# 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the first women's football edition of the U-17 World Cup. It was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. North Korea won the first edition, extending their grip of women's youth football having won the then-most recent U-20 Women's World Cup.

## 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.
| North Harbour Stadium Location: Auckland (North Shore City) Capacity: 25,000 | Waikato Stadium Location: Hamilton Capacity: 26,500 | Wellington Stadium (Westpac Stadium) Location: Wellington Capacity: 36,500 | Queen Elizabeth II Park Location: Christchurch Capacity: 20,000 |

## Qualified teams

| Confederation (Continent) | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | 2007 AFC U-16 Women's Championship | North Korea Japan South Korea |
| CAF (Africa) | 2008 African U-17 Women's Championship | Nigeria Ghana |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | United States Costa Rica Canada |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2008 South American Under-17 Women's Championship | Colombia Brazil Paraguay |
| OFC (Oceania) | Host nation | New Zealand |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship | Germany France Denmark England |

## Tournament
### Group stage

All times local (UTC+13)

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 0 | |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |

### Knockout stage

All times local (UTC+13)
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 8 November – Wellington | 8 November – Wellington | | | |
| Denmark | 0 | | | |
| Denmark | 0 | 13 November – Christchurch | 13 November – Christchurch | | |
| North Korea | 4 | 13 November – Christchurch | 13 November – Christchurch | |
| North Korea | 4 | North Korea | 2 | |
| 9 November – Hamilton | 9 November – Hamilton | | North Korea | 2 | |
| 9 November – Hamilton | 9 November – Hamilton | England | 1 | |
| Japan | 2 (4) | England | 1 | |
| Japan | 2 (4) | | | | 16 November – Auckland | 16 November – Auckland |
| England (p) | 2 (5) | | | | 16 November – Auckland | 16 November – Auckland |
| England (p) | 2 (5) | | | | North Korea (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| 8 November – Wellington | 8 November – Wellington | | | | | North Korea (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| 8 November – Wellington | 8 November – Wellington | | | | United States | 1 |
| Germany | 3 | | | | United States | 1 |
| Germany | 3 | 13 November – Christchurch | 13 November – Christchurch | | | |
| Canada | 1 | 13 November – Christchurch | 13 November – Christchurch | | | |
| Canada | 1 | Germany | 1 | | | |
| 9 November – Hamilton | 9 November – Hamilton | | Germany | 1 | | | |
| 9 November – Hamilton | 9 November – Hamilton | United States | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| South Korea | 2 | United States | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| South Korea | 2 | | | | 16 November – Auckland | 16 November – Auckland |
| United States | 4 | | | | 16 November – Auckland | 16 November – Auckland |
| United States | 4 | | | | England | 0 |
| | | | | | Germany | 3 |

#### Final
## Winners

* 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup winners
* North Korea First title

## Awards

| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
| Mana Iwabuchi | Dzsenifer Marozsán | Kristie Mewis |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Dzsenifer Marozsán | Vicki DiMartino | Jon Myong-hwa |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | Golden Glove |
| Germany | Taylor Vancil |

## 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

* Pauline Crammer
* Lynn Mester
* Rosie White
* Ho Un-byol
* Lee Hyun-young

### 2 goals

* Nkem Ezurike
* Tatiana Ariza
* Danielle Carter
* Marine Augis
* Alexandra Popp
* Turid Knaak
* Haruka Hamada
* Mana Iwabuchi
* Saori Takahashi
* Yun Hyon-hi
* Jacqueline Gonzalez
* Ji So-yun
* Kristie Mewis

### 1 goal

* Ketlen Wiggers
* Raquel Fernandez
* Rafaelle Souza
* Rachel Lamarre
* Ingrid Vidal
* Raquel Rodríguez
* Britta Olsen
* Linette Andreasen
* Simone Boye
* Isobel Christiansen
* Jessica Holbrook
* Lauren Bruton
* Lucy Staniforth
* Rebecca Jane
* Camille Catala
* Charlotte Poulain
* Lea Rubio
* Inka Wesely
* Leonie Maier
* Tabea Kemme
* Deborah Afriyie
* Florence Dadson
* Isha Fordjour
* Chiaki Shimada
* Kei Yoshioka
* Marika Ohshima
* Natsumi Kameoka
* Yuiko Inoue
* Annalie Longo
* Amarachi Okoronkwo
* Amenze Aighewi
* Ebere Orji
* Soo Adekwagh
* Jang Hyon-sun
* Kim Un-hyang
* Kim Un-ju
* Ri Un-ae
* Gloria Villamayor
* Paola Genes
* Rebeca Fernández
* Go Kyung-yeon
* Lee Min-sun
* Song Ah-ri

### Own goal

* Hong Myong-hui (playing against the United States)
* Cris Mabel Flores (playing against the United States)