2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 WWC official logo
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	28 October – 16 November
Teams	16
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Korea DPR
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Dzenifer Marozsan (6 goals)
Best player	Mana Iwabuchi

The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. It is the officially recognized world championship for women's under-17 national football teams. This was the first women's world youth championship organized by FIFA with the age limit of 17.

Contents 1 Host cities 2 Tournament 2.1 Qualified teams 2.2 Group stage 2.2.1 Group A 2.2.2 Group B 2.2.3 Group C 2.2.4 Group D 2.3 Knockout stage 2.3.1 Quarterfinals 2.3.2 Semifinals 2.3.3 3rd Place Playoff 2.3.4 Final 3 Winner 4 Awards 5 Top scorers 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Host cities

Auckland• •Hamilton •Wellington •Christchurch

Matches were played in four New Zealand cities:

• The Auckland conurbation, New Zealand's largest metropolitan area, hosted the final and 3rd place playoff. The designated host stadium is located in North Shore City.
• Hamilton hosted two of the quarter-finals.
• Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, hosted two of the quarter-finals.
• Christchurch, the only host city in the South Island, hosted the semi-finals.

Pool matches were spread evenly among these cities. The host nation, New Zealand, was based mostly in Auckland but played one pool match in Wellington.

North Harbour Stadium Location: Auckland (North Shore City) Capacity: 25,000	Waikato Stadium Location: Hamilton Capacity: 26,500	Wellington Stadium (Westpac Stadium) Location: Wellington Capacity: 36,500	Queen Elizabeth II Park Location: Christchurch Capacity: 20,000

[edit] Tournament

[edit] Qualified teams

• AFC: The top three finishers in the 2007 U-16 Asian Championship:  Korea DPR,  Japan and  Korea Republic.^{[citation needed]}
• CAF: The top two teams out of three from the 2008 CAF Women's U-17 Championship qualifying tournament:  Nigeria and  Ghana.
• CONCACAF:The top three finishers in the 2008 CONCACAF U-17 Championship: the  United States,  Costa Rica and  Canada.
• CONMEBOL: The top three teams from the 2008 South American Under 17 Women's Championship:  Colombia,  Brazil and  Paraguay.^[1]
• OFC:  New Zealand (qualified as host)
• UEFA: The top four teams from the 2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship:  Germany,  France,  Denmark and  England.^[2]

[edit] Group stage

All times local (UTC+13)

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Denmark	5	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
Canada	5	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1
New Zealand	3	3	1	0	2	4	4	0
Colombia	2	3	0	2	1	3	5	-2

2008-10-28 19:00	New Zealand	0 – 1	Canada	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 13,123 Referee: Kirsi Savolainen
		(Report)	53' Lamarre

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2008-10-29 12:00	Denmark	1 – 1	Colombia	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 6,759 Referee: Cha Sung-Mi
	Boye  51'	(Report)	20' Ariza

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2008-11-01 13:00	Colombia	1 – 1	Canada	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: TBA Referee: Wang Jia
	Vidal  10'	(Report)	9' Ezurike

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2008-11-01 16:00	New Zealand	1 – 2	Denmark	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 11,170 Referee: Silvia Reyes
	Longo  13'	(Report)	29' Andreasen  56' Olsen

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2008-11-04 19:00	Colombia	1 – 3	New Zealand	Wellington Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 3,546 Referee: Etsuko Fukano
	Ariza  82'	(Report)	44' 81' 87' White

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2008-11-04 19:00	Canada	0 – 0	Denmark	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Attendance: 3,283 Referee: Finau Vulivuli
		(Report)

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Germany	7	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6
Korea DPR	5	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1
Ghana	4	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
Costa Rica	0	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7

2008-10-29 12:00	Costa Rica	0 – 5	Germany	Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch Attendance: 4,105 Referee: Etsuko Fukano
		(Report)	17' Mester  34'  43' Marozsan  51' Knaak  66' Kemme

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2008-10-29 15:00	Korea DPR	1 – 1	Ghana	Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch Attendance: 453 Referee: Natalia Avdonchenko
	Ho  69'	(Report)	73' Dadson

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2008-11-01 13:00	Ghana	2 – 3	Germany	Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch Attendance: TBA Referee: Kirsi Savolainen
	Dadson  65' Fordjour  86'	(Report)	5' (pen)  35' Marozsan  69' Maier

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2008-11-01 16:00	Costa Rica	1 – 2	Korea DPR	Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch Attendance: 4,272 Referee: Cristina Dorcioman
	Cedeno  20'	(Report)	16'  65' Yun

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2008-11-04 16:00	Ghana	1 – 0	Costa Rica	Wellington Stadium, Wellington Referee: Cha Sung-Mi
	Afriyie  19'	(Report)

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2008-11-04 16:00	Germany	1 – 1	Korea DPR	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Michelle Pye
	Popp  3'	(Report)	58' Jon

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	9	3	3	0	0	17	5	12
United States	4	3	1	1	1	6	5	1
France	4	3	1	1	1	8	10	-2
Paraguay	0	3	0	0	3	5	16	-11

2008-10-30 12:00	Japan	3 – 2	United States	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Attendance: 4,816 Referee: Thalia Mitsi
	Iwabuchi  31' Kameoka  68' Yoshioka  74'	(Report)	3' DiMartino  51' Mewis

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2008-10-30 15:00	France	6 – 2	Paraguay	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Attendance: 5,016 Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng
	Crammer  5'  12'  61' (pen) Poulain  17' Augis  58' Catala  86'	(Report)	45+3' Gonzalez  90+2' Genes

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2008-11-02 13:00	Paraguay	1 – 3	United States	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Attendance: TBA Referee: Thalia Mitsi
	Fernandez  32'	(Report)	48' (o.g.) Flores  77' DiMartino  83' Verloo

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2008-11-02 16:00	Japan	7 – 1	France	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Attendance: 4,115 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado
	Inoue  11' Kishikawa  21' (pen)  57' Kira  26'  27'  34' Shimada  38'	(Report)	16' Augis

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2008-11-05 16:00	Paraguay	2 – 7	Japan	Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch Referee: Cristina Dorcioman
	Gonzalez  20' (pen) Villamayor  55'	(Report)	36'  73' Kishikawa  40' Ohshima  43'  52' Hamada  83'  89' Takahashi

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2008-11-05 16:00	United States	1 – 1	France	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Referee: Silvia Reyes
	DiMartino  57'	(Report)	72' Rubio

[edit] Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Korea Republic	6	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
England	6	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1
Nigeria	4	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
Brazil	1	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4

2008-10-30 12:00	Brazil	0 – 3	England	Wellington Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 10,795 Referee: Michelle Pye
		(Report)	71'  89' Carter  75' Bruton

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2008-10-30 15:00	Korea Republic	1 – 2	Nigeria	Wellington Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Finau Vulivuli
	Ji  85'	(Report)	1' Adekwagh  60' Aighewi

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2008-11-02 13:00	Nigeria	0 – 1	England	Wellington Stadium, Wellington Attendance: TBA Referee: Etsuko Fukano
		(Report)	79' Holbrook

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2008-11-02 16:00	Brazil	1 – 2	Korea Republic	Wellington Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 6,471 Referee: Damgoua Neguel
	Raquel  66'	(Report)	47' Lee M.S.  57' Lee H.Y.

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2008-11-05 19:00	Brazil	2 – 2	Nigeria	Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch Attendance: 1,410 Referee: Natalian Avdoncheko
	Ketlen  35' Rafaelle  71'	(Report)	43' Orji  75' Okoronkwo

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2008-11-05 19:00	England	0 – 3	Korea Republic	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 3,920 Referee: Damgoua Negual
		(Report)	8' Ji  16' Go  71' Song

[edit] Knockout stage

All times local (UTC+13)

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	November 8 - Wellington
	Denmark	0
					November 13 - Christchurch
	Korea DPR	4
					Korea DPR	2
	November 9 - Hamilton
					England	1
	Japan	2 (4)
									November 16 - Auckland
	England	2 (5)
									Korea DPR	2
	November 8 - Wellington
									United States	1
	Germany	3
					November 13 - Christchurch
	Canada	1
					Germany	1			Third place
	November 9 - Hamilton
					United States	2
	Korea Republic	2							England	0
	United States	4							Germany	3
									November 16 - Auckland

[edit] Quarterfinals

2008-11-08 13:00	Denmark	0 – 4	Korea DPR	Wellington Stadium, Wellington Referee: Thalia Mitsi
		(FIFA Report)	21'  73' Jon  86' Ri  89' Kim U.J.

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2008-11-08 16:00	Germany	3 – 1	Canada	Wellington Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 4,182 Referee: Silvia Reyes
	Maroszan  4'  78' Mester  34'	(FIFA Report)	44' Ezurike

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2008-11-09 13:00	Japan	2 – 2 (AET) (4 - 5 PSO)	England	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado
	Kira  8' Iwabuchi  82'	(FIFA Report)	45+1' Staniforth  90+1' Christiansen

		Penalties
	Kira Takeyama Kameoka Kishikawa Saito	4-5	Nobbs Bruton Carter Pitman Bonner

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2008-11-09 16:00	Korea Republic	2 – 4	United States	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Attendance: 7,247 Referee: Kirsi Savolainen
	Lee Hyun-Young  65'  85'	(FIFA Report)	27'  78' Verloo  54' Mewis  84' DiMartino

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[edit] Semifinals

2008-11-13 16:00	Korea DPR	2 – 1	England	Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch Referee: Michelle Pye
	Ho  19' Jon  44'	(FIFA report)	75' Jane

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2008-11-13 19:00	Germany	1 – 2	United States	Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch Attendance: 8014 Referee: Sung Mi Cha
	Popp  6'	(FIFA report)	63' DiMartino  81' Verloo

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[edit] 3rd Place Playoff

2008-11-16 13:00	England	0 – 3	Germany	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Referee: Natalia Avdonchenko
		(FIFA report)	11' Wesely  74' Knaak  88' Mester

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[edit] Final

2008-11-16 16:00	Korea DPR	2 - 1 (AET)	United States	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 16,162 Referee: Silvia Reyes
	Kim U.H.  77' Jang  113'	(FIFA report)	2' (o.g.) Hong

[edit] Winner

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Winners
Korea DPR First title

[edit] Awards

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Mana Iwabuchi	Dzenifer Marozsan	Kristie Mewis

Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Dzenifer Marozsan	Vicki DiMartino	Jon Myong-Hwa

FIFA Fair Play Award	Golden Glove
Germany	Taylor Vancil

[edit] Top scorers

Player	Team	Goals	Matches
Dzsenifer Marozsan	Germany	6	5
Vicki DiMartino	United States	5	5
Courtney Verloo	United States	4	5
Chinatsu Kira	Japan	4	3
Natsuki Kishikawa	Japan	4	4
Jon Myong-Hwa	Korea DPR	4	5
Lee Hyun Young	Korea Republic	3	4
Pauline Crammer	France	3	3
Rosie White	New Zealand	3	3
Mana Iwabuchi	Japan	2	3
Saori Takahashi	Japan	2	2
Haruka Hamada	Japan	2	4
Ji So-Yun	Korea Republic	2	4
Danielle Carter	England	2	5

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• 2008 U-17 Championship official site
• NZ Football tournament page

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