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, the biennial international women's youth

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championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of

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, since its inception in

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as the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship (the age limit was raised from 19 to 20 in 2008). The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in August/September 2020 by

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and

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. However, due to the

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, FIFA announced on 3 April 2020 that the tournament would be postponed and rescheduled. On 12 May 2020, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held between 20 January – 6 February 2021, subject to further monitoring. In July 2020, due to COVID-19 concerns with the highest cases and deaths of all Central America, Panama backed out from co-hosting leaving Costa Rica the solo host. On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament would be cancelled. Instead, Costa Rica were appointed as hosts of the next edition of the tournament in

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were the defending champions, having won their first title in

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Host selection

First round of bidding

On 25 July 2018, FIFA announced that bidding process had begun for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the

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. A member association was able to bid for both tournaments, with the caveat that two different hosts would be appointed. The following associations declared interest in hosting the event by the deadline of 12 September 2018. * * When India was appointed as the host of the U-17 Women's World Cup, they were then no longer eligible to be selected as host of the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Second round of bidding

* / * After India and South Korea withdrew their bids, the bid process was reopened. Nigeria was considered to be in the running, with FIFA expected to conduct an inspection tour in August. In a meeting held with

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(the President of Costa Rica), Rodolfo Villalobos (the president of the

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said "We raised the possibility that Costa Rica and Panama will host the FIFA Women's Under 20 World Cup in September 2020 and we have had a good reception of the news". On 20 December 2019, FIFA announced that Costa Rica and Panama would host the tournament in August 2020.

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams would have qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Costa Rica who would have automatically qualified as host, 15 teams would have qualified from six continental competitions. Panama withdrew as co-host nation after 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, for this reason the spot vacancy for Concacaf was never defined. ;Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fifa U-20 Women's World Cup 2020

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