2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Tournament details
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)

The 2020 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 (age limit was raised from 19 to 20 in 2008).

Japan 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.[1][2] A member association may bid for both tournments, but two different hosts will be appointed. FIFA also accepts joint bids to co-host the tournament.[3]

Associations must declare their interest by 12 September 2018. The following countries had declared interest in hosting the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

The host is expected to be appointed by the FIFA Council in the first quarter of 2019.

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to the host who qualify automatically, 15 other teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation has yet to be announced.

Confederation Qualifying tournament Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
TBD Host nation TBD
AFC
(Asia)		 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship TBD
(# TBC)
CAF
(Africa)		 2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament TBD
(# TBC)
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean)		 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship TBD
(# TBC)
CONMEBOL
(South America)		 2020 South American U-20 Women's Championship TBD
(# TBC)
OFC
(Oceania)		 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship TBD
(# TBC)
UEFA
(Europe)		 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship TBD
(# TBC)

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA starts bidding process for FIFA U-20 and U-17 Women's World Cups 2020". FIFA.com. 25 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Circular letter #1643 - Bidding for the following FIFA World Cups" (PDF). FIFA. 25 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Circular letter #1647 - Bidding for the following FIFA World Cups" (PDF). FIFA. 13 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "India to bid for U-20 Women's World Cup".
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