2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup


The 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be the 7th 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, since its inception in 2008. The tournament will be held in India, which will mark the first time that India has hosted a FIFA women's football tournament.
The tournament was originally scheduled to be held between 2 and 21 November 2020 as the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FIFA announced on 3 April 2020 that the tournament would be postponed and rescheduled. On 12 May 2020, FIFA announced that the tournament will be held between 17 February – 7 March 2021, subject to further monitoring.
Spain are the defending champions, having won their first title in 2018.

Host selection

On 25 July 2018, FIFA announced that bidding process had begun for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. A member association was able to bid for both tournaments, with the caveat that two different hosts will be appointed. The following associations declared interest in hosting the event by the deadline of 12 September 2018:
India was appointed as the host by the FIFA Council meeting at Miami on 15 March 2019.

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to India who qualify automatically as host, 15 other teams qualify from six separate continental competitions.
ConfederationQualifying tournamentTeamAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
AFC
Host nation1st-
AFC
2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship7th2018
AFC
2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship7th2018
CAF
2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying TournamentTBD
CAF
2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying TournamentTBD
CAF
2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying TournamentTBD
CONCACAF
2020 CONCACAF Women's U-17 ChampionshipTBD
CONCACAF
2020 CONCACAF Women's U-17 ChampionshipTBD
CONCACAF
2020 CONCACAF Women's U-17 ChampionshipTBD
CONMEBOL
2020 South American U-17 Women's ChampionshipTBD
CONMEBOL
2020 South American U-17 Women's ChampionshipTBD
CONMEBOL
2020 South American U-17 Women's ChampionshipTBD
OFC
2020 OFC U-17 Women's Championship
7th2018
UEFA
2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 ChampionshipTBD
UEFA
2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 ChampionshipTBD
UEFA
2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 ChampionshipTBD

Venues

On 27 August, Kalinga Stadium in the city of Bhubaneswar got provisional clearance as the first venue for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. In November 2019, FIFA local organising committee after second inspection of Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati and Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, expressed their satisfaction with the preparation of infrastructure and the training facilities as the provisional venues for the tournament. On 22 December 2019, the organising committee announced EKA Arena at Ahmedabad as a provisional venue for the tournament. On 18 February 2020, all the five venues were finalised and announced together with the official schedule. Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati and Kolkata will host the group-stage matches, where as the knockout matches will be played in four cities except Guwahati. The first match is scheduled to be held at Guwahati, and the final in Navi Mumbai.

Emblem and slogan

The official emblem was unveiled on 2 November 2019, at the iconic Gateway of India in Mumbai to mark one year to go. The design embodies a combination of elements from nature and Indian culture and civilisation. The emblem is designed in bright colour to incorporate India's vibrant culture. A bright blue waves rises from the base and reach up along the form of the trophy towards a crown forming the shape of Paisley or Boteh motif commonly used in Kashmiri Pashmina shawl and carpets. Within the Boteh motif, frames a ball made from a marigold flower, symbolizes growth and development, and used in almost all rituals, festivals and celebrations in India. The color and design of the petals of the marigold are drawn from Bandhani textiles, an Indian tie-dye technique dates back to Indus Valley Civilization. The design of the stem is derived from traditional Warli painting along with the bright hues found in Bandhani textile, which is accented with vibrant symbols of unity and celebration and respresent nature and its resources.
On 18 February 2020, FIFA along with the Local Organising Committee of the tournament announced the official slogan of the tournament. The official slogan of 2020 FIFA U-17 Women World Cup is "Kick Off The Dream". The director of the LOC said the slogan expresses a hope to "kickstart the growth of women’s football" in India and is inclusive of everyone "to realise this dream".

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

All times are local, IST.

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

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final