The 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup () was the 11th edition of the

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held biennially. ...

, the biennial international women's youth

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

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. The tournament was expanded by FIFA to feature 24 teams instead of 16. The tournament was hosted by

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from 31 August to 22 September 2024. It was the third time that Colombia hosted a FIFA tournament, after the

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and the

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. This was also the first time that Colombia hosted a FIFA women's tournament.

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were the defending champions. In addition, Spain held all three Women's World Cups (senior, U-20 and U-17) at the time of the tournament. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals by

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, whom they faced in the two previous finals.

Host selection

Colombia were announced as the 2024 Women's U-20 World Cup hosts following the

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meeting on 25 June 2023 in

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Expansion

On 4 October 2023, FIFA decided the expansion of the tournament from 16 to 24 teams. The slot allocation mirrored the men's tournament and was as follows: * AFC (Asia): 4 slots *

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(Africa): 4 slots *

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(North America): 4 slots *

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(South America): 5 slots (including hosts

) * OFC (Oceania): 2 slots *

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(Europe): 5 slots

Qualified teams

A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Colombia who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. All the teams that qualified from the last edition also qualified to this edition.

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made a return after missing out in the 2022 edition. The rest of the 3 teams who will make their return are from CONMEBOL. The

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

made a return after 10 years,

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

made a 4 year return after they last qualified in

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, and

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made a 6 year return after qualifying in Papua New Guinea.

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, and

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will make their debut. This is the first time that

and

will make their FIFA debut for any level in the women's federation.

Venues

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Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ...

, and

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were the three cities chosen to host the competition on 20 February 2024. For this tournament, Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín was officially called "Estadio El Campín" and Estadio Metropolitano de Techo was officially called "Estadio El Techo" by FIFA. The original name of each of them is shown in parentheses.

Draw

The official draw took place on 5 June 2024 at the Hall 74 in

. The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-20 Women's World Cups, with five bonus points added to the qualifying tournament winners (for this cycle). The host team, Colombia, was automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. During the draw process, teams from the same confederation could not be placed in the same group for the group stage.

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Match officials

For the very first time in a

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national teams tournament, the football video support (FVS) was implemented. This new alternative simplified the

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(VAR). FVS system did not utilize video match officials. The head coach of each team was allowed to make a video review request. The number of requests during the match were limited to two for the regulation time with an additional challenge added in extra time. Should the coach failed in all of the remaining requests, they would not be allowed to request another review. A total of 18 referees, 36 assistant and 4 support referees were appointed officially by FIFA for the tournament on 19 June 2024. Originally, (

) and Andreia Ferreira (

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) were selected for the tournament, and latter replaced by their compatriots Linda Schmid and Vanessa Gomes, respectively. The VAR system was implemented only for the third place match and the final. Both referees designated as video assistant for the two final matches are shown in ''italic''.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place on 5 June 2024. All times are local, COT ( UTC−5).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. ;Combinations of matches in the Round of 16 The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:

Bracket

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:

Goalscorers

Marketing

Emblem

The official emblem was unveiled on 8 April 2024. According to FIFA's website:

Theme song

The official theme song was revealed on 16 August 2024 under the title "Aheh-Aheh" (styled sometimes in

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) sung by Colombian artists

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and Ysa C. It is also known as "the 10th anniversary song" like "Vamos Juntas", the song from the preceding edition.

Mascot

The tournament's mascot was named "Kinti". The mascot represented the biodiversity of the country and shaped after a

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. Kinti was unveiled on 23 May 2024 at the Botanical Garden of Medellín.

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fifa U-20 Women's World Cup 2024

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Host selection

Expansion

Qualified teams

Venues

Draw

Squads

Match officials

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Awards

Goalscorers

Marketing

Emblem

Theme song

Mascot

See also

Notes

References

External links