2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup


The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 4th edition of the tournament. It was held in Chile between November 19 and December 7, 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 September 15, 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. 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:
CoquimboLa Florida
Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso StadiumLa Florida Bicentennial Stadium
Capacity: 18,750Capacity: 12,000
ChillánTemuco
Nelson Oyarzún StadiumGermán Becker Stadium
Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 18,125


Qualified teams

The places were allocated as follows to confederations: AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA, plus the host country.
ContinentConfederation
Qualifying Tournament		Qualifier
AsiaAFC U-19 Women's Championship 2007
Africa2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Central, North America and Caribbean2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
South AmericaHost nation
South America2008 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
Oceaniaappointed by OFC, no qualifying tournament
Europe2007 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

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 September 13, 2008 at 20:30 UTC.
All times local

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

All times local

Knockout map

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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3rd-place playoff

Final

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:

All star team

Goalscorers

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