2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	5–24 August
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	England
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	98 (3.06 per match)
Attendance	75,748 (2,367 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Georgia Stanway Patricia Guijarro (6 goals each)[1]
Best player(s)	Patricia Guijarro
Best goalkeeper	Sandy MacIver
Fair play award	Japan

The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the ninth time they held this international football championship for young women's teams. The tournament happens every two years, and it involves teams of players under the age of 20 from different countries who are part of FIFA. The event took place in Brittany, France, from 5th to 24th August 2018.^[2] This was the same place where they would later host the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Haiti and the Netherlands participated in the U-20 Women's World Cup for the first time. North Korea was the previous champion, but they were knocked out by France in the quarter-finals. In the final match, which was played at Stade de la Rabine in Vannes, Spain and Japan faced each other again after already playing in the group stage. Japan won the game 3–1 and became the champions for the first time.

Results

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Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
Netherlands	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Ghana	3	1	0	2	2	8	-6	3
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7
North Korea	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Mexico	3	1	0	2	5	10	-5	3
Brazil	3	0	1	2	4	6	-2	1

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
Japan	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6
United States	3	1	1	1	8	3	5	4
Paraguay	3	0	0	3	1	16	-15	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Nigeria	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
China	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
Haiti	3	0	0	3	3	6	-3	0

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 August – Concarneau
	France	1
					20 August – Vannes
	North Korea	0
					France	0
	16 August – Concarneau
					Spain	1
	Spain	2
									24 August – Vannes
	Nigeria	1
									Spain	1
	17 August – Vannes
									Japan	3
	England	2
					20 August – Vannes
	Netherlands	1
					England	0
	17 August – Vannes
					Japan	2			Third place
	Germany	1
									24 August – Vannes
	Japan	3
									France	1 (2)
									England (p)	1 (4)

Quarter-finals

16 August 2018 (2018-08-16)

16:00

Spain	2–1	Nigeria
Bonmatí  13' Guijarro  45+2'	Report	Efih  57'

Stade Guy Piriou, Concarneau

Attendance: 1,829^[4]

Referee: Qin Liang (China PR)

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16 August 2018 (2018-08-16)

19:30

France	1–0	North Korea
Delabre  29' (pen.)	Report

Stade Guy Piriou, Concarneau

Attendance: 2,462^[5]

Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)

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17 August 2018 (2018-08-17)

16:00

England	2–1	Netherlands
Stanway  20', 23'	Report	Pelova  12'

Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

Attendance: 2,737^[6]

Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

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17 August 2018 (2018-08-17)

19:30

Germany	1–3	Japan
Minge  82'	Report	Endo  59' Ueki  70' Takarada  73'

Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

Attendance: 3,211^[7]

Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

Semi-finals

20 August 2018 (2018-08-20)

16:00

England	0–2	Japan
	Report	Ueki  22' Endo  27'

Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

Attendance: 2,807^[8]

Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

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20 August 2018 (2018-08-20)

19:30

France	0–1	Spain
	Report	Guijarro  51'

Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

Attendance: 5,324^[9]

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Third place match

24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)

16:00

France	1–1	England
Laurent  68' (pen.)	Report	Stanway  46'
Penalties
Thibaud Bacha Laurent Delabre	2–4	Stanway Hemp Russo Peplow Allen

Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

Attendance: 4,706^[10]

Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

Final

24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)

19:30 UTC+2

Spain	1–3	Japan
Andújar  71'	Report	Miyazawa  38' Takarada  57' Nagano  65'

Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

Attendance: 5,409

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup winners
Japan First title

References

1. Guijarro was awarded the Golden Boot as she made more assists (3 assists to 0).
2. "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017.
3. RSSSF
4. "Match report – Quarter-final – Spain v Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
5. "Match report – Quarter-final – France v Korea DPR" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
6. "Match report – Quarter-final – England v Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
7. "Match report – Quarter-final – Germany v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
8. "Match report – Semi-final – England v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
9. "Match report – Semi-final – France v Spain" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
10. "Match report – Play-off for third place – France v England" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.