The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 4th edition of the tournament. It was held in Chile between 19 November and 7 December 2008. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, in which Chile had a guaranteed place as the host nation.

Background

On 15 September 2006, FIFA officially announced Chile as the host country. It was the third time Chile organized a football world cup, after the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, but the first in the women's competition. The decision came as a surprise to Chile, as it had bid in August 2006 to host the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, which was finally granted to New Zealand (Ecuador was unsuccessful in both bids). Chile previously hosted the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship and the first edition for Under 17s in January 2008.

Venues

Four different cities were selected as venues in an open bidding process. Changes to the stadiums to comply with FIFA standards were carried out between December 2007 and September 2008. The selected venues were:

Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso World Cup Stadium, Coquimbo (opening) La Florida Bicentennial Municipal Stadium, La Florida (Greater Santiago area) Nelson Oyarzún Arenas Chillán Municipal Stadium, Chillán Germán Becker B. Municipal Stadium, Temuco

Coquimbo La Florida(Greater Santiago area) Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Stadium La Florida Bicentennial Stadium Capacity: 18,750 Capacity: 12,000 Chillán Temuco Nelson Oyarzún Stadium Germán Becker Stadium Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 18,125

Qualified teams The places were allocated as follows to confederations: AFC (3), CAF (2), CONCACAF (3), CONMEBOL (2), OFC (1), UEFA (4), plus the host country.

ContinentConfederation Qualifying TournamentQualifier(s)Asia2007 AFC U-19 Women's Championship Africa2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying TournamentCentral, North America and Caribbean2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 ChampionshipSouth AmericaHost nation2008 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship Oceaniaappointed by OFC, no qualifying tournamentEurope2007 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

1.Teams that made their debut.

Squads

Group stage

The opening phase of the tournament comprised four groups of four teams, with the top two sides in each section advancing to the quarter-finals. The final draw to determine the groups took place in Santiago, Chile on 13 September 2008 at 20:30 UTC.Chile debutará ante Inglaterra em el Mundial Femenino sub 20 , Radio Cooperativa.Qualifiers learn their fate, FIFA.

All times local (UTC-3)Match Schedule, FIFA.com.

Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts321063+37312042+2531117704300338−50

Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts320162+46320154+1631112204301216−51

Group C TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts330072+59320183+56310254+133003112−110

Group D TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts3300112+993201106+46310247−333003212−100

Knockout stage All times local (UTC-3)

Knockout map

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd-place playoff

Final

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:

Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Sydney Leroux Alex Morgan Eugénie Le SommerGolden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe Sydney Leroux Ri Ye-gyong Alex Morgan5 goals4 goals4 goals Golden Glove Alyssa Naeher FIFA Fair Play Award

All star team The following players were named as the All Star Team for the tournament: GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards Christiane Endler Alyssa Naeher Pak Kuk-hui Wendie Renard Bianca Schmidt Katharina Baunach Ingrid Ryland Natsuko Hara Nicole Banecki Ri Ye-gyong Kim Kulig Toni Duggan Keelin Winters Érika Marie-Laure Delie Asano Nagasato Sydney Leroux Ra Un-sim Eugénie Le Sommer Alex Morgan

Goalscorers 5 goals Sydney Leroux

4 goals

Eugenie Le Sommer Ri Ye-gyong Alex Morgan

3 goals

Marie Pollman Ebere Orji Rosie White Ra Un-sim

2 goals

Daiane Érika Francielle Pamela Monica Lam-Feist Toni Duggan Nora Coton-Pélagie Marie-Laure Delie Julie Machart Marine Pervier Nicole Banecki Isabel Kerschowski Kim Kulig Lisa Schwab Asano Nagasato Isabell Herlovsen Ria Percival Cha Hu-nam Ri Un-hyang

1 goal

Florencia Jaimes Adriane Janaína Ketlen Julie Armstrong Jonelle Filigno Loredana Riverso María Mardones Daniela Pardo Daniela Zamora Liu Shukun Zhang Rui Oliva Amani Brooke Chaplen Natasha Dowie Sylvie Banecki Katharina Baunach Nathalie Bock Julia Simic Konomi Ataeyama Michi Goto Kie Koyama Asuna Tanaka Rumi Utsugi Charlyn Corral Dinora Garza Rita Chikwelu Ogonna Chukwudi Joy Jegede Sarah Michael Ida Elise Enget Marita Skammelsrud Lund Renee Leota Sarah McLaughlin Choe Un-ju Pak Kuk-hui Ra Un-sim Ri Hyon-suk Ryom Su-ok Becky Edwards Keelin Winters

Own goals

Erin McNulty (1 for Germany) Javiera Guajardo (1 for Nigeria) Nanu Mafuala (1 for Japan) Carolin Schiewe (1 for Brazil) Bianca Schmidt (1 for USA) Wendoline Ortiz (1 for Brazil)

References

External links FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report