FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is a world championship football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under age 20. The tournament is held in even-numbered years. It was first conducted in 2002 as the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with an upper age limit of 19. In 2006, the age limit was raised to the current 20. The event was renamed as a World Cup effective with the upcoming 2008 competition, making its name consistent with FIFA's other worldwide competitions for national teams.

The next tournament will be the 2008 edition, to be held in Chile from November 20 to December 7 2008.^[1]

Contents 1 History 1.1 2002 1.2 2004 1.3 2006 2 Results 3 Awards 3.1 adidas Golden Shoe 3.2 adidas Golden Ball 3.3 FIFA Fair Play Award 4 Total Wins 5 See also 6 Notes and references 7 External links

[edit] History

[edit] 2002

The first women's world championship at the youth level, held as the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, with an age limit of 19, was hosted by Canada. The final, held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, drew a surprisingly large crowd of 47,000 to watch the hosts play the United Sates. The US defeated Canada 1-0 on a golden goal by Lindsay Tarpley. Canada's Christine Sinclair was the adidas Golden Ball recipient, as tournament MVP, and the Golden Shoe (10 goals) winner.

[edit] 2004

The 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship was held in Thailand. For the second time in a row, the current holders of the adult World Cup, Germany, won the youth competition. The Golden Ball went to Brazilian star, Marta, while for the second time the Golden Boot went to a Canadian, Brittany Timko.

[edit] 2006

FIFA raised the women's youth championship age limit to 20 to match the men's, beginning with the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, held in Russia from 17 August through 3 September.

The competition was held in four Moscow stadiums (Dinamo, Lokomotiv, Podmoskovie Sports Palace and Torpedo Stadion) and one in St. Petersburg (Petrovskiy Stadion).

Korea DPR won the final 5-0 over China PR.

[edit] Results

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2002 Details	Canada		Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA	1 - 0 asdet	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada		Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	1 - 1 (4 - 3) ps	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
2004 Details	Thailand		Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	2 - 0	Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China		Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA	3 - 0	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
2006 Details	Russia		Image:Flag of North Korea.svg Korea DPR	5 - 0	Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China		Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	0 - 0 (6-5) ps	Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA
2008 Details	Chile

• Key:
  • asdet - after sudden death extra time
  • ps - after penalty shootout

[edit] Awards

[edit] adidas Golden Shoe

Tournament	Winner	Goals
Canada 2002	Christine Sinclair ( Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada )	10
Thailand 2004	Brittany Timko ( Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada )	7
Russia 2006	Xiaoxu Ma ( Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR )	5

[edit] adidas Golden Ball

Tournament	Winner
Canada 2002	Christine Sinclair ( Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada )
Thailand 2004	Marta ( Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil )
Russia 2006	Xiaoxu Ma ( Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR )

[edit] FIFA Fair Play Award

Tournament	Winner
Canada 2002	Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Thailand 2004	Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA
Russia 2006	Image:Flag of North Korea.svg Korea DPR

[edit] Total Wins

• Image:Flag of North Korea.svg Korea DPR 1 (2006)
• Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1 (2004)
• Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 1 (2002)

[edit] See also

• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• 2006 U-20 Championship official site

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