2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Papua New Guinea
Dates	13 November – 3 December 2016
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 1 host city)

The 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup will be the 8th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be held in Papua New Guinea from 13 November to 3 December 2016.^[1]

Host selection

Original round of bidding

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

•  Norway
•  Republic of Ireland
•  South Africa

South Africa were awarded the hosting rights by FIFA Executive Committee at their meeting on 5 December 2013.^[3] However, they later withdrew, giving its notice at FIFA's Executive committee meeting prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[4][5]

Second round of bidding

After South Africa's withdrawal, the following countries announced they would be interested in hosting:

•  Papua New Guinea^[6]
•  Sweden^[7]

Papua New Guinea were awarded the hosting rights of the tournament by the FIFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2015.^[8]

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Papua New Guinea who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was published in June 2014.^[9]

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship	Japan  North Korea  South Korea
CAF (Africa)	2015 CAF U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Ghana  Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship	Canada  Mexico  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2015 South American Under-20 Women's Championship	Brazil  Venezuela^1
OFC (Oceania)	Host nation	Papua New Guinea^1
	2015 OFC U-20 Women's Championship	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship	France  Germany  Spain  Sweden

1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

Venues

A FIFA delegation visited the following four stadiums in April 2015: Sir Hubert Murray Stadium, Sir John Guise Stadium, Lloyd Robson Oval (National Football Stadium), and Bisini Sports Complex, all located in Port Moresby.^[10] The same four stadiums were submitted to FIFA for approval in October 2015.^[11] The four final approved stadiums are:

Port Moresby
National Football Stadium	Sir John Guise Stadium	PNG Football Stadium	Bava Park
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 5,000

Emblem and slogan

The official emblem and slogan ("To Inspire, To Excel") were unveiled on 8 March 2016.^[12]

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 1996, and on or before 31 December 2000.^[13]

Draw

The official draw was held on 17 March 2016, 18:30 CET (UTC+1), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.^[14][15] The teams are seeded based on their performances in previous U-20 Women's World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts Papua New Guinea automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Papua New Guinea  Germany  United States  Nigeria	North Korea  Japan  France  South Korea	New Zealand  Brazil  Mexico  Canada	Ghana  Sweden  Spain  Venezuela

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:^[13]

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. 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;
8. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, PGT (UTC+10).^[16]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Papua New Guinea (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 13 November 2016. Source: FIFA
(H) Host.

Sweden  v  North Korea

13 November 2016 16:00

Sweden	Match 2	North Korea

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea  v  Brazil

13 November 2016 19:00

Papua New Guinea	Match 1	Brazil

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

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North Korea  v  Brazil

16 November 2016 16:00

North Korea	Match 10	Brazil

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea  v  Sweden

16 November 2016 19:00

Papua New Guinea	Match 9	Sweden

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

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North Korea  v  Papua New Guinea

20 November 2016 19:00

North Korea	Match 17	Papua New Guinea

National Football Stadium, Port Moresby

Brazil  v  Sweden

20 November 2016 19:00

Brazil	Match 18	Sweden

PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 13 November 2016. Source: FIFA

Spain  v  Canada

13 November 2016 16:00

Spain	Match 3	Canada

Bava Park, Port Moresby

Japan  v  Nigeria

13 November 2016 19:00

Japan	Match 4	Nigeria

Bava Park, Port Moresby

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Spain  v  Japan

16 November 2016 16:00

Spain	Match 11	Japan

Bava Park, Port Moresby

Nigeria  v  Canada

16 November 2016 19:00

Nigeria	Match 12	Canada

Bava Park, Port Moresby

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Nigeria  v  Spain

20 November 2016 16:00

Nigeria	Match 19	Spain

PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby

Canada  v  Japan

20 November 2016 16:00

Canada	Match 20	Japan

National Football Stadium, Port Moresby

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 14 November 2016. Source: FIFA

France  v  United States

14 November 2016 16:00

France	Match 5	United States

PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby

Ghana  v  New Zealand

14 November 2016 19:00

Ghana	Match 6	New Zealand

PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby

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France  v  Ghana

17 November 2016 16:00

France	Match 13	Ghana

PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby

New Zealand  v  United States

17 November 2016 19:00

New Zealand	Match 14	United States

PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby

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New Zealand  v  France

21 November 2016 16:00

New Zealand	Match 21	France

Bava Park, Port Moresby

United States  v  Ghana

21 November 2016 16:00

United States	Match 22	Ghana

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 14 November 2016. Source: FIFA

Germany  v  Venezuela

14 November 2016 16:00

Germany	Match 7	Venezuela

National Football Stadium, Port Moresby

Mexico  v  South Korea

14 November 2016 19:00

Mexico	Match 8	South Korea

National Football Stadium, Port Moresby

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Germany  v  Mexico

17 November 2016 16:00

Germany	Match 15	Mexico

National Football Stadium, Port Moresby

South Korea  v  Venezuela

17 November 2016 19:00

South Korea	Match 16	Venezuela

National Football Stadium, Port Moresby

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South Korea  v  Germany

21 November 2016 19:00

South Korea	Match 23	Germany

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Venezuela  v  Mexico

21 November 2016 19:00

Venezuela	Match 24	Mexico

Bava Park, Port Moresby

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.^[13]

On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.^[17]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 November
	Winner Group A
					29 November
	Runner-up Group B
					Winner Match 25
	25 November
					Winner Match 27
	Winner Group C
									3 December
	Runner-up Group D
									Winner Match 29
	24 November
									Winner Match 30
	Winner Group B
					29 November
	Runner-up Group A
					Winner Match 26
	25 November
					Winner Match 28				Third Place
	Winner Group D
									3 December
	Runner-up Group C
									Loser Match 29
									Loser Match 30

Quarter-finals

Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B

24 November 2016 16:00

Winner Group A	Match 25	Runner-up Group B

National Football Stadium, Port Moresby

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Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A

24 November 2016 19:30

Winner Group B	Match 26	Runner-up Group A

National Football Stadium, Port Moresby

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Winner Group C v Runner-up Group D

25 November 2016 16:00

Winner Group C	Match 27	Runner-up Group D

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

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Winner Group D v Runner-up Group C

25 November 2016 19:30

Winner Group D	Match 28	Runner-up Group C

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Semi-finals

Winner Match 25 v Winner Match 27

29 November 2016 16:00

Winner Match 25	Match 29	Winner Match 27

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

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Winner Match 26 v Winner Match 28

29 November 2016 19:30

Winner Match 26	Match 30	Winner Match 28

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Third place match

Loser Match 29 v Loser Match 30

3 December 2016 16:00

Loser Match 29	Match 31	Loser Match 30

National Football Stadium, Port Moresby

Final

Winner Match 29 v Winner Match 30

3 December 2016 19:30

Winner Match 29	Match 32	Winner Match 30

National Football Stadium, Port Moresby

References

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External links

• Official website