2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Coupe du Monde de Football Féminin des Moins de 20 ans 2014
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	5–24 August[1]
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (3rd title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	France
Fourth place	North Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	102 (3.19 per match)
Attendance	288,558 (9,017 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Asisat Oshoala (7 goals)
Best player	Asisat Oshoala
Best goalkeeper	Meike Kämper
Fair play award	Canada

The 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was an international association football tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 20, presented by Grant Connell, organized by the sport's world governing body FIFA. It was the seventh edition of the tournament, took place from 5–24 August 2014 in Canada, which was named the host nation for the tournament in conjunction with its successful bid for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[2][3] Canada was the first country to stage this tournament twice, after hosting the inaugural edition in 2002.

Germany beat Nigeria 1–0 after extra time in the final. Germany won its third title while Nigeria lost their second final.

Host selection

As in 2010, the rights to host the 2014 U-20 Women's World Cup were automatically awarded to the host of the following year's Women's World Cup. Two countries, Canada and Zimbabwe, initially bid to stage the events. However, on 1 March 2011, two days before the official voting was to take place, Zimbabwe withdrew, leaving Canada as the only bidder.^[2] FIFA officially awarded the tournaments to Canada on March 3, 2011.^[4]

Qualified teams

The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee in May 2012.^[5][6]

Confederation (Continent)	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)[7]
AFC (Asia)	2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship	China PR  North Korea  South Korea
CAF (Africa)	2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Ghana  Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship	Costa Rica  Mexico  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2014 South American Under-20 Women's Championship	Brazil  Paraguay1
OFC (Oceania)	2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship	England  Finland  France  Germany
Host nation		Canada

In July, all Nigeria teams became subject of a FIFA ban due to government interference with the national football association. The team faced exclusion from the tournament^[8] until the ban was lifted nine days later.^[9]

Venues

On 2 June 2013, FIFA announced that Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal and Toronto would be the host cities for the tournament.^[10] The first three cities had been previously announced as host cities for the 2015 Women's World Cup, along with Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Ottawa. Toronto did not apply to host the 2015 tournament due to conflicts with the 2015 Pan American Games,^[11] but does not face any such conflicts in 2014. Meanwhile, Ottawa indicated in late 2012 that it would not be able to participate in hosting the U-20 tournament due to construction delays on the Lansdowne Park redevelopment.^[12]

As was the case during the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, BMO Field in Toronto was known as the National Soccer Stadium during the tournament, due to FIFA policies regarding corporate sponsorship of stadiums.

Edmonton	Moncton	Montreal	Toronto
Commonwealth Stadium	Moncton Stadium	Olympic Stadium	National Soccer Stadium (BMO Field)
Capacity: 56,302	Capacity: 10,000 (expandable to 20,000)	Capacity: 65,255	Capacity: 21,859

Sponsors

FIFA partners

• Adidas
• Coca-Cola
• Hyundai/Kia Motors
• Emirates
• Sony
• Visa

National supporters

• FIFA.com
• Bell Canada
• Live Your Goals

Match officials

A total of 13 referees, 5 reserve referees, and 26 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.^[13]

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees
AFC	Qin Liang Sachiko Yamagishi Ri Hyang-ok (reserve)	Fang Yan Allyson Flynn Sarah May Yee Ho Liang Jianping
CAF	Therese Sango Therese Neguel (reserve)	Tempa Justine Fouti N'Da Trhas Gebreyohanis
CONCACAF	Quetzalli Alvarado Godinez Carol Anne Chenard Margaret Domka Michelle Pye (reserve)	Marie-Josée Charbonneau Mayte Ivonne Chavez Garcia Marlene Duffy Suzanne Morisset Shirley Susana Perello Lopez Veronica Perez
CONMEBOL	Jesica Salome Di Iorio Claudia Ines Umpierrez Rodriguez (reserve)	Mariana Betina Corbo Odone Maria Eugenia Rocco
OFC	Finau Vulivuli	Jacqueline Stephenson Sarah Walker
UEFA	Kirsi Heikkinen Kateryna Monzul Esther Staubli Bibiana Steinhaus Carina Vitulano Katalin Kulcsár (reserve)	Ella De Vries Anu Jokela Chrysoula Kourompylia Sian Massey Anna Nyström Tonja Paavola Yolando Pargo Rodriguez Lucie Ratajova Katrin Rafalski Marina Wozniak

Squads

Each team named a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.^[6] The squads were announced by FIFA on 25 July 2014.^[14]

Final draw

The final draw was held on 1 March 2014 in Montreal.^[15] Confederation champions France, South Korea and United States were put in Pot 1 alongside the hosts Canada, who were automatically assigned to Position A1. The draw then made sure no teams of the same confederation could meet in the group stage.

Pot 1 (Seeded teams)	Pot 2 (AFC & CONCACAF)	Pot 3 (CAF & CONMEBOL)	Pot 4 (OFC & UEFA)
Canada  France  South Korea  United States	China PR  Costa Rica  Mexico  North Korea	Brazil  Ghana  Nigeria  Paraguay	England  Finland  Germany  New Zealand

Group stage

The schedule of the tournament was announced on 6 August 2013.^[16]

The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the quarter-finals.^[6] The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:

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:^[17]

• Edmonton in Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) (UTC−6)
• Montreal and Toronto in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (UTC−4)
• Moncton in Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) (UTC−3)

Group A

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

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Group B

The 5–5 draw by Germany and China tied the tournament record for most goals in a match and set a new record for highest scoring draw.^[18]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	12	6	+6	7
United States	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
China PR	3	0	2	1	6	9	−3	2
Brazil	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
South Korea	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
England	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Mexico	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Paraguay	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played as the match is played directly before the final.^[6]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 August — Toronto
	North Korea (pen.)	1 (3)
					20 August — Moncton
	United States	1 (1)
					North Korea	2
	17 August — Moncton
					Nigeria	6
	Nigeria	4
									24 August — Montreal
	New Zealand	1
									Nigeria	0
	16 August — Edmonton
									Germany (a.e.t.)	1
	Germany	2
					20 August — Montreal
	Canada	0
					Germany	2			Third place
	17 August — Montreal
					France	1			24 August — Montreal
	France (pen.)	0 (4)
									North Korea	2
	South Korea	0 (3)
									France	3

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

The pairing Nigeria vs Germany is a repeat of the 2010 final which Germany won 2–0. Germany won their third title and joined USA in first place with three titles each.

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Asisat Oshoala

5 goals

• Pauline Bremer
• Sara Däbritz

4 goals

• Claire Lavogez

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own Goal

• Fabiola Villalobos (playing against France)

Source: FIFA^[19]

Awards

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

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Asisat Oshoala	Griedge Mbock Bathy	Claire Lavogez
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Asisat Oshoala	Pauline Bremer	Sara Däbritz
7 goals	5 goals	5 goals
Golden Glove
Meike Kämper
FIFA Fair Play Award
Canada

References

External links

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report