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2008 FIFA U 17 Women's World Cup

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Host country
  
New Zealand

Venue(s)
  
4 (in 4 host cities)

Teams
  
16

Runners-up
  
United States

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Dates
  
28 October – 16 November

Champions
  
North Korea (1st title)

The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is the first ever women's football U-17 World Cup in FIFA history. It was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. It is the officially recognized world championship for women's under-17 national football teams. This was the first women's world youth championship organized by FIFA with the age limit of 17.

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Host cities

Matches were played in four New Zealand cities:

  • The Auckland conurbation, New Zealand's largest metropolitan area, hosted the final and 3rd place playoff. The designated host stadium is located in North Shore City.
  • Hamilton hosted two of the quarter-finals.
  • Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, hosted two of the quarter-finals.
  • Christchurch, the only host city in the South Island, hosted the semi-finals.

    • Pool matches were spread evenly among these cities. The host nation, New Zealand, was based mostly in Auckland but played one pool match in Wellington.

    Group stage

    All times local (UTC+13)

    Knockout stage

    All times local (UTC+13)

    Goalscorers

    Dzsenifer Marozsán of Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 113 goals were scored by 69 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

    6 goals
  • Dzsenifer Marozsán
    • 5 goals
  • Vicki DiMartino
    • 4 goals
  • Chinatsu Kira
  • Natsuki Kishikawa
  • Jon Myong-Hwa
  • Courtney Verloo
    • 3 goals
    2 goals
    1 goal
    Own goal
  • Hong Myong Hui (playing against the United States)
  • Cris Mabel Flores (playing against the United States)

    • References

    2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Wikipedia
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