2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Host selection

As in 2010, the rights to host the 2014 U-20 Women's World Cup were automatically awarded to the host of the following year's Women's World Cup. Two countries, Canada and Zimbabwe, initially bid to stage the events. However, on 1 March 2011, two days before the official voting was to take place, Zimbabwe withdrew, leaving Canada as the only bidder. FIFA officially awarded the tournaments to Canada on 3 March 2011.

Qualified teams

The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee in May 2012.

:1.Teams that made their debut. In July, all Nigeria teams became subject of a FIFA ban due to government interference with the national football association. The team faced exclusion from the tournament until the ban was lifted nine days later.

Venues

On 2 June 2013, FIFA announced that Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal and Toronto would be the host cities for the tournament. The first three cities had been previously announced as host cities for the 2015 Women's World Cup, along with Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Ottawa. Toronto did not apply to host the 2015 tournament due to conflicts with the 2015 Pan American Games, but does not face any such conflicts in 2014. Meanwhile, Ottawa indicated in late 2012 that it would not be able to participate in hosting the U-20 tournament due to construction delays on the Lansdowne Park redevelopment.

As was the case during the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, BMO Field in Toronto was known as the National Soccer Stadium during the tournament, due to FIFA policies regarding corporate sponsorship of stadiums.

Sponsors

FIFA partners

• Adidas
• Coca-Cola
• Hyundai/Kia Motors
• Emirates
• Sony
• Visa

National supporters

• FIFA.com
• Bell Canada
• Live Your Goals

Match officials

A total of 13 referees, 5 reserve referees, and 26 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.

Squads

Main article: 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squads

Each team named a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced by FIFA on 25 July 2014.

Final draw

The final draw was held on 1 March 2014 in Montreal. Confederation champions France, South Korea and United States were put in Pot 1 alongside the hosts Canada, who were automatically assigned to Position A1. The draw then made sure no teams of the same confederation could meet in the group stage.

Group stage

The schedule of the tournament was announced on 6 August 2013.

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

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:
4. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
6. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
7. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local:

• Edmonton in Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) (UTC−6)
• Montreal and Toronto in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (UTC−4)
• Moncton in Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) (UTC−3)

Group A

Choe Yun-gyong

Jon So-yon (replaced by Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary) in the 11th minute due to injury) Sanderson Prince

Cudjoe

Group B

The 5–5 draw by Germany and China tied the tournament record for most goals in a match and set a new record for highest scoring draw.

Panfil

Däbritz Panfil Tang Jiali Lei Jiahui Zhang Chen

Bremer Lavelle

Group C

Ihezuo

Oshoala Lee So-dam

Group D

Robert F. Villalobos Sarr Skilton

Lavogez Le Bihan Mora

Lee O'Brien Tarrieu

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played as the match is played directly before the final.

|16 August — Toronto|**** (pen.)|1 (3)||1 (1) |17 August — Moncton||4||1 |16 August — Edmonton||2||0 |17 August — Montreal|**** (pen.)|0 (4)||0 (3) |20 August — Moncton||2||6 |20 August — Montreal||2||1 |24 August — Montreal||0|**** |1 |24 August — Montreal||2|****|3

Quarter-finals

Choe Yun-gyong Ri Kyong-hyang Rim Se-ok Horan Lavelle Amack

Knaak

Sunday

Dafeur Mbock Bathy Perisset Lavogez Oh Yeon-hee Kim Hye-yeong Namgung Ye-ji Lee Su-bin

Semi-finals

Jon So-yon Oshoala Sunday

Petermann

Third place match

Choe Un-hwa Diallo Tounkara

Final

The pairing Nigeria vs Germany is a repeat of the 2010 final which Germany won 2–0. Germany won their third title and joined USA in first place with three titles each.

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:

Goalscorers

;7 goals

• Asisat Oshoala

;5 goals

• Pauline Bremer
• Sara Däbritz

;4 goals

• Claire Lavogez

;3 goals

• Juliette Kemppi
• Faustine Robert
• Theresa Panfil
• Lena Petermann
• Uchechi Sunday
• Jon So-yon
• Ri Un-sim
• Lindsey Horan

;2 goals

• Janine Beckie
• Zhu Beiyan
• Clarisse Le Bihan
• Sherifatu Sumaila
• Tanya Samarzich
• Emma Rolston
• Steph Skilton
• Courtney Dike
• Lee So-dam

;1 goal

• Byanca Brasil
• Carol Baiana
• Nichelle Prince
• Valerie Sanderson
• Lei Jiahui
• Tang Jiali
• Zhang Chen
• Zhang Zhu
• Melissa Herrera
• Michelle Montero
• Martha Harris
• Beth Mead
• Nikita Parris
• Sini Laaksonen
• Aminata Diallo
• Kadidiatou Diani
• Griedge Mbock Bathy
• Ouleymata Sarr
• Mylaine Tarrieu
• Aissatou Tounkara
• Rebecca Knaak
• Jennifer Cudjoe
• Fabiola Ibarra
• Megan Lee
• Tayla O'Brien
• Loveth Ayila
• Osarenoma Igbinovia
• Chinwendu Ihezuo
• Choe Un-hwa
• Choe Yun-gyong
• Kim So-hyang
• Ri Un-yong
• Jennifer Mora
• Silvana Romero
• Kim So-yi
• Lee Geum-min
• Makenzy Doniak
• Rose Lavelle

;1 own goal

• Fabiola Villalobos (playing against France) Source: FIFA

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