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2008 FIFA U 20 Women's World Cup

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Host country
  
Runners-up
  
North Korea

Venue(s)
  
4 (in 4 host cities)

2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Dates
  
November 19 – December 7

Teams
  
16 (from 6 confederations)

Champions
  
United States (2nd title)

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.

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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 (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
  • 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.

    1.^ Teams that made their debut.

    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 (UTC-3)

    Knockout stage

    All times local (UTC-3)

    Awards

    The following awards were given for the tournament:

    Goalscorers

    5 goals
  • Sydney Leroux
  • 4 goals
    3 goals
    2 goals
    1 goal
    Own goals

    References

    2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Wikipedia


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