The 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fifth 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 was held in Jordan from 30 September to 21 October 2016.[1]
| كأس العالم للسيدات تحت 17 سنة 2016 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Jordan |
| Dates | 30 September – 21 October |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  North Korea (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Japan |
| Third place |  Spain |
| Fourth place |  Venezuela |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 104 (3.25 per match) |
| Attendance | 104,095 (3,253 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Lorena Navarro (8 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Fuka Nagano |
| Best goalkeeper | Noelia Ramos |
| Fair play award | Japan |
← 2014 2018 → | |
While the role of women in sport was regarded as controversial due to cultural and religious conservatism in some countries of the Middle East, this tournament was the first women's FIFA tournament held in the region.[2]
The following countries submitted a bid to host the tournament by the May 2013 deadline:[3]
On 5 December 2013, the FIFA Executive Committee announced that the tournament would be held in Jordan.[4]
A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Jordan who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was published in June 2014.[5]
The three host cities were Amman, Irbid, and Zarqa. The infrastructure of the stadiums and surrounding areas in the host cities was developed. Greater Amman Municipality and the Higher Council for Youth were responsible for developing the infrastructure, with 30% under the responsibility of the municipality and 70% under the responsibility of the council.[6]
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| Amman International Stadium | King Abdullah II Stadium | |
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| Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | |
| Zarqa | Irbid | |
| Prince Mohammed Stadium | Al-Hassan Stadium | |
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| Capacity: 17,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
The official emblem was unveiled on 3 May 2015, which was designed to showcase Jordan's most iconic symbols. Visual aspects of the Jordanian culture can be seen on the emblem that has the traditional shape of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Trophy, which include; the distinctive pattern of the Jordanian Keffieh, the Jordanian national flower Black Iris, Pan Arab colors and a star from the Jordanian flag.[7]
In a FIFA press conference on 28 May 2016, the tournament mascot, "Aseela", was introduced. Aseela is an Arabian oryx, which is a rare animal that happens to be the national animal of Jordan. The Arabian Oryx was chosen for being a symbol of " strength, gentleness, and athleticism", resembling female football players. The mascot is expected to inspire young women across Jordan and the region to participate in watching the tournament.[8]
The Official song for the 2016 FIFA Women U-17 World Cup is 'Jordan our Playground' Composed by Lebanese Singer Carole Samaha and her Jordanian counterpart Hussein Al Salman[9][10]
Each team named 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 1999, and on or before 31 December 2001.[11] The official squads were announced on 23 September 2016.[12]
A total of 16 referees, 1 reserve referee, and 28 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.[13]
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The official draw was held on 30 May 2016, 18:00 EEST (UTC+3), at the Al Hussein Cultural Centre in Amman.[14][15] The teams were seeded based on their performances in previous U-17 Women's World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts Jordan automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.[8]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The match schedule was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee on 25 May 2015,[16] and officially announced on 10 August 2015.[17]
The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:[11]
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, EEST (UTC+3).[18]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Mexico
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Spain
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 | |
| 3 |  New Zealand
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Jordan (H)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 |
| Mexico | 5–0 | New Zealand |
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Espinosa  18'Ovalle 36'López 68'Ávalos 81'Torres 87' |
Report |
Attendance: 7,635
Referee: Yeimy Martinez (Colombia)
| Jordan | 0–6 | Spain |
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| Report | L. Navarro 6', 27', 42', 47' (pen.), 79' Pina 89' |
Attendance: 14,347
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)
| Spain | 2–0 | New Zealand |
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| Aleixandri 80' Pina 85' |
Report |
Attendance: 698
Referee: Park Ji-Yeong (South Korea)
| Jordan | 1–4 | Mexico |
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| Abu-Sabbah 6' |
Report | Enrigue 13' Cázares 17'Ovalle 54'Juárez 85' |
Attendance: 8,250
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
| New Zealand | 5–0 | Jordan |
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| Tawharu 5', 90' Blake 28', 76', 90+2' |
Report |
Attendance: 4,493
Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo)
| Spain | 1–1 | Mexico |
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| E. Navarro 58' |
Report | Espinosa 56' |
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Ledya Tafesse (Ethiopia)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Germany
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Venezuela
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Canada
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Cameroon
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 1–2 | Germany |
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| Cazorla 61' |
Report | Gwinn 7' Bühl 74' |
Attendance: 3,731
Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
| Cameroon | 2–3 | Canada |
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| Djoubi 17' Dabda 42' |
Report | Huitema 3' Stratigakis 78' (pen.)Taylor 83' |
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Sandra Braz (Portugal)
| Venezuela | 2–1 | Cameroon |
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| Castellanos 20', 90+4' |
Report | Takounda 90+3' |
Attendance: 1,275
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
| Germany | 1–1 | Canada |
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| Gwinn 45+2' |
Report | Rose 20' |
Attendance: 3,384
Referee: Regildenia Moura (Brazil)
| Canada | 0–2 | Venezuela |
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| Report | Castellanos 30' Moreno 74' |
Attendance: 2,704
Referee: Olga Zadinová (Czech Republic)
| Germany | 2–0 | Cameroon |
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| Gwinn 15' Oberdorf 72' |
Report |
Attendance: 1,130
Referee: Park Ji-Yeong (South Korea)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | North Korea
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  England
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Brazil
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Nigeria
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 0–1 | Brazil |
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| Report | Micaelly 42' |
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Olga Zadinová (Czech Republic)
| England | 3–3 | North Korea |
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| Brazil 20' Stanway 33'Russo 90+4' |
Report | Sung Hyang-sim 29' Kim Pom-ui 67'Ko Kyong-hui 84' |
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ledya Tafesse (Ethiopia)
| Nigeria | 0–0 | England |
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| Report |
Attendance: 664
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
| Brazil | 0–1 | North Korea |
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| Report | Ri Hae-yon 71' |
Attendance: 2,463
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
| North Korea | 3–0 | Nigeria |
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| Ri Hae-yon 30', 45', 83' |
Report |
Attendance: 947
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)
| Brazil | 1–2 | England |
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| Kerolin 36' |
Report | Stanway 45+3' (pen.), 60' (pen.) |
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Japan
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  Ghana
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 6 | |
| 3 |  United States
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Paraguay
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
| Ghana | 0–5 | Japan |
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| Report | Ueki 7' Endō 18', 21'Takarada 26'Chiba 83' |
Attendance: 1,083
Referee: Miriam Patricia Leon Serpas (El Salvador)
| United States | 6–1 | Paraguay |
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| Tagliaferri 11' Kuhlmann 14', 49', 87'Pickett 69'Sanchez 82' |
Report | Fretes 53' |
Attendance: 2,078
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
| United States | 1–2 | Ghana |
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| Tagliaferri 5' |
Report | Gi. Acheampong 63' Owusu-Ansah 84' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)
| Paraguay | 0–5 | Japan |
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| Report | Takahashi 4' Nojima 29', 39' (pen.), 44'Takarada 89' |
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Esther Azzopardi (Malta)
| Japan | 3–2 | United States |
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| Ueki 53' Kanno 75'Miyazawa 77' |
Report | Sanchez 33', 90+1' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,580
Referee: Yeimy Martinez (Colombia)
| Paraguay | 0–1 | Ghana |
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| Report | Owusu-Ansah 68' |
Attendance: 1,703
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (noextra time is played).[11]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
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| 12 October – Amman (AIS) | |||||||||
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| Mexico | 1 | ||||||||
| 17 October – Amman (KAS) | |||||||||
| Venezuela | 2 | ||||||||
| Venezuela | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 October – Irbid | |||||||||
| North Korea | 3 | ||||||||
| North Korea | 2 | ||||||||
| 21 October – Amman (AIS) | |||||||||
| Ghana | 1 | ||||||||
| North Korea (p) | 0 (5) | ||||||||
| 12 October – Amman (AIS) | |||||||||
| Japan | 0 (4) | ||||||||
| Germany | 1 | ||||||||
| 17 October – Amman (KAS) | |||||||||
| Spain | 2 | ||||||||
| Spain | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 October – Irbid | |||||||||
| Japan | 3 | Third place | |||||||
| Japan | 3 | ||||||||
| 21 October – Amman (AIS) | |||||||||
| England | 0 | ||||||||
| Venezuela | 0 | ||||||||
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| Spain | 4 | ||||||||
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| Mexico | 1–2 | Venezuela |
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| Enrigue 34' |
Report | Castellanos 35', 39' |
Attendance: 856
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
| Germany | 1–2 | Spain |
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| Oberdorf 90+4' |
Report | Na. Ramos 9' E. Navarro 36' |
Attendance: 2,225
Referee: Sandra Braz (Portugal)
| North Korea | 2–1 | Ghana |
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| Kim Pom-ui 33' (pen.) Ja Un-yong 90+4' |
Report | Gi. Acheampong 81' |
Attendance: 493
Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)
| Japan | 3–0 | England |
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| Endō 3' Ueki 45+1', 80' |
Report |
Attendance: 1,806
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
| Venezuela | 0–3 | North Korea |
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| Report | Kim Pom-ui 15' Ja Un-yong 71'Ri Hae-yon 89' |
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Olga Zadinová (Czech Republic)
| Spain | 0–3 | Japan |
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| Report | Takahashi 14', 76' (pen.) Rodríguez 48' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 3,250
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)
| Venezuela | 0–4 | Spain |
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| Report | E. Navarro 17' L. Navarro 53', 78', 87' |
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Ledya Tafesse (Ethiopia)
| North Korea | 0–0 | Japan |
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| Penalties | ||
Ja Un-yong  Kim Pom-ui Sung Hyang-sim Ri Hae-yon Ri Kum-hyang |
5–4 | Ueki Wakisaka Takahashi Kanekatsu Nagano |
Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
| 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup winners |
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 North Korea Second title |
Ri Hae-yon Deyna Castellanos Giulia Gwinn Jun Endō Sakura Nojima Hana Takahashi Hannah Blake Kim Pom-ui Eva Navarro Civana Kuhlmann Ashley Sanchez Gifty Acheampong Sandra Owusu-Ansah Saori Takarada Jazmín Enrigue Daniela Espinosa Jacqueline Ovalle Sam Tawharu Ja Un-yong Clàudia Pina Frankie Tagliaferri Micaelly Claudia Dabda Soline Djoubi Alexandra Takounda Jordyn Huitema Deanne Rose Sarah Stratigakis Hannah Taylor Ellie Brazil Alessia Russo Klara Bühl Remina Chiba Oto Kanno Hinata Miyazawa Sarah Abu-Sabbah Verónica Avalos Dayana Cázares Gabriela Juárez Jimena López Celiana Torres Ko Kyong-hui Sung Hyang-sim Limpia Fretes Laia Aleixandri Natalia Ramos Kiara Pickett Maria Cazorla Yerliane Moreno Lucía Rodríguez (against Japan)The following awards were given for the tournament:[19]
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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| Fuka Nagano
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Sung Hyang-sim
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Deyna Castellanos
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| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
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| Lorena Navarro
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Ri Hae-yon
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Deyna Castellanos
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| FIFA Fair Play Award | Golden Glove |
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| Japan
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Noelia Ramos
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