2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2014
Tournament details
Host countryCosta Rica
Dates15 March – 4 April
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Italy
Fourth place Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored113 (3.53 per match)
Attendance284,320 (8,885 per match)
Top scorer(s)Venezuela Deyna Castellanos
Venezuela Gabriela García
(6 goals each)
Best player(s)Japan Hina Sugita
Best goalkeeperJapan Mamiko Matsumoto
Fair play award Japan

The 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the youth association football tournament for women under the age of 17. The final tournament was hosted in Costa Rica.

The competition was played from 15 March to 4 April 2014.[1] Japan beat Spain in the final 2–0, the same score the same match ended in the group stage. Japan emerged as the fourth different champion in four editions.

The opening match of the tournament set a new tournament record with 34,453 spectators. In total, 284,320 supporters attended matches, averaging 8,885 per match and beating the 2012 record.[2]

Host selection

On 3 March 2011, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in Costa Rica. There were six official bids.[3]

Hosting rights were then stripped on 28 February 2013 due to problems in stadium construction.[4] After receiving guarantees from both CONCACAF and the Costa Rican government, they were re-instated as hosts at an executive committee meeting in Zurich on 21 March 2013.[5] The final was originally scheduled on 5 April, but was brought forward one day due to government elections.[6]

Mascot

The official mascot of the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was Juna, a blue morpho butterfly. The name Juna means "to fly" in the Cabécar language.[7]

Theme song

The official theme song for the tournament was "Pasión Total" by F.A.N.S.[8]

Qualified teams

The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee in May 2012.[9][10] The Oceania Football Confederation qualifying tournament was scheduled for January 2014, FIFA however decided that it would be hosted too late then. Eventually FIFA and OFC in agreement with all member nations agreed to award the confederation spot to New Zealand. Just as New Zealand, Nigeria qualified without playing a match because two opponents withdrew their respective qualifying games. Defending champions France did not qualify.

In total 103 nations took part in the qualifying, three less than for the 2012 World Cup.[11]

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifiers[12]
AFC (Asia) 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship  Japan
 North Korea
 China
CAF (Africa) 2013 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament  Nigeria
 Ghana
 Zambia1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America and Caribbean)		 Host nation  Costa Rica
2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship  Mexico
 Canada
CONMEBOL (South America) 2013 South American Under-17 Women's Championship  Venezuela
 Colombia
 Paraguay
OFC (Oceania) Appointed by OFC (qualifying tournament cancelled)[13]  New Zealand
UEFA (Europe) 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship  Germany
 Spain
 Italy1
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Venues

Four stadiums are to be used across Costa Rica.[14]

Alajuela Liberia
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño
Capacity: 16,625 Capacity: 4,300
San José Tibás
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Capacity: 34,453 Capacity: 21,704

Match officials

A total of 14 referees, 4 reserve referees, and 28 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.[15]

Confederation Referees Assistant referees
AFC

Japan Fusako Kajiyama
Thailand Pannipar Kamnueng
Singapore Abirami Apbai Naidu (reserve)

Japan Emi Chiba
South Korea Kim Kyoung-min
South Korea Lee Seul-gi
Japan Saori Takahashi

CAF

Togo Aissata Ameyo Amegee
Zambia Gladys Lengwe (reserve)

Togo Ayawa Mana Dzodope
Madagascar Lidwine Pelagie Rakotozafinoro

CONCACAF

El Salvador Miriam Patricia Leon Serpas
Jamaica Cardella Samuels
Mexico Lucila Venegas Montes
Costa Rica Marianela Ayala Cruz (reserve)

El Salvador Emperatriz Ivonne Ayala Lopez
Jamaica Princess Brown
Mexico Enedina Caudillo Gomez
Mexico Lixy Esperanza Enriquez Guerrero
Jamaica Stacy-Ann Greyson
Costa Rica Kimberly Moreira Rojas

CONMEBOL

Brazil Ana Karina Marques Valentin Alves
Peru Silvia Elizabeth Reyes Juarez
Chile Maria Belen Carvajal Peña (reserve)

Uruguay Luciana Elizabeth Mascaraña
Brazil Katiuscia Mayer Berger Mendonça
Paraguay Rossana Mabel Salinas Garcia
Paraguay Nadia Maria Macarena Weiler Figueredo

OFC

New Zealand Anna-Marie Keighley

Solomon Islands Nagarita Jimmy
Tonga Lata I Sia Kaumatule

UEFA

Czech Republic Jana Adámková
Hungary Katalin Kulcsár
Sweden Pernilla Larsson
Ukraine Kateryna Monzul
Italy Carina Vitulano

Greece Ourania Foskolou
Sweden Helen Karo
Greece Panagiota Koutsoumpou
Hungary Judit Kulcsár
Cyprus Angela Kyriakou
England Sian Massey
Spain Yolanda Parga Rodriguez
Czech Republic Lucie Ratajová
Croatia Sanja Rodak Karsic
Slovakia Maria Sukenikova

Squads

Each team must name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.[10] The squads were announced on 6 March 2014.[16]

Final draw

The group stage draw was held on 17 December 2013 in Pueblo Antiguo.[17][18] Confederation champions Germany, Japan and Mexico were put in Pot 1 alongside the hosts Costa Rica, who were automatically assigned to Position A1. The draw then made sure no teams of the same confederation could meet in the group stage.[19]

Pot 1
(Seeded teams)		 Pot 2
(CONCACAF & CONMEBOL)		 Pot 3
(CAF & OFC)		 Pot 4
(AFC & UEFA)

Group stage

The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:[10]

  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. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Quarter-finals

All times are local, Central Standard Time (UTC−6).[20]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Venezuela 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9
 Italy 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
 Zambia 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
 Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source:
Italy 2–0 Zambia
Serturini 41', 53' Report
Attendance: 34,453
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)
Costa Rica 0–3 Venezuela
Report Castellanos 49', 52'
Moreno 88'
Attendance: 34,453
Venezuela 4–0 Zambia
Castellanos 14'
G. García 47', 59', 86'		 Report
Attendance: 25,624
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)
Costa Rica 0–1 Italy
Report Marinelli 19'
Attendance: 25,624
Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)
Zambia 2–1 Costa Rica
G. Chanda 8'
Araya 69' (o.g.)		 Report Varela 3'
Attendance: 9,658
Referee: Anna–Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
Venezuela 1–0 Italy
Castellanos 46' Report
Attendance: 5,863
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
 Canada 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
 North Korea 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
 Germany 3 0 1 2 5 7 −2 1
Source:
Ghana 2–0 North Korea
Ayiyem 16'
Owusu-Ansah 50'		 Report
Attendance: 2,910
Germany 2–2 Canada
Ehegötz 65'
Fellhauer 68'		 Report Fleming 3'
Levasseur 44'
Attendance: 2,910
Referee: Ana Marques (Brazil)
Ghana 1–0 Germany
Amfobea 43' Report
Attendance: 3,250
North Korea 1–1 Canada
Sung Hyang-sim 54' Report Kim Jong-sim 86' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,250
Canada 2–1 Ghana
Levasseur 9', 40' Report Owusu-Ansah 72'
Attendance: 9,658
North Korea 4–3 Germany
Ju Hyo-sim 30'
Sung Hyang-sim 34'
Wi Jong-sim 41'
Ri Ji-hyang 61' (pen.)		 Report Ehegötz 5'
Sehan 12'
Walkling 24'
Attendance: 5,863
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 9
 Spain 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6
 New Zealand 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
 Paraguay 3 0 1 2 2 18 −16 1
Source:
New Zealand 1–1 Paraguay
Cleverley 69' Report Barrios 84'
Attendance: 2,250
Spain 0–2 Japan
Report Miyagawa 43'
Matsubara 51'
Attendance: 2,250
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)
New Zealand 0–3 Spain
Report Hernández 3'
P. Garrote 34'
N. García 67'
Attendance: 2,364
Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo)
Paraguay 0–10 Japan
Report Hasegawa 15'
Endo 22'
Miyagawa 36'
Ichise 47'
Hiratsuka 56'
Saihara 62'
Sugita 75', 85', 86'
Kono 90+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,364
Japan 3–0 New Zealand
Hasegawa 20'
Kobayashi 71' (pen.)
Matsubara 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Ana Marques (Brazil)
Paraguay 1–7 Spain
Godoy 25' Report Beltrán 4'
Falcón 11', 17'
N. García 64', 83'
P. Garrote 76', 79'
Attendance: 3,199
Referee: Miriam Leon (El Salvador)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
 Mexico 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
 China 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
 Colombia 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source:
Mexico 4–0 Colombia
Salazar 1'
Crowther 4'
J. González 14'
Huerta 71'		 Report
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)
China 1–2 Nigeria
Fan Yuqiu 64' Report Ajibade 21'
Kanu 63'
Attendance: 4,300
Mexico 4–0 China
Bernal 30' (pen.)
J. González 42'
Martínez 66'
Cruz 87'		 Report
Attendance: 4,629
Referee: Anna–Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
Colombia 1–2 Nigeria
Ang. Rodríguez 3' Report Bokiri 26'
Kanu 59'
Attendance: 4,629
Referee: Miriam Leon (El Salvador)
Nigeria 3–0 Mexico
Ajibade 12'
Kanu 16'
Yakubu 58'		 Report
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)
Colombia 1–3 China
And. Rodríguez 60' Report Cui Yuhan 72'
Páez 75' (o.g.)
Chen Yudan 90+1'
Attendance: 3,199

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).[10]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 March — San José
 
 
 Venezuela3
 
31 March — Liberia
 
 Canada2
 
 Venezuela1
 
27 March — Liberia
 
 Japan4
 
 Japan2
 
4 April — San José
 
 Mexico0
 
 Japan2
 
27 March — San José
 
 Spain0
 
 Ghana2 (3)
 
31 March — Liberia
 
 Italy (p)2 (4)
 
 Italy0
 
27 March — Liberia
 
 Spain2 Third place
 
 Nigeria0
 
4 April — San José
 
 Spain3
 
 Venezuela4 (0)
 
 
 Italy (p)4 (2)
 

Quarter-finals

Venezuela 3–2 Canada
Castellanos 6'
Zambrano 43'
G. García 62'		 Report Kinzner 19'
Levasseur 40'
Attendance: 1,812
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)
Ghana 2–2 Italy
Ayiyem 4'
Abambila 90'		 Report Marinelli 8'
Giugliano 17' (pen.)
Penalties
Ayiyem soccer ball with check mark
Kuzagbe soccer ball with red X
Opoku soccer ball with check mark
Abambila soccer ball with red X
Amfobea soccer ball with check mark		 3–4 soccer ball with red X Boattin
soccer ball with check mark Giugliano
soccer ball with check mark Simonetti
soccer ball with check mark Serturini
soccer ball with check mark Vergani
Attendance: 1,812
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)
Japan 2–0 Mexico
Hasegawa 12'
Sugita 43'		 Report
Attendance: 3,406
Nigeria 0–3 Spain
Report Guijarro 14' (pen.), 71'
N. García 58'
Attendance: 3,406
Referee: Anna–Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Semi-finals

Venezuela 1–4 Japan
Castellanos 90+2' Report Nagano 13'
Ichise 33'
Kobayashi 52'
Sugita 63' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,528
Italy 0–2 Spain
Report Hernández 48' (pen.)
N. García 81' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,528
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

Third place match

Final

Japan 2–0 Spain
Nishida 5'
Kono 78'		 Report
Attendance: 29,814
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Winners

 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup winners 

Japan
First title

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:[21]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Japan Hina Sugita Japan Yui Hasegawa Spain Pilar Garrote


Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Venezuela Deyna Castellanos
Venezuela Gabriela García		 — Japan Hina Sugita


FIFA Fair Play Award Golden Glove
 Japan Japan Mamiko Matsumoto

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Colombia Sara Páez (for China PR)
  • Costa Rica Maria Araya (for Zambia)
  • North Korea Kim Jong-sim (for Canada)

References

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  21. ↑ Awards 2014
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