2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup


The 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup will be the 10th 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 will be held in Costa Rica, it will mark the second time that the country has hosted a FIFA tournament after the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. It was initally to co-host with Panama. However, due to COVID-19 concerns with the highest cases and deaths of all Central America, Panama backed out from co-hosting leaving Costa Rica the solo host.
The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in August/September 2020 as the 2020 FIFA U-20 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 20 January – 6 February 2021, subject to further monitoring.
Japan are the defending champions, having won their first title in 2018.

Host selection

First round of bidding

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.
When India was appointed as the host of the U-17 Women's World Cup, they were then no longer eligible to be selected as host of the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Second round of bidding

After India and South Korea withdrew their bids, the bid process was reopened. Nigeria was considered to be in the running, with FIFA expected to conduct an inspection tour in August.
In a meeting held with Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Rodolfo Villalobos, Gianni Infantino said "We raised the possibility that Costa Rica and Panama will host the FIFA Women's Under 20 World Cup in September 2020 and we have had a good reception of the news".
On 20 December 2019, FIFA announced that Costa Rica and Panama will host the tournament in August 2020.

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Costa Rica who automatically qualifies as host, 15 teams qualify from six continental competitions.
ConfederationQualifying tournamentTeamAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
AFC
2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship8th2018
AFC
2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship7th2018
AFC
2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship6th2016
CAF
2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying TournamentTBD
CAF
2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying TournamentTBD
CONCACAF
Host nation3rd2014
CONCACAF
2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship10th2018
CONCACAF
2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship9th2018
CONCACAF
2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship1st-Debut
CONMEBOL
2020 South American U-20 Women's ChampionshipTBD
CONMEBOL
2020 South American U-20 Women's ChampionshipTBD
OFC
2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship8th2018
UEFA
2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship10th2018
UEFA
2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship4th2018
UEFA
2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship8th2018
UEFA
2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship2nd2018

Venues

Players born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

All times are local, CST for matches in Costa Rica.

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