The

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 4 ...

Women's Under-17 tournament is a

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competition for women's national teams under 17 years of age in

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, and the

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region and is the qualification tournament for the

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an annual (biennial until 2024) international women's association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (FIFA) ...

. A tournament is an eight-nation event, with three teams qualifying for the World Cup.

History

2008

After sanctioning its first women's youth world championship in 2002, FIFA added the

to its calendar of events in 2008.

, likewise, began its U-17 Women's Championship the same year, staging the inaugural event in

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. The

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won the inaugural U-17 Women's Championship, defeating

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4–1 in the final.

2012

The qualification process for the 2012 tournament started on 14 August 2011.

Results

Performance by team

Participating nations

;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place *QF – Quarterfinals *GS – Group stage *R16 – Round of 16 *FR – Final round *A – Group winner and advance to World Cup *a – Advance to World Cup *Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament * — Hosts * -- – Did not qualify/enter to final tournament/round

Awards

Golden Boot

Golden Ball

Golden Glove

CONCACAF Fair Play Award

Results at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Since its inception in 2008, all editions have qualified three teams to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The United States finished 2nd in the 2008 edition in

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, Mexico finished 2nd in the 2018 edition in

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, Canada finished 4th also in 2018, with all other qualified CONCACAF nations getting eliminated in the group stages. ;Legend * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place *QF = Quarter-finals *R16 = Round of 16 *GS = Group stage *Q = Qualified * – Did not qualify * – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned * – Hosts

Winning coaches

Notes

References

External links

Official Site

Tournament and qualification
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