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2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
| كأس العالم للسيدات تحت 17 سنة المغرب 2025Coupe du Monde Féminine U-17 de la FIFA Maroc 2025 |
|---|
| Dreams in the Making |
| Morocco |
| 17 October – 8 November |
| 24 (from 6 confederations) |
| 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| North Korea (4th title) |
| Netherlands |
| Mexico |
| Brazil |
| 52 |
| 175 (3.37 per match) |
| 72,762 (1,399 per match) |
| Yu Jong-hyang(8 goals) |
| Yu Jong-hyang |
| Valentina Murrieta |
| Spain |
| ← 2024 2026 → |
The 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (Arabic: كأس العالم للسيدات تحت 17 سنة المغرب 2025; French: Coupe du Monde Féminine U-17 de la FIFA Maroc 2025) was the 9th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was hosted by Morocco from 17 October to 8 November 2025. This was the first FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to be held in Africa and the second Arab country to host it after Jordan in 2016. It was also the first edition to feature 24 teams. This was the first of five consecutive FIFA U-17 Women's World Cups to be held in Morocco, set to be played annually until 2029.
North Korea were the defending champions, having won a record third title in 2024. They successfully retained the title, beating first-time finalists the Netherlands.
Morocco was announced as the 2025–2029 Women's U-17 World Cups host country following the FIFA Council meeting on 14 March 2024 in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Morocco
Talks of a possible change in frequency of the tournament were first unveiled at a FIFA meeting in Doha in December 2022. After the 2023 FIFA Congress in Kigali, FIFA's plans to change the frequency of the U-17 Women's World Cup from biannual to annual was officially confirmed.
On 14 March 2024, FIFA decided to expand the tournament to 24 teams. The slot allocation was as follows:
- AFC (Asia): 4 slots
- CAF (Africa): 5 slots (including hosts Morocco)
- CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots
- CONMEBOL (South America): 4 slots
- OFC (Oceania): 2 slots
- UEFA (Europe): 5 slots
A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Morocco, who qualified automatically as the host nation, the other 23 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. Due to the expansion, the slot allocation was officially confirmed on 15 May 2024.
Ivory Coast, Netherlands, Norway and Samoa made their debut at this tournament, with the Samoans participating in their first ever FIFA competition.
Costa Rica and Italy returned after a 11 year absence, they both came back after last qualified in 2014. Paraguay and Cameroon qualified for the first time since 2016 and 2018 respectively. Canada, China, France and hosts Morocco returned to the World Cup after one tournament drought.
Dominican Republic, England, Kenya and Poland failed to qualify after taking part in 2024.
| Qualifying tournament | Team | Qualification date | Appearance(s) | Previous best performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominated teams by AFC | China | 13 September 2024 | 4th | 2012 | 2022 | 1 | Group stage (2012, 2014, 2022) |
| Japan | 9th | 2008 | 2024 | 9 | Champions (2014) | ||
| North Korea | 8th | 2008 | 2024 | 2 | Champions (2008, 2016, 2024) | ||
| South Korea | 5th | 2008 | 2024 | 2 | Champions (2010) | ||
| Host nation | Morocco | 14 March 2024 | 2nd | 2022 | 1 | Group stage (2022) | |
| 2025 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification | Cameroon | 25 April 2025 | 3rd | 2016 | 2018 | 1 | Group stage (2016, 2018) |
| Ivory Coast | 1st | Debut | |||||
| Nigeria | 8th | 2008 | 2024 | 3 | Third place (2022) | ||
| Zambia | 26 April 2025 | 3rd | 2014 | 2024 | 2 | Group stage (2014, 2024) | |
| 2025 CONCACAF U-17 Women's World Cup qualification | Mexico | 5 April 2025 | 8th | 2010 | 2024 | 8 | Runners-up (2018) |
| United States | 7th | 2008 | 2024 | 5 | Runners-up (2008) | ||
| Canada | 6 April 2025 | 8th | 2008 | 2022 | 1 | Fourth place (2018) | |
| Costa Rica | 3rd | 2008 | 2014 | 1 | Group stage (2008, 2014) | ||
| 2025 South American U-17 Women's Championship | Colombia | 18 May 2025 | 7th | 2008 | 2024 | 4 | Runners-up (2022) |
| Brazil | 21 May 2025 | 8th | 2008 | 2024 | 5 | Quarter-finals (2010, 2012, 2022) | |
| Ecuador | 2nd | 2024 | 2 | Quarter-finals (2024) | |||
| Paraguay | 4th | 2008 | 2016 | 1 | Group stage (2008, 2014, 2016) | ||
| 2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship | New Zealand | 18 September 2024 | 9th | 2008 | 2024 | 9 | Third place (2018) |
| Samoa | 1st | Debut | |||||
| 2025 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship | Netherlands | 7 May 2025 | 1st | Debut | |||
| Norway | 10 May 2025 | 1st | Debut | ||||
| France | 11 May 2025 | 4th | 2008 | 2022 | 1 | Champions (2012) | |
| Italy | 2nd | 2014 | 1 | Third place (2014) | |||
| Spain | 14 May 2025 | 7th | 2010 | 2024 | 6 | Champions (2018, 2022) |
Notes
The match schedule and venues were announced on 1 June 2025. The Rabat metropolitan area hosted all matches.
Originally, the new Prince Héritier Moulay el-Hassan Sports Complex and the Al Barid Stadium had been officially selected to host the tournament, however the tournament was then held in two venues.
The official stadium name listed by FIFA during the tournament is shown below.
| Rabat | Salé |
|---|---|
| Rabat Olympic Stadium | Mohammed VI Football Academy(3 pitches) |
| Capacity: 21,000 |
Notes
The official draw took place on 4 June 2025 in Rabat. The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams. The teams were allocated based on their performances in the five previous U-17 Women's World Cups (with more recent tournaments weighted more heavily, using a points-based ranking system as outlined by FIFA). The host team, Morocco, was automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation were drawn so as not to meet each other in the group stage.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco H Spain Japan North Korea United States Nigeria | Brazil Mexico Colombia Canada New Zealand Ecuador | China Cameroon South Korea Italy France Zambia | Paraguay Costa Rica Netherlands Norway Ivory Coast Samoa |
Players born between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2010 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
A total of 18 referees and 36 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament on 31 July 2025. Originally, Katarzyna Wasiak was selected for the tournament, and latter replaced by her compatriot Meghan Mullen.
| Confederation | Referees | Assistant referees |
|---|---|---|
| AFC | Lara Lee Veronika Bernatskaia | Emma Kocbek Ramina Tsoi Heba Saadieh Suwida Wongkraisorn |
| CAF | Josephine Wanjiru Yacine Samassa | Fidès Bangurambona Yara Abdelfattah Alice Umutesi Tabara Mbodji |
| CONCACAF | Vimarest Díaz Lizzet García Janeishka Caban Alyssa Pennington | Santa Medina Mayra Mora Jéssica Morales Aranza Quero Katherine Prescod Melissa Nicholas Meghan Mullen Kali Smith |
| CONMEBOL | Charly Straub Paula Fernández Verónica Guazhambo Milagros Arruela | Fernanda Gomes Antunes Anne Gomes de Sá Nataly Arteaga Mayra Sánchez Joselyn Romero Viviana Segura Mariana Aquino Vera Yupanqui |
| OFC | Torika Delai | Allys Clipsham Natalia Lumukana |
| UEFA | Hristiyana Guteva Silvia Gasperotti Ewa Augustyn Alina Peșu Olatz Rivera | Ivona Pejić Emily Carney Heini Hyvönen Camille Soriano Nikolett Bizderi Giulia Tempestilli Irina Pozdejeva Eliana Fernández Linda Schmid Svitlana Grushko |
The draw for the group stage took place on 3 June 2025.
All times are local, MST (UTC+1).
| Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
|---|
| The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows: |
| Points obtained in all group matches; |
| Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; |
| Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; |
| Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; |
| Goal difference in all group matches; |
| Number of goals scored in all group matches; |
| Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match): Yellow card: −1 points;Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;Direct red card: −4 points;Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points; |
| Drawing of lots. |
The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.
| Tie-breaking criteria for third-placed teams |
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| The ranking of third-placed teams was determined as follows: |
| Points obtained in all group matches; |
| Goal difference in all group matches; |
| Number of goals scored in all group matches; |
| Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match): Yellow card: −1 points;Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;Direct red card: −4 points;Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points; |
| Drawing of lots. |
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, no extra time is played and a penalty shoot-out is held to determine the winners.
Combinations of matches in the Round of 16
The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:
| Third-placed teamsqualify from groups | 1Avs | 1Bvs | 1Cvs | 1Dvs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3B | ||
| A | B | C | E | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3E | ||
| A | B | C | F | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3F | ||
| A | B | D | E | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3E | ||
| A | B | D | F | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3F | ||
| A | B | E | F | 3E | 3A | 3B | 3F | ||
| A | C | D | E | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3E | ||
| A | C | D | F | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3F | ||
| A | C | E | F | 3C | 3A | 3F | 3E | ||
| A | D | E | F | 3D | 3A | 3F | 3E | ||
| B | C | D | E | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3E | ||
| B | C | D | F | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3F | ||
| B | C | E | F | 3E | 3C | 3B | 3F | ||
| B | D | E | F | 3E | 3D | 3B | 3F | ||
| C | D | E | F | 3C | 3D | 3F | 3E |
The following awards were given for the tournament:
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Yu Jong-hyang | Kim Won-sim | Rosalie Renfurm |
| Yu Jong-hyang | Kim Won-sim | Giulia Galli |
| 8 goals | 7 goals | 5 goals, 1 assist445 minutes played |
| Valentina Murrieta | ||
| Spain |
There were 175 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 3.37 goals per match.
8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
The official emblem was revealed on 3 June 2025.
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