The 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Spanish: Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-20 de la FIFA Colombia 2024) will be the 11th 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. The tournament has been expanded by FIFA to feature 24 teams.[1]
It will be hosted by Colombia from 31 August to 22 September 2024. It will be the third time that Colombia has hosted a FIFA tournament. It will also be the first time that Colombia has hosted a FIFA women's tournament.[2]
CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots
CONMEBOL (South America): 5 slots (including hosts Colombia)
OFC (Oceania): 2 slots
UEFA (Europe): 5 slots
Qualified teams
A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Colombia who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions.
^After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, Costa Rica took the new fourth spot as CONCACAF representative as they ended fourth in the qualifying tournament.
^After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, Fiji took the new second spot as OFC representative as they ended second in the qualifying tournament.
^After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, UEFA decided to organize a play-off between Austria and Iceland, the group stage third-placed teams, on 4 December 2023. The fifth place play-off winner would qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[3]
Venues
Bogotá, Cali and Medellín were the three cities chosen to host the competition on 20 February 2024.[4]
The official draw will take place on 5 June 2024, 10:00 local time (UTC-5), at the Hall 74 in Bogotá.[5] 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 Colombia are automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation will not meet in the group stage.
First match(es) will be played: 31 August 2024. Source: [citation needed]
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of five minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. However, for the third place match, if it is played directly before the final, no extra time shall be played and the winner shall be determined by a penalty shoot-out.
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:
The official emblem was unveiled on 8 April 2024. The vibrant design is inspired by the stunning nature and colour of host nation Colombia as well as the tournament's fundamental role in forging the Future Stars of Football.
Using the South American country's unique and iconic Caño Cristales river, nicknamed 'Liquid Rainbow', as the central theme of the design, the tournament emblem also features the yellow, blue and red of the Colombian flag to make it the perfect blended reflection of the tournament hosts and the competition itself.[7]
References
^ ab"FIFA Council takes key decisions on FIFA World Cup editions in 2030 and 2034". FIFA. 4 October 2023.
^ ab"FIFA Council appoints United States as host of new and expanded FIFA Club World Cup". FIFA. 23 June 2023. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^"Showdown um WM-Ticket für U20-Frauen". ÖFB (in German).
^"Three Colombian cities gearing up for new-look FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2024". FIFA.com. 20 February 2024.
^"Definido el fixture y calendario de la Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-20 de la FIFA Colombia 2024™". fcf.com. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
^"Match Schedule – FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Colombia 2024" (PDF). FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
^"Vibrant FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Colombia 2024 emblem unveiled". FIFA. 8 April 2024.