2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
كأس العالم للسيدات تحت 17 سنة 2016

Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Dates	30 September – 21 October 2016
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)

The 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be the 5th 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. The tournament will be held in Jordan from 30 September to 21 October 2016.^[1]

Host selection

The following countries submitted a bid to host the tournament by the May 2013 deadline:^[2]

On 5 December 2013, the FIFA Executive Committee announced that the tournament would be held in Jordan.^[3]

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Jordan who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was published in June 2014.^[4]

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	Host nation	Jordan¹
AFC (Asia)	2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship	Japan North Korea
CAF (Africa)	2015–16 CAF U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Cameroon¹ Ghana Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	Canada Mexico United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2016 South American Under-17 Women's Championship	Brazil Paraguay Venezuela
OFC (Oceania)	2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship	TBD TBD TBD

1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

Venues

The three host cities are Amman, Irbid, and Zarqa.

Amman	Amman Zarqa Irbid	Amman
Amman International Stadium		King Abdullah Stadium

Capacity: 25,000		Capacity: 20,000
Zarqa		Irbid
Prince Mohammed Stadium		Al-Hassan Stadium

Capacity: 17,000		Capacity: 15,000

Emblem

The official emblem was unveiled on 3 May 2015.^[5]

Squads

Each team must name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. All players must be born on or after 1 January 1999, and on or before 31 December 2001.^[6]

Group stage

The match schedule was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee on 25 May 2015,^[7] and officially announced on 10 August 2015.^[8]

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:^[6]

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;
fair play points
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).^[9]

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Jordan (H)	Knockout stage
2	A2	Knockout stage
3	A3
4	A4

First match(es) will be played on 30 September 2016. Source: FIFA
(H) Host.

A3 v A4

30 September 2016
17:00

A3	Match 2	A4

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Jordan v A2

30 September 2016
20:00

Jordan	Match 1	A2

Amman International Stadium, Amman

A2 v A4

3 October 2016
16:00

A2	Match 9	A4

Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid

Jordan v A3

3 October 2016
19:00

Jordan	Match 10	A3

Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid

A4 v Jordan

7 October 2016
16:00

A4	Match 17	Jordan

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

A2 v A3

7 October 2016
16:00

A2	Match 18	A3

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	B1	Knockout stage
2	B2	Knockout stage
3	B3
4	B4

First match(es) will be played on 30 September 2016. Source: FIFA

B1 v B2

30 September 2016
15:00

B1	Match 3	B2

Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid

B3 v B4

30 September 2016
18:00

B3	Match 4	B4

Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid

B1 v B3

3 October 2016
16:00

B1	Match 11	B3

Amman International Stadium, Amman

B2 v B4

3 October 2016
19:00

B2	Match 12	B4

Amman International Stadium, Amman

B4 v B1

7 October 2016
19:00

B4	Match 19	B1

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman

B2 v B3

7 October 2016
19:00

B2	Match 20	B3

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Group C

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	C1	Knockout stage
2	C2	Knockout stage
3	C3
4	C4

First match(es) will be played on 1 October 2016. Source: FIFA

C1 v C2

1 October 2016
16:00

C1	Match 5	C2

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman

C3 v C4

1 October 2016
19:00

C3	Match 6	C4

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman

C1 v C3

4 October 2016
16:00

C1	Match 13	C3

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

C2 v C4

4 October 2016
19:00

C2	Match 14	C4

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

C4 v C1

8 October 2016
16:00

C4	Match 21	C1

Amman International Stadium, Amman

C2 v C3

8 October 2016
16:00

C2	Match 22	C3

Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid

Group D

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	D1	Knockout stage
2	D2	Knockout stage
3	D3
4	D4

First match(es) will be played on 1 October 2016. Source: FIFA

D1 v D2

1 October 2016
16:00

D1	Match 7	D2

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

D3 v D4

1 October 2016
19:00

D3	Match 8	D4

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

D1 v D3

4 October 2016
16:00

D1	Match 15	D3

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman

D2 v D4

4 October 2016
19:00

D2	Match 16	D4

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman

D4 v D1

8 October 2016
19:00

D4	Match 23	D1

Amman International Stadium, Amman

D2 v D3

8 October 2016
19:00

D2	Match 24	D3

Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, a penalty shoot-out is used to to determine the winner (no extra time is played).^[6]

Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final

12 October — Amman (AIS)

Winner Group A
	17 October — Amman (KAS)
Runner-up Group B
	Winner Match 25
13 October — Irbid
	Winner Match 27
Winner Group C
		21 October — Amman (AIS)
Runner-up Group D
		Winner Match 29
12 October — Amman (AIS)
		Winner Match 30
Winner Group B
	17 October — Amman (KAS)
Runner-up Group A
	Winner Match 26
13 October — Irbid
	Winner Match 28	Third Place
Winner Group D
		21 October — Amman (AIS)
Runner-up Group C
		Loser Match 29

		Loser Match 30

Quarter-finals

Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B

12 October 2016
16:00

Winner Group A	Match 25	Runner-up Group B

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A

12 October 2016
19:00

Winner Group B	Match 26	Runner-up Group A

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Winner Group C v Runner-up Group D

13 October 2016
16:00

Winner Group C	Match 27	Runner-up Group D

Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid

Winner Group D v Runner-up Group C

13 October 2016
19:00

Winner Group D	Match 28	Runner-up Group C

Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid

Semi-finals

Winner Match 25 v Winner Match 27

17 October 2016
16:00

Winner Match 25	Match 30	Winner Match 27

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman

Winner Match 26 v Winner Match 28

17 October 2016
19:00

Winner Match 26	Match 29	Winner Match 28

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman

Third place match

Loser Match 29 v Loser Match 30

21 October 2016
17:00

Loser Match 29	Match 31	Loser Match 30

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Final

Winner Match 29 v Winner Match 30

21 October 2016
20:00

Winner Match 29	Match 32	Winner Match 30

Amman International Stadium, Amman

References

↑ "Circular #1510 - FIFA U-20 and U-17 Women's World Cups in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 11 November 2015.
↑ "FIFA Executive Committee fully backs resolution on the fight against racism and discrimination". FIFA.com. 28 May 2013.
↑ "FIFA launches 2014 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust". FIFA.com. 5 December 2013.
↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. 23 June 2014.
↑ "Jordan 2016 official emblem unveiled". FIFA.com. 3 May 2015.
1 2 3 "Regulations – FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com.
↑ "Executive Committee meets ahead of 65th FIFA Congress". FIFA.com. 25 May 2015.
↑ "Jordan 2016 official match schedule announced". FIFA.com. 10 August 2015.
↑ "Match Schedule FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com.

External links

Official website

International women's association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Tournaments	New Zealand 2008 Trinidad and Tobago 2010 Azerbaijan 2012 Costa Rica 2014 Jordan 2016 2018

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Squads	2008 2010 2012 2014

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