# 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (Arabic: كأس العالم للسيدات تحت 17 سنة المغرب 2025) (French: Coupe du Monde Féminine U-17 de la FIFA Maroc 2025) will be the 9th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It will be hosted by Morocco. It will also be the first time the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to be held in Africa and the second Arab country to host it after Jordan in 2016. It will be the first edition to feature 24 teams and played annually.
North Korea are the defending champions, having won a record third title in 2024.

## Host selection

Morocco was announced as the 2025–2029 Women's U-17 World Cups host country following the FIFA Council meeting on 14 March 2024 in Zürich, Switzerland.
* Morocco

## Calendar change

Talks of a possible change in frequency of the tournament were first unveiled at a FIFA meeting in Doha in December 2022. After the 2023 FIFA Congress in Kigali, FIFA's plans to change the frequency of the U-17 Women's World Cup from biannual to annual was officially confirmed.

## Expansion

On 14 March 2024, FIFA decided to expand the tournament to 24 teams. On 15 May 2024, the slot allocation was officially confirmed.
* AFC (Asia): 4 slots
* CAF (Africa): 5 slots (including hosts Morocco)
* CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots
* CONMEBOL (South America): 4 slots
* OFC (Oceania): 2 slots
* UEFA (Europe): 5 slots

## Venues

* Agadir
* Casablanca
* Fez
* Marrakech
* Rabat
* Tangier

## Qualified teams

A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Morocco who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions.
| Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Team(s) qualified | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Previous best performance |
| Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Team(s) qualified | Total | First | Last | Streak | Previous best performance |
| AFC (Asia) (4 teams) | Nominated teams by AFC | China | 4th | 2012 | 2022 | | Group stage (2012, 2014, 2022) |
| AFC (Asia) (4 teams) | Nominated teams by AFC | Japan | 9th | 2008 | 2024 | | Champions (2014) |
| AFC (Asia) (4 teams) | Nominated teams by AFC | North Korea | 8th | 2008 | 2024 | | Champions (2008, 2016, 2024) |
| AFC (Asia) (4 teams) | Nominated teams by AFC | South Korea | 5th | 2008 | 2024 | | Champions (2010) |
| CAF (Africa) (Hosts + 4 teams) | Host nation | Morocco | 2nd | 2022 | 2022 | | Group stage (2022) |
| CAF (Africa) (Hosts + 4 teams) | 2025 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification | TBD | 1st | — | — | | Debut |
| CAF (Africa) (Hosts + 4 teams) | 2025 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification | TBD | | | | | |
| CAF (Africa) (Hosts + 4 teams) | 2025 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification | TBD | | | | | |
| CAF (Africa) (Hosts + 4 teams) | 2025 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification | TBD | | | | | |
| CONCACAF (North America) (4 teams) | 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | TBD | | | | | |
| CONCACAF (North America) (4 teams) | 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | TBD | | | | | |
| CONCACAF (North America) (4 teams) | 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | TBD | | | | | |
| CONCACAF (North America) (4 teams) | 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | TBD | | | | | |
| CONMEBOL (South America) (4 teams) | 2025 South American U-17 Women's Championship | TBD | | | | | |
| CONMEBOL (South America) (4 teams) | 2025 South American U-17 Women's Championship | TBD | | | | | |
| CONMEBOL (South America) (4 teams) | 2025 South American U-17 Women's Championship | TBD | | | | | |
| CONMEBOL (South America) (4 teams) | 2025 South American U-17 Women's Championship | TBD | | | | | |
| OFC (Oceania) (2 teams) | 2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship | New Zealand | 9th | 2008 | 2024 | | Third place (2018) |
| OFC (Oceania) (2 teams) | 2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship | Samoa | 1st | — | — | | Debut |
| UEFA (Europe) (5 teams) | 2025 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship | TBD | | | | | |
| UEFA (Europe) (5 teams) | 2025 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship | TBD | | | | | |
| UEFA (Europe) (5 teams) | 2025 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship | TBD | | | | | |
| UEFA (Europe) (5 teams) | 2025 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship | TBD | | | | | |
| UEFA (Europe) (5 teams) | 2025 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship | TBD | | | | | |
* ↑ Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of the last three editions of AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup; Thailand 2017, Thailand 2019 and Indonesia 2024
* ↑ Comprising Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean

## Squads

Players born between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2010 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

## Group stage

All times are local, MST (UTC+1).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Morocco (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage |
| 4 | A4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | B1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | B2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage |
| 4 | B4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | C1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | C2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | C3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage |
| 4 | C4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage |
| 4 | D4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | E1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | E2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | E3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage |
| 4 | E4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | F1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | F2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | F3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage |
| 4 | F4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | A | Third place Group A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | B | Third place Group B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | C | Third place Group C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | D | Third place Group D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 5 | E | Third place Group E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | F | Third place Group F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of five minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. However, for the third place match, if it is played directly before the final, no extra time shall be played and the winner shall be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | Third place match | Third place match |

#### Combinations of matches in the Round of 16

The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:
| Third-placed teams qualify from groups | Third-placed teams qualify from groups | Third-placed teams qualify from groups | Third-placed teams qualify from groups | Third-placed teams qualify from groups | Third-placed teams qualify from groups | 1A vs | 1B vs | 1C vs | 1D vs |
| A | B | C | D | | | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3B |
| A | B | C | | E | | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3E |
| A | B | C | | | F | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3F |
| A | B | | D | E | | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3E |
| A | B | | D | | F | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3F |
| A | B | | | E | F | 3E | 3A | 3B | 3F |
| A | | C | D | E | | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3E |
| A | | C | D | | F | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3F |
| A | | C | | E | F | 3C | 3A | 3F | 3E |
| A | | | D | E | F | 3D | 3A | 3F | 3E |
| | B | C | D | E | | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3E |
| | B | C | D | | F | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3F |
| | B | C | | E | F | 3E | 3C | 3B | 3F |
| | B | | D | E | F | 3E | 3D | 3B | 3F |
| | | C | D | E | F | 3C | 3D | 3F | 3E |