2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup


The 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the tournament. The tournament was played in Japan from 19 August to 8 September, with sixteen national football soccer teams and mark the first hosting of a FIFA women's football tournament in the country.
The host nation were to be decided on 19 March 2010 but was postponed by FIFA to give bidders more time to prepare their bids.
On 3 March 2011 FIFA initially awarded the World Cup to Uzbekistan. However, on 18 December 2011 FIFA had the tournament stripped from this country for problems with the bid and named Japan as a possible host. Japan was officially announced as host on 8 February 2012.

Bids and hosting problems

had originally won the right the host the tournament. However, Vietnam had to withdraw its bid because it couldn't guarantee government backing and found the FIFA bid process "taxing".
New Zealand had initially been asked to be ready as a backup venue, but were eventually awarded the 2015 FIFA U-20 Men's World Cup and FIFA then awarded the right to host the games to Uzbekistan. However, in its meeting in Tokyo in December 2011, FIFA's Executive Committee decided to cancel Uzbekistan's hosting of the tournament due to "a number of logistical and technical issues", and announced Japan had been proposed as its new organizer.
The Uzbekistan Football Federation had recommended six cities to host games. They are Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Qarshi, Mubarek and Guzar. The competition would have taken place in Tashkent's Pakhtakor and Bunyodkor Stadiums, Samarkand's Olympic Stadium, Bukhara's Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi's Stadium, Mubarek's Bahrom Vafoev Stadium and Guzar's Stadium.

Host cities and venues

On 31 March 2012, FIFA announced five stadiums for the tournament.

Qualified teams

* South Korea qualifies, because Japan was renamed the host nation.

Squads

Each team submitted a squad of 21 players, including three goalkeepers. The squads were announced on 10 August 2012.

Match officials

A total of 14 referees and 28 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.
ConfederationRefereesAssistant referees
AFC
Abirami Apbai Naidu
Qin Liang
Nami Sato
Fusako Kajiyama
Rohaidah Mohamed Nasir
Emi Chiba
Cui Yongmei
Fang Yan
Thi Thuy Kieu
Lee Seul-gi
Saori Takahashi
Praphaiphit Tarik
CAF
Fadouma Dia
Mana Ayawa Dzodope
Souad Oulhaj
CONCACAF
Margaret Domka
Dianne Ferreira-James
Lucila Venegas
Emperatriz Ayala
Enedina Caudillo
Lixy Enriquez
Flor Escobar
Kimberly Moreira
Patricia Pacheco
CONMEBOL
Ana Marques
Mariana de Almeida
Yoly Garcia
UEFA
Teodora Albon
Christine Baitinger
Pernilla Larsson
Silvia Spinelli
Esther Staubli
Natalie Aspinall
Eveline Bolli
Ella De Vries
Petruta Iugulescu
Angela Kyriakou
Sian Massey
Manuela Nicolosi
Sanja Rodak
Maria Sukenikova
Karine Vives Solana

Final draw

The final draw was held on 4 June 2012 in Tokyo. Teams were placed in four pots:
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4




Group stage

The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:
  1. greatest number of points obtained in all group matches
  2. goal difference in all group matches
  3. greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:
  1. greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
  2. goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
  3. greatest number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned
  4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
The two teams finishing first and second in each group qualify for the quarter-finals.
All times are Japanese Standard Time.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

North Korea's 9–0 win over Argentina set a new competition record as highest win.
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
3300153+129
320186+26
310284+43
3003119−180

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Group D

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third place where no extra time shall be played as the match is played directly before the final.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:

Goalscorers

;7 goals
;6 goals
;5 goals
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal
;Own Goal