2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup


The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 2002 as the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship.
The tournament was held in Brittany, France between 5 and 24 August 2018, who would also host the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Haiti and the Netherlands made their U-20 Women's World Cup debuts. North Korea were the defending champions but were eliminated by host France in the quarter-finals.
The final took place at Stade de la Rabine, Vannes between Spain and Japan, a rematch from the group stage. Japan won their first title, beating Spain 3–1 in the Final.

Host selection

On 6 March 2014, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 31 October 2014. The FIFA Executive Committee would select the hosts in 2015. In principle, FIFA preferred the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to be hosted by the same member association, but if circumstances required, FIFA reserved the right to award the hosting of the events separately.
The following countries made official bids for hosting the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup by submitting their documents by 31 October 2014:
The following countries withdrew their bid for hosting the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup:
France were awarded the hosting rights of both tournaments by the FIFA Executive Committee on 19 March 2015.

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to France, which qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 13–14 October 2016.
ConfederationQualifying tournamentTeamAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
AFC
2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship6th2014
AFC
2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship6th2016
AFC
2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship7th2016
CAF
2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament5th2016
CAF
2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament9th2016
CONCACAF
2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship1st-
CONCACAF
2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship8th2016
CONCACAF
2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship9th2016
CONMEBOL
2018 South American U-20 Women's Championship9th2016
CONMEBOL
2018 South American U-20 Women's Championship2nd2014
OFC
2017 OFC U-19 Women's Championship7th2016
UEFA
Host nation7th2016
UEFA
2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship5th2014
UEFA
2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship9th2016
UEFA
2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship1st-
UEFA
2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship3rd2016

Venues

The four host cities, all located in the region of Brittany, were announced on 7 September 2017. The opening match, semi-finals, third place match and final were played in Vannes.

Branding

The official emblem was unveiled on 22 September 2017.

Draw

The official draw was held on 8 March 2018, 11:00 CET, at the Rennes Opera House in Rennes. The teams were seeded based on their performances in previous U-20 Women's World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts France automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage, except for UEFA with five teams so one group would contain two UEFA teams.
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  • Squads

    Players born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to name a preliminary squad of 35 players. From the preliminary squad, the team had to name a final squad of 21 players by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad could be replaced due to serious injury up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match.

    Match officials

    A total of 15 referees and 30 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.
    ConfederationRefereesAssistant referees
    AFC
    Kate Jacewicz
    Qin Liang
    Ri Hyang-ok
    Renae Coghill
    Fang Yan
    Cui Yongmei
    Uvena Fernandes
    Kum-Nyo Hong
    Kim Kyoung-min
    CAF
    Lidya Tafesse Abebe
    Gladys Lengwe
    Bernadettar Kwimbira
    Mary Njoroge
    Lidwine Rakotozafinoro
    Queency Victoire
    CONCACAF
    Carol Anne Chenard
    Melissa Borjas
    Chantal Boudreau
    Yudilia Briones
    Kathryn Nesbitt
    Shirley Perello
    CONMEBOL
    Edina Alves Batista
    Claudia Umpiérrez
    Mónica Amboya
    Neuza Back
    Luciana Mascaraña
    Tatiane Sacilotti
    OFC
    Anna-Marie Keighley
    Lata Kaumatule
    Maria Tamalelagi
    UEFA
    Jana Adámková
    Stéphanie Frappart
    Kateryna Monzul
    Esther Staubli
    Bibiana Steinhaus
    Petruta Iugulescu
    Chrysoula Kourompylia
    Susanne Küng
    Sian Massey
    Manuela Nicolosi
    Michelle O'Neill
    Belinda Pierre
    Katrin Rafalski
    Sanja Rodak
    Maryna Striletska

    Group stage

    The official schedule was unveiled on 17 January 2018.
    The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows :
    If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as followed:
    All times are local, CEST.

    Group A


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    Group D


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    Knockout stage

    In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. However, for the third place match, no extra time was played and the winner was determined by a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

    Bracket

    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