# 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 19 November and 7 December 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 15 September 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
| Coquimbo | CoquimboLa FloridaChillánTemuco | La Florida (Greater Santiago area) |
| Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Stadium | CoquimboLa FloridaChillánTemuco | La Florida Bicentennial Stadium |
| Capacity: 18,750 | CoquimboLa FloridaChillánTemuco | Capacity: 12,000 |
| Chillán | CoquimboLa FloridaChillánTemuco | Temuco |
| Nelson Oyarzún Stadium | CoquimboLa FloridaChillánTemuco | Germán Becker Stadium |
| Capacity: 12,000 | CoquimboLa FloridaChillánTemuco | Capacity: 18,125 |

## 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.
| Continent | Confederation Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| Asia | 2007 AFC U-19 Women's Championship | North Korea Japan China |
| Africa | 2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament | Nigeria DR Congo |
| Central, North America and Caribbean | 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship | Canada United States Mexico |
| South America | Host nation | Chile |
| South America | 2008 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship | Brazil Argentina |
| Oceania | appointed by OFC, no qualifying tournament | New Zealand |
| Europe | 2007 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship | Germany England France Norway |
    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 13 September 2008 at 20:30 UTC.
All times local (UTC-3)

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Chile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 |
| North Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

All times local (UTC-3)

### Knockout map

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 30 November – Coquimbo | 30 November – Coquimbo | | | |
| Nigeria | 2 | | | |
| Nigeria | 2 | 4 December – Temuco | 4 December – Temuco | | |
| France | 3 | 4 December – Temuco | 4 December – Temuco | |
| France | 3 | France | 1 | |
| 1 December – La Florida | 1 December – La Florida | | France | 1 | |
| 1 December – La Florida | 1 December – La Florida | North Korea | 2 | |
| Japan | 1 | North Korea | 2 | |
| Japan | 1 | | | | 7 December – La Florida | 7 December – La Florida |
| North Korea | 2 | | | | 7 December – La Florida | 7 December – La Florida |
| North Korea | 2 | | | | North Korea | 1 |
| 30 November – Chillán | 30 November – Chillán | | | | | North Korea | 1 |
| 30 November – Chillán | 30 November – Chillán | | | | United States | 2 |
| United States | 3 | | | | United States | 2 |
| United States | 3 | 4 December – Coquimbo | 4 December – Coquimbo | | | |
| England | 0 | 4 December – Coquimbo | 4 December – Coquimbo | | | |
| England | 0 | United States | 1 | | | |
| 1 December – Temuco | 1 December – Temuco | | United States | 1 | | | |
| 1 December – Temuco | 1 December – Temuco | Germany | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Brazil | 2 | Germany | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Brazil | 2 | | | | 7 December – La Florida | 7 December – La Florida |
| Germany | 3 | | | | 7 December – La Florida | 7 December – La Florida |
| Germany | 3 | | | | France | 3 |
| | | | | | Germany | 5 |

### Final

* 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup winners
* United States Second title

## Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
| Sydney Leroux | Alex Morgan | Eugénie Le Sommer |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Sydney Leroux | Ri Ye-gyong | Alex Morgan |
| 5 goals | 4 goals | 4 goals |
| Golden Glove |||
| Alyssa Naeher |||
| FIFA Fair Play Award |||
| United States |||

### All star team

The following players were named as the All Star Team for the tournament:
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Christiane Endler Alyssa Naeher | Pak Kuk-hui Wendie Renard Bianca Schmidt Katharina Baunach Ingrid Ryland | Natsuko Hara Nicole Banecki Ri Ye-gyong Kim Kulig Toni Duggan Keelin Winters | Érika Marie-Laure Delie Asano Nagasato Sydney Leroux Ra Un-sim Eugénie Le Sommer Alex Morgan |

## Goalscorers
### 5 goals

* Sydney Leroux

### 4 goals

* Eugenie Le Sommer
* Ri Ye-gyong
* Alex Morgan

### 3 goals

* Marie Pollman
* Ebere Orji
* Rosie White
* Ra Un-sim

### 2 goals

* Daiane
* Érika
* Francielle
* Pamela
* Monica Lam-Feist
* Toni Duggan
* Nora Coton-Pélagie
* Marie-Laure Delie
* Julie Machart
* Marine Pervier
* Nicole Banecki
* Isabel Kerschowski
* Kim Kulig
* Lisa Schwab
* Asano Nagasato
* Isabell Herlovsen
* Ria Percival
* Cha Hu-nam
* Ri Un-hyang

### 1 goal

* Florencia Jaimes
* Adriane
* Janaína
* Ketlen
* Julie Armstrong
* Jonelle Filigno
* Loredana Riverso
* María Mardones
* Daniela Pardo
* Daniela Zamora
* Liu Shukun
* Zhang Rui
* Oliva Amani
* Brooke Chaplen
* Natasha Dowie
* Sylvie Banecki
* Katharina Baunach
* Nathalie Bock
* Julia Simic
* Konomi Ataeyama
* Michi Goto
* Kie Koyama
* Asuna Tanaka
* Rumi Utsugi
* Charlyn Corral
* Dinora Garza
* Rita Chikwelu
* Ogonna Chukwudi
* Joy Jegede
* Sarah Michael
* Ida Elise Enget
* Marita Skammelsrud Lund
* Renee Leota
* Sarah McLaughlin
* Choe Un-ju
* Pak Kuk-hui
* Ra Un-sim
* Ri Hyon-suk
* Ryom Su-ok
* Becky Edwards
* Keelin Winters

### Own goals

* Erin McNulty (1 for Germany)
* Javiera Guajardo (1 for Nigeria)
* Nanu Mafuala (1 for Japan)
* Carolin Schiewe (1 for Brazil)
* Bianca Schmidt (1 for USA)
* Wendoline Ortiz (1 for Brazil)