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 time the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is to be held in Africa and the second Arab country to host it after Jordan in 2016. It will be the first edition to feature 24 teams and be played annually.^[1] It will also be the first of five consecutive FIFA U-17 Women's World Cups to be held in Morocco.

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 country	Morocco
Dates	17 October – 8 November
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4[+] (in 2 host cities)
← 2024 2026 →

North Korea are the defending champions, having won a record third title in 2024.

Host selection

Morocco was announced as the 2025–2029 Women's U-17 World Cups host country following the FIFA Council meeting on 14 March 2024 in Zürich, Switzerland.^[1]

•  Morocco

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 biannual to annual was officially confirmed.

Expansion

On 14 March 2024, FIFA decided to expand the tournament to 24 teams.^[1] The slot allocation was as follows:

• 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

Qualified teams

  Team qualified

  Team failed to qualify

  Team suspended

  Did not enter

  Not a FIFA member.

A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Morocco, who qualified automatically as the host nation, the other 23 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. Due to the expansion, the slot allocation was officially confirmed on 15 May 2024.^[2]

Ivory Coast, Netherlands, Norway and Samoa will make their debut at this tournament, with the Samoans participating in their first ever FIFA competition.

Costa Rica and Italy return after a 12 year absence, they both come back with their last appearance being in 2014. Paraguay and Cameroon qualify for the first time since 2016 and 2018 respectly. Canada, China, France and hosts Morocco are present at this World Cup after a one tournament drought.

Dominican Republic, England, Kenya and Poland failed to qualify after taking part in 2024.

Qualifying tournament	Team	Qualification date	Appearance				Previous best performance
			Total	First	Last	Streak
Nominated teams by AFC[a]	China	13 September 2024	4th	2012	2022	1	Group stage (2012, 2014, 2022)
	Japan		9th	2008	2024	9	Champions (2014)
	North Korea		8th	2008	2024	2	Champions (2008, 2016, 2024)
	South Korea		5th	2008	2024	2	Champions (2010)
Host nation	Morocco	14 March 2024	2nd	2022		1	Group stage (2022)
2025 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification	Cameroon	25 April 2025	3rd	2016	2018	1	Group stage (2016, 2018)
	Ivory Coast		1st	Debut
	Nigeria		8th	2008	2024	3	Third Place (2022)
	Zambia	26 April 2025	3rd	2014	2024	2	Group stage (2014, 2024)
2025 CONCACAF U-17 Women's World Cup qualification	Mexico	5 April 2025	8th	2010	2024	8	Runners-up (2018)
	United States		7th	2008	2024	5	Runners-up (2008)
	Canada	6 April 2025	8th	2008	2022	1	Fourth place (2018)
	Costa Rica		3rd	2008	2014	1	Group stage (2008, 2014)
2025 South American U-17 Women's Championship	Colombia	18 May 2025	7th	2008	2024	4	Runners-up (2022)
	Brazil	21 May 2025	8th	2008	2024	5	Quarter-finals (2010, 2012, 2022)
	Ecuador		2nd	2024		2	Quarter-finals (2024)
	Paraguay		4th	2008	2016	1	Group stage (2008, 2014, 2016)
2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship	New Zealand	18 September 2024	9th	2008	2024	9	Third place (2018)
	Samoa		1st	Debut
2025 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship	Netherlands	7 May 2025	1st	Debut
	Norway	10 May 2025	1st	Debut
	France	11 May 2025	4th	2008	2022	1	Champions (2012)
	Italy		2nd	2014		1	Third place (2014)
	Spain	14 May 2025	7th	2010	2024	6	Champions (2018, 2022)

Venues

The match schedule and venues were announced on 1 June 2025.^[4]

The Rabat metropolitan area will host all matches. The official stadium names listed by FIFA during the tournament are shown below.^[4]

30km
19miles

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Location of the host cities of the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

1 Rabat 2 Salé

2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup venues

Rabat
Prince Héritier Moulay el-Hassan Sports Complex[b]	Olympic Stadium Annex Prince Moulay Abdellah Sport Complex[c]
Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 21,000
Rabat	Salé
Al Barid Stadium	Mohammed VI Football Academy (3 pitches)
Capacity: 18,000

Draw

The official draw took place on 4 June 2025 in Rabat. The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams. The teams were allocated based on their performances in the five previous U-17 Women's World Cups (with more recent tournaments weighted more heavily, using a points-based ranking system as outlined by FIFA). The host team, Morocco, was automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation were drawn so as not to meet each other in the group stage.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Morocco H  Spain  Japan  North Korea  United States  Nigeria	Brazil  Mexico  Colombia  Canada  New Zealand  Ecuador	China  Cameroon  South Korea  Italy  France  Zambia	Paraguay  Costa Rica  Netherlands  Norway  Ivory Coast  Samoa

Squads

Main article: 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads

Players born between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2010 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Match officials

A total of 18 referees and 36 assistant referees were appointed officially by FIFA for the tournament on 31 July 2025.^[5]

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees
AFC	Lara Lee Veronika Bernatskaia	Emma Kocbek Ramina Tsoi Heba Saadieh Suwida Wongkraisorn
CAF	Josephine Wanjiru Yacine Samassa	Fidès Bangurambona Yara Abdelfattah Alice Umutesi Tabara Mbodji
CONCACAF	Vimarest Díaz Lizzet García Janeishka Caban Alyssa Pennington	Santa Medina Mayra Mora Jéssica Morales Aranza Quero Katherine Prescod Melissa Nicholas Kali Smith Katarzyna Wasiak
CONMEBOL	Charly Straub Paula Fernández Verónica Guazhambo Milagros Arruela	Fernanda Gomes Antunes Anne Gomes de Sá Nataly Arteaga Mayra Sánchez Joselyn Romero Viviana Segura Mariana Aquino Vera Yupanqui
OFC	Torika Delai	Allys Clipsham Natalia Lumukana
UEFA	Hristiyana Guteva Silvia Gasperotti Ewa Augustyn Alina Peșu Olatz Rivera	Ivona Pejić Emily Carney Heini Hyvönen Camille Soriano Nikolett Bizderi Giulia Tempestilli Irina Pozdejeva Eliana Fernández Linda Schmid Svitlana Grushko

Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place on 3 June 2025.

All times are local, MST (UTC+1).^[4]

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[6] Points obtained in all group matches; Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match): Yellow card: −1 points; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −4 points; Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points; Drawing of lots.

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	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Costa Rica	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

17 October 2025 (2025-10-17)

20:00

Morocco	v	Brazil

Prince Moulay Abdellah Olympic Annex Stadium, Rabat

18 October 2025 (2025-10-18)

14:00

Italy	v	Costa Rica

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 1), Salé

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21 October 2025 (2025-10-21)

17:00

Costa Rica	v	Brazil

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 1), Salé

21 October 2025 (2025-10-21)

20:00

Morocco	v	Italy

Prince Moulay Abdellah Olympic Annex Stadium, Rabat

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24 October 2025 (2025-10-24)

20:00

Costa Rica	v	Morocco

Prince Moulay Abdellah Olympic Annex Stadium, Rabat

24 October 2025 (2025-10-24)

20:00

Brazil	v	Italy

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 1), Salé

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 October 2025 (2025-10-18)

20:00

North Korea	v	Mexico

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 1), Salé

18 October 2025 (2025-10-18)

20:00

Cameroon	v	Netherlands

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 2), Salé

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21 October 2025 (2025-10-21)

14:00

North Korea	v	Cameroon

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 2), Salé

21 October 2025 (2025-10-21)

20:00

Netherlands	v	Mexico

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 2), Salé

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24 October 2025 (2025-10-24)

20:00

Netherlands	v	North Korea

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 3), Salé

24 October 2025 (2025-10-24)

20:00

Mexico	v	Cameroon

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 2), Salé

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Ecuador	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 October 2025 (2025-10-18)

14:00

China	v	Norway

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 3), Salé

18 October 2025 (2025-10-18)

20:00

United States	v	Ecuador

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 3), Salé

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21 October 2025 (2025-10-21)

17:00

United States	v	China

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 3), Salé

21 October 2025 (2025-10-21)

20:00

Norway	v	Ecuador

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 3), Salé

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24 October 2025 (2025-10-24)

14:00

Norway	v	United States

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 3), Salé

24 October 2025 (2025-10-24)

14:00

Ecuador	v	China

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 2), Salé

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 October 2025 (2025-10-19)

17:00

France	v	Samoa

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 1), Salé

19 October 2025 (2025-10-19)

20:00

Nigeria	v	Canada

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 2), Salé

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22 October 2025 (2025-10-22)

17:00

Samoa	v	Canada

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 1), Salé

22 October 2025 (2025-10-22)

20:00

Nigeria	v	France

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 1), Salé

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25 October 2025 (2025-10-25)

17:00

Samoa	v	Nigeria

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 3), Salé

25 October 2025 (2025-10-25)

17:00

Canada	v	France

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 1), Salé

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 October 2025 (2025-10-19)

14:00

South Korea	v	Ivory Coast

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 2), Salé

19 October 2025 (2025-10-19)

20:00

Spain	v	Colombia

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 1), Salé

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22 October 2025 (2025-10-22)

14:00

Spain	v	South Korea

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 2), Salé

22 October 2025 (2025-10-22)

20:00

Ivory Coast	v	Colombia

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 2), Salé

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25 October 2025 (2025-10-25)

14:00

Ivory Coast	v	Spain

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 1), Salé

25 October 2025 (2025-10-25)

14:00

Colombia	v	South Korea

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 2), Salé

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Zambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 October 2025 (2025-10-19)

14:00

Japan	v	New Zealand

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 3), Salé

19 October 2025 (2025-10-19)

20:00

Zambia	v	Paraguay

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 3), Salé

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22 October 2025 (2025-10-22)

17:00

Japan	v	Zambia

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 3), Salé

22 October 2025 (2025-10-22)

20:00

Paraguay	v	New Zealand

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 3), Rabat

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25 October 2025 (2025-10-25)

20:00

New Zealand	v	Zambia

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 2), Salé

25 October 2025 (2025-10-25)

20:00

Paraguay	v	Japan

Mohammed VI Football Academy (pitch 3), Salé

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.

Tie-breaking criteria for third-placed teams

The ranking of third-placed teams was determined as follows:[6] Points obtained in all group matches; Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match): Yellow card: −1 points; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −4 points; Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points; Drawing of lots.

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: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Third-placed teams tiebreakers

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, no extra time was played and a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.^[6]

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
A	B	C	D				3C	3D	3A	3B
A	B	C		E			3C	3A	3B	3E
A	B	C			F		3C	3A	3B	3F
A	B		D	E			3D	3A	3B	3E
A	B		D		F		3D	3A	3B	3F
A	B			E	F		3E	3A	3B	3F
A		C	D	E			3C	3D	3A	3E
A		C	D		F		3C	3D	3A	3F
A		C		E	F		3C	3A	3F	3E
A			D	E	F		3D	3A	3F	3E
	B	C	D	E			3C	3D	3B	3E
	B	C	D		F		3C	3D	3B	3F
	B	C		E	F		3E	3C	3B	3F
	B		D	E	F		3E	3D	3B	3F
		C	D	E	F		3C	3D	3F	3E

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Third place match

Round of 16

28 October 2025 (2025-10-28)

16:30

2A	v	2C

Moulay el-Hassan Sports Complex, Rabat

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28 October 2025 (2025-10-28)

16:30

1C	v	3A/B/F

Al Barid Stadium, Rabat

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28 October 2025 (2025-10-28)

20:00

1B	v	3A/C/D

Moulay el-Hassan Sports Complex, Rabat

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28 October 2025 (2025-10-28)

20:00

1A	v	3C/D/E

Prince Moulay Abdellah Olympic Annex Stadium, Rabat

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29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)

16:30

1E	v	2D

Moulay el-Hassan Sports Complex, Rabat

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29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)

16:30

2B	v	2F

Al Barid Stadium, Rabat

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29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)

20:00

1D	v	3B/E/F

Al Barid Stadium, Rabat

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29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)

20:00

1F	v	2E

Prince Moulay Abdellah Olympic Annex Stadium, Rabat

Quarter-finals

1 November 2025 (2025-11-01)

16:30

W37	v	W38

Moulay el-Hassan Sports Complex, Rabat

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1 November 2025 (2025-11-01)

20:00

W39	v	W40

Moulay el-Hassan Sports Complex, Rabat

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2 November 2025 (2025-11-02)

16:30

W41	v	W42

Al Barid Stadium, Rabat

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2 November 2025 (2025-11-02)

20:00

W43	v	W44

Al Barid Stadium, Rabat

Semi-finals

5 November 2025 (2025-11-05)

16:30

W45	v	W46

Moulay el-Hassan Sports Complex, Rabat

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5 November 2025 (2025-11-05)

20:00

W47	v	W48

Moulay el-Hassan Sports Complex, Rabat

Third place match

8 November 2025 (2025-11-08)

16:30

L49	v	L50

Prince Moulay Abdellah Olympic Annex Stadium, Rabat

Final

8 November 2025 (2025-11-08)

20:00

W49	v	W50

Prince Moulay Abdellah Olympic Annex Stadium, Rabat

Marketing

Emblem

The official emblem was revealed on 3 June 2025.^[7]

See also

• 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
• 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Notes

1. Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of the last three editions of AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup; Thailand 2017, Thailand 2019 and Indonesia 2024.^[3]
2. The abbreviated name in the match list below is shown as follow: Moulay el-Hassan Sports Complex.
3. The abbreviated name in the match list below is shown as follow: Prince Moulay Abdellah Olympic Annex Stadium.

1. ^
   There will be 3 pitches available inside Mohammed VI Football Academy plus another 3 stadiums for 6 pitches in total for the tournament.