The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 4th edition of the tournament. It was held in Chile between 19 November and 7 December 2008.[1] Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, in which Chile had a guaranteed place as the host nation.[2]

Background

On 15 September 2006, FIFA officially announced Chile as the host country. It was the third time Chile organized a football world cup, after the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, but the first in the women's competition. The decision came as a surprise to Chile, as it had bid in August 2006 to host the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, which was finally granted to New Zealand (Ecuador was unsuccessful in both bids). Chile previously hosted the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship and the first edition for Under 17s in January 2008.

Venues

Four different cities were selected as venues in an open bidding process. Changes to the stadiums to comply with FIFA standards were carried out between December 2007 and September 2008.[3][4] The selected venues were:

Coquimbo
La Florida
(Greater Santiago area)
Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Stadium La Florida Bicentennial Stadium
Capacity: 18,750 Capacity: 12,000
Chillán Temuco
Nelson Oyarzún Stadium Germán Becker Stadium
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 18,125


Qualified teams

The places were allocated as follows to confederations: AFC (3), CAF (2), CONCACAF (3), CONMEBOL (2), OFC (1), UEFA (4), plus the host country.[6]

Continent Confederation
Qualifying Tournament 		Qualifier(s)
Asia 2007 AFC U-19 Women's Championship  North Korea
 Japan
 China
Africa 2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament  Nigeria
 DR Congo
Central, North America and Caribbean 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship  Canada
 United States
 Mexico
South America Host nation  Chile1
2008 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship  Brazil
 Argentina
Oceania appointed by OFC, no qualifying tournament  New Zealand
Europe 2007 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship  Germany
 England
 France
 Norway1
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Squads

Main article: 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squads

Group stage

The opening phase of the tournament comprised four groups of four teams, with the top two sides in each section advancing to the quarter-finals. The final draw to determine the groups took place in Santiago, Chile on 13 September 2008 at 20:30 UTC.[7][8]

All times local (UTC-3)[9]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
 England 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
 New Zealand 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
 Chile 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
New Zealand 2–3 Nigeria
Percival 42' 52' (Report) S. Michael 31'
Chukwudi 35'
Chikwelu 90+2'
Referee: Austria Tanja Schett
Chile 0–2 England
(Report) Chaplen 54'
Duggan 79'
Attendance: 15,045
Nigeria 1–1 England
Orji 71' (Report) Dowie 45+1'
Chile 3–4 New Zealand
Mardones 50'
Pardo 83'
Zamora 90+2'		 (Report) White 20' 36' (pen.) 74'
Leota 66'
Attendance: 16,324
Referee: Costa Rica Érika Vargas
Nigeria 2–0 Chile
Guajardo 15' (o.g.)
Orji 41'		 (Report)
Attendance: 18,125
England 1–1 New Zealand
Duggan 90+4' (Report) McLaughlin 27'
Attendance: 8,661
Referee: Japan Sachiko Baba

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
 France 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 China 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 Argentina 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
China 0–0 Argentina
(Report)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Hungary Gyoengyi Gaal
France 0–3 United States
(Report) Morgan 53'
Leroux 56' 71'
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Australia Jacqui Melksham
United States 3–0 Argentina
Edwards 11'
Morgan 53' 90'		 (Report)
China 0–2 France
(Report) Delie 70'
Le Sommer 87'
Attendance: 7,590
Referee: Guinea Therese Sagno
United States 0–2 China
(Report) Zhang 52'
Liu 58'
Referee: Austria Tanja Schett
Argentina 1–3 France
Jaimes 42' (Report) Le Sommer 65' 80'
Machart 90+3'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
 Germany 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
 Canada 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
 DR Congo 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Canada 0–2 Japan
(Report) Goto 28'
Tanaka 40'
DR Congo 0–5 Germany
(Report) Kulig 7', 90+1'
Baunach 8'
Kerschowski 43' (pen.)
N. Banecki 82'
Attendance: 3,478
Germany 1–2 Japan
Kerschowski 61' (Report) Koyama 41'
Nagasato 83'
Referee: India Bentla D Coth
Canada 4–0 DR Congo
Riverso 1'
Lam-Feist 40'
Filigno 77'
Armstrong 90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 7,482
Referee: Hungary Gyoengyi Gaal
Germany 2–1 Canada
McNulty 77' (o.g.)
Schwab 90'		 (Report) Lam-Feist 81'
Attendance: 14,048
Referee: Australia Jacqui Melksham
Japan 3–1 DR Congo
Mafuala 4' (o.g.)
Ataeyama 10'
Utsugi 78'		 (Report) Amani 6'
Attendance: 6,200

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9
 North Korea 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
 Norway 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
 Mexico 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Mexico 1–2 Norway
Garza 28' (Report) Lund 26'
Enget 76'
Referee: Japan Sachiko Baba
Brazil 3–2 North Korea
Janaína 45+2'
Érika 48'
Francielle 66' (pen.)		 (Report) Ri Y.G. 30'
Ri U.H. 90'
Attendance: 12,500
North Korea 3–2 Norway
Ri Y.G. 17'
Ra 29' 64'		 (Report) Herlovsen 52' 59'
Mexico 0–5 Brazil
(Report) Pamela 4'
Francielle 40'
Daiane 68'
Ketlen 90+4'
Ortiz 90+5' (o.g.)
Attendance: 13,080
North Korea 5–1 Mexico
Ryom 9'
Pak 17'
Choe 39'
Ri H.S. 53'
Ri Y.G. 66'		 (Report) Corral 84'
Norway 0–3 Brazil
(Report) Érika 39'
Daiane 80'
Pamela 83'
Referee: Costa Rica Érika Vargas

Knockout stage

All times local (UTC-3)[9]

Knockout map

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 November – Coquimbo
 
 
 Nigeria2
 
4 December – Temuco
 
 France3
 
 France1
 
1 December – La Florida
 
 North Korea2
 
 Japan1
 
7 December – La Florida
 
 North Korea2
 
 North Korea1
 
30 November – Chillán
 
 United States2
 
 United States3
 
4 December – Coquimbo
 
 England0
 
 United States1
 
1 December – Temuco
 
 Germany0 Third place
 
 Brazil2
 
7 December – La Florida
 
 Germany3
 
 France3
 
 
 Germany5
 

Quarterfinals

Nigeria 2–3 France
Orji 13'
Jegede 38'		 (Report) Machart 2'
Le Sommer 49'
Coton-Pélagie 88'
Attendance: 12,363
United States 3–0 England
Winters 53'
Leroux 81' 90+4'		 (Report)
Attendance: 11,080
Referee: Australia Jacqui Melksham
Japan 1–2 North Korea
Nagasato 39' (Report) Cha 22'
Ra 60'
Attendance: 8,614
Referee: Austria Tanja Schett
Brazil 2–3 Germany
Schiewe 38' (o.g.)
Adriane 88'		 (Report) S. Banecki 44'
Bock 68'
N. Banecki 82'
Attendance: 12,854

Semifinals

France 1–2 North Korea
Coton-Pélagie 51' (Report) Ri U.H. 68'
Ri Y.G. 90+3'
Attendance: 13,184
United States 1–0 Germany
Schmidt 21' (o.g.) (Report)
Attendance: 15,548
Referee: Japan Sachiko Baba

3rd-place playoff

France 3–5 Germany
Pervier 45+1' 75'
Delie 90+2'		 (Report) Pollman 10' 29' 31'
Simic 67'
Schwab 80'

Final

North Korea 1–2 United States
Cha 90+2' (Report) Leroux 23'
Morgan 42'
Attendance: 12,000


 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup winners 

United States
Second title

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:[10]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
United States Sydney Leroux United States Alex Morgan France Eugénie Le Sommer
Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
United States Sydney Leroux North Korea Ri Ye-gyong United States Alex Morgan
5 goals 4 goals 4 goals
Golden Glove
United States Alyssa Naeher
FIFA Fair Play Award
 United States

All star team

The following players were named as the All Star Team for the tournament:[11]

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Chile Christiane Endler
United States Alyssa Naeher

North Korea Pak Kuk-hui
France Wendie Renard
Germany Bianca Schmidt
Germany Katharina Baunach
Norway Ingrid Ryland

Japan Natsuko Hara
Germany Nicole Banecki
North Korea Ri Ye-gyong
Germany Kim Kulig
England Toni Duggan
United States Keelin Winters

Brazil Érika
France Marie-Laure Delie
Japan Asano Nagasato
United States Sydney Leroux
North Korea Ra Un-sim
France Eugénie Le Sommer
United States Alex Morgan

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

References

  1. ^ "Mundial Femenino sub 20 lanzó logo oficial con visita ilustre". Radio Cooperativa. 24 November 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
  2. ^ "Chilean President Bachelet voices full backing for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2008". FIFA. 1 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  3. ^ "Confirman cuatro sedes para albergar el Mundial femenino sub 20". Radio Cooperativa. 3 June 2007. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  4. ^ "Mundial femenino en Chile: estadios serán entregados en septiembre de 2008". La Nación. 24 July 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
  5. ^ "Coquimbo albergará la ceremonia inaugural del Mundial Sub 20 Femenino". La Tercera. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
  6. ^ "Official emblem unveiled". FIFA. 24 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
  7. ^ Chile debutará ante Inglaterra em el Mundial Femenino sub 20 Archived 21 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Cooperativa.
  8. ^ Qualifiers learn their fate, FIFA.
  9. ^ a b Match Schedule, FIFA.com.
  10. ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's WC Chile 2008 - Awards". - FIFA.com. 7 December 2008. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  11. ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008 Technical Report and Statistics" (PDF). fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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