2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was supposed to be the 10th time they held this football championship for young women's teams. It happens every two years, and it includes teams of players under the age of 20 from different countries who are part of FIFA. Originally, they planned to have the tournament in August/September 2020, hosted by Costa Rica and Panama. But because of the COVID-19 pandemic, they had to change their plans. FIFA announced on 3rd April 2020 that they would postpone and reschedule the tournament. Later, on 12th May 2020, FIFA decided to hold the tournament between 20th January and 6th February 2021, depending on the situation with the pandemic. Panama decided not to co-host the event due to COVID-19 concerns, so Costa Rica became the sole host.

Unfortunately, on 17th November 2020, FIFA announced that they had to cancel the 2020 edition of the tournament because of the ongoing pandemic. Instead, they chose Costa Rica to host the next edition of the tournament in 2022. In the previous edition, Japan was the defending champion, as they had won their first title in 2018.

 Qualified teams 
ConfederationQualifying tournamentTeamAppearance
(planned)Last appearancePrevious best performanceAFC 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship7th2018 (2018)8th2018 (2006, 2016)6th2016 (2010)CAF 2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying TournamentN/AN/ACONCACAF Host nation3rd2014 (2010, 2014)1stNoneDebut2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship9th2018 (2010, 2012, 2016)10th2018 (2002, 2008, 2012)N/ACONMEBOL 2020 South American U-20 Women's ChampionshipN/AN/AOFC 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship8th2018 (2014)UEFA 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship8th2018 (2016)10th2018 (2004, 2010, 2014)2nd2018 (2018)4th2018 (2018)

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