Women's U-19 World Cup 2002
2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship
Number of nations
12
World Champion
United States USA (1st title)
venue
Canada Canada
Opening game
17th August 2002
Endgame
September 1, 2002
Games
26th
Gates
101 (⌀: 3.88 per game)
spectator
295,133 (⌀: 11,351 per game)
Top scorer
Canada Christine Sinclair (10 goals)
Best player
Canada Christine Sinclair
yellow cards
50 (⌀: 1.92 per game)
Yellow-red cards
3 (⌀: 0.12 per game)
Red cards
2 (⌀: 0.08 per game)
The 2002 U-19 Women's World Cup (officially the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship ) was the first edition of this competition for female soccer players under the age of 19 (as of January 1, 1983) and took place from August 17 to August 1, 1983. September 2002 in Canada . This is the first time Canada has hosted a FIFA tournament for women. The game was played in the cities of Edmonton , Vancouver and Victoria . 12 teams took part in the tournament. The USA won with a 1-0 win after extra time over hosts Canada. Germany took third place.
Venues
Attendees
4 from Europe
Germany Germany
Denmark Denmark
England England
France France
3 from North, Central America, the Caribbean
Canada Canada
Mexico Mexico
United States United States
2 from Asia
Japan Japan
Taiwan Taiwan
1 from South America
Brazil Brazil
1 from Africa
Nigeria Nigeria
1 from Oceania
Australia Australia
Preliminary round
Group A
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Canada Canada
3
3
0
0
00 9: 200
+7
0 9
2.
Japan Japan
3
1
1
1
00 3: 600
−3
0 4th
3.
Denmark Denmark
3
1
0
2
00 5: 600
−1
0 3
4th
Nigeria Nigeria
3
0
1
2
00 2: 500
−3
0 1
August 18, 2002 in Edmonton
Canada
-
Denmark
3: 2 (1: 0)
Nigeria
-
Japan
1: 1 (1: 1)
August 20, 2002 in Edmonton
Denmark
-
Nigeria
2: 1 (1: 0)
Canada
-
Japan
4: 0 (2: 0)
August 22, 2002 in Edmonton
Japan
-
Denmark
2: 1 (0: 1)
Nigeria
-
Canada
0: 2 (0: 1)
Group B
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Brazil Brazil
3
3
0
0
0 10: 300
+7
0 9
2.
Germany Germany
3
2
0
1
00 5: 200
+3
0 6th
3.
France France
3
1
0
2
00 2: 700
−5
0 3
4th
Mexico Mexico
3
0
0
3
00 5:100
−5
0 0
August 17, 2002 in Vancouver
Germany
-
France
2: 0 (1: 0)
Mexico
-
Brazil
3: 5 (1: 3)
August 19, 2002 in Vancouver
France
-
Mexico
2: 1 (1: 1)
Brazil
-
Germany
1: 0 (0: 0)
August 21, 2002 in Vancouver
Germany
-
Mexico
3: 1 (1: 1)
France
-
Brazil
0: 4 (0: 1)
Group C
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
United States United States
3
3
0
0
0 15: 100
+14
0 9
2.
Australia Australia 1)
3
1
1
1
00 5: 500
± 0
0 4th
3.
England England 1)
3
1
1
1
00 5: 500
± 0
0 4th
4th
Taiwan Taiwan
3
0
0
3
00 1:150
−14
0 0
1) Australia runner-up by drawing lots
August 17, 2002 in Victoria
United States
-
England
5: 1 (3: 0)
Taiwan
-
Australia
1: 5 (0: 2)
August 19, 2002 in Victoria
England
-
Taiwan
4: 0 (2: 0)
Australia
-
United States
0: 4 (0: 1)
August 21, 2002 in Victoria
England
-
Australia
0-0
Taiwan
-
United States
0: 6 (0: 4)
Third place
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
England England
3
1
1
1
00 5: 500
± 0
0 4th
2.
Denmark Denmark
3
1
0
2
00 5: 600
−1
0 3
3.
France France
3
1
0
2
00 2: 700
−5
0 3
Final round
Quarter finals
August 24, 2002 in Vancouver
Brazil Brazil
-
Australia Australia
4: 3 n.GG. (3: 3, 3: 1)
August 25, 2002 in Edmonton
Japan Japan
-
Germany Germany
1: 2 n.GG. (1: 1, 1: 0)
August 25, 2002 in Victoria
United States United States
-
Denmark Denmark
6: 0 (3: 0)
August 25, 2002 in Edmonton
Canada Canada
-
England England
6: 2 (3: 0)
Semifinals
August 29, 2002 in Edmonton
Brazil Brazil
-
Canada Canada
1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1), 3: 4 i. E.
August 29, 2002 in Edmonton
United States United States
-
Germany Germany
4: 1 (3: 1)
3rd place match
September 1, 2002 in Edmonton
Brazil Brazil
-
Germany Germany
1: 1 (1: 0), 3: 4 i. E.
final
Canada
United States
Canada
United States
Erin McLeod , Carmelina Moscato , Sasha Andrews, Amy Vermeulen, Clare Rustad, Candace Chapman , Christine Sinclair , Kara Lang (74th Robyn Gayle ), Katie Thorlakson, Brittany Timko Trainer: Ian Bridge
Ashlyn Harris , Rachel Buehler (13th Jessica Ballweg), Jill Oakes, Lori Chalupny , Kendall Fletcher, Heather O'Reilly , Leslie Osborne , Keeley Dowling, Manya Makoski (59th Angela Woznuk , 105th Megan Kakadelas), Lindsay Tarpley , Kelly Wilson Trainer: Tracey Leone
0: 1 Lindsay Tarpley (109th, golden goal)
Robyn Gayle
Best goalscorers
Awards
The Canadian Christine Sinclair was awarded the Golden Ball for best player. The Silver Ball went to the Brazilian Marta and the Bronze Ball to the American Kelly Wilson .
The Canadian Christine Sinclair also won the Golden Shoe for the tournament's top scorer. She was able to score 10 goals in six games. The American Kelly Wilson received the Silver Shoe (9 goals) and the Bronze Shoe went to her compatriot Lindsay Tarpley , who like the Brazilian Marta scored 6 goals, but was better placed with four assists.
The Fair Play Award for the fairest team in the tournament went to Japan.
The German team
Web links
Football World Championships for Juniors
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