2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPapua New Guinea
Dates13 November – 3 December
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up France
Third place Japan
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored113 (3.53 per match)
Attendance159,099 (4,972 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Gabi Nunes
Japan Mami Ueno
Sweden Stina Blackstenius
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Japan Hina Sugita
Best goalkeeperFrance Mylène Chavas
Fair play award Japan
2014
2018

The 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 8th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in Papua New Guinea from 13 November to 3 December 2016.[1] This was the first FIFA tournament held in the country, the first FIFA tournament held in Melanesia, and the first FIFA association football tournament in Oceania to take place outside Australasia.

North Korea won their 2nd title in this event by beating France in the final, 3–1.[2] They became the first country to win the U-20 and U-17 Women's World Cup in the same year, with their under-17 team winning the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup earlier in the year.[3]

Host selection[edit]

Original round of bidding[edit]

The following countries submitted a bid to host the tournament by the May 2013 deadline:[4]

South Africa were awarded the hosting rights by FIFA Executive Committee at their meeting on 5 December 2013.[5] However, they later withdrew, giving its notice at FIFA's executive committee meeting prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[6][7]

Second round of bidding[edit]

After South Africa's withdrawal, the following countries announced they would be interested in hosting:

Papua New Guinea were awarded the hosting rights of the tournament by the FIFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2015.[10]

Qualified teams[edit]

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Papua New Guinea who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was published in June 2014.[11]

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship  Japan
 North Korea
 South Korea
CAF (Africa) 2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament  Ghana
 Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship  Canada
 Mexico
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 2015 South American Under-20 Women's Championship  Brazil
 Venezuela1
OFC (Oceania) Host nation  Papua New Guinea1
2015 OFC U-20 Women's Championship  New Zealand
UEFA (Europe) 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship  France
 Germany
 Spain
 Sweden
1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

Venues[edit]

A FIFA delegation visited the following four stadiums in April 2015: Sir Hubert Murray Stadium, Sir John Guise Stadium, Lloyd Robson Oval (National Football Stadium), and Bava Park, all located in Port Moresby.[12] The same four stadiums were submitted to FIFA for approval in October 2015.[13] The final approved stadiums are:

Port Moresby
Sir John Guise Stadium National Football Stadium PNG Football Stadium Bava Park
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 14,800 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 5,000
Location of stadiums of the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Emblem and slogan[edit]

The official emblem and slogan ("To Inspire, To Excel") were unveiled on 8 March 2016.[14]

Mascot[edit]

The official mascot, a bird-of-paradise nicknamed "Susa", was launched on 11 June 2016.[15]

Theme Song[edit]

The official theme song for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World cup Kumul Susa written by dAdiigii and performed by Mereani & dAdiigii.[16]

Squads[edit]

Each team must name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. All players must be born on or after 1 January 1996, and on or before 31 December 2000.[17] The official squads were announced on 8 November 2016.[18]

Match officials[edit]

A total of 16 referees, and 27 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.[19]

Confederation Referees Assistant referees
AFC

Myanmar Aye Thein
China Qin Liang
Australia Casey Reibelt

China Bao Mengxiao
China Fang Yan
Australia Sarah Ho
South Korea Kim Kyoung-min

CAF

Cameroon Thérèse Neguel
Senegal Fatou Thioune

Egypt Mona Mahmoud
Benin Tempa Ndah

CONCACAF

Mexico Quetzalli Alvarado
Costa Rica Marianela Araya Cruz
Honduras Melissa Borjas
Canada Michelle Pye

El Salvador Elizabeth Aguilar
El Salvador Emperatriz Ayala
Canada Chantal Boudreau
Mexico Lixy Enríquez
Costa Rica Kimberly Moreira
Honduras Shirley Perello

CONMEBOL

Venezuela Yercinia Correa
Peru Silvia Reyes

Ecuador Mónica Amboya
Uruguay Mariana Corbo
Venezuela Yoly García
Ecuador Viviana Segura

OFC

Fiji Finau Vulivuli

Samoa Maria Tamalelagi

UEFA

Czech Republic Jana Adámková
Germany Riem Hussein
Hungary Katalin Kulcsár
Poland Monika Mularczyk
Sweden Sara Persson

North Macedonia Biljana Atanasovski
France Solenne Bartnik
Serbia Svetlana Bilić
Switzerland Belinda Brem
Cyprus Angela Kyriakou
Sweden Julia Magnusson
Republic of Ireland Michelle O'Neill
Ukraine Maryna Striletska
Romania Elena Țepușă
Hungary Katalin Török

Draw[edit]

The official draw was held on 17 March 2016, 18:30 CET (UTC+1), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[20][21] The teams were seeded based on their performances in previous U-20 Women's World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts Papua New Guinea automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage[edit]

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:[17]

  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. fair play points
    • first yellow card: minus 1 point;
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
    • direct red card: minus 4 points;
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
  5. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, PGT (UTC+10).[22]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 3 3 0 0 13 3 +10 9 Knockout stage
2  Brazil 3 1 1 1 12 5 +7 4
3  Sweden 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4 4
4  Papua New Guinea (H) 3 0 0 3 1 22 −21 0
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts


Sweden 0–2 North Korea
Report Ri Hyang-sim 25'
Kim So-hyang 48'
Papua New Guinea 0–9 Brazil
Report Duda 6'
Gabi Nunes 11', 70'
Brena 17', 24' (pen.)
Yasmim 45+1', 66'
Katrine 45+3'
Geyse 49'

North Korea 4–2 Brazil
U Sol-gyong 20'
Ri Hyang-sim 35'
Carla 40' (o.g.)
Jon So-yon 45+6' (pen.)
Report Gabi Nunes 29'
Brena 51' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,906
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
Papua New Guinea 0–6 Sweden
Report Blackstenius 8', 43', 58', 72'
Kaneryd 75'
Anvegård 82'
Attendance: 9,123
Referee: Aye Thein (Myanmar)

North Korea 7–1 Papua New Guinea
Ri Un-sim 7'
Kim So-hyang 37', 45+4', 53'
Ju Hyo-sim 45+3'
Wi Jong-sim 65'
Sung Hyang-sim 90+1'
Report Ageva 16'
Attendance: 9,231
Referee: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)
Brazil 1–1 Sweden
Gabi Nunes 31' Report Blackstenius 14'
Attendance: 3,553
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 2 0 1 11 1 +10 6 Knockout stage
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 8 −3 6
4  Canada 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: FIFA


Spain 5–0 Canada
Caldentey 2'
L. García 30', 90+5'
Bonmatí 58'
Guijarro 87'
Report
Attendance: 1,187
Referee: Qin Liang (China)
Japan 6–0 Nigeria
Momiki 34', 51', 56'
Ueno 37', 62', 82'
Report
Attendance: 1,651
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Spain 1–0 Japan
Caldentey 81' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 858
Referee: Marianela Araya Cruz (Costa Rica)
Nigeria 3–1 Canada
Uchendu 45+1' (pen.)
Bokiri 46'
Ihezuo 73'
Report Carle 15'
Attendance: 1,748
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

Nigeria 2–1 Spain
Onyebuchi 12'
Ihezuo 72'
Report Redondo 7'
Canada 0–5 Japan
Report Hasegawa 26', 51'
Ueno 42'
Hayashi 47'
Sugita 73'
Attendance: 5,449
Referee: Fatou Thioune (Senegal)

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5[a] Knockout stage
2  France 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5[a]
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4  Ghana 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: FIFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b United States finished ahead of France based on fair play points.


France 0–0 United States
Report
Attendance: 2,033
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
Ghana 0–1 New Zealand
Report Christensen 89'
Attendance: 2,877
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

France 2–2 Ghana
D. Cascarino 30'
Matéo 90+5'
Report Owusu-Ansah 44'
Ayieyam 65'
Attendance: 808
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
New Zealand 1–3 United States
Coombes 76' Report Sanchez 3'
Pugh 8'
Watt 82'

New Zealand 0–2 France
Report Léger 17'
Matéo 47'
Attendance: 995
Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)
United States 1–1 Ghana
Pugh 22' Report Murphy 20' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,076
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
3  South Korea 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Venezuela 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
Source: FIFA


Germany 3–1 Venezuela
Gier 2', 45'
Schüller 51'
Report Speckmaier 26'
Mexico 2–0 South Korea
Crowther 56'
Palacios 89'
Report
Attendance: 4,511
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

Germany 3–0 Mexico
Sanders 48', 85'
Matheis 67'
Report
Attendance: 2,685
Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)
South Korea 3–0 Venezuela
Namgung Ye-ji 77' (pen.)
Han Chae-rin 80'
Kim Seong-mi 90'
Report

South Korea 0–2 Germany
Report Orschmann 13'
Sanders 25'
Attendance: 7,218
Referee: Marianela Araya Cruz (Costa Rica)
Venezuela 2–3 Mexico
García 55'
Moreno 83'
Report Palacios 4', 10'
T. González 53'
Attendance: 2,076
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

Knockout stage[edit]

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.[17]

On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[23]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 November — (NFS)
 
 
 North Korea (a.e.t.)3
 
29 November — (SJG)
 
 Spain2
 
 North Korea (a.e.t.)2
 
25 November — (SJG)
 
 United States1
 
 United States2
 
3 December — (NFS)
 
 Mexico1
 
 North Korea3
 
24 November — (NFS)
 
 France1
 
 Japan3
 
29 November — (SJG)
 
 Brazil1
 
 Japan1
 
25 November — (SJG)
 
 France (a.e.t.)2 Third place
 
 Germany0
 
3 December — (NFS)
 
 France1
 
 United States0
 
 
 Japan1
 

Quarter-finals[edit]

North Korea 3–2 (a.e.t.) Spain
Ju Hyo-sim 18'
Ri Hyang-sim 30'
Kim Phyong-hwa 106'
Report N. García 38'
L. García 63'
Attendance: 3,740
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Japan 3–1 Brazil
Moriya 45+2'
Matsubara 50', 68'
Report Gabi Nunes 90+1' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,732
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

United States 2–1 Mexico
Watt 81'
Hedge 90+3'
Report Sánchez 66'
Attendance: 4,245
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

Germany 0–1 France
Report D. Cascarino 16'
Attendance: 9,314
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Semi-finals[edit]

North Korea 2–1 (a.e.t.) United States
Jon So-yon 50' (pen.)
Ri Hyang-sim 91'
Report Jacobs 89'

Japan 1–2 (a.e.t.) France
Momiki 109' (pen.) Report Matéo 99'
Gathrat 101'

Third place match[edit]

United States 0–1 Japan
Report Ueno 87'
Attendance: 8,093
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Final[edit]

North Korea 3–1 France
Wi Jong-sim 30'
Kim Phyong-hwa 55'
Jon So-yon 87' (pen.)
Report Geyoro 17'
Attendance: 14,752
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)


 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup winners 

North Korea
Second title

Awards[edit]

The following awards were given for the tournament:[24]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Japan Hina Sugita North Korea Kim So-hyang France Delphine Cascarino
Golden Boot Silver Boot Bronze Boot
Japan Mami Ueno Brazil Gabi Nunes Sweden Stina Blackstenius
5 goals, 2 assists 5 goals, 1 assist 5 goals
Golden Glove
France Mylène Chavas
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Japan

Goalscorers[edit]

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

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