The 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the youth association football tournament for women under the age of 17. The final tournament was hosted in Costa Rica.

The competition was played from 15 March to 4 April 2014. Japan beat Spain in the final 2–0, the same score the same match ended in the group stage. Japan emerged as the fourth different champion in four editions.

The opening match of the tournament set a new tournament record with 34,453 spectators. In total, 284,320 supporters attended matches, averaging 8,885 per match and beating the 2012 record.FIFA.com

Host selection On 3 March 2011, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in Costa Rica. There were six official bids.

Hosting rights were then stripped on 28 February 2013 due to problems in stadium construction. After receiving guarantees from both CONCACAF and the Costa Rican government, they were re-instated as hosts at an executive committee meeting in Zurich on 21 March 2013. The final was originally scheduled on 5 April, but was brought forward one day due to government elections.

Qualified teams The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee in May 2012. The Oceania Football Confederation qualifying tournament was scheduled for January 2014, FIFA however decided that it would be hosted too late then. Eventually FIFA and OFC in agreement with all member nations agreed to award the confederation spot to New Zealand. Just as New Zealand, Nigeria qualified without playing a match because two opponents withdrew their respective qualifying games. Defending champions France did not qualify.

In total 103 nations took part in the qualifying, three less than for the 2012 World Cup.

ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifiers AFC (Asia)2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship CAF (Africa)2013 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying TournamentCONCACAF(North, Central America and Caribbean) Host nation2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 ChampionshipCONMEBOL (South America)2013 South American Under-17 Women's Championship OFC (Oceania)Appointed by OFC (qualifying tournament cancelled)UEFA (Europe)2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship 1.Teams that made their debut.

Venues Four stadiums in four cities are to be used across Costa Rica.Costa Developers - Jacó will host World Women’s Under-17 Soccer World Cup

Alajuela Liberia Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño Capacity: 16,625 Capacity: 4,300 San José Tibás Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Capacity: 34,453 Capacity: 21,704

Match officials A total of 14 referees, 4 reserve referees, and 28 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.

ConfederationRefereesAssistant refereesAFC Fusako Kajiyama Pannipar Kamnueng Abirami Apbai Naidu (reserve) Emi Chiba Kim Kyoung-min Lee Seul-gi Saori TakahashiCAF Aissata Ameyo Amegee Gladys Lengwe (reserve) Ayawa Mana Dzodope Lidwine Pelagie RakotozafinoroCONCACAF Miriam Patricia Leon Serpas Cardella Samuels Lucila Venegas Montes Marianela Ayala Cruz (reserve) Emperatriz Ivonne Ayala Lopez Princess Brown Enedina Caudillo Gomez Lixy Esperanza Enriquez Guerrero Stacy-Ann Greyson Kimberly Moreira RojasCONMEBOL Ana Karina Marques Valentin Alves Silvia Elizabeth Reyes Juarez Maria Belen Carvajal Peña (reserve) Luciana Elizabeth Mascaraña Katiuscia Mayer Berger Mendonça Rossana Mabel Salinas Garcia Nadia Maria Macarena Weiler FigueredoOFC Anna-Marie Keighley Nagarita Jimmy Lata I Sia KaumatuleUEFA Jana Adámková Katalin Kulcsár Pernilla Larsson Kateryna Monzul Carina Vitulano Ourania Foskolou Helen Karo Panagiota Koutsoumpou Judit Kulcsár Angela Kyriakou Sian Massey Yolanda Parga Rodriguez Lucie Ratajová Sanja Rodak Karsic Maria Sukenikova

Squads

Each team must name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced on 6 March 2014.

Final draw The group stage draw was held on 17 December 2013 in Pueblo Antiguo. Confederation champions Germany, Japan and Mexico were put in Pot 1 alongside the hosts Costa Rica, 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(CONCACAF & CONMEBOL) Pot 3(CAF & OFC) Pot 4(AFC & UEFA)

Group stage 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, Central Standard Time (UTC−6).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Winners

Awards The following awards were given for the tournament:Awards 2014

Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Hina Sugita Yui Hasegawa Pilar Garrote

Golden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe Deyna Castellanos Gabriela García— Hina Sugita

FIFA Fair Play AwardGolden Glove Mamiko Matsumoto

Goalscorers 6 goals Deyna Castellanos Gabriela García

5 goals Hina Sugita Nahikari García

4 goals Marie Levasseur

3 goals

Manuela Giugliano Yui Hasegawa Uchenna Kanu Pilar Garrote

2 goals

Nina Ehegötz Jane Ayiyem Sandra Owusu-Ansah Gloria Marinelli Annamaria Serturini Nana Ichise Rikako Kobayashi Fuka Kono Shiho Matsubara Asato Miyagawa Janae González Rasheedat Ajibade Sung Hyang-sim Andrea Falcón Patricia Guijarro Sandra Hernández

1 goal

Jessie Fleming Sarah Kinzner Chen Yudan Cui Yuhan Fan Yuqiu Andrea Rodríguez Angie Rodríguez Sofía Varela Kim Fellhauer Jasmin Sehan Ricarda Walkling Ernestina Abambila Gladys Amfobea Valentina Bergamaschi Flaminia Simonetti Yu Endo Maki Hiratsuka Fuka Nagano Meika Nishida Mizuki Saihara Rebeca Bernal Jacqueline Crowther Belén Cruz Cinthia Huerta Gabriela Martínez Viridiana Salazar Daisy Cleverley Joy Bokiri Aminat Yakubu Ju Hyo-sim Ri Ji-hyang Wi Jong-sim Sheryl Barrios Fanny Godoy Beatriz Beltrán Sandra Luzardo Tahicelis Marcano Kika Moreno Yosneidy Zambrano Grace Chanda

Own goal

Sara Páez (for China PR) Maria Araya (for Zambia) Kim Jong-sim (for Canada)

References

External links FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2014, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report