# 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 5th edition of the tournament. It was held in Germany, who also hosted the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup a year later, from 13 July to 1 August 2010. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, were taking part in the final competition, in which Germany had a guaranteed place as the host nation.

## Venues

| Augsburg | Bielefeld | Bochum | Dresden |
| Impuls Arena | Bielefelder Alm | Ruhrstadion | Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion |
| 48°19′21.00″N 10°52′56.00″E﻿ / ﻿48.3225000°N 10.8822222°E﻿ / 48.3225000; 10.8822222﻿ (Impuls Arena) | 52°01′53.00″N 08°31′01.00″E﻿ / ﻿52.0313889°N 8.5169444°E﻿ / 52.0313889; 8.5169444﻿ (Bielefelder Alm) | 51°29′23.57″N 07°14′11.56″E﻿ / ﻿51.4898806°N 7.2365444°E﻿ / 51.4898806; 7.2365444﻿ (Ruhrstadion) | 51°02′25.00″N 13°44′52.00″E﻿ / ﻿51.0402778°N 13.7477778°E﻿ / 51.0402778; 13.7477778﻿ (Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion) |
| Capacity: 30,120 | Capacity: 27,300 | Capacity: 31,328 | Capacity: 32,066 |
| AugsburgBielefeldBochum  Dresden ||||

## Qualified teams

| Confederation (Continent) | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | 2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship | North Korea South Korea Japan |
| CAF (Africa) | 2010 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament | Ghana Nigeria |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship | United States Mexico Costa Rica |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2010 South American U-20 Women's Championship | Brazil Colombia |
| OFC (Oceania) | 2010 OFC Women's U-20 Championship | New Zealand |
| UEFA (Europe) | Host nation | Germany |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship | England Sweden France Switzerland |
    1.^ Teams that made their debut.

### Nigerian team ban

On 30 June 2010, President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan announced he would suspend the Nigeria Football Federation from FIFA competition for 2 years. This put the Falconets place at the competition in jeopardy. On 5 July 2010, the ban was lifted.

## Final draw

No two teams from the same confederation were to be drawn in the same group, with the exception of Group A, which would include two European teams.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Germany (A1) Japan United States Brazil | South Korea North Korea Costa Rica Mexico | Nigeria Ghana New Zealand Colombia | England France Sweden Switzerland |

## Group stage

The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:
* greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
* goal difference in all group matches;
* greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:
* greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
* greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
* drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
It has been decided by FIFA to remove the use of the fair play point system as an option to determine the ranking of teams at the conclusion of the group phase (art. 25 par. 5g).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
| North Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| Ghana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 24 July — Bochum | 24 July — Bochum | | | |
| Germany | 2 | | | |
| Germany | 2 | 29 July — Bochum | 29 July — Bochum | | |
| North Korea | 0 | 29 July — Bochum | 29 July — Bochum | |
| North Korea | 0 | Germany | 5 | |
| 25 July — Dresden | 25 July — Dresden | | Germany | 5 | |
| 25 July — Dresden | 25 July — Dresden | South Korea | 1 | |
| Mexico | 1 | South Korea | 1 | |
| Mexico | 1 | | | | 1 August — Bielefeld | 1 August — Bielefeld |
| South Korea | 3 | | | | 1 August — Bielefeld | 1 August — Bielefeld |
| South Korea | 3 | | | | Germany | 2 |
| 24 July — Bielefeld | 24 July — Bielefeld | | | | | Germany | 2 |
| 24 July — Bielefeld | 24 July — Bielefeld | | | | Nigeria | 0 |
| Sweden | 0 | | | | Nigeria | 0 |
| Sweden | 0 | 29 July — Bielefeld | 29 July — Bielefeld | | | |
| Colombia | 2 | 29 July — Bielefeld | 29 July — Bielefeld | | | |
| Colombia | 2 | Colombia | 0 | | | |
| 25 July — Augsburg | 25 July — Augsburg | | Colombia | 0 | | | |
| 25 July — Augsburg | 25 July — Augsburg | Nigeria | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 1 (2) | Nigeria | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 1 (2) | | | | 1 August — Bielefeld | 1 August — Bielefeld |
| Nigeria | 1 (4) | | | | 1 August — Bielefeld | 1 August — Bielefeld |
| Nigeria | 1 (4) | | | | South Korea | 1 |
| | | | | | Colombia | 0 |

### Final

* 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup winners
* Germany Second title

## Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
| Alexandra Popp | Ji So-yun | Kim Kulig |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Alexandra Popp | Ji So-yun | Sydney Leroux |
| 10 goals | 8 goals | 5 goals |
| Golden Glove |||
| Bianca Henninger |||
| FIFA Fair Play Award |||
| South Korea |||

## Goalscorers
### 10 goals

* Alexandra Popp

### 8 goals

* Ji So-yun

### 5 goals

* Sydney Leroux

### 4 goals

* Antonia Göransson

### 3 goals

* Marina Makanza
* Elizabeth Cudjoe
* Lee Hyun-young

### 2 goals

* Débora
* Daniela Montoya
* Yoreli Rincón
* Marina Hegering
* Kim Kulig
* Svenja Huth
* Sylvia Arnold
* Mana Iwabuchi
* Natsuki Kishikawa
* Renae Cuéllar
* Desire Oparanozie
* Ebere Orji

### 1 goal

* Leah
* Ludmila
* Rafaelle
* Lady Andrade
* Melissa Ortiz
* Tatiana Ariza
* Katherine Alvarado
* Carolina Venegas
* Toni Duggan
* Kerys Harrop
* Pauline Crammer
* Dzsenifer Marozsán
* Elizabeth Addo
* Deborah Afriyie
* Emi Nakajima
* Megumi Takase
* Ho Un-byol
* Jon Myong-hwa
* Kim Myong-gum
* Kim Un-hyang
* Yun Hyon-hi
* Kim Jin-young
* Kim Na-rae
* Charlyn Corral
* Alina Garciamendez
* Natalia Gómez Junco
* Nayeli Rangel
* Bridgette Armstrong
* Hannah Wilkinson
* Rosie White
* Amarachi Okoronkwo
* Helen Ukaonu
* Sofia Jakobsson
* Amber Brooks
* Zakiya Bywaters
* Kristie Mewis

### 1 own goal

* Renae Cuéllar (for Japan)
* Hyon Un-hui (for Sweden)
* Osinachi Ohale (for Germany)