2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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
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.
1.Teams that made their debut.
Squads
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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
All times local (UTC-3)
Knockout map
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd-place playoff
Final
Awards
The following awards were given for the tournament:
All star team
The following players were named as the All Star Team for the tournament:
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
Bianca Schmidt
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
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)
References
External links
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
FIFA
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup tournaments
International association football competitions hosted by Chile
Women
Women's football in Chile
November 2008 sports events in South America
December 2008 sports events in South America
2008 in youth association football