2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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 New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. North Korea won the first edition, extending their grip of women's youth football having won the then-most recent U-20 Women's World Cup.

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2008 FIFA I Raro I Te 17 Kapu Wahine O Te Ao
FIFA U-17 WWC official logo
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	28 October – 16 November
Teams	16
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	113 (3.53 per match)
Attendance	207,803 (6,494 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dzsenifer Marozsán (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Mana Iwabuchi
Best goalkeeper	Taylor Vancil
Fair play award	Germany
2010 →

Host cities

Auckland

Hamilton

Wellington

Christchurch

Matches were played in four New Zealand cities:

• The Auckland conurbation, New Zealand's largest metropolitan area, hosted the final and 3rd place playoff. The designated host stadium is located in North Shore City.
• Hamilton hosted two of the quarter-finals.
• Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, hosted two of the quarter-finals.
• Christchurch, 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.

North Harbour Stadium Location: Auckland (North Shore City) Capacity: 25,000	Waikato Stadium Location: Hamilton Capacity: 26,500	Wellington Stadium (Westpac Stadium) Location: Wellington Capacity: 36,500	Queen Elizabeth II Park Location: Christchurch Capacity: 20,000

Qualified teams

Confederation (Continent)	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2007 AFC U-16 Women's Championship	North Korea  Japan  South Korea
CAF (Africa)	2008 African U-17 Women's Championship	Nigeria  Ghana
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	United States  Costa Rica  Canada
CONMEBOL (South America)	2008 South American Under-17 Women's Championship	Colombia  Brazil  Paraguay
OFC (Oceania)	Host nation	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship	Germany  France  Denmark  England

Squads

Main article: 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads

Tournament

Group stage

All times local (UTC+13)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Knockout stage
2	Canada	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Colombia	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Denmark	1–1	Colombia
Boye 51'	Report	Ariza 20'

29 October 2008

12:00

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 6,759

Referee: Cha Sung-mi (South Korea)

New Zealand	0–1	Canada
	Report	Lamarre 53'

28 October 2008

19:00

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 13,123

Referee: Kirsi Savolainen (Finland)

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Colombia	1–1	Canada
Vidal 10'	Report	Ezurike 9'

1 November 2008

13:00

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 11,170

Referee: Wang Jia (China PR)

New Zealand	1–2	Denmark
Longo 13'	Report	Andreasen 29' Olsen 56'

1 November 2008

16:00

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 11,170

Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)

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Colombia	1–3	New Zealand
Ariza 82'	Report	White 44', 81', 87'

4 November 2008

19:00

Wellington Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 3,546

Referee: Etsuko Fukano (Japan)

Canada	0–0	Denmark
	Report

4 November 2008

19:00

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 3,283

Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Knockout stage
2	North Korea	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Costa Rica	0–5	Germany
	Report	Mester 17' Marozsán 34', 43' Knaak 51' Kemme 66'

29 October 2008

12:00

Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch

Attendance: 4,105

Referee: Etsuko Fukano (Japan)

North Korea	1–1	Ghana
Ho Un-byol 69'	Report	Dadson 73'

29 October 2008

15:00

Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch

Attendance: 4,105

Referee: Natalia Avdonchenko (Russia)

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Ghana	2–3	Germany
Dadson 65' Fordjour 86'	Report	Marozsán 5' (pen.), 35' Maier 69'

1 November 2008

13:00

Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch

Attendance: 4,272

Referee: Kirsi Savolainen (Finland)

Costa Rica	1–2	North Korea
Rodríguez Cedeño 20'	Report	Yun Hyon-hi 16', 65'

1 November 2008

16:00

Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch

Attendance: 4,272

Referee: Cristina Dorcioman (Romania)

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Ghana	1–0	Costa Rica
Afriyie 19'	Report

4 November 2008

16:00

Wellington Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 3,546

Referee: Cha Sung-mi (South Korea)

Germany	1–1	North Korea
Popp 3'	Report	Jon Myong-hwa 58'

4 November 2008

16:00

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 3,283

Referee: Michelle Pye (Canada)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	17	5	+12	9	Knockout stage
2	United States	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	France	3	1	1	1	8	10	−2	4
4	Paraguay	3	0	0	3	5	16	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Japan	3–2	United States
Iwabuchi 31' Kameoka 68' Yoshioka 74'	Report	DiMartino 3' K. Mewis 51'

30 October 2008

12:00

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 4,816

Referee: Thalia Mitsi (Greece)

France	6–2	Paraguay
Crammer 5', 12', 61' (pen.) Charlotte Poulain 17' Augis 58' Catala 86'	Report	J. González 45+3' Genes 90+2'

30 October 2008

15:00

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 5,016

Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

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Paraguay	1–3	United States
Fernández 32'	Report	Flores 48' (o.g.) DiMartino 77' Verloo 83'

2 November 2008

13:00

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 4,115

Referee: Thalia Mitsi (Greece)

Japan	7–1	France
Inoue 11' Kishikawa 21' (pen.), 57' Kira 26', 27', 34' Shimada 38'	Report	Augis 16'

2 November 2008

16:00

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 4,115

Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

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Paraguay	2–7	Japan
J. González 20' (pen.) Villamayor 55'	Report	Kishikawa 36', 73' Ohshima 40' Hamada 43', 52' Takahashi 83', 89'

5 November 2008

16:00

Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch

Attendance: 3,920

Referee: Cristina Dorcioman (Romania)

United States	1–1	France
DiMartino 57'	Report	Rubio 72'

5 November 2008

16:00

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,410

Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Knockout stage
2	England	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Brazil	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Brazil	0–3	England
	Report	Carter 71', 89' Bruton 75'

30 October 2008

12:00

Wellington Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 10,795

Referee: Michelle Pye (Canada)

South Korea	1–2	Nigeria
Ji So-yun 85'	Report	Adekwagh 1' Aighewi 60'

30 October 2008

15:00

Wellington Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 11,500

Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

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Nigeria	0–1	England
	Report	Holbrook 79'

2 November 2008

13:00

Wellington Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 6,471

Referee: Etsuko Fukano (Japan)

Brazil	1–2	South Korea
Raquel 66'	Report	Lee Min-sun 47' Lee Hyun-young 57'

2 November 2008

16:00

Wellington Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 6,471

Referee: Damgoua Neguel (Cameroon)

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Nigeria	2–2	Brazil
Orji 43' Okoronkwo 75'	Report	Ketlen 35' Rafaelle 71'

5 November 2008

19:00

Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch

Attendance: 1,410

Referee: Natalia Avdonchenko (Russia)

England	0–3	South Korea
	Report	Ji So-yun 8' Koh Kyung-yeon 16' Song Ah-ri 71'

5 November 2008

19:00

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 3,920

Referee: Damgoua Neguel (Cameroon)

Knockout stage

All times local (UTC+13)

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	8 November – Wellington
	Denmark	0
					13 November – Christchurch
	North Korea	4
					North Korea	2
	9 November – Hamilton
					England	1
	Japan	2 (4)
									16 November – Auckland
	England (p)	2 (5)
									North Korea (a.e.t.)	2
	8 November – Wellington
									United States	1
	Germany	3
					13 November – Christchurch
	Canada	1
					Germany	1
	9 November – Hamilton
					United States	2			Third place
	South Korea	2
									16 November – Auckland
	United States	4
									England	0
									Germany	3

Quarterfinals

Denmark	0–4	North Korea
	Report	Jon Myong-hwa 21', 73' Ri Un-ae 86' Kim Un-ju 89'

8 November 2008

13:00

Wellington Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 4,182

Referee: Thalia Mitsi (Greece)

Germany	3–1	Canada
Marozsán 4', 78' Mester 34'	Report	Ezurike 44'

8 November 2008

16:00

Wellington Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 4,182

Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)

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Japan	2–2 (a.e.t.)	England
Kira 8' Iwabuchi 82'	Report	Staniforth 45+1' Christiansen 90+1'
Penalties
Kira Takeyama Kameoka Kishikawa Saitō	4–5	Nobbs Bruton Carter Pitman Bonner

9 November 2008

13:00

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 7,247

Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

South Korea	2–4	United States
Lee Hyun-young 65', 85'	Report	Verloo 27', 78' K. Mewis 54' DiMartino 84'

9 November 2008

16:00

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 7,247

Referee: Kirsi Savolainen (Finland)

Semifinals

North Korea	2–1	England
Ho Un-byol 19' Jon Myong-hwa 44'	Report	Sutton 75'

13 November 2008

16:00

Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch

Attendance: 8,014

Referee: Michelle Pye (Canada)

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Germany	1–2	United States
Popp 6'	Report	DiMartino 63' Verloo 81'

13 November 2008

19:00

Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch

Attendance: 8,014

Referee: Cha Sung-mi (South Korea)

3rd Place Playoff

England	0–3	Germany
	Report	Wesely 11' Knaak 74' Mester 88'

16 November 2008

13:00

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 16,162

Referee: Natalia Avdonchenko (Russia)

Final

North Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	United States
Kim Un-hyang 77' Jang Hyon-sun 113'	Report	Hong Myong-hui 2' (o.g.)

16 November 2008

16:00

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 16,162

Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)

Winners

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup winners
North Korea First title

Awards

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Mana Iwabuchi	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Kristie Mewis

Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Dzsenifer Marozsán	Vicki DiMartino	Jon Myong-hwa

FIFA Fair Play Award	Golden Glove
Germany	Taylor Vancil

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
• 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 Archived 27 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report