2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2018 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Uruguay |
Dates | 20 November – 13 December 2018 |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | TBA (in TBA host cities) |
The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be the 6th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be held in Uruguay from 20 November to 13 December 2018.[1]
North Korea are the defending champions.
Host selection
On 6 March 2014, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 31 October 2014.[2]
The following countries made official bids for hosting the tournament:[3]
The decision on the hosts was originally to be made at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting on 19–20 March 2015,[4] but no announcement was made after the meeting.
During FIFA President Gianni Infantino's visit to Uruguay in March 2016, Uruguay showed interest in organizing the event.[5] The FIFA Council appointed Uruguay as host on 10 May 2016.[1]
Qualified teams
A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to the team who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 13–14 October 2016.[6]
Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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AFC (Asia) | 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship | TBD TBD TBD |
CAF (Africa) | 2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament | TBD TBD TBD |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | TBD TBD TBD |
CONMEBOL (South America) | Host nation | Uruguay |
2018 South American Under-17 Women's Championship | TBD TBD | |
OFC (Oceania) | 2018 OFC U-17 Women's Championship | TBD |
UEFA (Europe) | 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship | TBD TBD TBD |
Venues
To be announced.
References
- 1 2 "FIFA Council agrees on four-phase bidding process for 2026 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 10 May 2016.
- ↑ "Bidding process opened for eight FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 19 December 2013.
- ↑ "High interest in hosting FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "FIFA Executive committee meeting agenda now available". FIFA. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "Cafu and Hierro join FIFA and AUF Presidents in Montevideo". FIFA.com. 29 March 2016.
- ↑ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.