2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Polish: Mistrzostwa Świata FIFA U-20 Kobiet Polska 2026) will be the 12th edition of the FIFA Women's U-20 World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It will be hosted by Poland. It will be the second time that Poland has hosted a FIFA tournament having hosted the Men's FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2019. It will also be the first time that Poland has hosted a FIFA women's tournament.[1]

2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Mistrzostwa Świata FIFA U-20 Kobiet Polska 2026
Tournament details
Host country Poland
DatesTBD
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)8

Host selection

Poland were announced as the 2026 Women's U-20 World Cup hosts following the FIFA Council meeting on 17 December 2023 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[2]

Qualified teams

A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Poland 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)		 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CAF (Africa)
(4 teams)		 2026 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)
(4 teams)		 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CONMEBOL (South America)
(4 teams)		 2026 South American Under-20 Women's Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
OFC (Oceania)
(2 teams)		 2025 OFC U-19 Women's Championship TBD
TBD
UEFA (Europe)
(Hosts + 5 teams)		 Host nation  Poland 1st None Debut
2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

    Venues

    TBD

    Draw

    The official draw will take place in Summer 2026. The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-20 Women's World Cups, five bonus points are added to each of the confederation's current champions that won the respective qualifying tournament (for this cycle). The hosts Poland are automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation will not meet in the group stage.

    Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

     Poland (hosts)
    TBD
    TBD
    TBD
    TBD
    TBD

    TBD
    TBD
    TBD
    TBD
    TBD
    TBD

    TBD
    TBD
    TBD
    TBD
    TBD
    TBD

    TBD
    TBD
    TBD
    TBD
    TBD
    TBD

    Squads

    Players born between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2010 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

    Group stage

    All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

    Group A
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  Poland (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
     
    		              
     
    		 
     
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 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
    ABCD3C3D3A3B
    ABCE3C3A3B3E
    ABCF3C3A3B3F
    ABDE3D3A3B3E
    ABDF3D3A3B3F
    ABEF3E3A3B3F
    ACDE3C3D3A3E
    ACDF3C3D3A3F
    ACEF3C3A3F3E
    ADEF3D3A3F3E
    BCDE3C3D3B3E
    BCDF3C3D3B3F
    BCEF3E3C3B3F
    BDEF3E3D3B3F
    CDEF3C3D3F3E

    References
    1. "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
    2. "Polska gospodarzem Mistrzostw Świata Kobiet U-20 w 2026 roku!" (in Polish). Polish Football Association (PZPN). 17 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.