2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2012 FIFA U-20女子ワールドカップ
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates19 August – 8 September
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (3rd title)
Runners-up Germany
Third place Japan
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored104 (3.25 per match)
Attendance307,348 (9,605 per match)
Top scorer(s)North Korea Kim Un-hwa (7 goals)
Best player(s)Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán
Best goalkeeperGermany Laura Benkarth
Fair play award Japan
2010
2014

The 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the tournament. The tournament was played in Japan from 19 August to 8 September[1] with sixteen national football teams and marked the first hosting of a FIFA women's tournament in the country.[2]

The host nation was to be decided on 19 March 2010 but was postponed by FIFA to give bidders more time to prepare their bids.[3]

On 3 March 2011, FIFA initially awarded the World Cup to Uzbekistan.[4] However, on 18 December 2011 FIFA had the tournament stripped from this country for problems with the bid and named Japan as a possible host.[5] Japan was officially announced as host on 8 February 2012.[2]

  1. ^ "Match Schedule FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012" (PDF). FIFA.com. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b "FIFA confirms Japan as host of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2012". FIFA. 8 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  3. ^ "FIFA Executive Committee approves special funding for Chile and Haiti". FIFA. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Financial report presented & decisions taken on competition hosts & Brazil 2014 slots" (Press release). FIFA. 3 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  5. ^ "New host for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup". FIFA. 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011.