The 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Championship was held in Costa Rica from August 10 to 28. This tournament was held for the 10th time.
It is contested under the biennial International Women's Youth Football Championship. The FIFA U-19 Women's World Cup was launched in 2002 with 20 national teams from FIFA's member associations. The age limit was raised from 19 to 20 in 2008.
This was the second time Costa Rica hosted a FIFA tournament after the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Japan won the tournament in 2018. The opening match of the tournament was between Costa Rica and Australia.
In the final, Spain defeated Japan 3-1 and won the title. The final match was very intense.
The third place went to Brazil and the fourth place to the Netherlands.
Top scorer - Inma Gabarro (Spain )
(8 goals)
Best player - Maika Hamano(Japan )
Best goalkeeper - Txell Font(Spain )
Fair play award – Japan
A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Costa Rica which automatically qualifies as host, 15 teams qualify from six continental competitions.
Asia Africa South America
Australia Ghana Brazil
Japan Nigeria Colombia
South Korea Costa Rica
Central, North America, and Caribbean Oceania
Canada New Zealand
Mexico
United States
Europe
France
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
Match summary of the tournament
Quarter-finals
Spain 1–0 Mexico
Colombia 0–1 Brazil
Nigeria 0–2 Netherlands
Japan 3–3 France
(Penalties 5-3)
Semi-finals
Spain 2–1 Netherlands
Brazil 1–2 Japan
Third place match
Netherlands 1–4 Brazil
Final standings
Pos. |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
GD |
1 |
Spain |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
14 |
2 |
+12 |
2 |
Japan |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
12 |
8 |
+4 |
3 |
Brazil |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
13 |
3 |
+10 |
4 |
|
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
11 |
7 |
+4 |
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
5 | Nigeria |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
+2 |
6 |
France |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
Colombia |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
|
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Eliminated in the Group Stage
Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
9 |
Germany |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
10 | South Korea |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
11 |
United States |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
−2 |
12 |
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
−3 |
13 |
New Zealand |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
−3 |
14 |
Canada |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
−6 |
15 |
Ghana |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
−8 |
16 |
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
−12 |
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