Tourney Name: | FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
Year: | 2022 |
Country: | India |
Dates: | 11–30 October |
Confederations: | 6 |
Num Teams: | 16 |
Venues: | 3 |
Cities: | 3 |
Count: | 2 |
Matches: | 32 |
Goals: | 95 |
Top Scorer: | Linda Caicedo Loreen Bender Momoko Tanikawa |
Player: | Vicky López |
Goalkeeper: | Sofía Fuente |
Prevseason: | 2018 |
Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 7th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the multinational–international women's youth football championship, contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 2008. The tournament was hosted by India, which would have hosted the 2020 edition before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] [2] [3] It was the second time that India have been hosting a FIFA tournament, after the men's 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the first time that India hosting a FIFA women's football tournament.
Morocco and Tanzania, along with host India, made their debuts in the tournament.
Spain were the defending champions, having won their first title in 2018. They managed to retain the title.
India were originally selected as hosts of the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup on 15 March 2019.[4] On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, India were appointed as hosts of the next edition of the tournament in 2022.[1] [5]
On 16 August 2022, it was announced that the All India Football Federation, or AIFF, was suspended by FIFA due to undue influence from third parties. As a result, the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was stripped from India, as FIFA assessed the next steps when it came to hosting the tournament.[2] On 26 August 2022, the AIFF were reinstated by FIFA due to the AIFF administration regaining control of daily affairs. As a result, the tournament went ahead as planned.[3]
A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to the hosts, 15 teams qualified from six continental competitions.
Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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AFC | Host nation | 1st | None | Debut | ||
Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship and regional rankings (qualification cancelled)[6] [7] [8] | 3rd | 2014 | (2012, 2014) | |||
7th | 2018 | (2014) | ||||
CAF | 2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament | 1st | None | Debut | ||
6th | 2016 | (2010, 2012, 2014) | ||||
1st | None | Debut | ||||
CONCACAF | 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | 7th | 2018 | (2018) | ||
6th | 2018 | (2018) | ||||
5th | 2018 | (2008) | ||||
CONMEBOL | 2022 South American U-17 Women's Championship | 6th | 2018 | (2010, 2012) | ||
2nd | 2010 | (2010) | ||||
4th | 2018 | (2008, 2012, 2014, 2018) | ||||
OFC | Team was nominated by OFC rankings (qualification cancelled)[9] | 7th | 2018 | (2018) | ||
UEFA | 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship | 3rd | 2012 | (2012) | ||
7th | 2018 | (2008) | ||||
5th | 2018 | (2018) |
On 13 April 2022, FIFA confirmed 3 host cities in 3 Indian states:[10]
Bhubaneswar | Margao | Navi Mumbai | |
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Kalinga Stadium | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | DY Patil Stadium | |
Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 19,000 | Capacity: 55,000 | |
The official emblem for the tournament was unveiled by FIFA and the local organising committee on 2 November 2019 at the Gateway of India in Mumbai. According to FIFA, the design combines elements from the natural world and Indian culture. The emblem takes the form of the tournament trophy with bright blue waves and "a paisley flourish" at its base. The two elements extend towards the top of the trophy which resembles a ball made of marigold flowers framed by a water droplet. The colour and style of the marigold was inspired by Bandhani textiles, and the stem features symbols inspired by Warli paintings and Bandhani patterns.[11]
The official mascot for the tournament, named Ibha, was unveiled on 11 October 2021 coinciding with the International Day of the Girl Child. Ibha is an Asiatic lioness, a lion subspecies that today survives in the wild only in India. The name Ibha means "one with good vision or judgement" in Khasi, a language spoken primarily in the state of Meghalaya. According to FIFA, the mascot represents Nari Shakti (woman power) and is a "strong, playful and charming Asiatic lioness that aims to inspire and encourage women and girls by using teamwork, resilience, kindness and empowering others."[12]
The official slogan for the tournament - "Kick Off The Dream" - was unveiled in February 2020.[13]
The official draw took place on 24 June 2022, 12:00 local time CEST (UTC+2) at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[14] The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-17 Women's World Cups, five bonus points are added to each of the confederation's current champions that won the respective qualifying tournament (for this cycle).The hosts India were automatically assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.[15]
See main article: 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads.
Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2007 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
A total of 14 referees, 28 assistant referees and 16 video match officials were appointed officially by FIFA for the tournament on 30 August 2022.[16] The Video assistant referee (VAR) system will be utilize for the first time in a FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Originally, Susana Corella (Ecuador) was assigned as support referee only. However, she was assigned as principal referee during the tournament.
Confederation | Referees | Assistant referees | |
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AFC | Oh Hyeon-jeong Pansa Chaisanit Edita Mirabidova | Joanna Charaktis Fang Yan Xie Lijun Nuannid Donjangreed Supawan Hinthong Kristina Sereda | |
CAF | Maria Rivet Bouchra Karboubi | Yara Abdelfattah Queency Victoire Soukaina Hamdi Fatiha Jermoumi | |
CONCACAF | Myriam Marcotte Odette Hamilton Katia García | Ivett Santiago Jassett Kerr-Wilson Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing Enedina Caudillo Mayte Chávez Mijensa Rensch | |
CONMEBOL | María Victoria Daza Anahí Fernández | Nataly Arteaga Laura Miranda Luciana Mascaraña Adela Sánchez | |
UEFA | Ivana Martinčić Rebecca Welch Maria Sole Ferrieri Iuliana Demetrescu | Natalie Aspinall Élodie Coppola Anita Vad Francesca Di Monte Franca Overtoom Paulina Baranowska Mihaela Țepușă Staša Špur |
Confederation | Video assistant referee (VAR) | |
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AFC | Lara Lee Casey Reibelt Hanna Hattab Sivakorn Pu-Udom Omar Al-Ali | |
CAF | Letticia Viana Lidya Tafesse | |
CONCACAF | Carol Anne Chenard Shirley Perelló Tatiana Guzmán Ekaterina Koroleva Felisha Mariscal | |
CONMEBOL | Salomé di Iorio | |
UEFA | Lucie Ratajová Frida Mia Klarlund Maïka Vanderstichel |
Support referee | |
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CAF | Dorsaf Ganouati |
CONMEBOL | Susana Corella |
Zulma Quiñónez |
The draw for the group stage took place on 24 June 2022.[17]
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The format for tiebreakers were determined as follows:[18] If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows:
All times are local, IST (UTC+5:30).[19]
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In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played).[18]
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The following awards were given for the tournament:[20]
Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball | |
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Vicky López | Linda Caicedo | Mara Alber | |
Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot | |
Loreen Bender | Momoko Tanikawa | Linda Caicedo | |
4 goals, 250 minutes | 4 goals, 285 minutes | 4 goals, 504 minutes | |
Golden Glove | |||
Sofía Fuente | |||
FIFA Fair Play Award | |||