| Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-20 de la FIFA Costa Rica 2022 | |
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The official emblem
Vamos Juntas (Let's go together) | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Costa Rica |
| Dates | 10–28 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Japan |
| Third place |  Brazil |
| Fourth place |  Netherlands |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 86 (2.69 per match) |
| Attendance | 174,650 (5,458 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Inma Gabarro (8 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Maika Hamano |
| Best goalkeeper | Txell Font |
| Fair play award | Japan |
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2024 → | |
The 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Spanish: Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-20 de la FIFA Costa Rica 2022) was the 10th 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, since its inception in 2002 as the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship (the age limit was raised from 19 to 20 in 2008). The tournament was held in Costa Rica, which would have hosted the 2020 edition before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the second time that Costa Rica hosted a FIFA tournament after the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Japan were the defending champions. The opening match played at the tournament was contested between Costa Rica and AustraliaatEstadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José. The final was held on 28 August 2022. For the third time in FIFA football tournaments,[a] and the first time for the youth tournaments, there was a back-to-back final between the two same teams.
This was the final edition to feature 16 teams before expanded to 24 teams in 2024 in Colombia.
Costa Rica and Panama were originally selected as co-hosts of the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup on 20 December 2019,[2] before the withdrawal of Panama leaving Costa Rica as the only host country.[3] On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, Costa Rica was appointed a host of the next edition of the tournament scheduled for 2022.[1][4]
A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Costa Rica who automatically qualifies as host, 15 teams qualify from six continental competitions.
| Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC (Asia) (3 teams) |
Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (qualification cancelled)[5][6][7] |  Australia[^]
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4th | 2006 | Quarter-finals (2002, 2004) |
| Japan
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7th | 2018 | Champions (2018) | ||
 South Korea
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6th | 2016 | Third place (2010) | ||
| CAF (Africa) (2 teams) |
2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament |  Ghana
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6th | 2018 | Group stage (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
 Nigeria
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10th | 2018 | Runners-up (2010, 2014) | ||
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) (Hosts + 3 teams) |
Host nation |  Costa Rica
|
3rd | 2014 | Group stage (2010, 2014) |
| 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship |  Canada
|
8th | 2016 | Runners-up (2002) | |
 Mexico
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9th | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2010, 2012, 2016) | ||
 United States
|
10th | 2018 | Champions (2002, 2008, 2012) | ||
| CONMEBOL (South America) (2 teams) |
2022 South American U-20 Women's Championship | Brazil
|
10th | 2018 | Third place (2006) |
 Colombia
|
2nd | 2010 | Fourth place (2010) | ||
| OFC (Oceania) (1 team) |
Team was nominated by OFC based on results of 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship (qualification cancelled)[8] |  New Zealand
|
8th | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2014) |
| UEFA (Europe) (4 teams) |
Teams were nominated by UEFA based on 2020/21 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying round coefficient ranking list (qualification cancelled)[9] |  France
|
8th | 2018 | Runners-up (2016) |
 Germany
|
10th | 2018 | Champions (2004, 2010, 2014) | ||
| Netherlands
|
2nd | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2018) | ||
| Spain
|
4th | 2018 | Runners-up (2018) |
The two host cities were announced on 10 August 2021.[11]
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Alajuela | San José |
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| Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto | Estadio Nacional | |
| Capacity: 17,895 | Capacity: 35,175 | |
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The official draw took place on 5 May 2022, 13:00 local time (UTC-6), at the Teatro Nacional de Costa RicainSan José.[12] The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-20 Women's World Cups, five bonus points are added to each of the confederation's current champions that won the respective qualifying tournament (for this cycle). The hosts Costa Rica were automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.[13]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
Players born between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2006 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
A total of 13 referees, 26 assistant referees and 14 video match officials (VAR and AVAR) were appointed officially by FIFA for the tournament on 1 June 2022.[14] The Video assistant referee (VAR) system will be utilize for the first time in a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
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The draw for the group stage took place on 5 May 2022.[15]
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The format for tiebreakers were determined as follows:[16]
If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows:
All times are local, CST (UTC–6).[17]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Brazil
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 | |
| 3 | Australia
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica (H)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
| Spain | 0–0 | Brazil |
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| Report |
Attendance: 9,819
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
| Costa Rica | 1–3 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
Pinell  19' |
Report |
38' 72' |
Attendance: 22,506
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
| Brazil | 2–0 | Australia |
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46' |
Report |
Attendance: 1,759
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
| Costa Rica | 0–5 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
33' 62' (pen.) 74' 90+4' |
Attendance: 22,446
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
| Brazil | 5–0 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
63' 75' 88' (pen.) |
Report |
Attendance: 11,923
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
| Australia | 0–3 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Attendance: 939
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Germany
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | New Zealand
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| Germany | 0–1 | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Muñoz 87' |
Attendance: 1,158
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
| New Zealand | 1–1 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Cazares 31' (o.g.) |
Report | Vázquez 45' |
Attendance: 1,007
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
| Germany | 3–0 | New Zealand |
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64' (pen.) 90+4' |
Report |
Attendance: 1,391
Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)
| Mexico | 0–0 | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 9,336
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
| Colombia | 2–2 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
71' |
Attendance: 3,378
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
| Mexico | 1–0 | Germany |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
Attendance: 1,218
Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | France
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | South Korea
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Canada
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
| France | 0–1 | Nigeria |
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| Report |
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Attendance: 723
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)
| Canada | 0–2 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
62' |
Attendance: 839
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
| South Korea | 0–1 | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Attendance: 482
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)
| France | 3–1 | Canada |
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89' |
Report |
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Attendance: 1,327
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
| South Korea | 0–1 | France |
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| Report |
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Attendance: 979
Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)
| Nigeria | 3–1 | Canada |
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90+1' |
Report |
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Attendance: 973
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Netherlands
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | United States
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ghana
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
| Ghana | 0–3 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
38' 51' |
Attendance: 987
| Japan | 1–0 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
Attendance: 877
Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
| Japan | 2–0 | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 765
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
| United States | 0–3 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
55' 62' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,652
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
| United States | 1–3 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
67' 84' |
Attendance: 1,392
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)
| Netherlands | 4–1 | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
51' 84' (pen.) |
Report |
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Attendance: 814
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. However, for the third place match, no extra time will be played and the winner will be determined by a penalty shoot-out if necessary.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
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| 20 August – San José | |||||||||
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| Spain | 1 | ||||||||
| 25 August – San José | |||||||||
| Mexico | 0 | ||||||||
| Spain | 2 | ||||||||
| 21 August – Alajuela | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | ||||||||
| Nigeria | 0 | ||||||||
| 28 August – San José | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | ||||||||
| Spain | 3 | ||||||||
| 20 August – San José | |||||||||
| Japan | 1 | ||||||||
| Colombia | 0 | ||||||||
| 25 August – San José | |||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | ||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | ||||||||
| 21 August – Alajuela | |||||||||
| Japan | 2 | Third place | |||||||
| Japan (p) | 3 (5) | ||||||||
| 28 August – San José | |||||||||
| France | 3 (3) | ||||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | ||||||||
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| Brazil | 4 | ||||||||
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| Spain | 1–0 | Mexico |
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Report |
Attendance: 4,914
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
| Colombia | 0–1 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 7,874
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
| Nigeria | 0–2 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
33' |
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
| Japan | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | France |
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|
48' 120+5' (pen.) |
Report |
85' 110' |
| Penalties | ||
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5–3 |
Sombath Mbakem-Niaro Le Guilly |
Attendance: 2,979
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
| Spain | 2–1 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
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Attendance: 4,054
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
| Brazil | 1–2 | Japan |
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Report |
84' |
Attendance: 6,571
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
| Netherlands | 1–4 | Brazil |
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Report |
59', 79' (pen.) 89' |
Attendance: 15,672
Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)
The 2022 final is a rematch of the 2018 final, the previous final.
| Spain | 3–1 | Japan |
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22', 27' (pen.) |
Report |
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Attendance: 29,891
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
| 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup winners |
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 Spain First title |
The following awards were given for the tournament:[18]
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Maika Hamano
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Inma Gabarro
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Tarciane
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| Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
| Inma Gabarro
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Maika Hamano
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Yuzuki Yamamoto
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| 8 goals | 4 goals | 3 goals, 3 assists |
| Golden Glove | ||
| Txell Font
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| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
| Japan
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There were 86 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.
8 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Magnaba Folquet Esther Mbakem-Niaro Yuzuki Yamamoto Esther Onyenezide Salma Paralluelo2 goals
Rafa Levis Linda Caicedo Marit Auée Rosa van Gool Ziva Henry Liz Rijsbergen1 goal
Bryleeh Henry Sarah Hunter Ana Clara Cris Gi Fernandes Mileninha Pati Maldaner Priscila Kaila Novak Olivia Smith Mariana Muñoz Alexandra Pinell Mégane Hoeltzel Gia Corley Clara Fröhlich Sophie Weidauer Doris Boaduwaa Suzu Amano Aoba Fujino Shinomi Koyama Manaka Matsukubo Haruna Tabata Anette Vázquez Alexia Villanueva Dana Foederer Zera Hulswit Sanne Koopman Emily Clegg Charlotte Lancaster Chioma Olise Flourish Sabastine Mun Ha-yeon Ane Elexpuru Sonia Majarín Ariadna Mingueza Michelle Cooper Simone Jackson Ally Sentnor Alyssa Thompson1 own goal
Brooklyn Courtnall (against South Korea) Carol Cazares (against New Zealand)Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.[19]
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | +12 |
| 2 | Japan
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 8 | +4 |
| 3 | Brazil
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 3 | +10 |
| 4 | Netherlands
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | +3 |
| Eliminated in the Quarter-finals | |||||||||
| 5 | Nigeria
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| 6 | France
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | +2 |
| 7 | Colombia
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Mexico
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Eliminated in the Group Stage | |||||||||
| 9 | Germany
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| 10 | South Korea
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | United States
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
| 12 | Australia
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
| 13 | New Zealand
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
| 14 | Canada
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | −6 |
| 15 | Ghana
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −8 |
| 16 | Costa Rica
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | −12 |
The official emblem and slogan were unveiled on 10 August 2021, one year prior to the start of the tournament.[20]
"Vamos juntas" by Isabella Castro, Rebeca Malavassi, Tony Succar and the female choir of the Franz Liszt Schule served as the official song of the tournament. (Produced and composed by Costa Rican artist Jorge Castro).[21]
