2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
U-20-Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft der Frauen Deutschland 2010
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	13 July – 1 August
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	99 (3.09 per match)
Attendance	373,800 (11,681 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alexandra Popp; (10 goals)
Best player(s)	Alexandra Popp
Best goalkeeper	Bianca Henninger
Fair play award	South Korea

The 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 5th edition of the tournament. It was held in Germany, who also hosted the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup a year later, from 13 July to 1 August 2010. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, were taking part in the final competition, in which Germany had a guaranteed place as the host nation.

Venues

Augsburg	Bielefeld	Bochum	Dresden
Impuls Arena	Bielefelder Alm	Ruhrstadion	Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
48°19′21.00″N 10°52′56.00″E / 48.3225000°N 10.8822222°E / 48.3225000; 10.8822222 (Impuls Arena)	52°01′53.00″N 08°31′01.00″E / 52.0313889°N 8.5169444°E / 52.0313889; 8.5169444 (Bielefelder Alm)	51°29′23.57″N 07°14′11.56″E / 51.4898806°N 7.2365444°E / 51.4898806; 7.2365444 (Ruhrstadion)	51°02′25.00″N 13°44′52.00″E / 51.0402778°N 13.7477778°E / 51.0402778; 13.7477778 (Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion)
Capacity: 30,120	Capacity: 27,300	Capacity: 31,328	Capacity: 32,066

Augsburg Bielefeld Bochum Dresden

Qualified teams

Final rankings of the teams

Confederation (Continent)	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship	North Korea South Korea Japan
CAF (Africa)	2010 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Ghana¹ Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2010 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship	United States Mexico Costa Rica¹
CONMEBOL (South America)	2010 South American U-20 Women's Championship	Brazil Colombia¹
OFC (Oceania)	2010 OFC Women's U-20 Championship	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	Host nation	Germany
UEFA (Europe)	2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship	England Sweden¹ France Switzerland

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Nigerian team ban

On 30 June 2010, President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan announced he would suspend the Nigeria Football Federation from FIFA competition for 2 years.^[1] This put the Falconets place at the competition in jeopardy. On 5 July 2010, the ban was lifted.^[2]

Squads

Final draw

No two teams from the same confederation were to be drawn in the same group, with the exception of Group A, which would include two European teams.^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Germany (A1) Japan United States Brazil	South Korea North Korea Costa Rica Mexico	Nigeria Ghana New Zealand Colombia	England France Sweden Switzerland

Group stage

The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:^[4]

greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
goal difference in all group matches;
greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:

greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

It has been decided by FIFA to remove the use of the fair play point system as an option to determine the ranking of teams at the conclusion of the group phase (art. 25 par. 5g).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	11	4	+7	9
Colombia	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
France	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

13 July 2010

11:30

Germany	4–2	Costa Rica
Huth 2' Popp 16', 53' Hegering 57'	Report	Venegas 45+1' Alvarado 72' (pen.)

Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Attendance: 23,995

Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)

13 July 2010