The 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup () was the 10th edition of the

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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 held in

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, which would have hosted the 2020 edition before it was cancelled due to the

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. It was the second time that Costa Rica hosted a FIFA tournament after the

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were the defending champions. The opening match played at the tournament was contested between

and

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at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José. The final was held on 28 August 2022. For the third time in FIFA football tournaments, and the first time for the youth tournaments, there was a back-to-back final between the two same teams. This was the final edition to feature 16 teams before expanded to 24 teams in

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in Colombia.

Host selection

Costa Rica and

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were originally selected as co-hosts of the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup on 20 December 2019, before the withdrawal of Panama leaving Costa Rica as the only host country. On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament would be cancelled due to the

. Instead, Costa Rica was appointed a host of the next edition of the tournament scheduled for 2022.

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Costa Rica who automatically qualifies as host, 15 teams qualify from six continental competitions. ;Notes

Venues

The two host cities were announced on 10 August 2021.

Draw

The official draw took place on 5 May 2022, 13:00 local time ( UTC-6), at the Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica in San José. The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-20 Women's World Cups, five bonus points are added to each of the confederation's current champions that won the respective qualifying tournament (for this cycle). The hosts Costa Rica were automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2006 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Match officials

A total of 13 referees, 26 assistant referees and 14 video match officials (VAR and AVAR) were appointed officially by FIFA for the tournament on 1 June 2022. The

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(VAR) system would be utilized for the first time in a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place on 5 May 2022.

Tiebreakers

The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The format for tiebreakers were determined as follows: If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows: All times are local, CST ( UTC–6).

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

In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time,

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would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a

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to determine the winner. However, for the third place match, no extra time will be played and the winner will be determined by a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

The 2022 final is a rematch of the 2018 final, the previous final.

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:

Goalscorers

Marketing

Branding

The official emblem and slogan were unveiled on 10 August 2021, one year prior to the start of the tournament.
"Vamos juntas" by Isabella Castro, Rebeca Malavassi, Tony Succar and the female choir of the Franz Liszt Schule served as the official song of the tournament. (Produced and composed by Costa Rican artist Jorge Castro).

Notes

References

External links

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