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2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
First women's football U-17 World Cup in FIFA history
First women's football U-17 World Cup in FIFA history
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
| year | 2008 |
| other_titles | 2008 FIFA I Raro I Te 17 Kapu Wahine O Te Ao |
| image | 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.svg |
| size | |
| caption | FIFA U-17 WWC official logo |
| country | New Zealand |
| dates | 28 October – 16 November |
| num_teams | 16 |
| venues | 4 |
| cities | 4 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| matches | 32 |
| goals | 113 |
| attendance | 207803 |
| top_scorer | Dzsenifer Marozsán |
| (6 goals) | |
| player | Mana Iwabuchi |
| goalkeeper | Taylor Vancil |
| fair_play | |
| nextseason | [2010](2010-fifa-u-17-women-s-world-cup) |
(6 goals) The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the first women's football edition of the U-17 World Cup. It was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. North Korea won the first edition, extending their grip of women's youth football having won the then-most recent U-20 Women's World Cup.
Host cities
|New Zealand Matches were played in four New Zealand cities:
- The Auckland conurbation, New Zealand's largest metropolitan area, hosted the final and 3rd place playoff. The designated host stadium is located in North Shore City.
- Hamilton hosted two of the quarter-finals.
- Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, hosted two of the quarter-finals.
- Christchurch, the only host city in the South Island, hosted the semi-finals.
Pool matches were spread evenly among these cities. The host nation, New Zealand, was based mostly in Auckland but played one pool match in Wellington.
| **North Harbour Stadium** |
|---|
| **Waikato Stadium** |
| **Wellington Stadium** |
| (Westpac Stadium) |
| **Queen Elizabeth II Park** |
Qualified teams
| Confederation (Continent) | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|
| AFC (Asia) | [2007 AFC U-16 Women's Championship](2007-afc-u-16-women-s-championship) | |
| CAF (Africa) | [2008 African U-17 Women's Championship](2008-african-u-17-women-s-championship) | |
| CONCACAF | ||
| (North, Central America & Caribbean) | [2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship](2008-concacaf-women-s-u-17-championship) | |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | [2008 South American Under-17 Women's Championship](2008-south-american-under-17-women-s-championship) | |
| OFC (Oceania) | Host nation | |
| UEFA (Europe) | [2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship](2008-uefa-women-s-under-17-championship) | |
Squads
Main article: 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads
Tournament
Group stage
All times local (UTC+13)
Group A
Olsen
Group B
Marozsán Knaak Kemme
Fordjour Maier
Group C
Kameoka Yoshioka K. Mewis Charlotte Poulain Augis Catala Genes
DiMartino Verloo Kishikawa Kira Shimada
Villamayor Ohshima Hamada Takahashi
Group D
Bruton Aighewi
Lee Hyun-young
Okoronkwo Rafaelle Koh Kyung-yeon Song Ah-ri
Knockout stage
All times local (UTC+13) |8 November – Wellington|| 0|| 4 |9 November – Hamilton||2 (4)|** **|2 (5) |8 November – Wellington|| 3|| 1 |9 November – Hamilton||2|****| 4 |13 November – Christchurch| ****| 2| | 1 |13 November – Christchurch| | 1| ****| 2 |16 November – Auckland| ** **| 2| | 1 |16 November – Auckland| | 0| ****| 3
Quarterfinals
Ri Un-ae Kim Un-ju Mester
Iwabuchi Christiansen Takeyama Kameoka Kishikawa Saitō Bruton Carter Pitman Bonner K. Mewis DiMartino
Semifinals
Jon Myong-hwa
Verloo
3rd Place Playoff
Knaak Mester
Final
Jang Hyon-sun
Winners
Awards
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Mana Iwabuchi | Dzsenifer Marozsán | Kristie Mewis |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
|---|---|---|
| Dzsenifer Marozsán | Vicki DiMartino | Jon Myong-hwa |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | Golden Glove |
|---|---|
| Taylor Vancil |
Goalscorers
Dzsenifer Marozsán of Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 113 goals were scored by 69 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
;6 goals
- Dzsenifer Marozsán
;5 goals
- Vicki DiMartino
;4 goals
- Chinatsu Kira
- Natsuki Kishikawa
- Jon Myong-hwa
- Courtney Verloo
;3 goals
- Pauline Crammer
- Lynn Mester
- Rosie White
- Ho Un-byol
- Lee Hyun-young
;2 goals
- Nkem Ezurike
- Tatiana Ariza
- Danielle Carter
- Marine Augis
- Alexandra Popp
- Turid Knaak
- Haruka Hamada
- Mana Iwabuchi
- Saori Takahashi
- Yun Hyon-hi
- Jacqueline Gonzalez
- Ji So-yun
- Kristie Mewis
;1 goal
- Ketlen Wiggers
- Raquel Fernandez
- Rafaelle Souza
- Rachel Lamarre
- Ingrid Vidal
- Raquel Rodríguez
- Britta Olsen
- Linette Andreasen
- Simone Boye
- Isobel Christiansen
- Jessica Holbrook
- Lauren Bruton
- Lucy Staniforth
- Rebecca Jane
- Camille Catala
- Charlotte Poulain
- Lea Rubio
- Inka Wesely
- Leonie Maier
- Tabea Kemme
- Deborah Afriyie
- Florence Dadson
- Isha Fordjour
- Chiaki Shimada
- Kei Yoshioka
- Marika Ohshima
- Natsumi Kameoka
- Yuiko Inoue
- Annalie Longo
- Amarachi Okoronkwo
- Amenze Aighewi
- Ebere Orji
- Soo Adekwagh
- Jang Hyon-sun
- Kim Un-hyang
- Kim Un-ju
- Ri Un-ae
- Gloria Villamayor
- Paola Genes
- Rebeca Fernández
- Go Kyung-yeon
- Lee Min-sun
- Song Ah-ri
;Own goal
- Hong Myong-hui (playing against the United States)
- Cris Mabel Flores (playing against the United States)
References
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