FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held in even-numbered years. It was first held in 2002 as the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with an upper age limit of 19. In 2006, the age limit was raised to the current 20. The event was renamed as a World Cup since the 2008 competition, making its name consistent with FIFA's other worldwide competitions for national teams.

Starting with the 2010 edition and ending with the 2018 edition, tournaments held in years immediately preceding the FIFA Women's World Cup were awarded as part of the bidding process for the Women's World Cup. In those years, the U-20 Women's World Cup served as a test event for the host nation of the Women's World Cup, a role similar to that of the former FIFA Confederations Cup in the men's game.

The current champions are Spain, who won their second title at the 2026 edition held in Poland.

Qualification Each continental governing body has its own qualifying tournament, but Africa does not determine a champion. ConfederationQualifierAFC (Asia)AFC U-20 Women's Asian CupCAF (Africa)African U-20 Women's World Cup qualificationCONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)CONCACAF Women's U-20 ChampionshipCONMEBOL (South America)CONMEBOL Sub 20 FemeninoOFC (Oceania)OFC U-20 Women's ChampionshipUEFA (Europe)UEFA Women's U-19 Championship

History The first women's world championship at the youth level, held as the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, with an age limit of 19, was hosted by Canada. The final, held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, drew a surprisingly large crowd of 47,000 to watch the hosts play the United States. The US defeated Canada 1–0 on a golden goal by Lindsay Tarpley. Canada's Christine Sinclair was the adidas Golden Ball recipient, as tournament MVP, and the Golden Shoe (10 goals) winner. The 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship was held in Thailand. For the second time in a row, the current holders of the senior World Cup, Germany, won the youth competition. The Golden Ball went to Brazilian star, Marta, while for the second time the Golden Boot went to a Canadian, Brittany Timko. In 2006, FIFA raised the women's youth championship age limit to 20 to match the men's, beginning with the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, held in Russia from 17 August through 3 September. The competition was held in four Moscow stadiums (Dinamo, Lokomotiv, Podmoskovie Stadium and Torpedo Stadion) and one in St. Petersburg (Petrovskiy Stadion). North Korea won the final 5–0 over China. The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship was held in Chile, from 20 November to 7 December 2008. Six years after winning their first championship at the youth level in 2002, the United States reclaimed the trophy with a 2–1 win over defending champions Korea DPR. The Golden Ball and the Golden Shoe went to Sydney Leroux of the United States. The 2010 edition of the tournament was held in Germany from 13 July to 1 August 2010. The host nation defeated Nigeria in the final to claim its second championship. It was the first time that an African nation had advanced as far as the semifinals. It was also the first tournament in which four different confederations were represented in the semifinals. The Golden Ball and Golden Shoe awards both went to Alexandra Popp of Germany.

The 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was played in Japan from 19 August to 8 September, after initially having a hosting bid from Vietnam withdrawn and a bid from Uzbekistan rejected. The Golden Ball went to Dzsenifer Marozsán of Germany, while the Golden Shoe went to Kim Un-hwa of North Korea. The 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in Canada from 5–25 August 2014, who reprised its role as host after a Zimbabwean bid withdrew leaving the Canadian bid unopposed. The Golden Ball and Golden Shoe awards both went to Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria.

The 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was expected to be held in South Africa, but due to the country's withdrawal, a new host was chosen on 19 March 2015, and it was Papua New Guinea. The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in France from 5–24 August 2018; a year later France would host the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. The Golden Ball and Golden Shoe awards both went to Patricia Guijarro of Spain.

The 2020 edition was initially to be hosted jointly by Costa Rica and Panama in August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic it has been postponed to January 2021, to be solely hosted by Costa Rica. Due to having the highest COVID-19 cases and deaths in the region, Panama withdrew from hosting this event along with the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games. 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. Following the cancellation of the 2020 edition, Costa Rica were appointed as hosts of the tournament in 2022.

In 2024 the tournament expanded from 16 to 24 teams. FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup from 16 to 24 teams. Colombia was selected as host on 23 June 2023. Poland was selected as host on 17 December 2023.

Results

YearHost Final Third place game ChampionsScore Runners-up Third placeScoreFourth place 1 2002 1–0 1–1122 2004 2–03–0123 2006 5–00–0 164 2008 2–15–3165 2010 2–01–0166 2012 1–02–1167 2014 1–0 3–2168 2016 3–11–0169 2018 3–11–1 1610 2022 3–14–1161120241–02–1 241220260–0 1–1 24132028TBD0–0–24142030TBD0–0–24

Debut of national teams Year Debuting teams Teams 2002 , , , , , , , , , , , 12 122004 , , , , , 6 182006 , , , , , 6 242008 , 2 262010 , , , 4 302012 None 0 302014 1 312016 , 2 332018 , 2 352022 None 0 352024 , , , 4 392026 , , , , , 6 45

Teams reaching the top four

TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth place3 (2002, 2008, 2012)—2 (2004, 2024)2 (2006, 2016)3 (2004, 2010, 2014)1 (2012)2 (2002, 2008)—3 (2006, 2016, 2024)2 (2008, 2026)—1 (2014)2 (2022, 2026)1 (2018)——1 (2018)2 (2022, 2024)2 (2012, 2016)——2 (2004, 2006)———2 (2010, 2014)—1 (2012)—1 (2002)———1 (2016)1 (2014)2 (2008, 2018)——2 (2006, 2022)2 (2002, 2004)——1 (2026)1 (2010)——1 (2010)———1 (2018)————2 (2022, 2024)———1 (2026)

Comprehensive team results by tournament Legend — Champions — Runners-up — Third place — Fourth place QF – Quarter-finals R2 – Round 2 (since 2024: knockout round of 16) R1 – Round 1 (group stage) — Did not qualify — Did not enter / Withdrew / To be determined — 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.

TeamConfederation2002(12)2004(12)2006(16)2008(16)2010(16)2012(16)2014(16)2016(16)2018(16)2022(16)2024(24)2026(24)Total CONMEBOL ••R1R1•R1••••R2R25 AFC QFQFR1••••••R1R1•5 UEFA ••••••••••R2•1 CAF •••••••••••R11 CONMEBOL4th4th 3rdQFR1R1R1QFR13rdQFQF12 CAF ×ו•×•×•••R2•1 CONCACAF2ndQFR1R1•R1QFR1•R1R2QF10 CONMEBOL •••R1••••••••1 AFC •2nd2ndR1•R1R1•R1••R27 AFC R1•••••••••••1 CONMEBOL ••••4th••••QFQF3rd4 CONCACAF ••••R1•R1••R1R1R15 UEFA QF•••••••••••1 CAF וR1R1••×•×•••2 CONMEBOL •••••••••••R11 UEFA QF••QFR1•R1• 3rd••R26 OFC •×•××××ו•R1• 1 UEFA ••R1•••R1•••••2 UEFA R1•QF4thR1• 3rd2nd4thQFR2R210 UEFA3rd1stQF3rd1st2nd1stQFQFR1QF•11 CAF ×ו•R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R18 CONCACAF •×••×•×•R1•×•1 UEFA •R1•••R1•••••4th3 AFC QF••QFR13rd•3rd1st2nd2ndR29 CONCACAF R1•R1R1QFQFR1QFR1QFR2R111 CAF •••×ו•×••R1•1 UEFA ••••••••QF4th4th•3 OFC ×ו•×•×••••R11 OFC •×R1R1R1R1QFR1R1R1R1R110 CAF R1QFQFQF2nd4th2ndR1QFQFR2QF12 AFC ••1st2ndQFQF4th1stQF×1st2nd9 UEFA •••R1•QF••••••2 OFC ו•×ו•R1•••×1TeamConfederation2002(12)2004(12)2006(16)2008(16)2010(16)2012(16)2014(16)2016(16)2018(16)2022(16)2024(24)2026(24)Total CONMEBOL ••••••R1•R1•R1•3 UEFA •••••••••••R21 UEFA •••••••••••R21 UEFA •QFQF•••••••××2 AFC •R1••3rdQFQFR1•R1R2QF8 UEFA •R1•••••QF2nd1stQF1st6 UEFA ••••QF••R1••••2 UEFA ••R1•R1R1••••••3 CAF •••••••••••R11 AFC •R1••••••••••1 CONCACAF1st3rd4th1stQF1stQF4thR1R13rdR212 CONMEBOL •••••••R1••R1•2TeamConfederation2002(12)2004(12)2006(16)2008(16)2010(16)2012(16)2014(16)2016(16)2018(16)2022(16)2024(24)2026(24)Total

Results by confederation — Hosts are from this confederation

Overview Confederation 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Top 8 Top 16 UEFA 5 3 4 5 33 11 AFC 4 6 3 1 22 7 CONCACAF 3 1 2 2 17 5 CAF 0 2 0 1 9 3 CONMEBOL 0 0 3 3 12 6 OFC 0 0 0 0 3 0

AFC 2002(12)2004(12)2006(16)2008(16)2010(16)2012(16)2014(16)2016(16)2018(16)2022(16)2024(24)2026(24) Total Teams 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 38 Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 3 4 7 Top 8 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 22 Top 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 14 Top 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 10 1st 4 2nd 6 3rd 3 4th 1

CAF 2002(12)2004(12)2006(16)2008(16)2010(16)2012(16)2014(16)2016(16)2018(16)2022(16)2024(24)2026(24) Total Teams 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 26 Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 2 1 3 Top 8 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 9 Top 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Top 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1st 0 2nd 2 3rd 0 4th 1

CONCACAF 2002(12)2004(12)2006(16)2008(16)2010(16)2012(16)2014(16)2016(16)2018(16)2022(16)2024(24)2026(24) Total Teams 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 39 Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 3 2 5 Top 8 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 17 Top 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 Top 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1st 3 2nd 1 3rd 2 4th 2

CONMEBOL 2002(12)2004(12)2006(16)2008(16)2010(16)2012(16)2014(16)2016(16)2018(16)2022(16)2024(24)2026(24) Total Teams 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 28 Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 3 3 6 Top 8 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 12 Top 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 0 2nd 0 3rd 3 4th 3

OFC 2002(12)2004(12)2006(16)2008(16)2010(16)2012(16)2014(16)2016(16)2018(16)2022(16)2024(24)2026(24) Total Teams 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 15 Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 Top 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 0 2nd 0 3rd 0 4th 0

UEFA 2002(12)2004(12)2006(16)2008(16)2010(16)2012(16)2014(16)2016(16)2018(16)2022(16)2024(24)2026(24) Total Teams 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 6 54 Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 5 6 11 Top 8 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 3 3 2 33 Top 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 17 Top 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 1st 5 2nd 3 3rd 4 4th 5

Awards Below are the award winners.

Golden Ball Awarded to the best player of the tournament. TournamentWinner2002 Canada Christine Sinclair2004 Thailand Marta2006 Russia Ma Xiaoxu2008 Chile Sydney Leroux2010 Germany Alexandra Popp2012 Japan Dzsenifer Marozsán2014 Canada Asisat Oshoala2016 Papua New Guinea Hina Sugita2018 France Patricia Guijarro2022 Costa Rica Maika Hamano2024 Colombia Choe Il-son2026 Poland Rosalía Domínguez

Golden Boot The top goalscorer award. TournamentWinnerGoals2002 Canada Christine Sinclair112004 Thailand Brittany Timko72006 Russia Ma Xiaoxu52008 Chile Sydney Leroux52010 Germany Alexandra Popp102012 Japan Kim Un-hwa72014 Canada Asisat Oshoala72016 Papua New Guinea Mami Ueno52018 France Patricia Guijarro62022 Costa Rica Inma Gabarro82024 Colombia Choe Il-son62026 Poland Pau Comendador6

Golden Glove Awarded to the best goalkeeper. TournamentWinner2008 Chile Alyssa Naeher2010 Germany Bianca Henninger2012 Japan Laura Benkarth2014 Canada Meike Kämper2016 Papua New Guinea Mylène Chavas2018 France Sandy MacIver2022 Costa Rica Txell Font2024 Colombia Femke Liefting2026 Poland Laia López

FIFA Fair Play Trophy TournamentWinner2002 Canada2004 Thailand2006 Russia2008 Chile2010 Germany2012 Japan2014 Canada2016 Papua New Guinea2018 France2022 Costa Rica2024 Colombia2026 Poland

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

Notes

References

External links

Women U-19/U-20 World Cup at the RSSSF