The 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was an international association football tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 20, presented by Grant Connell, organized by the sport's world governing body FIFA. It was the seventh edition of the tournament, took place from 5–24 August 2014 in Canada, which was named the host nation for the tournament in conjunction with its successful bid for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.FIFA World Cups open for bidding Canada was the first country to stage this tournament twice, after hosting the inaugural edition in 2002.

Germany beat Nigeria 1–0 after extra time in the final. Germany won its third title while Nigeria lost their second final.

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.cbc.ca ; Canada gets 2015 Women's World Cup of soccer; 3 March 2011

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

Confederation (Continent) Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s) AFC (Asia) 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship CAF (Africa) 2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) Host nation 2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship CONMEBOL (South America) 2014 South American Under-20 Women's Championship OFC (Oceania) 2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship UEFA (Europe) 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

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.

Edmonton Moncton Montreal Toronto Commonwealth Stadium Moncton Stadium Olympic Stadium National Soccer Stadium(BMO Field) Capacity: 56,302 Capacity: 10,000 (expandable to 20,000) Capacity: 65,255 Capacity: 21,859

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.

ConfederationRefereesAssistant refereesAFC Qin Liang Sachiko Yamagishi Ri Hyang-ok (reserve) Fang Yan Allyson Flynn Sarah May Yee Ho Liang JianpingCAF Therese Sango Therese Neguel (reserve) Tempa Justine Fouti N'Da Trhas GebreyohanisCONCACAF Quetzalli Alvarado Godinez Carol Anne Chenard Margaret Domka Michelle Pye (reserve) Marie-Josée Charbonneau Mayte Ivonne Chavez Garcia Marlene Duffy Suzanne Morisset Shirley Susana Perello Lopez Veronica PerezCONMEBOL Jesica Salome Di Iorio Claudia Ines Umpierrez Rodriguez (reserve) Mariana Betina Corbo Odone Maria Eugenia RoccoOFC Finau Vulivuli Jacqueline Stephenson Sarah WalkerUEFA Kirsi Heikkinen Kateryna Monzul Esther Staubli Bibiana Steinhaus Carina Vitulano Katalin Kulcsár (reserve) Ella De Vries Anu Jokela Chrysoula Kourompylia Sian Massey Anna Nyström Tonja Paavola Yolando Pargo Rodriguez Lucie Ratajová Katrin Rafalski Marina Wozniak

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.

Pot 1(Seeded teams) Pot 2(AFC & CONCACAF) Pot 3(CAF & CONMEBOL) Pot 4(OFC & UEFA)

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

Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advance to the Quarter-finals

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

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.

Group C

Group D

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.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

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:Awards 2014

Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Asisat Oshoala Griedge Mbock Bathy Claire LavogezGolden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe Asisat Oshoala Pauline Bremer Sara Däbritz7 goals5 goals5 goals Golden Glove Meike Kämper FIFA Fair Play Award

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

References

External links FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report