2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	20 November – 13 December 2018
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	TBA (in TBA host cities)

The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be the 6th 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 Uruguay from 20 November to 13 December 2018.^[1]

North Korea are the defending champions.

Host selection

On 6 March 2014, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 31 October 2014.^[2]

The following countries made official bids for hosting the tournament:^[3]

The decision on the hosts was originally to be made at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting on 19–20 March 2015,^[4] but no announcement was made after the meeting.

During FIFA President Gianni Infantino's visit to Uruguay in March 2016, Uruguay showed interest in organizing the event.^[5] The FIFA Council appointed Uruguay as host on 10 May 2016.^[1]

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to the team who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 13–14 October 2016.^[6]

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship	TBD TBD TBD
CAF (Africa)	2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	TBD TBD TBD
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	TBD TBD TBD
CONMEBOL (South America)	Host nation	Uruguay
CONMEBOL (South America)	2018 South American Under-17 Women's Championship	TBD TBD
OFC (Oceania)	2018 OFC U-17 Women's Championship	TBD
UEFA (Europe)	2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship	TBD TBD TBD

Venues

To be announced.

References

1 2 "FIFA Council agrees on four-phase bidding process for 2026 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 10 May 2016.
↑ "Bidding process opened for eight FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 19 December 2013.
↑ "High interest in hosting FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 9 May 2014.
↑ "FIFA Executive committee meeting agenda now available". FIFA. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
↑ "Cafu and Hierro join FIFA and AUF Presidents in Montevideo". FIFA.com. 29 March 2016.
↑ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.

External links

Official website

International women's association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, COSAFA)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Tournaments	New Zealand 2008 Trinidad and Tobago 2010 Azerbaijan 2012 Costa Rica 2014 Jordan 2016 Uruguay 2018

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Squads	2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

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