2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2014
Tournament details
Host country	Costa Rica
Dates	15 March–4 April[1]
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	113 (3.53 per match)
Attendance	284,320 (8,885 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Deyna Castellanos Gabriela García (6 goals each)
Best player	Hina Sugita
Best goalkeeper	Mamiko Matsumoto
Fair play award	Japan

The 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the youth association football tournament for women under the age of 17. The final tournament was hosted in Costa Rica.

The competition was played from 15 March to 4 April 2014. Japan beat Spain in the final 2–0, the same score the same match ended in the group stage. Japan emerged as the fourth different champion in four editions.

The opening match of the tournament set a new tournament record with 34,453 spectators. In total 284,320 supporters attended matches averaging 8,885 per match beating the 2012 record.^[2]

Host selection

On 3 March 2011, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in Costa Rica. There were six official bids.^[3]

•  Costa Rica
•  Ghana
•  Macedonia
•  Russia
•  United Arab Emirates
•  Uzbekistan

Hosting rights were then stripped on 28 February 2013 due to problems in stadium construction.^[4] After receiving guarantees from both CONCACAF and the Costa Rican government, they were re-instated as hosts at an executive committee meeting in Zurich on March 21, 2013.^[5] The final was originally scheduled on 5 April, but was brought forward one day due to government elections.^[6]

Mascot

The official mascot of the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup was Juna, a Blue Morpho butterfly. The name “Juna” means “to fly” in the Cabécar language.^[7]

Qualified teams

The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee in May 2012.^[8][9] The Oceania Football Confederation qualifying tournament was scheduled for January 2014, FIFA however decided that it would be hosted too late then. Eventually FIFA and OFC in agreement with all member nations agreed to award the confederation spot to New Zealand. Just as New Zealand, Nigeria qualified without playing a match because two opponents withdrew their respective qualifying games. Defending champions France did not qualify.

In total 103 nations took part in the qualifying, three less than for the 2012 World Cup.^[10]

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifiers[11]
AFC (Asia)	2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship	Japan  North Korea  China PR
CAF (Africa)	2013 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Nigeria  Ghana  Zambia1
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	Mexico  Canada
CONMEBOL (South America)	2013 South American Under-17 Women's Championship	Venezuela  Colombia  Paraguay
OFC (Oceania)	Appointed by OFC (qualifying tournament cancelled)[12]	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship	Germany  Spain  Italy1
Host nation		Costa Rica

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Venues

Four stadiums are to be used across Costa Rica.^[13]

Alajuela	Liberia
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto	Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño
Capacity: 16,625	Capacity: 4,300
San José	Tibás
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Capacity: 34,453	Capacity: 21,704

Match officials

A total of 14 referees, 4 reserve referees, and 28 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.^[14]

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees
AFC	Fusako Kajiyama Pannipar Kamnueng Abirami Apbai Naidu (reserve)	Emi Chiba Kim Kyoung-Min Lee Seul-Gi Saori Takahashi
CAF	Aissata Ameyo Amegee Gladys Lengwe (reserve)	Ayawa Mana Dzodope Lidwine Pelagie Rakotozafinoro
CONCACAF	Miriam Patricia Leon Serpas Cardella Samuels Lucila Venegas Montes Marianela Ayala Cruz (reserve)	Emperatriz Ivonne Ayala Lopez Princess Brown Enedina Caudillo Gomez Lixy Esperanza Enriquez Guerrero Stacy-Ann Greyson Kimberly Moreira Rojas
CONMEBOL	Ana Karina Marques Valentin Alves Silvia Elizabeth Reyes Juarez Maria Belen Carvajal Peña (reserve)	Luciana Elizabeth Mascaraña Katiuscia Mayer Berger Mendonça Rossana Mabel Salinas Garcia Nadia Maria Macarena Weiler Figueredo
OFC	Anna-Marie Keighley	Nagarita Jimmy Lata I Sia Kaumatule
UEFA	Jana Adámková Katalin Kulcsár Pernilla Larsson Kateryna Monzul Carina Vitulano	Ourania Foskolou Helen Karo Panagiota Koutsoumpou Judit Kulcsár Angela Kyriakou Sian Massey Yolanda Parga Rodriguez Lucie Ratajova Sanja Rodak Karsic Maria Sukenikova

Squads

Each team must name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.^[9] The squads were announced on 6 March 2014.^[15]

Final draw

The group stage draw was held on 17 December 2013 in Pueblo Antiguo.^[16][17] Confederation champions Germany, Japan and Mexico were put in Pot 1 alongside the hosts Costa Rica, who were automatically assigned to Position A1. The draw then made sure no teams of the same confederation could meet in the group stage.^[18]

Pot 1 (Seeded teams)	Pot 2 (CONCACAF & CONMEBOL)	Pot 3 (CAF & OFC)	Pot 4 (AFC & UEFA)
Costa Rica  Germany  Japan  Mexico	Canada  Colombia  Paraguay  Venezuela	Ghana  New Zealand  Nigeria  Zambia	China PR  Italy  North Korea  Spain

Group stage

The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:^[9]

1. points obtained in all group matches;
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the Quarter-finals

All times are local, Central Standard Time (UTC−6).^[19]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Venezuela	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
Italy	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Zambia	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Canada	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
North Korea	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
Germany	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9
Spain	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1
Paraguay	3	0	1	2	2	18	−16	1

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9
Mexico	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
China PR	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
Colombia	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).^[9]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	27 March — San José
	Venezuela	3
					31 March — Liberia
	Canada	2
					Venezuela	1
	27 March — Liberia
					Japan	4
	Japan	2
									4 April — San José
	Mexico	0
									Japan	2
	27 March — San José
									Spain	0
	Ghana	2 (3)
					31 March — Liberia
	Italy (p)	2 (4)
					Italy	0			Third place
	27 March — Liberia
					Spain	2			4 April — San José
	Nigeria	0
									Venezuela	4 (0)
	Spain	3
									Italy (p)	4 (2)

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Champions
Japan First title

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:^[20]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Hina Sugita	Yui Hasegawa	Pilar Garrote

Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Deyna Castellanos Gabriela García	—	Hina Sugita

FIFA Fair Play Award	Golden Glove
Japan	Mamiko Matsumoto

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Deyna Castellanos
• Gabriela García

5 goals

• Hina Sugita
• Nahikari García

4 goals

• Marie Levasseur

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

References

External links

• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2014, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report