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)	TBD
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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 also be the first time the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to be held in Africa and the second Arab country to host it after Jordan in 2016. It will also be the first edition to feature 24 teams and played annually.

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

Host selection

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.

Calendar change

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.

Expansion

On 14 March 2024, FIFA decided to expand the tournament to 24 teams. On 15 May 2024, the slot allocation was officially confirmed.

• 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

Venues

• Agadir
• Casablanca
• Fez
• Marrakech
• Rabat
• Tangier

Qualified teams

A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Morocco who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Team	Appearance	First appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
AFC (Asia) (4 teams)	Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of the last three editions of AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup; Thailand 2017, Thailand 2019 and Indonesia 2024	China	4th	2012	2022	Group stage (2012, 2014, 2022)
		Japan	9th	2008	2024	Champions (2014)
		North Korea	8th	2008	2024	Champions (2008, 2016, 2024)
		South Korea	5th	2008	2024	Champions (2010)
CAF (Africa) (Hosts + 4 teams)	Host nation	Morocco	2nd	2022	2022	Group stage (2022)
	2025 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification	TBD
		TBD
		TBD
		TBD
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) (4 teams)	2025 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	TBD
		TBD
		TBD
		TBD
CONMEBOL (South America) (4 teams)	2025 South American U-17 Women's Championship	TBD
		TBD
		TBD
		TBD
OFC (Oceania) (2 teams)	2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship	New Zealand	9th	2008	2024	Third place (2018)
		Samoa	1st	None	None	Debut
UEFA (Europe) (5 teams)	2025 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship	TBD
		TBD
		TBD
		TBD
		TBD

Squads

Main article: 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads

Players born between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2010 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

All times are local, MST (UTC+1).

Group A

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	A2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	A3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	A4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	B2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	B3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	B4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	C2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	C3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	C4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	D4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	E1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	E2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	E3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	E4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	F2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	F3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	F4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Ranking of third-placed teams

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.

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

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source:

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.

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Third place match

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

See also

• 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup

External links

• Official website