- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, scheduled for the first time in
2008 , will be the world championship of football for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA ).History
In
2003 after the inaugural success of the2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship , held inCanada , FIFA proposed adding a second youth tournament for girls. Continental confederations told FIFA it would be difficult to create a second championship, with the age limits in place at the time. Therefore, FIFA created the U-17 Women's World Cup and the U-20 Women's World Championship (renamed the "U-20 Women's World Cup" in 2007), the same age groups as its men's youth tournaments. Accordingly, the age limit for the U-19 championship was increased to 20, effective with the2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship inRussia . FIFA committed to creating a U-17 women's championship, slated to begin in2008 . [http://fifa.com/en/comp/index/0,3332,U17W2008,00.html?comp=U17W&year=2008]The first tournament will be held from
28 October to16 November inNew Zealand , which was awarded the event at the same time thatChile received hosting honours for the2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup ;Ecuador also bid for the event. Four cities will host matches during the inaugural tournament -Auckland (North Harbour Stadium ), Hamilton (Waikato Stadium ),Wellington (Wellington Stadium) andChristchurch (QEII Park )2008 Competing Teams
Sixteen teams will participate in the tournament—three each from AFC, CAF,
CONCACAF ,CONMEBOL andUEFA , with New Zealand taking up the OFCThe teams are:
* From AFC there have qualified the finalists and the third place of the 2007 U-16 Asian Championship: fbw|PRK, fbw|JPN and fbw|KOR.Fact|date=March 2007
* From CAF, The top two teams out of three from the 2008 CAF Women's U-17 Championship qualifying tournament: fbw|NGR and fbw|GHA
* FromCONMEBOL there have qualified the three best teams from 2008South American Under 17 Women's Championship : fbw|COL, fbw|BRA and fbw|PAR. [ [http://www.conmebol.com/articulos_ver.jsp?id=61832&slangab=S Conmebol.com] ]
* From OFC, fbw|NZL (qualified as host)
* FromUEFA there have qualified the three best teams from 2008UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship : fbw|FRA, fbw|ENG, fbw|DEN and fbw|GER. [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/wunder17/news/kind=1/newsid=684393.html Uefa.com] ]
* and fbw|CRC have qualified by virtue of making the CONCACAF U-17 Final. fbw|CAN won the 3rd place match on July 27, 2008 for the final spot in the U-17 World Cup.Results
References
External links
* [http://www.fifa.com/u17womenworldcup/index.html Official FIFA site for this competition]
* [http://nzsoccer.com/page/fifa_u17_womens_world_cup.html New Zealand Football FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup page]
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