2024 U20 Women's World Cup, Colombia

[amenina]

https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/organis ... 0-and-2034

It was also confirmed that the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™ will be enlarged from 16 to 24 teams and take place from 31 August to 22 September 2024. The approved slot allocation will be as follows: AFC: 4; CAF: 4; Concacaf: 4; CONMEBOL: 4; OFC: 2; UEFA: 5; host country (Colombia): 1.

[Jackson Harrison]

https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/organis ... 0-and-2034

It was also confirmed that the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™ will be enlarged from 16 to 24 teams and take place from 31 August to 22 September 2024. The approved slot allocation will be as follows: AFC: 4; CAF: 4; Concacaf: 4; CONMEBOL: 4; OFC: 2; UEFA: 5; host country (Colombia): 1.

@Lorric same as men's and OFC having 2 is even more of a joke.

(Lorric rant incoming, expect the air to turn blue)

[Lorric]

https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/organis ... 0-and-2034

It was also confirmed that the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™ will be enlarged from 16 to 24 teams and take place from 31 August to 22 September 2024. The approved slot allocation will be as follows: AFC: 4; CAF: 4; Concacaf: 4; CONMEBOL: 4; OFC: 2; UEFA: 5; host country (Colombia): 1.

@Lorric same as men's and OFC having 2 is even more of a joke.

(Lorric rant incoming, expect the air to turn blue)

I can't. I don't know how to respond to this level of stupidity. At least the men had a basis with that accursed Fiji win over Honduras. This has nothing. It's like when someone says something so wrong you don't know how to argue against it when it should be so obvious it's wrong.

[amenina]

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024

Hosts: Colombia
AFC (4 teams)
CAF (4 teams)
CONCACAF (4 teams): Mexico, USA, Canada, Costa Rica
CONMEBOL (4 teams)
OFC (2 teams): New Zealand, Fiji
UEFA (5 teams): Spain, Germany, France, Netherlands, Austria/Iceland

Costa Rica and Fiji are the beneficiaries of the World Cup expansion based on their ranking in the confederation tournaments.

Austria and Iceland finished 3rd in their respective groups in the U19 Women's Euro. There should have been a play-off to decide the 5th UEFA qualifier, but obviously it was not played as the World Cup expansion was not announced at that time. If the group stage results were used, Austria (4 points) would be ranked higher than Iceland (3 points).

[Jackson Harrison]

@amenina - will U17 also be expanded? - it will be annual as of 2025.

Also how will CAF format be amended to fit expansion as they have 4 slots instead of 2.

[amenina]

@amenina - will U17 also be expanded? - it will be annual as of 2025.

Also how will CAF format be amended to fit expansion as they have 4 slots instead of 2.

Women's U17 will stay with 16 teams for 2024.

CAF qualifying is a straight knockout with two-legged ties, so they can just remove the 5th round which cuts down from four teams to two. The four winners of the 4th round will thus qualify for the U20 Women's World Cup.

[Jackson Harrison]

@amenina - will U17 also be expanded? - it will be annual as of 2025.

Also how will CAF format be amended to fit expansion as they have 4 slots instead of 2.

Women's U17 will stay with 16 teams for 2024.

CAF qualifying is a straight knockout with two-legged ties, so they can just remove the 5th round which cuts down from four teams to two. The four winners of the 4th round will thus qualify for the U20 Women's World Cup.

Source? Why expand 1 and not the other?

Ah works out OK as it's double.

[amenina]

@amenina - will U17 also be expanded? - it will be annual as of 2025.

Also how will CAF format be amended to fit expansion as they have 4 slots instead of 2.

Women's U17 will stay with 16 teams for 2024.

CAF qualifying is a straight knockout with two-legged ties, so they can just remove the 5th round which cuts down from four teams to two. The four winners of the 4th round will thus qualify for the U20 Women's World Cup.

Source? Why expand 1 and not the other?

Ah works out OK as it's double.

It's just by implication. If they had also expanded U17 WWC, they would also announce it in the press release, but they did not.

Also according to the dates, U20 WWC will be from 31 August to 22 September 2024, so that is 23 days, while U17 WWC will be from 16 October to 3 November 2024, so that is 19 days. So U20 WWC is longer because of the expansion to 24 teams, as the winning team has to play 7 matches, while U17 WWC is shorter because it only has 16 teams, and the winning team only has to play 6 matches.

There are probably two reasons that U17 WWC is not expanded for 2024. The first one is that the hosts of U20 WWC Colombia is a big country so they have more stadiums for a 24-team tournament, but the hosts of U17 WWC Dominican Republic is a smaller country and only have the stadiums for a 16-team tournament.

The second is that if the FIFA plan is followed, starting from 2025, there will be annual U17 tournaments for both men and women. If I am not wrong, both will be 48-team tournaments. Since U17 WWC is going to be expanded anyway in 2025, there is no need to do two expansion in two consecutive years.

[Jackson Harrison]

Women's U17 will stay with 16 teams for 2024.

CAF qualifying is a straight knockout with two-legged ties, so they can just remove the 5th round which cuts down from four teams to two. The four winners of the 4th round will thus qualify for the U20 Women's World Cup.

Source? Why expand 1 and not the other?

Ah works out OK as it's double.

It's just by implication. If they had also expanded U17 WWC, they would also announce it in the press release, but they did not.

Also according to the dates, U20 WWC will be from 31 August to 22 September 2024, so that is 23 days, while U17 WWC will be from 16 October to 3 November 2024, so that is 19 days. So U20 WWC is longer because of the expansion to 24 teams, as the winning team has to play 7 matches, while U17 WWC is shorter because it only has 16 teams, and the winning team only has to play 6 matches.

There are probably two reasons that U17 WWC is not expanded for 2024. The first one is that the hosts of U20 WWC Colombia is a big country so they have more stadiums for a 24-team tournament, but the hosts of U17 WWC Dominican Republic is a smaller country and only have the stadiums for a 16-team tournament.

The second is that if the FIFA plan is followed, starting from 2025, there will be annual U17 tournaments for both men and women. If I am not wrong, both will be 48-team tournaments. Since U17 WWC is going to be expanded anyway in 2025, there is no need to do two expansion in two consecutive years.

So from 2025 we'll have:
Odd years - 24 team U20 MWC and 48 team U17 WC for both sexes
Even years - 24 team U20 WWC and 48 team U17 WC for both sexes

[amenina]

Source? Why expand 1 and not the other?

Ah works out OK as it's double.

It's just by implication. If they had also expanded U17 WWC, they would also announce it in the press release, but they did not.

Also according to the dates, U20 WWC will be from 31 August to 22 September 2024, so that is 23 days, while U17 WWC will be from 16 October to 3 November 2024, so that is 19 days. So U20 WWC is longer because of the expansion to 24 teams, as the winning team has to play 7 matches, while U17 WWC is shorter because it only has 16 teams, and the winning team only has to play 6 matches.

There are probably two reasons that U17 WWC is not expanded for 2024. The first one is that the hosts of U20 WWC Colombia is a big country so they have more stadiums for a 24-team tournament, but the hosts of U17 WWC Dominican Republic is a smaller country and only have the stadiums for a 16-team tournament.

The second is that if the FIFA plan is followed, starting from 2025, there will be annual U17 tournaments for both men and women. If I am not wrong, both will be 48-team tournaments. Since U17 WWC is going to be expanded anyway in 2025, there is no need to do two expansion in two consecutive years.

So from 2025 we'll have:
Odd years - 24 team U20 MWC and 48 team U17 WC for both sexes
Even years - 24 team U20 WWC and 48 team U17 WC for both sexes

Yes, that's the plan from this document: https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/687f15d2c ... itions.pdf

[Jackson Harrison]

It's just by implication. If they had also expanded U17 WWC, they would also announce it in the press release, but they did not.

Also according to the dates, U20 WWC will be from 31 August to 22 September 2024, so that is 23 days, while U17 WWC will be from 16 October to 3 November 2024, so that is 19 days. So U20 WWC is longer because of the expansion to 24 teams, as the winning team has to play 7 matches, while U17 WWC is shorter because it only has 16 teams, and the winning team only has to play 6 matches.

There are probably two reasons that U17 WWC is not expanded for 2024. The first one is that the hosts of U20 WWC Colombia is a big country so they have more stadiums for a 24-team tournament, but the hosts of U17 WWC Dominican Republic is a smaller country and only have the stadiums for a 16-team tournament.

The second is that if the FIFA plan is followed, starting from 2025, there will be annual U17 tournaments for both men and women. If I am not wrong, both will be 48-team tournaments. Since U17 WWC is going to be expanded anyway in 2025, there is no need to do two expansion in two consecutive years.

So from 2025 we'll have:
Odd years - 24 team U20 MWC and 48 team U17 WC for both sexes
Even years - 24 team U20 WWC and 48 team U17 WC for both sexes

Yes, that's the plan from this document: https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/687f15d2c ... itions.pdf

Yeah read that months ago.

[amenina]

African qualifiers for 2024 FIFA U20 Women's World Cup

2nd round (6-15 Oct 2023)
Morocco vs Burkina Faso - Morocco won 5-1 on aggregate (8 Oct: 4-0; 13 Oct: 1-1)
Guinea vs Niger - Guinea won 10-0 on aggregate (12 Oct: 4-0; 15 Oct: 6-0)
Mali vs Algeria - Mali won on away goals, 2-2 on aggregate (8 Oct: 1-0; 13 Oct: 1-2)
Equatorial Guinea vs Ethiopia - Ethiopia won 5-2 on aggregate (7 Oct: 1-1; 15 Oct: 1-4)
Senegal vs Benin - Senegal won 2-0 on aggregate (7 Oct: 2-0; 15 Oct: 0-0)
Mozambique vs Uganda - Uganda won 8-0 on aggregate (7 Oct: 0-6; 13 Oct: 0-2)
Eswatini vs Gabon - Eswatini advanced after Gabon withdrew
Guinea Bissau vs Ghana - Ghana won 6-0 on aggregate (8 Oct: 0-3; 14 Oct: 0-3)
Congo vs Namibia - Congo won 5-1 on aggregate (8 Oct: 2-1; 13 Oct: 3-0)
Egypt vs Sao Tome and Principe - Egypt won 18-0 on aggregate (8 Oct: 7-0; 13 Oct: 11-0)
Cameroon vs Botswana - Cameroon won 6-1 on aggregate (7 Oct: 2-0; 14 Oct: 4-1)
Kenya vs Angola - Kenya won 10-1 on aggregate (8 Oct: 6-1; 14 Oct: 4-0)
Zambia vs DR Congo - DR Congo won on away goals, 2-2 on aggregate (7 Oct: 2-2; 14 Oct: 0-0)
Burundi vs South Africa - Burundi won on away goals, 2-2 on aggregate (8 Oct: 0-0; 11 Oct: 2-2)
Tanzania vs Djibouti - Tanzania won 12-0 on aggregate (8 Oct: 5-0; 11 Oct: 7-0)
Mauritius vs Nigeria - Nigeria advanced after Mauritius withdrew

3rd round (10-12 Nov 2023, 17-19 Nov 2023)
Morocco vs Guinea
Mali vs Ethiopia
Senegal vs Uganda
Eswatini vs Ghana
Congo vs Egypt
Cameroon vs Kenya
DR Congo vs Burundi
Tanzania vs Nigeria

4th round (12-14 Jan 2024, 19-21 Jan 2024) - Winners qualify for World Cup (due to expansion of tournament to 24 teams with CAF having 4 spots)
Morocco/Guinea vs Mali/Ethiopia
Senegal/Uganda vs Eswatini/Ghana
Congo/Egypt vs Cameroon/Kenya
DR Congo/Burundi vs Tanzania/Nigeria

[amenina]

FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers Fixtures

https://www.cafonline.com/news/fifa-u-2 ... -fixtures/

The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™ qualifiers resume this weekend, as the race to the global showpiece takes centre stage for African teams.

Africa has been reserved two slots at the global competition set to take place in Colombia next year.



FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers fixtures (All Times in GMT):



Saturday, 11 November 2023.

14:30

DR Congo - Burundi

16:30

Mali - Ethiopia

17:00

Senegal - Uganda





Sunday, 12 November 2023

12:00

Tanzania - Nigeria



13:00

Swaziland - Ghana

16:00

Morocco - Guinea





Friday, 17 November 2023

12:00

Kenya - Cameroon

13:00

Burundi - DR Congo



Saturday, 18 November 2023

13:00

Uganda - Senegal

15:00

Guinea – Morocco





Sunday, 19 November 2023

12:00

Ethiopia - Mali

14:00

Ghana - Eswatini

15:00

Nigeria - Tanzania

15:30

Ghana - Eswatini

[amenina]

African qualifiers for 2024 FIFA U20 Women's World Cup

3rd round 1st leg results
10 November
Congo 1-1 Egypt

11 November
DR Congo 3-2 Burundi
Cameroon 3-0 Kenya
Mali 0-2 Ethiopia
Senegal 1-0 Uganda

[amenina]

African qualifiers for 2024 FIFA U20 Women's World Cup

3rd round 1st leg results
12 November
Tanzania 1-1 Nigeria
Eswatini 1-6 Ghana
Morocco 3-0 Guinea