2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Papua New Guinea
Dates	13 November – 3 December
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	113 (3.53 per match)
Attendance	159,099 (4,972 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gabi Nunes; Mami Ueno; Stina Blackstenius; (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Hina Sugita
Best goalkeeper	Mylene Chavas
Fair play award	Japan

The 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup was the 8th 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 was held in Papua New Guinea from 13 November to 3 December 2016.[1] This was the first FIFA tournament held in the country.

North Korea won their 2nd title in this event by beating France in the final, 3–1.[2] They became the first country to win the U-20 and U-17 Women's World Cup in the same year, with their under-17 team winning the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup earlier in the year.[3]

Host selection

Original round of bidding

The following countries submitted a bid to host the tournament by the May 2013 deadline:[4]

South Africa were awarded the hosting rights by FIFA Executive Committee at their meeting on 5 December 2013.[5] However, they later withdrew, giving its notice at FIFA's Executive committee meeting prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[6][7]

Second round of bidding

After South Africa's withdrawal, the following countries announced they would be interested in hosting:

Papua New Guinea were awarded the hosting rights of the tournament by the FIFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2015.[10]

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Papua New Guinea who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was published in June 2014.[11]

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship	Japan North Korea South Korea
CAF (Africa)	2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Ghana Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship	Canada Mexico United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2015 South American Under-20 Women's Championship	Brazil Venezuela¹
OFC (Oceania)	Host nation	Papua New Guinea¹
OFC (Oceania)	2015 OFC U-20 Women's Championship	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship	France Germany Spain Sweden

1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

Venues

A FIFA delegation visited the following four stadiums in April 2015: Sir Hubert Murray Stadium, Sir John Guise Stadium, Lloyd Robson Oval (National Football Stadium), and Bava Park, all located in Port Moresby.[12] The same four stadiums were submitted to FIFA for approval in October 2015.[13] The final approved stadiums are:

Port Moresby
	Sir John Guise Stadium		Bava Park
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 5,000

Emblem and slogan

The official emblem and slogan ("To Inspire, To Excel") were unveiled on 8 March 2016.[14]

Mascot

The official mascot, a bird-of-paradise nicknamed "Susa", was launched on 11 June 2016.[15]

Theme Song

The official theme song for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World cup was Kumul Susa by Mereani Masani and Dadiigii[16]

Squads

Each team must name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. All players must be born on or after 1 January 1996, and on or before 31 December 2000.[17] The official squads were announced on 8 November 2016.[18]

Match officials

A total of 16 referees, and 27 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.[19]

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees
AFC	Aye Thein Qin Liang Casey Reibelt	Bao Mengxiao Fang Yan Sarah Ho Kim Kyoung-min
CAF	Thérèse Neguel Fatou Thioune	Mona Mahmoud Tempa Ndah
CONCACAF	Quetzalli Alvarado Marianela Araya Cruz Melissa Borjas Michelle Pye	Elizabeth Aguilar Emperatriz Ayala Chantal Boudreau Lixy Enríquez Kimberly Moreira Shirley Perello
CONMEBOL	Yercinia Correa Silvia Reyes	Mónica Amboya Mariana Corbo Yoly García Viviana Segura
OFC	Finau Vulivuli	Maria Tamalelagi
UEFA	Jana Adámková Riem Hussein Katalin Kulcsár Monika Mularczyk Sara Persson	Biljana Atanasovski Solenne Bartnik Svetlana Bilić Belinda Brem Angela Kyriakou Julia Magnusson Michelle O'Neill Maryna Striletska Elena Țepușă Katalin Török

Draw

The official draw was held on 17 March 2016, 18:30 CET (UTC+1), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[20][21] The teams were seeded based on their performances in previous U-20 Women's World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts Papua New Guinea automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Papua New Guinea Germany United States Nigeria	North Korea Japan France South Korea	New Zealand Brazil Mexico Canada	Ghana Sweden Spain Venezuela

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:[17]

points obtained in all group matches;
goal difference in all group matches;
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:

points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
fair play points
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, PGT (UTC+10).[22]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Korea	3	3	0	0	13	3	+10	9	Knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	1	1	1	12	5	+7	4	Knockout stage
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4
4	Papua New Guinea (H)	3	0	0	3	1	22	−21	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Host.

13 November 2016

16:00

Sweden	0–2	North Korea
	Report	Ri Hyang-sim 25' Kim So-hyang 48'

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 4,944

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

13 November 2016