2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 8th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in Papua New Guinea from 13 November to 3 December 2016. This was the first FIFA tournament held in the country, the first FIFA tournament held in Melanesia, and the first FIFA association football tournament in Oceania to take place outside Australasia (i.e. Australia and New Zealand).

North Korea won their second title by beating France 3–1 in the final. They became the first country to win both of the age-group Women's World Cups in the same year, with their under-17 team winning the U-17 Women's World Cup earlier that year.

The following countries submitted bids to host the tournament by the May 2013 deadline:

• Norway
• Republic of Ireland
• South Africa

South Africa were awarded the hosting rights by FIFA Executive Committee at their meeting on 5 December 2013. However, they later withdrew, giving its notice at FIFA's executive committee meeting prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

After South Africa's withdrawal, the following countries announced they would be interested in hosting:

• Papua New Guinea
• Sweden

Papua New Guinea were awarded the hosting rights of the tournament by the FIFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2015.

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Papua New Guinea who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was published in June 2014.

A FIFA delegation visited the following four stadiums in April 2015: Sir Hubert Murray Stadium, Sir John Guise Stadium, Lloyd Robson Oval (National Football Stadium), and Bava Park, all located in Port Moresby. The same four stadiums were submitted to FIFA for approval in October 2015. The final approved stadiums are:

The official emblem and slogan ("To Inspire, To Excel") were unveiled on 8 March 2016.

The official mascot, a bird-of-paradise nicknamed "Susa", was launched on 11 June 2016.

The official theme song for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World cup Kumul Susa written by dAdiigii and performed by Mereani & dAdiigii.

Each team must name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. All players must be born on or after 1 January 1996, and on or before 31 December 2000. The official squads were announced on 8 November 2016.

A total of 16 referees, and 27 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.

The official draw was held on 17 March 2016, 18:30 CET (UTC+1), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland. The teams were seeded based on their performances in previous U-20 Women's World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts Papua New Guinea automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

All times are local, PGT (UTC+10).

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played as the match is played directly before the final.

On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.

The following awards were given for the tournament:

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report Archived 3 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine