2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | France |
| Dates | 5–24 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
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| Runners-up |
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| Third place |
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| Fourth place |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 98 (3.06 per match) |
| Attendance | 75,748 (2,367 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
(6 goals)[1] |
| Best player |
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| Best goalkeeper |
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| Fair play award |
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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 (age limit was raised from 19 to 20 in 2006).
The tournament was held in Brittany, France between 5 and 24 August 2018,[2] 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.[3] 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:[4][5]
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.[15]
Qualified teams
A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to France who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualified ualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 13–14 October 2016.[16]
Venues
The four host cities, all located in the region of Brittany, were announced on 7 September 2017.[17] The opening match, semi-finals, third place match and final were played in Vannes.[18]
| Concarneau | Saint-Malo | Dinan-Léhon |
|---|---|---|
| Stade Guy Piriou | Stade Marville | Stade du Clos Gastel |
| Capacity: 6,500 | Capacity: 2,500 | Capacity: 2,000 |
| Vannes | ||
| Stade de la Rabine | ||
| Capacity: 9,500 | ||
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Branding
The official emblem was unveiled on 22 September 2017.[18]
Draw
The official draw was held on 8 March 2018, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the Rennes Opera House in Rennes.[19][20][21][22][23] 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.[24]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
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 (three of whom must be goalkeepers) 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.[25]
Match officials
A total of 15 referees and 30 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.[26][27]
| Confederation | Referees | Assistant referees |
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| AFC |
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| CAF |
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| CONCACAF |
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| CONMEBOL |
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| OFC |
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| UEFA |
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Group stage
The official schedule was unveiled on 17 January 2018.[28]
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Article 17.7):[25]
- points obtained in all group matches;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- number of goals scored in all group matches;
If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as followed:
- points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- fair play points in all group matches:
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
- drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
All times were local, CEST (UTC+2).[29]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 |  |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
| New Zealand |
1–2 | |
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| France |
0–0 | |
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| Ghana |
1–0 | |
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Report |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 |  |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 |  |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
| North Korea |
1–3 | |
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| North Korea |
2–1 | |
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| Brazil |
1–2 | |
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Report |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 |  |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 | |
| 4 |  |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |
| United States |
0–1 | |
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| Report |
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| Spain |
2–2 | |
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| Report |
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Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 |  |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) 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.[25]
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 16 August – Concarneau | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 20 August – Vannes | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 16 August – Concarneau | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| 24 August – Vannes | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 17 August – Vannes | ||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| 20 August – Vannes | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 17 August – Vannes | ||||||||||
| 2 | Third place | ||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 24 August – Vannes | ||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||
| 1 (2) | |||||||||
| 1 (4) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| France |
1–0 | |
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Report |
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
| 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship Winners |
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Japan First title |
Awards
The following awards were given for the tournament:[30]
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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| Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
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| 6 goals, 3 assists | 6 goals | 5 goals, 3 assists |
| Golden Glove | ||
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| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
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Goalscorers
There were 98 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.06 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
References
- ↑ Guijarro was awarded the Golden Boot as she made more assists (3 assists to 0).
- ↑ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017.
- ↑ "Bidding process opened for eight FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 19 December 2013.
- ↑ "High interest in hosting FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "FIFA receives bidding documents for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup". FIFA.com. 30 October 2014.
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- ↑ "S.Korea Applies to Host 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup". KBS. 9 April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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- ↑ "FA drop Women's World Cup bid". Football365.com. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ↑ "New Zealand express interest in host role". Oceania Football Confederation. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014.
- ↑ "NZF not progressing women's cup bid". Oceania Football Confederation. 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
- ↑ "South Africa to bid for 2019 WWC?". MTNFootball. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ↑ "South Africa to bid for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup". Inside The Games. 13 March 2014.
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- ↑ "France to host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019". FIFA.com. 19 March 2015.
- ↑ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
- ↑ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 Host Cities announced". FIFA.com. 7 September 2017.
- 1 2 "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 Official Emblem unveiled". FIFA.com. 22 September 2017.
- ↑ "Draw date set at start of stadium visits". FIFA.com. 7 November 2017.
- ↑ "Abily and Silvestre to assist on France 2018 draw". FIFA.com. 5 March 2018.
- ↑ "France 2018 Draw: The details". FIFA.com. 7 March 2018.
- ↑ "FIFA U20 WWC Official Draw". YouTube. 8 March 2018.
- ↑ "Draw sets out route to France 2018 glory". FIFA.com. 8 March 2018.
- ↑ "Draw Procedures: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018" (PDF). FIFA.com.
- 1 2 3 "Regulations – FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018" (PDF). FIFA.com.
- ↑ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 – referees and assistant referees appointed". FIFA.com. 9 May 2018.
- ↑ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 Appointments of Match Officials" (PDF). FIFA.com.
- ↑ "France 2018 match schedule revealed". FIFA.com. 17 January 2018.
- ↑ "Match Schedule – FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018" (PDF). FIFA.com.
- ↑ "Awards". FIFA.com. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.