2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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 be the first FIFA tournament ever 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.[1]

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 countryMorocco
DatesTBD
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)TBD

Host selection

Morocco was announced as the 2025–2029 Women's U-17 World Cup hosts following the FIFA Council meeting on 14 March 2024 in Zürich, Switzerland.[2]

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 biannually to annually was officially confirmed.

Expansion

On 14 March 2024, FIFA decided to expand the tournament to 24 teams.[3] On 15 May 2024, the slot allocation was officially confirmed.[4]

  • 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

TBD.

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 Last appearance Previous best performance
AFC (Asia)
(4 teams)		 2025 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CAF (Africa)
(Hosts + 4 teams)		 Host nation  Morocco 2nd 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 TBD
TBD
UEFA (Europe)
(5 teams)		 2025 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

    Squads

    Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 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 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
     
    		              
     
    		 
     
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
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    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:

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    References
    1. "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024.
    2. "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024.
    3. "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024.
    4. https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/news/articles/key-tournament-decisions-made-by-fifa-council
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