2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be the 7th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 2008. The tournament will be hosted by India, which would have hosted the 2020 edition before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] It will be the second time that India host a FIFA tournament after the men's 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the first time that India host a FIFA women's football tournament.

2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates11–30 October[1]
Teams16 (expected) (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)

Spain are the defending champions, having won their first title in 2018.

Host selection

India were originally selected as hosts of the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup on 15 March 2019.[3] On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, India were appointed as hosts of the next edition of the tournament in 2022.[2][4]

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to India who automatically qualifies as host, 15 teams qualify from six continental competitions.

Confederation Qualifying tournament Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
AFC (Asia)
(Hosts + 2 teams)		 Host nation  India 1st None Debut
Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship (qualification cancelled)[5][6][7]  China PR[8] 3rd 2014 Group stage (2012, 2014)
 Japan 7th 2018 Champions (2014)
CAF (Africa)
(3 teams)		 2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament TBD
TBD
TBD
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)
(3 teams)		 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
CONMEBOL (South America)
(3 teams)		 2022 South American U-17 Women's Championship  Brazil 6th 2018 Quarter-finals (2010, 2012)
 Chile 2nd 2010 Group stage (2010)
 Colombia 5th 2018 Group stage (2008, 2012, 2014, 2018)
OFC (Oceania)
(1 team)		 Team was nominated by OFC
(qualification cancelled)[9]		  New Zealand 7th 2018 Third place (2018)
UEFA (Europe)
(3 teams)		 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship TBD
TBD
TBD

Venues

On April 13 2022, FIFA confirmed 3 host cities in 3 Indian states:[10]

  1. Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  2. Margao, Goa
  3. Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
 Bhubaneswar Margao Navi Mumbai
Kalinga Stadium Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Goa) DY Patil Stadium
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 19,000 Capacity: 55,000

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2007 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

References
  1. "FIFA Council approves further transfer system reforms and announces key FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™ dates". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. "FIFA Council decides on key steps for upcoming international tournaments". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  4. "AIFF and LOC Statement on the decision to appoint India host of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022". the-aiff.com. 17 November 2020.
  5. "Latest update on the AFC National Team Competitions in 2021 and 2022". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 July 2021.
  6. "AFC Women's Football Committee hails the successful restart of the Asian women's game". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 14 October 2021.
  7. "Asia's representatives at FIFA women's competitions confirmed". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 16 March 2022.
  8. China PR will participate in 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup;  North Korea witdrew
  9. "OFC competitions schedule update for 2022". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 8 October 2021.
  10. "Bhubaneswar, Margao in Goa and Navi Mumbai confirmed as Host Cities for tournament". FIFA.com. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
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