The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the first women's football edition of the U-17 World Cup. It was held in

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from 28 October to 16 November 2008.

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won the first edition, extending their grip of women's youth football having won the then-most recent U-20 Women's World Cup.

Host cities

Matches were played in four New Zealand cities: * The

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, New Zealand's largest metropolitan area, hosted the final and 3rd place playoff. The designated host stadium is located in

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. *

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hosted two of the quarter-finals. *

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, New Zealand's capital city, hosted two of the quarter-finals. *

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, the only host city in the South Island, hosted the semi-finals. Pool matches were spread evenly among these cities. The host nation, New Zealand, was based mostly in Auckland but played one pool match in Wellington.

Qualified teams

Squads

Tournament

Group stage

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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3rd Place Playoff

Final

Winners

Awards

Goalscorers

Dzsenifer Marozsán of Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 113 goals were scored by 69 different players, with two of them credited as own goals. ;6 goals * Dzsenifer Marozsán ;5 goals * Vicki DiMartino ;4 goals * Chinatsu Kira * Natsuki Kishikawa * Jon Myong-hwa * Courtney Verloo ;3 goals * Pauline Crammer * Lynn Mester * Rosie White * Ho Un-byol * Lee Hyun-young ;2 goals * Nkem Ezurike * Tatiana Ariza * Danielle Carter * Marine Augis * Alexandra Popp *

Turid Knaak Turid Knaak (born 24 January 1991) is a German former Association football, footballer. She played as an attacking midfielder or a striker (association football), striker for Frauen Bundesliga, Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg (women), VfL Wolfsburg ...

* Haruka Hamada * Mana Iwabuchi * Saori Takahashi * Yun Hyon-hi * Jacqueline Gonzalez * Ji So-yun * Kristie Mewis ;1 goal * Ketlen Wiggers * Raquel Fernandez * Rafaelle Souza * Rachel Lamarre * Ingrid Vidal * Raquel Rodríguez * Britta Olsen * Linette Andreasen * Simone Boye * Isobel Christiansen * Jessica Holbrook * Lauren Bruton * Lucy Staniforth * Rebecca Jane * Camille Catala * Charlotte Poulain * Lea Rubio * Inka Wesely * Leonie Maier * Tabea Kemme * Deborah Afriyie * Florence Dadson * Isha Fordjour * Chiaki Shimada * Kei Yoshioka * Marika Ohshima * Natsumi Kameoka * Yuiko Inoue * Annalie Longo * Amarachi Okoronkwo * Amenze Aighewi * Ebere Orji * Soo Adekwagh * Jang Hyon-sun * Kim Un-hyang * Kim Un-ju * Ri Un-ae * Gloria Villamayor * Paola Genes * Rebeca Fernández * Go Kyung-yeon * Lee Min-sun * Song Ah-ri ;Own goal * Hong Myong-hui (playing against the United States) * Cris Mabel Flores (playing against the United States)

References

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008
, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
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