FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an annual (biennial until 2024) international women's association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) since 2008. The current champions are North Korea, who won a record-extending fourth title at the 2025 edition in Morocco.

History

In 2003, after the inaugural success of the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, held in Canada, FIFA proposed adding a second youth tournament for girls. Continental confederations told FIFA it would be difficult to create a second championship, with the age limits in place at the time. Therefore, FIFA created the U-17 Women's World Cup and the U-20 Women's World Championship (renamed the "U-20 Women's World Cup" in 2007), the same age groups as its men's youth tournaments. Accordingly, the age limit for the U-19 championship was increased to 20, effective with the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia. FIFA committed to creating a U-17 women's championship, stated to begin in 2008.

The first tournament was held in 2008 in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November. Four cities hosted matches during the inaugural tournament – North Shore City (North Harbour Stadium), Hamilton (Waikato Stadium), Wellington (Wellington Stadium) and Christchurch (Queen Elizabeth II Park). New Zealand won hosting rights at the same time that Chile received hosting honours for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

On 4 April 2020, FIFA announced the decision of postponing the 2020 World Cup which was originally scheduled in five venues to be held from 2 to 21 November in India. The tournament was initially postponed to 2021, subject to further monitoring. On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament would be cancelled, and India were appointed as hosts of the next edition of the tournament in 2022. However, on 16 August 2022, India were stripped of their hosting rights for 2022 as the All India Football Federation was suspended by FIFA. The rights were given back to India on 26 August 2022 as the AIFF was reinstated by FIFA.

Dominican Republic was selected as host for the 2024 edition on 23 June 2023.

Starting from 2025 the U-17 Women's World Cup and its men's counterpart are held annually. Morocco was selected on 14 March 2024 to host the 2025–2029 editions, becoming the first African country to stage the tournament.

Qualification Qualifying tournaments are: ConfederationChampionshipAFC (Asia)AFC U-17 Women's Asian CupCAF (Africa)African U-17 Women's World Cup qualificationCONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)CONCACAF Women’s U-17 qualifiersCONMEBOL (South America)CONMEBOL Sub 17 FemeninoOFC (Oceania)OFC U-16 Women's ChampionshipUEFA (Europe)UEFA Women's U-17 Championship

Results YearHosts Final Third place match ChampionsScore Runners-up Third placeScoreFourth place12008 2–1 3–0 1622010 3–3 1–0 1632012 1–1 1–0 1642014 2–0 4–4 1652016 0–0 4–0 1662018 2–1 2–1 16720221–03–3 16820241–1 3–01692025 3–01–1 2410202624112027241220282413202924

Debut of national teams Year Debuting teams Teams 2008 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 16 162010 , , , , , , 7 232012 , , , 4 272014 , 2 292016 , 2 312018 1 322022 , , 3 352024 , , , 4 392025 , , , 4 432026 , , 3 462027 1 47

Overall team records In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

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Teams reaching the top four TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth place4 (2008, 2016, 2024, 2025)1 (2012)—1 (2010)2 (2018, 2022)2 (2014, 2024)2 (2010, 2016)—1 (2014)2 (2010, 2016)——1 (2010)———1 (2012)————1 (2008)1 (2024)——1 (2018)1 (2025)——1 (2022)———1 (2025)————1 (2008)2 (2012, 2022)——1 (2012)———1 (2014)———1 (2018)———1 (2022)————2 (2008, 2024)———2 (2014, 2016)———1 (2018)———1 (2025)

Comprehensive team results by tournament Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place QF – Quarter-finals R2 – Round 2 (since 2025, round of 16) R1 – Round 1 (group stage) – Did not qualify – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned – Country did not exist or national team was inactive – Hosts Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

TeamConfederation2008(16)2010(16)2012(16)2014(16)2016(16)2018(16)2022(16)2024(16)2025(24)2026(24)2027(24)Total CONMEBOL •••••••••Q 1 AFC •••••••••Q 1 UEFA ••R1••••••• 1 CONMEBOL R1QFQF•R1R1QFR14thQ 9 CAF •×•×R1R1••R1• 3 CONCACAF QFR1QFQFR14thR1•QFQ 9 CONMEBOL •R1••••R1••Q 3 AFC ••R1R1••R1•R2Q 5 CONMEBOL R1•R1R1•R12ndR1R2• 7 CONCACAF R1••R1••••R1• 3 UEFA QF•••••••••1 CONCACAF ×ו••••R1••1 CONMEBOL •••••••QFR1•2 UEFA4th•••QF••4th••3 UEFA •••••R1••••1 UEFA R1•1st•••R1•QFQ5 CAF ××R1×ו××××1 UEFA3rdQF4thR1QFQF4th••Q8 CAF R1R13rdQFQFQF•××Q7 AFC ••••••R1•••1 UEFA •••3rd••••QF•2 CAF ××××××××R1•1 AFC QF2ndQF1st2ndQFQFQFQFQ10 AFC ••••R1•••••1 CAF ×ו××××R1•Q2 CONCACAF •R1R1QFQF2ndR1R13rdQ9 CAF ×××ו•R1•R2QQ4 UEFA ••••••••2nd•1 OFC ••••••••••Q1 OFCR1R1R1R1R13rdR1R1R1QQ11 CAF R1QFQFQFR1•3rdQFR2Q9 AFC1st4th2ndR11stQF×1st1stQ9 UEFA ••••••••R1Q2 CONMEBOL R1••R1R1•••R2•4 UEFA •••••••QF•Q2 CONCACAF ••×••••••Q1 UEFA •QF••••••••1 OFC ×××ו••×R1Q•2 CAF •R1•••R1••••2 AFC QF1st•••R1•R1R1•5 UEFA •3rd•2nd3rd1st1st2ndR2Q8 CAF ××××××QF•••1 CONCACAF •R1••••••••1 CONCACAF2nd•R1•R1R1QF3rdR2Q8 CONMEBOL ••R1••R1••••2 CONMEBOL •R1•4th4th••••Q4 CAF •×•R1ו•R1R2Q4

Results by confederation — Hosting confederation

Overview Confederation 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Top 8 Top 16 AFC 6 3 0 1 18 3 UEFA 3 3 4 4 23 4 CONCACAF 0 2 2 1 12 3 CONMEBOL 0 1 0 3 8 3 CAF 0 0 2 0 10 3 OFC 0 0 1 0 1 0

AFC 2008(16) 2010(16) 2012(16) 2014(16) 2016(16) 2018(16) 2022(16) 2024(16) 2025(24) 2026(24) Total Teams 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 32 Top 16 — — — — — — — — 3 3 Top 8 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 18 Top 4 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 10 Top 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 9 1st 6 2nd 3 3rd 0 4th 1

CAF 2008(16) 2010(16) 2012(16) 2014(16) 2016(16) 2018(16) 2022(16) 2024(16) 2025(24) 2026(24) Total Teams 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 33 Top 16 — — — — — — — — 3 3 Top 8 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 10 Top 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 0 2nd 0 3rd 2 4th 0

CONCACAF 2008(16) 2010(16) 2012(16) 2014(16) 2016(16) 2018(16) 2022(16) 2024(16) 2025(24) 2026(24) Total Teams 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 32 Top 16 — — — — — — — — 3 3 Top 8 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 12 Top 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 Top 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1st 0 2nd 2 3rd 2 4th 1

CONMEBOL 2008(16) 2010(16) 2012(16) 2014(16) 2016(16) 2018(16) 2022(16) 2024(16) 2025(24) 2026(24) Total Teams 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 32 Top 16 — — — — — — — — 3 3 Top 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 8 Top 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1st 0 2nd 1 3rd 0 4th 3

OFC 2008(16) 2010(16) 2012(16) 2014(16) 2016(16) 2018(16) 2022(16) 2024(16) 2025(24) 2026(24) Total Teams 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 12 Top 16 — — — — — — — — 0 0 Top 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 0 2nd 0 3rd 1 4th 0

UEFA 2008(16) 2010(16) 2012(16) 2014(16) 2016(16) 2018(16) 2022(16) 2024(16) 2025(24) 2026(24) Total Teams 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 35 Top 16 — — — — — — — — 4 4 Top 8 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 23 Top 4 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 14 Top 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 1st 3 2nd 3 3rd 4 4th 4

Awards TournamentGolden BallGolden BootGoalsGolden GloveFIFA Fair Play TrophyNew Zealand 2008 Mana Iwabuchi Dzsenifer Marozsán6 Taylor VancilTrinidad and Tobago 2010 Yeo Min-ji Yeo Min-ji8 Dolores GallardoAzerbaijan 2012 Griedge Mbock Bathy Ri Un-sim8 Romane BruneauCosta Rica 2014 Hina Sugita Deyna Castellanos Gabriela García6 Mamiko MatsumotoJordan 2016 Fuka Nagano Lorena Navarro8 Noelia RamosUruguay 2018 Clàudia Pina Mukarama Abdulai7 Catalina CollIndia 2022 Vicky López Loreen Bender4 Sofía FuenteDominican Republic 2024 Jon Il-chong Pau Comendador5 Evan O'SteenMorocco 2025 Yu Jong-hyang Yu Jong-hyang8 Valentina MurrietaMorocco 2026

See also FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

References

External links

Women U-17 World Cup at the RSSSF