2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup


The 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in Jordan from 30 September to 21 October 2016.
While the role of women in sport was regarded as controversial due to cultural and religious conservatism in some countries of the Middle East, this tournament was the first female FIFA tournament held in the region.

Host selection

The following countries submitted a bid to host the tournament by the May 2013 deadline:
On 5 December 2013, the FIFA Executive Committee announced that the tournament would be held in Jordan.

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Jordan who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was published in June 2014.
ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier
AFC Host nation
AFC 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
CAF 2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

CONCACAF 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

CONMEBOL 2016 South American Under-17 Women's Championship

OFC 2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship
UEFA 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

Venues

The three host cities were Amman, Irbid, and Zarqa. The infrastructure of the stadiums and surrounding areas in the host cities was developed. Greater Amman Municipality and the Higher Council for Youth were responsible for developing the infrastructure, with 30% under the responsibility of the municipality and 70% under the responsibility of the council.

Amman
Amman
Amman International Stadium
King Abdullah II Stadium

Capacity: 20,000
Capacity: 18,000
Zarqa
Irbid
Prince Mohammed Stadium
Al-Hassan Stadium

Capacity: 17,000
Capacity: 15,000

Emblem

The official emblem was unveiled on 3 May 2015, which was designed to showcase Jordan's most iconic symbols. Visual aspects of the Jordanian culture can be seen on the emblem that has the traditional shape of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Trophy, which include; the distinctive pattern of the Jordanian Keffieh, the Jordanian national flower Black Iris, Pan Arab colors and a star from the Jordanian flag.

Mascot

In a FIFA press conference on 28 May 2016, the tournament mascot Aseela was introduced. Aseela is an Arabian oryx, which is a rare animal that happens to be the national animal of Jordan. The Arabian Oryx was chosen for being a symbol of " strength, gentleness, and athleticism", resembling female football players. The mascot is expected to inspire young women across Jordan and the region to participate in watching the tournament.

Squads

Each team named a squad of 21 players by the FIFA deadline. All players must be born on or after 1 January 1999, and on or before 31 December 2001. The official squads were announced on 23 September 2016.

Match officials

A total of 16 referees, 1 reserve referee, and 28 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.
ConfederationRefereesAssistant referees
AFC
Kate Jacewicz

Park Ji-Yeong

Yoshimi Yamashita

Oh Hyeon-Jeong
Renae Coghill

Uvena Fernandes

Maiko Hagio

Lee Seul-Gi

Liang Jianping

Truong Thi Le Trinh
CAF
Aissata Ameyo Amegee

Ledya Tafesse
Josiane Mbakop

Fanta Idrissa Kone
CONCACAF
Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

Ekaterina Koroleva

Miriam Patricia León Serpas
Thelma Beltran

Yudilia Briones

Princess Brown

Kathryn Nesbitt

Deleana Quan

Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing
CONMEBOL
Laura Fortunato

Regildenia de Holanda Moura

Viviana Muñoz

Yeimy Martinez
Liliana Bejarano

Nilda Gamarra

Luzmila Gonzalez

Daiana Milone

Tatiane Sacilotti

Leslie Vasquez
OFC
Finau Vulivuli
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UEFA
Esther Azzopardi

Sandra Braz Bastos

Anastasia Pustovoitova

Olga Zadinová
Lucia Abruzzese

Oleksandra Ardasheva

Christina Biehl

Susanne Kueng

Ekaterina Kurochkina

Kylie McMullan

Slavomira Majkuthová

Katarzyna Wojs

Draw

The official draw was held on 30 May 2016, 18:00 EEST, at the Al Hussein Cultural Centre in Amman. The teams were seeded based on their performances in previous U-17 Women's World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts Jordan automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.
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  • Group stage

    The match schedule was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee on 25 May 2015, and officially announced on 10 August 2015.
    The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:
    If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
    All times are local, EEST.

    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, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.

    Quarter-finals

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    Semi-finals

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    Third place match

    Final

    Goalscorers

    ;8 goals
    ;5 goals
    ;4 goals
    ;3 goals
    ;2 goals
    ;1 goal
    ;Own goal
    The following awards were given for the tournament:
    Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball
    Fuka Nagano Sung Hyang-sim Deyna Castellanos



    Golden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe
    Lorena Navarro Ri Hae Yon Deyna Castellanos



    FIFA Fair Play AwardGolden Glove
    Noelia Ramos