2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

كأس العالم للسيدات تحت 17 سنة المغرب 2025 Coupe du Monde Féminine U-17 de la FIFA Maroc 2025
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	17 October – 8 November
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4[+] (in 1 host city)
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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) will be 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 will be hosted by Morocco. It will be the first time the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is to be held in Africa and the second Arab country to host it after Jordan in 2016. It will be the first edition to feature 24 teams and be played annually.^[1] It will also be the first of five consecutive FIFA U-17 Women's World Cups to be held in Morocco.

North Korea are the defending champions, having won a record third title in 2024.

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 Zürich, Switzerland.^[1]

•  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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Ivory Coast, Netherlands, Norway and Samoa will make their debut at this tournament, with the Samoans participating in their first ever FIFA competition.

Costa Rica and Italy return after a 12 year absence, they both come back with their last appearance being in 2014. Paraguay and Cameroon qualify for the first time since 2016 and 2018 respectly. Canada, China, France and hosts Morocco are present at this World Cup after a one tournament drought.

Dominican Republic, England, Kenya and Poland failed to qualify after taking part in 2024.

Qualifying tournament	Team	Qualification date	Appearance				Previous best performance
			Total	First	Last	Streak
Nominated teams by AFC[a]	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)

The match schedule and venues were announced on 1 June 2025.^[4]

Rabat, the capital city of Morocco, will host all matches.

The official name listed by FIFA during the tournament are shown below.^[4] The abbreviated names in the match list are shown in parentheses as follow: Olympic Stadium Annex Prince Moulay Abdellah Sport Complex (Prince Moulay Abdellah Olympic Annex Stadium) and Prince Héritier Moulay el-Hassan Sports Complex (Moulay Hassan Stadium).

2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup venues

Rabat
Mohammed VI Football Academy (3 pitches)	Olympic Stadium Annex Prince Moulay Abdellah Sport Complex
	Capacity: 21,000
Al Barid Stadium	Prince Héritier Moulay el-Hassan Sports Complex
Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 22,000

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 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

The draw for the group stage took place on 3 June 2025.

All times are local, MST (UTC+1).^[4]

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[5] 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Costa Rica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Ecuador	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Zambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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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

The ranking of third-placed teams was determined as follows:[5] 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.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Third place Group A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	B	Third place Group B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	C	Third place Group C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	D	Third place Group D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	E	Third place Group E	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	F	Third place Group F	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, no extra time was played and a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.^[5]

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 teams qualify from groups							1A vs	1B vs	1C vs	1D vs
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

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Third place match

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The official emblem was revealed on 3 June 2025.^[6]

• 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
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