FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Founded	2002
Region	International (FIFA)
Number of teams	16
Current champions	United States
Most successful club	United States (2 titles)
2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is a world championship football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under age 20. The tournament is held in even-numbered years. It was first conducted in 2002 as the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with an upper age limit of 19. In 2006, the age limit was raised to the current 20. The event was renamed as a World Cup effective with the 2008 competition, making its name consistent with FIFA's other worldwide competitions for national teams.

Qualification

History

2002

The first women's world championship at the youth level, held as the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, with an age limit of 19, was hosted by Canada. The final, held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, drew a surprisingly large crowd of 47,000 to watch the hosts play the United States. The US defeated Canada 1-0 on a golden goal by Lindsay Tarpley. Canada's Christine Sinclair was the adidas Golden Ball recipient, as tournament MVP, and the Golden Shoe (10 goals) winner.

2004

The 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship was held in Thailand. For the second time in a row, the current holders of the adult World Cup, Germany, won the youth competition. The Golden Ball went to Brazilian star, Marta, while for the second time the Golden Boot went to a Canadian, Brittany Timko.

2006

FIFA raised the women's youth championship age limit to 20 to match the men's, beginning with the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, held in Russia from 17 August through 3 September.

The competition was held in four Moscow stadiums (Dinamo, Lokomotiv, Podmoskovie Sports Palace and Torpedo Stadion) and one in St. Petersburg (Petrovskiy Stadion).

Korea DPR won the final 5-0 over China PR.

2008

The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship was held in Chile, from November 20 to December 7, 2008.^[1]

Six years after winning their first championship at the youth level in 2002, the United States reclaimed the trophy with a 2-1 win over defending champions Korea DPR. The Golden Ball and the Golden Shoe went to Sydney Leroux of the United States.

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2002 Details	Canada		USA	1 - 0 asdet	Canada		Germany	1 - 1 (4 - 3) PSO	Brazil
2004 Details	Thailand		Germany	2 - 0	China		USA	3 - 0	Brazil
2006 Details	Russia		Korea DPR	5 - 0	China		Brazil	0 - 0 a.e.t. (6-5) PSO	USA
2008 Details	Chile		USA	2 - 1	Korea DPR		Germany	5 - 3	France
2010[2] Details	Germany

• Key:
  • asdet - after sudden death extra time
  • PSO - after penalty shootout

Awards

adidas Golden Ball

Tournament	Winner
2002 Canada	Christine Sinclair
2004 Thailand	Marta
2006 Russia	Ma Xiaoxu
2008 Chile	Sydney Leroux

adidas Golden Shoe

Tournament	Winner	Goals
2002 Canada	Christine Sinclair	10
2004 Thailand	Brittany Timko	7
2006 Russia	Ma Xiaoxu	5
2008 Chile	Sydney Leroux	5

adidas Golden Glove

Tournament	Winner
2008 Chile	Alyssa Naeher

FIFA Fair Play Award

Tournament	Winner
2002 Canada	Japan
2004 Thailand	United States
2006 Russia	Korea DPR
2008 Chile	United States

Total Wins

• United States 2 (2008,2002)
• Korea DPR 1 (2006)
• Germany 1 (2004)

See also

• FIFA Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-20 Men's World Cup

Notes and references

External links

• 2006 U-20 Championship official site

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