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 age limit was raised from 19 to 20 in 2008). The tournament will be held in Costa Rica and Panama. This will be the first ever co-hosting of a FIFA youth tournament, and the second ever co-hosting of a FIFA tournament after the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[1]

2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-20 de la FIFA Costa Rica/Panama 2021
Tournament details
Host countriesCosta Rica
Panama
Dates20 January – 6 February 2021
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)

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.[2] On 12 May 2020, FIFA announced that the tournament will be held between 20 January – 6 February 2021, subject to further monitoring.[3]

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.[4][5] A member association was able to bid for both tournaments, with the caveat that two different hosts will be appointed.[6] The following associations declared interest in hosting the event by the deadline of 12 September 2018.[7][8]

  •  India
  •  South Korea

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.[9]

Second round of bidding
  •  Costa Rica /  Panama
  •  Nigeria

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.[10]

In a meeting held with Carlos Alvarado Quesada (the President of Costa Rica), Rodolfo Villalobos (the president of the Costa Rican Football Federation), 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".[11]

On 20 December 2019, FIFA announced that Costa Rica and Panama will host the tournament in August 2020.[1]

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Costa Rica and Panama who automatically qualifies as hosts, 14 teams qualify from six continental competitions.

Confederation Qualifying tournament Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
AFC (Asia)
(3 teams)		 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship  North Korea 8th 2018 Champions (2006, 2016)
 Japan 7th 2018 Champions (2018)
 South Korea 6th 2016 Third place (2010)
CAF (Africa)
(2 teams)		 2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament TBD
TBD
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)
(2 hosts + 2 teams)		 Host nations  Costa Rica 3rd 2014 Group stage (2010, 2014)
 Panama 1st None Debut
2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship  United States 10th 2018 Champions (2002, 2008, 2012)
 Mexico 9th 2018 Quarter-finals (2010, 2012, 2016)
CONMEBOL (South America)
(2 teams)		 2020 South American U-20 Women's Championship TBD
TBD
OFC (Oceania)
(1 team)		 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship  New Zealand 8th 2018 Quarter-finals (2014)
UEFA (Europe)
(4 teams)		 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship  Germany 10th 2018 Champions (2004, 2010, 2014)
 Spain 4th 2018 Runners-up (2018)
 France 8th 2018 Runners-up (2016)
 Netherlands 2nd 2018 Quarter-finals (2018)

Venues

Costa Rica

Panama

Squads

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

Group stage

All times are local, CST (UTC−6:00) for matches in Costa Rica and EST (UTC−5:00) for matches in Panama.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on January 2021. Source: FIFA
A1Match 1A2
A3Match 2A4
A1Match 9A3
A4Match 10A2
A4Match 17A1
A2Match 18A3

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on January 2021. Source: FIFA
B1Match 3B2
B3Match 4B4
B1Match 11B3
B4Match 12B2
B4Match 19B1
B2Match 20B3

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on January 2021. Source: FIFA
C1Match 5C2
C3Match 6C4
C1Match 13C3
C4Match 14C2
C4Match 21C1
C2Match 22C3

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on January 2021. Source: FIFA
D1Match 7D2
D3Match 8D4
D1Match 15D3
D4Match 16D2
D4Match 23D1
D2Match 24D3

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
January –
 
 
Winner Group A
 
February –
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Match 25
 
January –
 
Winner Match 27
 
Winner Group C
 
6 February –
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner Match 29
 
January –
 
Winner Match 30
 
Winner Group B
 
February –
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Match 26
 
January –
 
Winner Match 28Third place match
 
Winner Group D
 
February –
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Loser Match 29
 
 
Loser Match 30
 

Quarter-finals
Winner Group AMatch 25Runner-up Group B
Winner Group BMatch 26Runner-up Group A
Winner Group CMatch 27Runner-up Group D
Winner Group DMatch 28Runner-up Group C

Semi-finals
Winner Match 25Match 29Winner Match 27
Winner Match 26Match 30Winner Match 28

Third place match
Loser Match 29Match 31Loser Match 30

Final
Winner Match 29Match 32Winner Match 30

References
  1. "Costa Rica and Panama to host FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2020". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 December 2019.
  2. "Dedicated COVID-19 working group proposes recommendations after first meeting". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 April 2020.
  3. "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
  4. "FIFA starts bidding process for FIFA U-20 and U-17 Women's World Cups 2020". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 July 2018.
  5. "Circular letter #1643 - Bidding for the following FIFA World Cups" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 July 2018.
  6. "Circular letter #1647 - Bidding for the following FIFA World Cups" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 13 August 2018.
  7. "India to bid for U-20 Women's World Cup".
  8. "S. Korea looking to host U-20 Women's World Cup in 2020".
  9. "FIFA Council decides on key steps for upcoming international tournaments". FIFA.com. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  10. Iwedi Ojinmah (21 July 2019). "Nigeria Named Favourite To Host 2020 U-20 Women's World Cup, Fifa's Four-day Inspection Tour Pencilled In For August". Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  11. Allan Madriz (19 November 2019). "FIFA ofrece a Costa Rica y Panamá organización del Mundial Sub 20 femenino del 2020" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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