The 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 10th time they held this international football championship for young women's teams. It happens every two years and includes teams of players under the age of 20 from different countries who are part of FIFA. Costa Rica hosted the tournament this time. They were also supposed to host it in 2020, but it got canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] This was the second time Costa Rica hosted a FIFA tournament, the first being the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
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Japan was the defending champion from the previous tournament. The first match of the tournament was between Costa Rica and Australia, played at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica in San José. The final took place on 28th August 2022. Something special happened in this tournament: it was the first time in the history of FIFA youth tournaments (both for men and women) where the same two teams met again in the final, two times in a row.
In the final tournament, there are a total of 16 teams that participate. One team automatically qualifies because they are the host, and in this case, it's Costa Rica. The other 15 teams qualify through six continental competitions.
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Confederation |
Qualifying tournament |
Team |
Appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
AFC (Asia)(3 teams) |
Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (qualification cancelled)[2][3][4] |
Australia[^] |
4th |
2006 |
Quarter-finals (2002, 2004) |
Japan |
7th |
2018 |
Champions (2018) |
South Korea |
6th |
2016 |
Third place (2010) |
CAF (Africa)(2 teams) |
2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament |
Ghana |
6th |
2018 |
Group stage (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
Nigeria |
10th |
2018 |
Runners-up (2010, 2014) |
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)(Hosts + 3 teams) |
Host nation |
Costa Rica |
3rd |
2014 |
Group stage (2010, 2014) |
2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship |
Canada |
8th |
2016 |
Runners-up (2002) |
Mexico |
9th |
2018 |
Quarter-finals (2010, 2012, 2016) |
United States |
10th |
2018 |
Champions (2002, 2008, 2012) |
CONMEBOL (South America)(2 teams) |
2022 South American U-20 Women's Championship |
Brazil |
10th |
2018 |
Third place (2006) |
Colombia |
2nd |
2010 |
Fourth place (2010) |
OFC (Oceania)(1 team) |
Team was nominated by OFC based on results of 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship (qualification cancelled)[5] |
New Zealand |
8th |
2018 |
Quarter-finals (2014) |
UEFA (Europe)(4 teams) |
Teams were nominated by UEFA based on 2020/21 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying round coefficient ranking list (qualification cancelled)[6] |
France |
8th |
2018 |
Runners-up (2016) |
Germany |
10th |
2018 |
Champions (2004, 2010, 2014) |
Netherlands |
2nd |
2018 |
Quarter-finals (2018) |
Spain |
4th |
2018 |
Runners-up (2018) |
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- Notes
- ^ On 16 March 2022, the AFC announced that Australia would replace North Korea as the AFC’s representatives at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup due to DPR Korea Football Association withdrew.[7]
The two host cities were announced on 10 August 2021.[8]
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The draw for the group stage took place on 5 May 2022.[9]
Tiebreakers
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The format for tiebreakers were determined as follows:[10]
- points obtained in all group matches;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- number of goals scored in all group matches;
If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows:
- points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- fair play points in all group matches:
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
- drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
All times are local, CST (UTC–6).[11]
Group A
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Australia ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png) | 0–3 | Spain |
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Group B
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Germany ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png) | 0–1 | Colombia |
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Muñoz 87' |
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Mexico ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png) | 1–0 | Germany |
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Group D
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In the knockout stages, if a match is tied at the end of the regular playing time, they play extra time, which is two periods of 15 minutes each. If after extra time, the score is still tied, they have a penalty shoot-out to decide the winner. However, for the third-place match, there is no extra time. If needed, they directly go to a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | | Final |
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| 20 August – San José | | | | | |
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| Spain | 1 |
| 25 August – San José |
| Mexico | 0 | |
| Spain | 2 |
| 21 August – Alajuela |
| | Netherlands | 1 | |
| Nigeria | 0 |
| | 28 August – San José |
| Netherlands | 2 | |
| Spain | 3 |
| 20 August – San José |
| | Japan | 1
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| Colombia | 0 |
| 25 August – San José | |
| Brazil | 1 | |
| Brazil | 1 |
| 21 August – Alajuela |
| | Japan | 2
| | Third place |
| Japan (p) | 3 (5) |
| | 28 August – San José |
| France | 3 (3)
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| Netherlands | 1 |
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| Brazil | 4 |
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Quarter-finals
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Spain ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png) | 1–0 | Mexico |
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Final
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2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup winners |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png) Spain First title |
The match was delayed at the 28 minute and resumed 77 minutes later due to adverse weather conditions.
The match was delayed at the 21 minute and resumed 1 hour later due to adverse weather conditions.