2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 WWC official logo
Tournament details
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) Capacity: 25,000	Waikato Stadium Location: Hamilton Capacity: 26,500	Wellington Stadium (Westpac Stadium) Location: Wellington Capacity: 36,500	Queen Elizabeth II Park Location: Christchurch Capacity: 20,000

Qualified teams

Confederation (Continent)	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
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
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

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

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Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

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Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

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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

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Semifinals

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3rd Place Playoff

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Final

Winner

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Winners
North Korea First title

Awards

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Mana Iwabuchi	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Kristie Mewis

Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Dzsenifer Marozsán	Vicki DiMartino	Jon Myong-Hwa

FIFA Fair Play Award	Golden Glove
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

• Dzsenifer Marozsán

5 goals

• Vicki DiMartino

4 goals

• Chinatsu Kira
• Natsuki Kishikawa
• Jon Myong-Hwa
• Courtney Verloo

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Hong Myong Hui (playing against the United States)
• Cris Mabel Flores (playing against the United States)

References

• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report