th20042022 (2010)CAF 2024 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification1stDebutNone7th20102022 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)1stDebutNone11th20022022 (2010, 2014)CONCACAF 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship9th20022022 (2002)4th20102022 (2010, 2014, 2022)10th20022022 (2010, 2012, 2016, 2022)11th20022022 (2002, 2008, 2012)CONMEBOL Host nation3rd20102022 (2010)2024 South American U-20 Women's Championship4th20062012 (2006, 2008, 2012)11th20022022 (2006, 2022)3rd20142018 (2014, 2018)2nd20162016 (2016)OFC 2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship1stDebutNone9th20062022 (2014)UEFA 2023 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship1stDebutNone9th20022022 (2016)11th20022022 (2004, 2010, 2014)3rd20182022 (2022)5th20042022 (2022)
Venues Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín were the three cities chosen to host the competition on 20 February 2024.
For this tournament, the Estadio Metropolitano de Techo was officially called "Estadio El Techo" by FIFA. The original name is shown in parentheses.
+2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup venuesBogotá Estadio El Campín Estadio El Techo Capacity: 39,512 Capacity: 10,000 Medellín Cali Estadio Atanasio Girardot Estadio Pascual Guerrero Capacity: 44,826 Capacity: 37,000
Draw The official draw took place on 5 June 2024 at the Hall 74 in Bogotá. The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-20 Women's World Cups, with five bonus points added to the qualifying tournament winners (for this cycle). The host team, Colombia, was automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. During the draw process, teams from the same confederation could not be placed in the same group for the group stage. Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Squads
Players born between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Match officials For the very first time in a football pitch national teams tournament, the football video support (FVS) was implemented. This new alternative simplified the video assistant referee (VAR).
FVS system did not utilize video match officials. The head coach of each team was allowed to make a video review request. The number of requests during the match were limited to two for the regulation time with an additional challenge added in extra time. Should the coach failed in all of the remaining requests, they would not be allowed to request another review.
A total of 18 referees, 36 assistant and 4 support referees were appointed officially by FIFA for the tournament on 19 June 2024.
Originally, (Switzerland) and Andreia Ferreira (Portugal) were selected for the tournament, and latter replaced by their compatriots Linda Schmid and Vanessa Gomes, respectively.
The VAR system was implemented only for the third place match and the final. Both referees designated as video assistant for the two final matches are shown in italic.
ConfederationRefereesAssistant refereesAFC Veronika Bernatskaia Bao Mengxiao Nuannid Donjangreed Supawan HinthongCAF Akissi Konan Shahenda El Maghrabi Fidès Bangurambona CONCACAF Crystal Sobers Natalie Simon Sherly Socop Iris Vail Elva Gutiérrez Jéssica Morales Carissa Douglas-Jacob Melissa Nicholas Meghan Mullen Kali SmithCONMEBOL Anahí Fernández Marcia Castillo Eliana Ortiz Mayra Sánchez Stefanía Paguay Viviana Segura Belén Clavijo Daiana FernándezUEFA Ivana Martinčić Maria Sole Ferrieri Ivana Projkovska Iuliana Demetrescu Marta Huerta de Aza Amina Gutschi Maja Petravić Camille Soriano Tiziana Trasciatti Vanessa Gomes Linda Schmid Svitlana Grushko
Support refereesAFC Casey ReibeltCAF Vincentia AmedomeCONCACAF Lizzet GarcíaCONMEBOL
Group stage The draw for the group stage took place on 5 June 2024.
All times are local, COT (UTC−5).
Tie-breaking criteria for group playThe ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches; Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match): Drawing of lots.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
Combinations of matches in the Round of 16 The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:
Third-placed teamsqualify from groups 1Avs 1Bvs 1Cvs 1DvsABCD3C3D3A3BABCE3C3A3B3EABCF3C3A3B3FABDE3D3A3B3EABDF3D3A3B3FABEF3E3A3B3FACDE3C3D3A3EACDF3C3D3A3FACEF3C3A3F3EADEF3D3A3F3EBCDE3C3D3B3EBCDF3C3D3B3FBCEF3E3C3B3FBDEF3E3D3B3FCDEF3C3D3F3E
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Awards The following awards were given for the tournament:
Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Choe Il-son Manaka Matsukubo Ally SentnorGolden BootSilver BootBronze Boot Choe Il-son Vendito Maya Hijikata6 goals5 goals, 1 assist404 minutes played5 goals, 1 assist590 minutes played Golden Glove Femke Liefting FIFA Fair Play Award
Goalscorers
Marketing Emblem The official emblem was unveiled on 8 April 2024. According to FIFA's website:
Theme song The official theme song was revealed on 16 August 2024 under the title "Aheh-Aheh" (styled sometimes in uppercase) sung by Colombian artists Nath and Ysa C. It is also known as "the 10th anniversary song" like "Vamos Juntas", the song from the preceding edition.
Mascot
The tournament's mascot was named "Kinti". The mascot represented the biodiversity of the country and shaped after a hummingbird. Kinti was unveiled on 23 May 2024 at the Botanical Garden of Medellín.
See also 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
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