The 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup () will be the tenth edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It will be hosted by Morocco from 17 October to 7 November 2026. This is the third FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to be held in Africa and Morocco being the second Arab country to host it after Jordan in 2016. This is the second of five consecutive FIFA U-17 Women's World Cups to be held in Morocco, set to be played annually until 2029.
North Korea are the defending champions, having won a record fourth title in 2025.
Host selection Morocco was announced as the 2025–2029 Women's U-17 World Cups host country following the FIFA Council meeting on 14 March 2024 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Venues
+2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup venuesRabatSalé Moulay El Hassan Stadium(4 pitches) Capacity: 22,000
Teams Slot allocation
The slot allocation will be as follows: AFC (Asia): 4 slots CAF (Africa): 5 slots (including hosts Morocco) CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots CONMEBOL (South America): 4 slots OFC (Oceania): 2 slots UEFA (Europe): 5 slots Qualification A total of 24 teams will qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Morocco, who qualified automatically as the host nation, the other 23 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions.
Argentina, Australia and Puerto Rico will make their debut, with Puerto Rico participating in their first ever FIFA competition. Venezuela are qualified for the first time since 2016.
Qualifying tournamentTeamQualification dateAppearance(s)Previous best performanceHost nation3rd20222025 2 (2025)2026 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup1st5th201220252 (2025)10th2008202510 (2014)9th200820253 (2008, 2016, 2024, 2025)2026 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification11 July 20267th200820181 (2012)9th200820254 (2022)12 July 20262nd20241 (2024)4th201420253 (2025)2026 CONCACAF U-17 Women's World Cup qualification9th200820252 (2018)9th201020259 (2018)1st8th200820256 (2008)2026 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship1st9th200820256 (2025)3rd201020221 (2010, 2022)4th201020161 (2014, 2016)2025 OFC U-16 Women's Championship10th2008202510 (2018)2nd20252 (2025)2026 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship8th200820221 (2008)5th200820252 (2012)2nd20252 (2025)8th201020257 (2018, 2022)2nd20241 (2024)
Draw The draw took place on 21 May 2026 in Zurich, Switzerland. + PotsPotTeamConfederation20162018202220242025TotalpointsPoints(20%)Points(40%)Points(60%)Points(80%)Points(100%)1 (H)CAFHost nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1UEFA2.65.6912.81040AFC2.82.812.82139.4AFC3.22.45.46.41027.4CONCACAF0.61.24.89.61026.2CONCACAF0.83.61.21318.62CONMEBOL0.61.64.23.2918.6CONCACAF1.43.61.801117.8 CAF 1CAF0.25.47.2315.8UEFA1.42.47.811.6UEFA0.688.6AFC1.867.83OFC0.6400.805.4 CAF 2CAF1.245.2UEFA44 CAF 3CAF033 CAF 4CAF2.42.4CONMEBOL1.81.84CONMEBOL1.81.8UEFA00OFC00AFC0CONCACAF0CONMEBOL0
Match officials On 23 June 2026, FIFA confirmed that a total of 54 match officials have been appointed for the competition, comprising 18 referees and 36 assistant referees.
ConfederationRefereeAssistant refereesAFC Dong Fangyu Xie Lijun Bao Mengxiao Lara Lee Ramina Tsoi Nuannid Donjangreed Oh Hyeon-jeong Park Mi-suk Lee Soo-binCAF Ghada Mehat Asma Ouahab Sakina Hamidou Alfa Josephine Wanjiru Nancy Kasitu Tabara Mbodji Shahenda El Maghrabi Queency Victoire Houda AfineCONCACAF Carly Shaw-MacLaren Melissa Snedden Stephanie Yee Sing Deily Gómez Iris Vail Sales Kindria Agüero Karen Hernández Mayra Mora Karla Angelica Flores Ortega Natalie Simon Katarzyna Wasiak Tiffini Turpin Vimarest Díaz Santa Felicia Medina Casanova Melissa Cureen NicholasCONMEBOL Adriana Álvarez de Olivera Carla López María Belén Bevilacqua Alejandra Quisbert Elizabeth Blanco Ugarte Maria Luisa Cabezas Galean Paula Fernández Ome Nataly Arteaga Carolina Vicuña CollazosUEFA Caroline Lanssens Štaša Špur Linda Schmid Fabienne Michel Amina Gutschi Anne Uersfeld Michalina Diakow Ivona Pejić Marilena Catalina Nan Miriama Bocková Anita Vad Tilde Hedberg
Group stage All times are local, MST (UTC+1).
Tie-breaking criteria for group playThe ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows: Points obtained 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; Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; 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.
Tie-breaking criteria for third-placed teamsThe ranking of third-placed teams was determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches; Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match): Drawing of lots.
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.
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze final
Final
Controversies UEFA boycott attempt On 30 July 2026, following FIFA's announcement of FIFA Forward Enterprise (a proposal to sell stakes in FIFA's tournament operations, including for the U-17 Women's World Cup, to private investors), all 55 UEFA member associations agreed on an indefinite boycott of FIFA competitions until the proposal was shelved and assurances were made that such a proposal would not be tabulated again. As the boycott was announced with two and a half months until the tournament begins, it was unknown what would happen to the five qualified UEFA teams, with withdrawal a possible option. A day later on 31 July, the proposal was scrapped, although UEFA stated that, regardless, it no longer trusts FIFA's governance. Following written assurances that a similar proposal wouldn't be brought up, UEFA provisionally suspended their boycott for the 2026–27 season, which includes the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
See also 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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