2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

كأس العالم للسيدات تحت 17 سنة 2016
Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Dates	30 September – 21 October
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	104 (3.25 per match)
Attendance	104,095 (3,253 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lorena Navarro (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Fuka Nagano
Best goalkeeper	Noelia Ramos
Fair play award	Japan

2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was held in Jordan from 30 September to 21 October.

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Jordan who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was published in June 2014.^[1]

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	Host nation	Jordan^1
	2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship	Japan  North Korea
CAF (Africa)	2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Cameroon^1  Ghana  Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	Canada  Mexico  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2016 South American Under-17 Women's Championship	Brazil  Paraguay  Venezuela
OFC (Oceania)	2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship	England  Germany  Spain

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Venues

The three host cities were Amman, Irbid, and Zarqa. The infrastructure of the stadiums and surrounding areas in the host cities was developed. Greater Amman Municipality and the Higher Council for Youth were responsible for developing the infrastructure, with 30% under the responsibility of the municipality and 70% under the responsibility of the council.^[2]

Amman	Amman Zarqa Irbid	Amman
Amman International Stadium		King Abdullah II Stadium
Capacity: 23,000		Capacity: 18,000
Zarqa		Irbid
Prince Mohammed Stadium		Al-Hassan Stadium
Capacity: 17,000		Capacity: 15,000

Results

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Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
Spain	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2	3
Jordan	3	0	0	3	1	15	-14	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Venezuela	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Canada	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4
Cameroon	3	0	0	3	3	7	-4	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
England	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Brazil	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4	1

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9
Ghana	3	2	0	1	3	6	-3	6
United States	3	1	0	2	9	6	+3	3
Paraguay	3	0	0	3	1	12	-11	0

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 October – Amman (AIS)
	Mexico	1
					17 October – Amman (KAS)
	Venezuela	2
					Venezuela	0
	13 October – Irbid
					North Korea	3
	North Korea	2
									21 October – Amman (AIS)
	Ghana	1
									North Korea	0 (5)
	12 October – Amman (AIS)
									Japan	0 (4)
	Germany	1
					17 October – Amman (KAS)
	Spain	2
					Spain	0
	13 October – Irbid
					Japan	3			Third place
	Japan	3
									21 October – Amman (AIS)
	England	0
									Venezuela	0
									Spain	4

References

1. "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2014.
2. "U-17 Women World Cup organisers to intensify marketing push". The Jordan News. The Jordan Times. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
3. RSSSF