Founded 2008 Current champions United States | Number of teams 8 | |
Region North America (CONCACAF) Most successful team(s) United States (3 titles) Website CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | ||
The CONCACAF Women's Under-17 tournament is a football (soccer) competition for women's national teams under 17 years of age in North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The tournament is an eight-nation event, with three teams qualifying for the World Cup.
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2008
After sanctioning its first women's youth world championship in 2002, FIFA added the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to its calendar of events in 2008. CONCACAF, likewise, began its U-17 Women's Championship the same year, staging the inaugural event in Trinidad & Tobago. The United States won the inaugural U-17 Women's Championship, defeating Costa Rica 4-1 in the final.
2012
The qualification process for the 2012 tournament started on 14 August 2011.