2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-20 de la FIFA Colombia 2024
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
Dates31 August – 22 September
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
2022
2026

The 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Spanish: Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-20 de la FIFA Colombia 2024) will be the 11th 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 has been expanded by FIFA to feature 24 teams. [1]

Contents

It will be hosted by Colombia from 31 August to 22 September 2024. It will be the third time that Colombia has hosted a FIFA tournament. It will also be the first time that Colombia has hosted a FIFA women's tournament. [2]

Spain are the defending champions.

Host selection

Colombia were announced as the 2024 Women's U-20 World Cup hosts following the FIFA Council meeting on 25 June 2023 in Zürich, Switzerland. [2]

Expansion

On 4 October 2023, FIFA decided the expansion of the tournament to 24 teams. [1] The slot allocation mirrors the men's tournament and is as follows:

Qualified teams

A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Colombia who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions.

ConfederationQualifying TournamentTeamAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
AFC (Asia)
(4 teams)
2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5th 2022 Quarter-finals (2002, 2004)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8th 2022 Champions (2018)
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 8th 2018 Champions (2006, 2016)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7th 2022 Third place (2010)
CAF (Africa)
(4 teams)
2024 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1stNoneDebut
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 7th 2022 Group stage (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1stNoneDebut
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 11th 2022 Runners-up (2010, 2014)
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)
(4 teams)
2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9th 2022 Runners-up (2002)
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica [lower-alpha 1] 4th 2022 Group stage (2010, 2014, 2022)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 10th 2022 Quarter-finals (2010, 2012, 2016, 2022)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11th 2022 Champions (2002, 2008, 2012)
CONMEBOL (South America)
(Hosts + 4 teams)
Host nationFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3rd 2022 Fourth place (2010)
2024 South American U-20 Women's Championship Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4th 2012 Group stage (2006, 2008, 2012)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 11th 2022 Third place (2006, 2022)
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 3rd 2018 Group stage (2014, 2018)
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 2nd 2016 Group stage (2016)
OFC (Oceania)
(2 teams)
2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji [lower-alpha 2] 1stNoneDebut
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 9th 2022 Quarter-finals (2014)
UEFA (Europe)
(5 teams)
2023 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Flag of Austria.svg  Austria [lower-alpha 3] 1stNoneDebut
Flag of France.svg  France 9th 2022 Runners-up (2016)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11th 2022 Champions (2004, 2010, 2014)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3rd 2022 Fourth place (2022)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5th 2022 Champions (2022)
  1. After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, Costa Rica took the new fourth spot as CONCACAF representative as they ended fourth in the qualifying tournament.
  2. After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, Fiji took the new second spot as OFC representative as they ended second in the qualifying tournament.
  3. After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, UEFA decided to organize a play-off between Austria and Iceland, the group stage third-placed teams, on 4 December 2023. The fifth place play-off winner would qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [3]

Venues

Bogotá, Cali and Medellín were the three cities chosen to host the competition on 20 February 2024. [4]

2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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Location of the host cities of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Colombia 2024.
2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup venues
Bogotá
Estadio El Campín Estadio El Techo
Capacity: 39,512Capacity: 10,000
El-campin.jpg La Equidad vs Santa Fe Primera A Colombia 2023.jpg
Medellín Cali
Estadio Atanasio Girardot Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Capacity: 44,826Capacity: 37,000
Atanasio Girardot.jpg Pascual Guerrero Stadium.jpg

Draw

The official draw took place on 5 June 2024 at the Hall 74 in Bogotá. [5] The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-20 Women's World Cups, with five bonus points added to the qualifying tournament winners (for this cycle) . [6] The host team, Colombia, was automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. During the draw process, teams from the same confederation could not be placed in the same group for the group stage.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia H
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2008 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Match officials

For the very first time, in any FIFA national teams tournament, the Football Video Support (FVS) will be implemented. [7] This new alternative simplifies the video assistant referee (VAR).

FVS system does not use video match officials. The head coach of each team will be allowed to make a video review requests. The number of requests that coaches can realize during the match are limited.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place on 5 June 2024. [8]

Tiebreakers


All times are local, COT (UTC−5). [9]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (H)00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 00000000
3Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 00000000Possible knockout stage
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 31 August 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svgvFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svgvFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svgvFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svgvFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon

Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svgvFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svgvFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of France.svg  France 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 00000000
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 00000000Possible knockout stage
4Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 31 August 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
France  Flag of France.svgvFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svgvFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji

France  Flag of France.svgvFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svgvFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svgvFlag of France.svg  France
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svgvFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 00000000
3Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 00000000Possible knockout stage
4Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 1 September 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Spain  Flag of Spain.svgvFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svgvFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco

Spain  Flag of Spain.svgvFlag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svgvFlag of the United States.svg  United States

Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svgvFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
United States  Flag of the United States.svgvFlag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 00000000
3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 00000000Possible knockout stage
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 1 September 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Germany  Flag of Germany.svgvFlag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svgvFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

Germany  Flag of Germany.svgvFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svgvFlag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela

South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svgvFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svgvFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 00000000
3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 00000000Possible knockout stage
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Japan  Flag of Japan.svgvFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svgvFlag of Austria.svg  Austria

Japan  Flag of Japan.svgvFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svgvFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 00000000
3Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 00000000Possible knockout stage
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svgvFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svgvFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svgvFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svgvFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svgvFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svgvFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica

Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 A Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 00000000 Knockout stage
2 B Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 00000000
3 C Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 00000000
4 D Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 00000000
5 E Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 00000000
6 F Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 31 August 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of five minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. However, for the third place match, if it is played directly before the final, no extra time shall be played and the winner shall be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Combinations of matches in the Round of 16

The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:

Third-placed teams
qualify from groups
1A
vs
1B
vs
1C
vs
1D
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Bracket

 
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
              
 
11 September – Bogotá (EEC)
 
 
2A
 
15 September – Cali
 
2C
 
 
 
12 September – (EET)
 
 
 
1D
 
18 September – Cali
 
3B/E/F
 
 
 
11 September – Bogotá (EEC)
 
 
 
1B
 
15 September – Medellín
 
3A/C/D
 
 
 
12 September – Medellín
 
 
 
1F
 
22 September – Bogotá (EEC)
 
2E
 
 
 
12 September – (EET)
 
 
 
1E
 
15 September – Medellín
 
2D
 
 
 
11 September – Cali
 
 
 
1C
 
18 September – Cali
 
3A/B/F
 
 
 
12 September – Medellín
 
  Third place match
 
2B
 
15 September – Cali 21 September – Bogotá (EEC)
 
2F
 
  
 
11 September – Cali
 
  
 
1A
 
 
3C/D/E
 

Round of 16

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1Cv3A/B/F

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1Av3C/D/E

1Dv3B/E/F

1Fv2E

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2Bv2F

Quarter-finals

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W37vW40

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

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Final

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Marketing

The official emblem was unveiled on 8 April 2024. The vibrant design is inspired by the stunning nature and colour of host nation Colombia as well as the tournament's fundamental role in forging the Future Stars of Football.

Using the South American country's unique and iconic Caño Cristales river, nicknamed 'Liquid Rainbow', as the central theme of the design, the tournament emblem also features the yellow, blue and red of the Colombian flag to make it the perfect blended reflection of the tournament hosts and the competition itself. [10]

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