2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
كأس العالم للسيدات تحت 17 سنة 2016
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Tournament details
Host country  Jordan
Dates 30 September – 21 October 2016
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 4 (in 3 host cities)
2014
2018

The 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be the 5th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be held in Jordan from 30 September to 21 October 2016.[1]

Host selection

The following countries submitted a bid to host the tournament by the May 2013 deadline:[2]

On 5 December 2013, the FIFA Executive Committee announced that the tournament would be held in Jordan.[3]

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Jordan who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was published in June 2014.[4]

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) Host nation  Jordan1
2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship  Japan
 North Korea
CAF (Africa) 2015–16 CAF U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament  Cameroon1
 Ghana
 Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship  Canada
 Mexico
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 2016 South American Under-17 Women's Championship  Brazil
 Paraguay
 Venezuela
OFC (Oceania) 2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship  New Zealand
UEFA (Europe) 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship  England
 Germany
 Spain
1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

Venues

The three host cities are Amman, Irbid, and Zarqa.

Amman Amman
Amman International Stadium King Abdullah Stadium
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Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 20,000
Zarqa Irbid
Prince Mohammed Stadium Al-Hassan Stadium
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Capacity: 17,000 Capacity: 15,000

Emblem

The official emblem was unveiled on 3 May 2015.[5]

Squads

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Each team must name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. All players must be born on or after 1 January 1999, and on or before 31 December 2001.[6]

Draw

The official draw was held on 30 May 2016, 18:00 EEST (UTC+3), at the Al Hussein Cultural Centre in Amman.[7][8] The teams were seeded based on their performances in previous U-17 Women's World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts Jordan automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

The match schedule was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee on 25 May 2015,[10] and officially announced on 10 August 2015.[11]

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:[6]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. fair play points
    • 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;
  5. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, EEST (UTC+3).[12]

Group A

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30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
17:00
Mexico  Match 2  New Zealand

30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
20:00
Jordan  Match 1  Spain

3 October 2016 (2016-10-03)
16:00
Spain  Match 9  New Zealand

3 October 2016 (2016-10-03)
19:00
Jordan  Match 10  Mexico

7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)
16:00
New Zealand  Match 17  Jordan

7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)
16:00
Spain  Match 18  Mexico

Group B

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30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
15:00
Venezuela  Match 3  Germany

30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
18:00
Cameroon  Match 4  Canada

3 October 2016 (2016-10-03)
16:00
Venezuela  Match 11  Cameroon

3 October 2016 (2016-10-03)
19:00
Germany  Match 12  Canada

7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)
19:00
Canada  Match 19  Venezuela

7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)
19:00
Germany  Match 20  Cameroon

Group C

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1 October 2016 (2016-10-01)
16:00
Nigeria  Match 5  Brazil

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01)
19:00
England  Match 6  North Korea

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)
16:00
Nigeria  Match 13  England

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)
19:00
Brazil  Match 14  North Korea

8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)
16:00
North Korea  Match 21  Nigeria

8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)
16:00
Brazil  Match 22  England

Group D

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1 October 2016 (2016-10-01)
16:00
United States  Match 7  Paraguay

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01)
19:00
Ghana  Match 8  Japan

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)
16:00
United States  Match 15  Ghana

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)
19:00
Paraguay  Match 16  Japan

8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)
19:00
Japan  Match 23  United States

8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)
19:00
Paraguay  Match 24  Ghana

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (no extra time is played).[6]

 
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
                   
 
12 October — Amman (AIS)
 
 
Winner Group A
 
17 October — Amman (KAS)
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Match 25
 
13 October — Irbid
 
Winner Match 27
 
Winner Group C
 
21 October — Amman (AIS)
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner Match 29
 
12 October — Amman (AIS)
 
Winner Match 30
 
Winner Group B
 
17 October — Amman (KAS)
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Match 26
 
13 October — Irbid
 
Winner Match 28 Third Place
 
Winner Group D
 
21 October — Amman (AIS)
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Loser Match 29
 
 
Loser Match 30
 

Quarter-finals

12 October 2016 (2016-10-12)
16:00
Winner Group A Match 25 Runner-up Group B

12 October 2016 (2016-10-12)
19:00
Winner Group B Match 26 Runner-up Group A

13 October 2016 (2016-10-13)
16:00
Winner Group C Match 27 Runner-up Group D

13 October 2016 (2016-10-13)
19:00
Winner Group D Match 28 Runner-up Group C

Semi-finals

17 October 2016 (2016-10-17)
16:00
Winner Match 25 Match 30 Winner Match 27

17 October 2016 (2016-10-17)
19:00
Winner Match 26 Match 29 Winner Match 28

Third place match

21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)
17:00
Loser Match 29 Match 31 Loser Match 30

Final

21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)
20:00
Winner Match 29 Match 32 Winner Match 30

References

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