2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup


The 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the youth association football tournament for women under the age of 17. The final tournament was hosted in Costa Rica.
The competition was played from 15 March to 4 April 2014. Japan beat Spain in the final 2–0, the same score the same match ended in the group stage. Japan emerged as the fourth different champion in four editions.
The opening match of the tournament set a new tournament record with 34,453 spectators. In total 284,320 supporters attended matches averaging 8,885 per match beating the 2012 record.

Host selection

On 3 March 2011, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in Costa Rica. There were six official bids.
Hosting rights were then stripped on 28 February 2013 due to problems in stadium construction. After receiving guarantees from both CONCACAF and the Costa Rican government, they were re-instated as hosts at an executive committee meeting in Zurich on March 21, 2013. The final was originally scheduled on 5 April, but was brought forward one day due to government elections.

Mascot

The official mascot of the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was Juna, a blue morpho butterfly. The name Juna means "to fly" in the Cabécar language.

Qualified teams

The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee in May 2012. The Oceania Football Confederation qualifying tournament was scheduled for January 2014, FIFA however decided that it would be hosted too late then. Eventually FIFA and OFC in agreement with all member nations agreed to award the confederation spot to New Zealand. Just as New Zealand, Nigeria qualified without playing a match because two opponents withdrew their respective qualifying games. Defending champions France did not qualify.
In total 103 nations took part in the qualifying, three less than for the 2012 World Cup.
ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifiers
AFC 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

CAF 2013 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
CONCACAF
Host nation
CONCACAF
2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
CONMEBOL 2013 South American Under-17 Women's Championship


OFC Appointed by OFC
UEFA 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

Venues

Four stadiums are to be used across Costa Rica.
AlajuelaLiberia
Estadio Alejandro Morera SotoEstadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño
Capacity: 16,625Capacity: 4,300
San JoséTibás
Estadio Nacional de Costa RicaEstadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Capacity: 34,453Capacity: 21,704

Match officials

A total of 14 referees, 4 reserve referees, and 28 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.
ConfederationRefereesAssistant referees
AFC
Fusako Kajiyama
Pannipar Kamnueng
Abirami Apbai Naidu '
Emi Chiba
Kim Kyoung-Min
Lee Seul-Gi
Saori Takahashi
CAF
Aissata Ameyo Amegee
Gladys Lengwe '
Ayawa Mana Dzodope
Lidwine Pelagie Rakotozafinoro
CONCACAF
Miriam Patricia Leon Serpas
Cardella Samuels
Lucila Venegas Montes
Marianela Ayala Cruz '
Emperatriz Ivonne Ayala Lopez
Princess Brown
Enedina Caudillo Gomez
Lixy Esperanza Enriquez Guerrero
Stacy-Ann Greyson
Kimberly Moreira Rojas
CONMEBOL
Ana Karina Marques Valentin Alves
Silvia Elizabeth Reyes Juarez
Maria Belen Carvajal Peña '
Luciana Elizabeth Mascaraña
Katiuscia Mayer Berger Mendonça
Rossana Mabel Salinas Garcia
Nadia Maria Macarena Weiler Figueredo
OFC
Anna-Marie Keighley
Nagarita Jimmy
Lata I Sia Kaumatule
UEFA
Jana Adámková
Katalin Kulcsár
Pernilla Larsson
Kateryna Monzul
Carina Vitulano
Ourania Foskolou
Helen Karo
Panagiota Koutsoumpou
Judit Kulcsár
Angela Kyriakou
Sian Massey
Yolanda Parga Rodriguez
Lucie Ratajova
Sanja Rodak Karsic
Maria Sukenikova

Squads

Each team must name a squad of 21 players by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced on 6 March 2014.

Final draw

The group stage draw was held on 17 December 2013 in Pueblo Antiguo. Confederation champions Germany, Japan and Mexico were put in Pot 1 alongside the hosts Costa Rica, who were automatically assigned to Position A1. The draw then made sure no teams of the same confederation could meet in the group stage.
Pot 1
Pot 2
Pot 3
Pot 4

  • Group stage

    The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:
    1. points obtained in all group matches;
    2. goal difference in all group matches;
    3. 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 are determined as follows:
    1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
    2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
    3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
    4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
    All times are local, Central Standard Time.

    Group A


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    Group B


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    Group C


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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, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out.

    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:
    Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball
    Hina Sugita Yui Hasegawa Pilar Garrote

    Golden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe
    Deyna Castellanos
    Gabriela García    		— Hina Sugita

    FIFA Fair Play AwardGolden Glove
    Mamiko Matsumoto

    Goalscorers

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    ;5 goals
    ;4 goals
    ;3 goals
    ;2 goals
    ;1 goal
    ;Own goal