2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
FIFA U-17 WWC official logo | |
Tournament details | |
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Host country | New Zealand |
Dates | 28 October – 16 November |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | North Korea (1st title) |
Runners-up | United States |
Third place | Germany |
Fourth place | England |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 113 (3.53 per match) |
Attendance | 212,504 (6,641 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Dzsenifer Marozsán (6 goals) |
Best player | Mana Iwabuchi |
Best goalkeeper | Taylor Vancil |
Fair play award | Germany |
The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is the first ever women's football U-17 World Cup in FIFA history. It was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. It is the officially recognized world championship for women's under-17 national football teams. This was the first women's world youth championship organized by FIFA with the age limit of 17.
Host cities
Matches were played in four New Zealand cities:
- The Auckland conurbation, New Zealand's largest metropolitan area, hosted the final and 3rd place playoff. The designated host stadium is located in North Shore City.
- Hamilton hosted two of the quarter-finals.
- Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, hosted two of the quarter-finals.
- Christchurch, the only host city in the South Island, hosted the semi-finals.
Pool matches were spread evenly among these cities. The host nation, New Zealand, was based mostly in Auckland but played one pool match in Wellington.
North Harbour Stadium Location: Auckland (North Shore City) |
Waikato Stadium Location: Hamilton |
Wellington Stadium (Westpac Stadium) Location: Wellington |
Queen Elizabeth II Park Location: Christchurch |
Qualified teams
Confederation (Continent) | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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AFC (Asia) | 2007 AFC U-16 Women's Championship | North Korea Japan South Korea |
CAF (Africa) | 2008 African U-17 Women's Championship | Nigeria Ghana |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) |
2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | United States Costa Rica Canada |
CONMEBOL (South America) | 2008 South American Under-17 Women's Championship | Colombia Brazil Paraguay |
UEFA (Europe) | 2008 UEFA U-17 Women's Championship | Germany France Denmark England |
Host nation | New Zealand |
Squads
Tournament
Group stage
All times local (UTC+13)
Group A
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Denmark | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
Canada | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Colombia | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Germany | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 |
North Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
Ghana | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Costa Rica | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Japan | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 12 |
United States | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 |
Paraguay | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 |
2008-10-30 12:00 |
Japan | 3–2 | United States |
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Iwabuchi 31' Kameoka 68' Yoshioka 74' |
(Report) | 3' DiMartino 51' Mewis |
2008-10-30 15:00 |
France | 6–2 | Paraguay |
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Crammer 5', 12', 61' (pen) Poulain 17' Augis 58' Catala 86' |
(Report) | 45+3' Gonzalez 90+2' Genes |
2008-11-02 13:00 |
Paraguay | 1–3 | United States |
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Fernandez 32' | (Report) | 48' (o.g.) Flores 77' DiMartino 83' Verloo |
2008-11-02 16:00 |
Japan | 7–1 | France |
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Inoue 11' Kishikawa 21' (pen), 57' Kira 26', 27', 34' Shimada 38' |
(Report) | 16' Augis |
2008-11-05 16:00 |
Paraguay | 2–7 | Japan |
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Gonzalez 20' (pen) Villamayor 55' |
(Report) | 36', 73' Kishikawa 40' Ohshima 43', 52' Hamada 83', 89' Takahashi |
Group D
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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South Korea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
Nigeria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Brazil | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 |
Knockout stage
All times local (UTC+13)
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
November 8 – Wellington | ||||||||||
Denmark | 0 | |||||||||
November 13 – Christchurch | ||||||||||
North Korea | 4 | |||||||||
North Korea | 2 | |||||||||
November 9 – Hamilton | ||||||||||
England | 1 | |||||||||
Japan | 2 (4) | |||||||||
November 16 – Auckland | ||||||||||
England (pen.) | 2 (5) | |||||||||
North Korea (aet) | 2 | |||||||||
November 8 – Wellington | ||||||||||
United States | 1 | |||||||||
Germany | 3 | |||||||||
November 13 – Christchurch | ||||||||||
Canada | 1 | |||||||||
Germany | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
November 9 – Hamilton | ||||||||||
United States | 2 | |||||||||
South Korea | 2 | England | 0 | |||||||
United States | 4 | Germany | 3 | |||||||
November 16 – Auckland | ||||||||||
Quarterfinals
2008-11-09 13:00 |
Japan | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | England |
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Kira 8' Iwabuchi 82' |
(Report) | 45+1' Staniforth 90+1' Christiansen |
Penalties | ||
Kira Takeyama Kameoka Kishikawa Saitō |
4–5 | Nobbs Bruton Carter Pitman Bonner |
2008-11-09 16:00 |
South Korea | 2–4 | United States |
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Lee Hyun-Young 65', 85' | (Report) | 27', 78' Verloo 54' Mewis 84' DiMartino |
Semifinals
3rd Place Playoff
Final
2008-11-16 16:00 |
North Korea | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | United States |
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Kim U.H. 77' Jang 113' |
(Report) | 2' (o.g.) Hong |
Winner
2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Winners |
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North Korea First title |
Awards
Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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Mana Iwabuchi | Dzsenifer Marozsán | Kristie Mewis |
Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
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Dzsenifer Marozsán | Vicki DiMartino | Jon Myong-Hwa |
FIFA Fair Play Award | Golden Glove |
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Germany | Taylor Vancil |
Goalscorers
Dzsenifer Marozsán of Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 113 goals were scored by 69 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- Chinatsu Kira
- Natsuki Kishikawa
- Jon Myong-Hwa
- Courtney Verloo
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Nkem Ezurike
- Tatiana Ariza
- Danielle Carter
- Marine Augis
- Alexandra Popp
- Turid Knaak
- Haruka Hamada
- Mana Iwabuchi
- Saori Takahashi
- Yun Hyon-Hi
- Jacqueline Gonzalez
- Ji So-Yun
- Kristie Mewis
- 1 goal
- Ketlen Wiggers
- Raquel Fernandez
- Rafaelle Souza
- Rachel Lamarre
- Ingrid Vidal
- Raquel Rodríguez
- Britta Olsen
- Linette Andreasen
- Simone Boye
- Isobel Christiansen
- Jessica Holbrook
- Lauren Bruton
- Lucy Staniforth
- Rebecca Jane
- Camille Catala
- Charlotte Poulain
- Lea Rubio
- Inka Wesely
- Leonie Maier
- Tabea Kemme
- Deborah Afriyie
- Florence Dadson
- Isha Fordjour
- Chiaki Shimada
- Kei Yoshioka
- Marika Ohshima
- Natsumi Kameoka
- Yuiko Inoue
- Annalie Longo
- Amarachi Okoronkwo
- Amenze Aighewi
- Ebere Orji
- Soo Adekwagh
- Jang Hyon-Sun
- Kim Un-Hyang
- Kim Un-ju
- Ri Un-Ae
- Gloria Villamayor
- Paola Genes
- Rebecca Fernandez
- Go Kyung-Yeon
- Lee Min-Sun
- Song Ah-Ri
- Own goal
- Hong Myong Hui (playing against the United States)
- Cris Mabel Flores (playing against the United States)