| Organiser(s) | FIFA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008; 17 years ago (2008) |
| Region | International |
| Teams | 24 (finals) |
| Related competitions | FIFA U-17 World Cup FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| Current champions |  North Korea (4th title) |
| Most championships | North Korea (4 titles) |
| Website | fifa.com/u17womensworldcup |
 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | |
| Tournaments |
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TheFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an annual (biennial until 2024) internationalwomen's association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized byFédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) since2008. The current champions areNorth Korea, who won a record-extending fourth title at the2025 edition inMorocco.
In 2003, after the inaugural success of the2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, held inCanada, FIFA proposed adding a second youth tournament for girls. Continental confederations told FIFA it would be difficult to create a second championship, with the age limits in place at the time. Therefore, FIFA created the U-17 Women's World Cup and theU-20 Women's World Championship (renamed the "U-20 Women's World Cup" in 2007), the same age groups as its men's youth tournaments. Accordingly, the age limit for the U-19 championship was increased to 20, effective with the2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship inRussia. FIFA committed to creating a U-17 women's championship, stated to begin in 2008.[1]
The first tournament was held in 2008 inNew Zealand from 28 October to 16 November. Four cities hosted matches during the inaugural tournament –North Shore City (North Harbour Stadium),Hamilton (Waikato Stadium),Wellington (Wellington Stadium) andChristchurch (Queen Elizabeth II Park). New Zealand won hosting rights at the same time thatChile received hosting honours for the2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[2]
On 4 April 2020, FIFA announced the decision of postponing the 2020 World Cup which was originally scheduled in five venues to be held from 2 to 21 November in India.[3] The tournament was initially postponed to 2021, subject to further monitoring.[4] On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament would be cancelled, and India were appointed as hosts of the next edition of the tournament in2022.[5] However, on 16 August 2022, India were stripped of their hosting rights for 2022 as theAll India Football Federation was suspended by FIFA.[6] The rights were given back to India on 26 August 2022 as the AIFF was reinstated by FIFA.[7]
Dominican Republic was selected as host for the 2024 edition on 23 June 2023.[8]
Starting from 2025 the U-17 Women's World Cup and itsmen's counterpart are held annually.[9] Morocco was selected on 14 March 2024 to host the 2025–2029 editions, becoming the first African country to stage the tournament.[10]
Qualifying tournaments are:
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place match | Num. teams | ||||
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 Champions | Score |  Runners-up |  Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1 | 2008 |  New Zealand | North Korea | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |  United States |  Germany | 3–0 |  England | 16 |
| 2 | 2010 |  Trinidad and Tobago |  South Korea | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4p) |  Japan |  Spain | 1–0 | North Korea | 16 |
| 3 | 2012 |  Azerbaijan |  France | 1–1(7–6p) | North Korea |  Ghana | 1–0 | Germany | 16 |
| 4 | 2014 |  Costa Rica | Japan | 2–0 | Spain |  Italy | 4–4(2–0p) |  Venezuela | 16 |
| 5 | 2016 |  Jordan | North Korea | 0–0(5–4p) | Japan | Spain | 4–0 | Venezuela | 16 |
| 6 | 2018 |  Uruguay | Spain | 2–1 |  Mexico | New Zealand | 2–1 |  Canada | 16 |
| 7 | 2022 |  India | Spain | 1–0 |  Colombia |  Nigeria | 3–3(3–2p) | Germany | 16 |
| 8 | 2024 |  Dominican Republic | North Korea | 1–1(4–3p) | Spain | United States | 3–0 | England | 16 |
| 9 | 2025 |  Morocco | North Korea | 3–0 |  Netherlands | Mexico | 1–1(3–1p) |  Brazil | 24 |
| 10 | 2026 | 24 | |||||||
| 11 | 2027 | 24 | |||||||
| 12 | 2028 | 24 | |||||||
| 13 | 2029 | 24 | |||||||
| Year | Debuting teams | ||
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| Teams | No. | Cum. | |
| 2008 | Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Korea, Paraguay, South Korea, United States | 16 | 16 |
| 2010 |  Chile, Mexico, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela | 7 | 23 |
| 2012 | Azerbaijan, China, Gambia, Uruguay | 4 | 27 |
| 2014 | Italy, Zambia | 2 | 29 |
| 2016 |  Cameroon, Jordan | 2 | 31 |
| 2018 |  Finland | 1 | 32 |
| 2022 | India, Morocco, Tanzania | 3 | 35 |
| 2024 | Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Kenya, Poland | 4 | 39 |
| 2025 |  Ivory Coast, Netherlands, Norway, Samoa | 4 | 43 |
In this ranking3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.[11]
| Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 9 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 136 | 34 | +102 | 99 |
| 2 | North Korea | 8 | 44 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 101 | 37 | +64 | 97 |
| 3 | Spain | 7 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 96 | 25 | +71 | 95 |
| 4 | Germany | 7 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 84 | 36 | +48 | 59 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 8 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 52 |
| 6 | United States | 7 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 73 | 33 | +40 | 51 |
| 7 | Canada | 8 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 48 |
| 8 | Ghana | 6 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 42 |
| 9 | Mexico | 8 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 56 | –13 | 42 |
| 10 | Brazil | 8 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 40 |
| 11 | Venezuela | 3 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 30 | –4 | 25 |
| 12 | Colombia | 7 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 39 | –15 | 24 |
| 13 |  France | 4 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 23 |
| 14 |  South Korea | 5 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 46 | –17 | 22 |
| 15 | Italy | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 21 |
| 16 | England | 3 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 31 | –11 | 19 |
| 17 | New Zealand | 9 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 26 | 74 | –48 | 18 |
| 18 | China | 4 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 | Ecuador | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | –8 | 9 |
| 20 | Netherlands | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | –7 | 8 |
| 21 |  Paraguay | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 50 | –35 | 8 |
| 22 | Republic of Ireland | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| 23 | Morocco | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 18 | –10 | 6 |
| 24 | Zambia | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 24 | –16 | 6 |
| 25 | Poland | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
| 26 | Denmark | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 5 |
| 27 | Tanzania | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | –6 | 4 |
| 28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 |
| 29 | Kenya | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 3 |
| 30 | Cameroon | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 19 | –10 | 3 |
| 31 | Chile | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | –14 | 3 |
| 32 | Finland | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 1 |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 1 |
| 34 | Ivory Coast | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 1 |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 21 | –17 | 1 |
| 36 | Uruguay | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 22 | –18 | 1 |
| 37 | South Africa | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 27 | –24 | 1 |
| 38 | Samoa | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | –12 | 0 |
| 39 | Norway | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | –12 | 0 |
| 40 | Jordan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | –14 | 0 |
| 41 |  Azerbaijan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | –16 | 0 |
| India | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | –16 | 0 | |
| 43 | Gambia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | –25 | 0 |
| Rank | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Korea | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| Team | Confederation | 2008 (16) | 2010 (16) | 2012 (16) | 2014 (16) | 2016 (16) | 2018 (16) | 2022 (16) | 2024 (16) | 2025 (24) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | UEFA | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Brazil | CONMEBOL | R1 | QF | QF | • | R1 | R1 | QF | R1 | 4th | 8 |
| Cameroon | CAF | • | × | • | × | R1 | R1 | • | • | R1 | 3 |
| Canada | CONCACAF | QF | R1 | QF | QF | R1 | 4th | R1 | • | QF | 8 |
| Chile | CONMEBOL | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | 2 |
| China | AFC | • | • | R1 | R1 | • | • | R1 | • | R2 | 4 |
| Colombia | CONMEBOL | R1 | • | R1 | R1 | • | R1 | 2nd | R1 | R2 | 7 |
| Costa Rica | CONCACAF | R1 | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | R1 | 3 |
| Denmark | UEFA | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | CONCACAF | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | 1 |
| Ecuador | CONMEBOL | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | R1 | 2 |
| England | UEFA | 4th | • | • | • | QF | • | • | 4th | • | 3 |
| Finland | UEFA | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | 1 |
| France | UEFA | R1 | • | 1st | • | • | • | R1 | • | QF | 4 |
| Gambia | CAF | × | × | R1 | × | × | • | × | × | × | 1 |
| Germany | UEFA | 3rd | QF | 4th | R1 | QF | QF | 4th | • | • | 7 |
| Ghana | CAF | R1 | R1 | 3rd | QF | QF | QF | • | × | × | 6 |
| India | AFC | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | 1 |
| Italy | UEFA | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | QF | 2 |
| Ivory Coast | CAF | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | 1 |
| Japan | AFC | QF | 2nd | QF | 1st | 2nd | QF | QF | QF | QF | 9 |
| Jordan | AFC | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Kenya | CAF | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | R1 | • | 1 |
| Mexico | CONCACAF | • | R1 | R1 | QF | QF | 2nd | R1 | R1 | 3rd | 8 |
| Morocco | CAF | × | × | × | × | • | • | R1 | • | R2 | 2 |
| Netherlands | UEFA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | 1 |
| New Zealand | OFC | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 3rd | R1 | R1 | R1 | 9 |
| Nigeria | CAF | R1 | QF | QF | QF | R1 | • | 3rd | QF | R2 | 7 |
| North Korea | AFC | 1st | 4th | 2nd | R1 | 1st | QF | × | 1st | 1st | 8 |
| Norway | UEFA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | 1 |
| Paraguay | CONMEBOL | R1 | • | • | R1 | R1 | • | • | • | R2 | 4 |
| Poland | UEFA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | • | 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | UEFA | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Samoa | OFC | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | R1 | 1 |
| South Africa | CAF | • | R1 | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | 2 |
| South Korea | AFC | QF | 1st | • | • | • | R1 | • | R1 | R1 | 5 |
| Spain | UEFA | • | 3rd | • | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | R2 | 7 |
| Tanzania | CAF | × | × | × | × | × | × | QF | • | • | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | CONCACAF | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| United States | CONCACAF | 2nd | • | R1 | • | R1 | R1 | QF | 3rd | R2 | 7 |
| Uruguay | CONMEBOL | • | • | R1 | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | 2 |
| Venezuela | CONMEBOL | • | R1 | • | 4th | 4th | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Zambia | CAF | • | × | • | R1 | × | • | • | R1 | R2 | 3 |
— Hosting confederation
| Confederation | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Top 8 | Top 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 |
| UEFA | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 4 |
| CONCACAF | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| CONMEBOL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| CAF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| OFC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 (16) | 2010 (16) | 2012 (16) | 2014 (16) | 2016 (16) | 2018 (16) | 2022 (16) | 2024 (16) | 2025 (24) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
| Top 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Top 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Top 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Top 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 1st | | | | | | | 6 | |||
| 2nd | | | | 3 | ||||||
| 3rd | 0 | |||||||||
| 4th | | 1 |
| 2008 (16) | 2010 (16) | 2012 (16) | 2014 (16) | 2016 (16) | 2018 (16) | 2022 (16) | 2024 (16) | 2025 (24) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 28 |
| Top 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Top 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Top 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Top 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1st | 0 | |||||||||
| 2nd | 0 | |||||||||
| 3rd | | | 2 | |||||||
| 4th | 0 |
| 2008 (16) | 2010 (16) | 2012 (16) | 2014 (16) | 2016 (16) | 2018 (16) | 2022 (16) | 2024 (16) | 2025 (24) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
| Top 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Top 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Top 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Top 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1st | 0 | |||||||||
| 2nd | | | 2 | |||||||
| 3rd | | | 2 | |||||||
| 4th | | 1 |
| 2008 (16) | 2010 (16) | 2012 (16) | 2014 (16) | 2016 (16) | 2018 (16) | 2022 (16) | 2024 (16) | 2025 (24) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
| Top 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Top 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Top 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Top 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1st | 0 | |||||||||
| 2nd | | 1 | ||||||||
| 3rd | 0 | |||||||||
| 4th | | | | 3 |
| 2008 (16) | 2010 (16) | 2012 (16) | 2014 (16) | 2016 (16) | 2018 (16) | 2022 (16) | 2024 (16) | 2025 (24) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Top 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Top 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Top 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Top 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1st | 0 | |||||||||
| 2nd | 0 | |||||||||
| 3rd | | 1 | ||||||||
| 4th | 0 |
| 2008 (16) | 2010 (16) | 2012 (16) | 2014 (16) | 2016 (16) | 2018 (16) | 2022 (16) | 2024 (16) | 2025 (24) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| Top 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| Top 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Top 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Top 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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| 2nd | | | | 3 | ||||||
| 3rd | | | | | 4 | |||||
| 4th | | | | | 4 |
It is the key reason why this and the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup tournament will be held every year, rather than every two years, from 2025 onwards...
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