2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | TBA |
| Dates | TBA |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | TBA (in TBA host cities) |
The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be the 6th 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.
Host selection
On 6 March 2014, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 31 October 2014.[1] Uruguay also showed interest in organizing the event.[2]
The following countries made official bids for hosting the tournament:[3]
The decision on the hosts was originally to be made at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting on 19–20 March 2015,[4] but no announcement was made after the meeting.
Qualified teams
A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to the team who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation has yet to be published.
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|
| AFC (Asia) | 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship | |
| CAF (Africa) | 2017–18 CAF U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament | |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2018 South American Under-17 Women's Championship | |
| OFC (Oceania) | 2018 OFC U-17 Women's Championship | |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship | |
| TBD | Host nation |
Venues
To be announced.
References
- ↑ "Bidding process opened for eight FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 19 December 2013.
- ↑ "Cafu and Hierro join FIFA and AUF Presidents in Montevideo". FIFA.com. 29 March 2016.
- ↑ "High interest in hosting FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "FIFA Executive committee meeting agenda now available". FIFA. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
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