2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the youth tournament for women under the age of 17. It was held in Costa Rica from 15 March to 4 April. Japan beat Spain 2-0 in the final.

Qualified teams
The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee in May 2012. The Oceania Football Confederation qualifying tournament was scheduled for January 2014, FIFA however decided that it would be hosted too late then. Eventually FIFA and OFC in agreement with all member nations agreed to award the confederation spot to New Zealand. Just as New Zealand, Nigeria qualified without playing a match because two opponents withdrew their respective qualifying games. Defending champions France did not qualify.

In total 103 nations took part in the qualifying, three less than for the 2012 World Cup.

ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifiers AFC (Asia)2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship CAF (Africa)2013 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying TournamentCONCACAF(North, Central America and Caribbean) Host nation2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 ChampionshipCONMEBOL (South America)2013 South American Under-17 Women's Championship  OFC (Oceania)Appointed by OFC (qualifying tournament cancelled)UEFA (Europe)2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
1.Teams that made their debut.

Venues
Four stadiums are to be used across Costa Rica.Costa Developers - Jacó will host World Women’s Under-17 Soccer World Cup

 Alajuela Liberia Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño Capacity: 16,625 Capacity: 4,300 230px 230px San José Tibás Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Capacity: 34,453 Capacity: 21,704 200px 200px

Results
RSSSF
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage

References

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