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.[1] 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.[2]
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.
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.[3][4] The selected venues were:
The places were allocated as follows to confederations: AFC (3), CAF (2), CONCACAF (3), CONMEBOL (2), OFC (1), UEFA (4), plus the host country.[6]
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.[7][8]
All times local (UTC-3)[9]
Tanja Schett
Cristina Ionescu Tanja Schett
Bentla D Coth
Sachiko Baba
Jennifer Bennett
Carolina González
Érika VargasAll times local (UTC-3)[9]
Jennifer BennettThe following awards were given for the tournament:[10]
The following players were named as the All Star Team for the tournament:[11]
Marie Pollman
Ebere Orji
Rosie White
Ra Un-sim
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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
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 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 Erin McNulty (1 for Germany) 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)
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