2012 Women's U-17 World Cup

2012 Women's U-17 World Cup
2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Number of nations	16
World Champion	France (1st title)
venue	Azerbaijan
Opening game	22nd September 2012
Endgame	October 13, 2012
Games	32
Gates	119  (⌀: 3.72 per game)
spectator	257,766  (⌀: 8,055 per game)
Top scorer	Ri Un-sim (8 goals)
Best player	Griedge Mbock Bathy
Best goalkeeper	Novels Bruneau
yellow cards	37  (⌀: 1.16 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.03 per game)
Red cards	3  (⌀: 0.09 per game)

The FIFA U-17 World Cup Women 2012 (officially 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup ) was the third playout this competition for football players under 17 years (as of 1 January 1995) and was held from 22 September to 13th October 2012 in Azerbaijan . At the meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee on March 19, 2010, the tournament was awarded to Azerbaijan, which was the first to host a FIFA tournament. 16 teams took part in the tournament, initially in four groups and then in the knockout system . The defending champion was the team from South Korea, which could not qualify. The French women became world champions.

Venues

The World Cup games took place in two cities. Five stadiums were in Baku and one in Lənkəran . The three smaller arenas in Baku are only equipped with artificial turf .

Baku	Baku	Baku Lənkəran Venues 2012 in Azerbaijan
Tofiq Bəhramov Stadium	Şəfa Stadium
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 7,600 (artificial turf)
Baku	Lənkəran	Baku	Baku
8KM stadium	Lənkəran City Stadium	Dalğa Arena	Bayil Stadium
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 6,500 (artificial turf)	Capacity: 3,000 (artificial grass)

qualification

Participants (green), unqualified teams (light green), non-participating teams light gray. Countries that are not members of FIFA or that were not members of FIFA at the start of qualification were dark gray.

The qualification in Asia was played at the U-16 Asian Cup in Nanjing ( People's Republic of China ) from November 3 to 13, 2011. The tournament winner or group first was Japan. North Korea, which won the first World Cup, and China, which took part for the first time, secured second and third places in the World Cup.

Two places for UEFA were awarded at the U-17 European Women's Championship in June 2012 in Nyon, Switzerland. European champions Germany and France qualified . Third place went to Azerbaijan, which was automatically qualified to host.

The qualifying tournament for the CONCACAF zone was the CONCACAF U-17 Championship , which was held from May 2 to 12, 2012 in Guatemala City ( Guatemala ) in a final round with eight teams. Canada and the USA qualified as finalists. The third participant was determined in the game for third place between Mexico and Panama, which Mexico won 6-0.

The South American participants were determined at the U-17 South American Football Championship for women in Bolivia from March 9th to 25th. Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay, which took part in a women's U17 World Cup for the first time, had qualified.

The three representatives from Africa were identified in January and March 2012. Ghana was the first African team to qualify in two play-off duels against South Africa. Nigeria was also qualified after two play-off wins against Zambia. Gambia secured third place in the World Cup in two games against Tunisia. It was Gambia's first participation in a major international women's tournament.

The representative from Oceania was determined at the OFC U-17 Women's Championship, which was held from April 9 to 13, 2012 in New Zealand . New Zealand was able to secure participation with three clear victories.

Attendees

3 from Europe	Azerbaijan *	Germany	France
3 from Asia	Japan	North Korea	China *
3 from North, Central America and the Caribbean	United States	Canada	Mexico
3 from Africa	Ghana	Nigeria	Gambia *
3 from South America	Brazil	Uruguay *	Colombia
1 from Oceania	New Zealand

* First participation.

The German team

National coach Anouschka Bernhard nominated the following squad for the tournament:

No.	Player	Date of birth	position	society
01	Merle Frohms	01/28/1995	goal	VfL Wolfsburg
02	Sarah Schulte	06/08/1995	Defense	SV Meppen
03	Sharon Beck	03/22/1995	Defense	SGS Essen
04th	Laura Leluschko	10/30/1995	Defense	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
05	Lena Lückel	08/09/1995	Defense	FSV Gütersloh 2009
06th	Daria Streng	05/22/1995	midfield	FCR 2001 Duisburg
07th	Vivien Beil	12/12/1995	midfield	FF USV Jena
08th	Theresa Panfil	11/13/1995	midfield	1. FFC Frankfurt
09	Ricarda Kießling	06/23/1996	midfield	TSV Noerdlingen
10	Sara Däbritz	02/15/1995	midfield	Sc freiburg
11	Manjou Wilde	04/19/1995	midfield	Werder Bremen
12	Teresa Straub	08/10/1995	goal	Sc freiburg
13	Franziska Jaser	01/20/1996	Defense	TSG Thannhausen
14th	Wibke master	03/12/1995	Defense	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
15th	Pauline Bremer	04/10/1996	Defense	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
16	Janina Meissner	02/22/1995	midfield	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
17th	Johanna Tietge	04/16/1996	Defense	VfL Wolfsburg
18th	Venus El-Kassem	01/04/1995	Storm	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
19th	Marie Christin Becker	05/18/1995	Defense	Holstein Kiel
20th	Rebecca Knaak	06/23/1996	midfield	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr
21st	Miriam Hanemann	March 24, 1997	goal	1. FFC Frankfurt

Preliminary round

The draw for the finals took place on July 6th at 7:00 pm local time at Baku's International Mugam Center .
All times in CEST (+ 3 hours = local summer time).

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	015: 100	+14	07th
2.	Canada	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	07th
3.	Colombia	3	1	0	2	004: 400	± 0	03
4th	Azerbaijan	3	0	0	3	000:160	−16	00

Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in Baku (Tofiq Bəhramov Stadium)
Azerbaijan	-	Colombia	0: 4 (0: 3)
Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 2 p.m. in Baku (Tofiq Bəhramov Stadium)
Nigeria	-	Canada	1: 1 (0: 0)
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in Lənkəran
Azerbaijan	-	Nigeria	0:11 (0: 7)
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in Baku (Şəfa Stadium)
Colombia	-	Canada	0: 1 (0: 0)
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in Baku (Dalğa Arena)
Canada	-	Azerbaijan	1: 0 (0: 0)
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in Baku (Bayil Stadium)
Colombia	-	Nigeria	0: 3 (0: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	North Korea	3	1	2	0	013: 200	+11	05
2.	France	3	1	2	0	011: 300	+8	05
3.	United States	3	1	2	0	007: 100	+6	05
4th	Gambia	3	0	0	3	002:270	−25	00

Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. in Lənkəran (City Stadium)
France	-	United States	0-0
Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in Baku (8 km Stadium)
North Korea	-	Gambia	11: 0 (6: 0)
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in Baku (Dalğa Arena)
France	-	North Korea	1: 1 (0: 0)
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 2 p.m. in Baku (Dalğa Arena)
United States	-	Gambia	6: 0 (1: 0)
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 2 p.m. in Baku (Dalğa Arena)
Gambia	-	France	2:10 (0: 3)
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 2 p.m. in Baku (Bayil Stadium)
United States	-	North Korea	1: 1 (1: 1)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	3	3	0	0	017: 000	+17	09
2.	Brazil	3	2	0	1	005: 800	−3	06th
3.	Mexico	3	1	0	2	001:100	−9	03
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	003: 800	−5	00

Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. in Baku (Bayil Stadium)
Mexico	-	New Zealand	1: 0 (1: 0)
Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 3 p.m. in Baku (Bayil Stadium)
Brazil	-	Japan	0: 5 (0: 2)
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 2 p.m. in Baku (8 km stadium)
Mexico	-	Brazil	0: 1 (0: 0)
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in Baku (8 km stadium)
New Zealand	-	Japan	0: 3 (0: 0)
Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in Baku (Şəfa Stadium)
Japan	-	Mexico	9: 0 (5: 0)
Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 11 a.m. in Baku (8 km stadium)
New Zealand	-	Brazil	3: 4 (2: 3)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	008: 400	+4	07th
2.	Ghana	3	2	0	1	008: 200	+6	06th
3.	China	3	1	1	1	005: 300	+2	04th
4th	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	002:140	−12	00

Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 3 p.m. in Baku (Dalğa Arena)
Uruguay	-	China	0: 4 (0: 3)
Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. in Baku (Dalğa Arena)
Ghana	-	Germany	1: 2 (0: 2)
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 2 p.m. in Baku (Bayil Stadium)
Uruguay	-	Ghana	0: 5 (0: 3)
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in Baku (Bayil Stadium)
China	-	Germany	1: 1 (1: 0)
Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 2 p.m. in Lənkəran
Germany	-	Uruguay	5: 2 (1: 1)
Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 2 p.m. in Baku (8 km stadium)
China	-	Ghana	0: 2 (0: 1)

Final round

All times in CEST (+ 3 hours = local summer time).

Quarter finals

Thursday, October 4th, 2012 at 2 p.m. in Baku (8 km stadium)
North Korea	-	Canada	2: 1 (0: 0)
Thursday, October 4th, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in Baku (8 km stadium)
Nigeria	-	France	0: 0, 3: 5 i. E. (a)
Friday, October 5th, 2012 at 2 p.m. in Baku (8 km stadium)
Germany	-	Brazil	2: 1 (1: 1)
Friday, October 5th, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in Baku (8 km stadium)
Japan	-	Ghana	0: 1 (0: 0)

Semifinals

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 2 p.m. in Baku (8 km stadium)
France	-	Ghana	2: 0 (1: 0)
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in Baku (8 km stadium)
North Korea	-	Germany	2: 1 (1: 0)

3rd place match

Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 2 p.m. in Baku (Tofiq Bəhramov Stadium)
Ghana	-	Germany	1: 0 (1: 0)

final

Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in Baku (Tofiq Bəhramov Stadium)
France	-	North Korea	1: 1, 7: 6 i. E. (a)

^(a) The tournament mode stipulated that if there was a tie at the end of regular time in the final round, a penalty shoot-out was immediately decided.

The players of the world champion

Coach Guy Ferrier put together the following line-up:

• Goal: Romane Bruneau ( ESOF La Roche ), Claire Jacob ( Arras FCF ), Cindy Perrault ( Olympique Lyon )
• Defense: Amandine Blanc ( FCF Monteux ), Noémie Carage (Olympique Lyon), Griedge Mbock Bathy ( EA Guingamp ), Marion Romanelli (FCF Monteux)
• Midfield: Alexandra Atamaniuk ( FC Vendenheim ), Laura Blanchard ( FCO Dijon ), Delphine Cascarino (Olympique Lyon), Ophélie Gahery ( Le Mans FC ), Juliane Gathrat (AS Algrange), Onema Grace Geyoro ( Paris Saint-Germain ), Candice Gherby ( AS Saint-Étienne ), Ghoutia Karchouni (Olympique Lyon), Sandie Toletti ( HSC Montpellier ), Aïssatou Tounkara ( Juvisy FCF )
• Attack: Pauline Cousin ( FCF Hénin-Beaumont ), Léa Declercq (FCF Hénin-Beaumont), Kadidiatou Diani (Juvisy FCF), Laurie Saulnier (FCF Monteux)

Best goalscorers

rank	Player	Gates
1	Ri Un-sim	8th
2	Chinwendu Ihezuo	6th
3	Halimatu Ayinde	4th
	Jane Ayieyam	4th
	Kadidiatou Diani	4th
	Léa Declercq	4th
7th	Yui Narumiya	3
	Ri Kyong-hyang	3
	Kim So-hyang	3
	Sara Däbritz	3
	Rebecca Knaak	3
	Priscilla Okyere	3
13	Ricarda Kießling	2
	...	2
27	Vivien Beil	1
	Sharon Beck	1
	Pauline Bremer	1

Another 13 players scored two each and another 35 players each shot one hit; there were also 5 own goals (3 × Gambia, 1 × Brazil, 1 × Colombia).

Awards

After the tournament, FIFA recognized the best player, the best goalscorer, the best goalkeeper and the fairest team:

• Golden Ball:

The Golden Ball for the best player went to Griedge Mbock Bathy from France, silver went to Ri Hyang-sim (North Korea), and bronze to Yui Hasegawa (Japan).

• Golden Shoe:

The tournament's top scorer was Ri Un-sim (North Korea), who scored eight goals, setting the previous tournament record for Yeo Min-ji (South Korea), who had also scored eight goals two years earlier.

• Golden glove:

The best goalkeeper was Romane Bruneau from France, who played a key role in France's World Cup title in the final with two saved penalties from the penalty shoot-out. In five tournament games she only conceded two goals.

• FIFA Fair Play Award:

Japan was named the fairest team in the tournament. In four tournament games there was no yellow or red card against the Japanese.

Trivia

• With 30,250 spectators, the opening match between Azerbaijan and Colombia and the previous match between Nigeria and Canada, which was held in a double event, set a new attendance record.
• In the game North Korea against Gambia, the North Koreans first outbid the record for U-17 World Cup matches at 11-0, which the German team had set up on September 8, 2010 at 10-1 against South Africa, or set the record the German team had set up on September 10, 2007 in the game against Argentina at the 2007 Women's World Cup for women's World Cup games. On September 25, Nigeria set both records in an 11-0 win against Azerbaijan.
• Chinwendu Ihezuo (Nigeria) is the first player to score five goals in a U-17 World Cup game. She beat the previous record of four goals set by Kyra Malinowski (Germany) and Yeo Minji (South Korea) at the 2010 World Cup.
• At 13 years and 267 days, Sainey Sissohore (Gambia) was the youngest player in the history of the tournament when she played against North Korea. Since she also scored the second goal for Gambia in the game against France, she is also the youngest goalscorer in the history of the tournament.
• Gabriela Gonzalez (Uruguay) is the first goalkeeper in the history of the tournament to receive a red card .
• After the hosts were eliminated in the group stage with New Zealand in 2008 and Trinidad and Tobago in 2010, hosts Azerbaijan could not survive the group stage in 2012 either. Azerbaijan is also the first team to go without a goal and the first host to be eliminated with three defeats.
• By beating Mexico, Brazil has won at least once against Mexico in all FIFA women's tournaments (including the Olympic Games).
• The match between France and Gambia scored the 10-2 most goals in the history of the tournament.
• For the first time, a US team was eliminated from the group stage of a FIFA women's tournament. In addition, the USA are the first team to be eliminated from the group stage undefeated.
• The 1-1 draw against the USA is North Korea's fourth draw. No team has drawn more.
• Japan are the first team to survive the group stage without conceding a goal.
• Brazil are the first team to make it into the knockout round with a negative goal difference.
• Germany is the only team that has survived the group stage in all three tournaments without defeat.
• Germany has now played against Brazil at least once in all FIFA tournaments (including the Olympic Games).
• With France, a European team has reached and won the final for the first time.
• For the first time, there were two teams in the final, France and North Korea, who had already played against each other in the group stage.
• France only needed two wins in six games for the title. Never before has a team won the title with fewer wins in a FIFA women's tournament.

Web links

• Official FIFA website for the 2012 tournament
• Regulations of the FIFA U-20 and U-17 Women's World Cup 2012 (pdf .; 194 kB)
• Official squad lists (pdf .; 393 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ concacaf.com: Tournament overview ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ futbol24.com: [1]
3. ↑ CONMEBOL.com: [2]
4. ↑ cafonline.com: current results [3]
5. ↑ ghanaweb.com: [4]
6. ↑ A trio from West Africa makes dreams come true
7. ↑ FIFA.com: 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup - Gambia Profile
8. ↑ FIFA.com: "Kiwis" buy World Cup ticket for Azerbaijan
9. ↑ Squad list U17 World Cup 2012. (PDF) In: fifadata.com. FIFA, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
10. ↑ FIFA.com: Official draw is approaching
11. ↑ according to the list of World Cup participants at fifadata.com
12. ↑ FIFA.com: Sissohore: "We will evolve"
13. ↑ fifa.com: Gambia - France 2:10 (0: 3)