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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

FieldValue
tourney_nameFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
year2008
other_titles2008 FIFA I Raro I Te 17 Kapu Wahine O Te Ao
image2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.svg
size
captionFIFA U-17 WWC official logo
countryNew Zealand
dates28 October – 16 November
num_teams16
venues4
cities4
champion_other
count1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches32
goals113
attendance207803
top_scorerDzsenifer Marozsán
(6 goals)
playerMana Iwabuchi
goalkeeperTaylor 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 TournamentQualifier(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 BallSilver BallBronze Ball
Mana IwabuchiDzsenifer MarozsánKristie Mewis
Golden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe
Dzsenifer MarozsánVicki DiMartinoJon Myong-hwa
FIFA Fair Play AwardGolden 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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