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
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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.

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

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
	2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship	England  Sweden1  France  Switzerland

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

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]

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

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).

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

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
North Korea	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Brazil	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Japan	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
England	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
South Korea	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
Ghana	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

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	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 July — Bochum
	Germany	2
					29 July — Bochum
	North Korea	0
					Germany	5
	25 July — Dresden
					South Korea	1
	Mexico	1
									1 August — Bielefeld
	South Korea	3
									Germany	2
	24 July — Bielefeld
									Nigeria	0
	Sweden	0
					29 July — Bielefeld
	Colombia	2
					Colombia	0
	25 July — Augsburg
					Nigeria	1			Third place
	United States	1 (2)
									1 August — Bielefeld
	Nigeria	1 (4)
									South Korea	1
									Colombia	0

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2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup winners
Germany Second title

The following awards were given for the tournament:^[5]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Alexandra Popp	Ji So-yun	Kim Kulig
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Alexandra Popp	Ji So-yun	Sydney Leroux
10 goals	8 goals	5 goals
Golden Glove
Bianca Henninger
FIFA Fair Play Award
South Korea

10 goals

• Alexandra Popp

8 goals

• Ji So-yun

5 goals

• Sydney Leroux

4 goals

• Antonia Göransson

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

• Renae Cuéllar (for Japan)
• Hyon Un-hui (for Sweden)
• Osinachi Ohale (for Germany)

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany 2010, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report