The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is the first women's football U-17 World Cup in

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history. It was held in

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from 28 October to 16 November 2008. It is the officially recognized world championship for women's under-17 national

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teams. This was the first women's world youth championship organized by

with the age limit of 17.

Host cities

Matches were played in four New Zealand cities: * The

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, New Zealand's largest metropolitan area, hosted the final and 3rd place playoff. The designated host stadium is located in North Shore City. *

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hosted two of the quarter-finals. *

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, New Zealand's capital city, hosted two of the quarter-finals. *

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, the only host city in the South Island, hosted the semi-finals. Pool matches were spread evenly among these cities. The host nation, New Zealand, was based mostly in Auckland but played one pool match in Wellington.

Qualified teams

Squads

Tournament

Group stage

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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3rd Place Playoff

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Final

Winners

Awards

Goalscorers

Dzsenifer Marozsán of Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 113 goals were scored by 69 different players, with two of them credited as own goals. ;6 goals * Dzsenifer Marozsán ;5 goals *

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;4 goals *

Chinatsu Kira is a Japanese football player. She plays for Japanese Nadeshiko League club Orca Kamogawa. She played for the Japanese national team. Club career Urawa Reds Kira was born in Usuki on July 5, 1991. After graduating from high school, she joined ...

* Natsuki Kishikawa *

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Courtney Verloo Courtney Reneé Verloo (born May 9, 1991) is an American soccer player from Tualatin, Oregon. A forward, she played college soccer for Stanford University and professionally for the Western New York Flash in the National Women's Soccer League (NW ...

;3 goals * Pauline Crammer * Lynn Mester *

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Ho Un-byol Ho Un-byol ( ko, 허은별; born 19 January 1992) is a North Korean football defender for the North Korea women's national football team and for the April 25 Sports Club in the DPR Korea Women's League in North Korea. She was part of the team ...

* Lee Hyun-young ;2 goals *

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Tatiana Ariza Tatiana Ariza Díaz (born 21 February 1991) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportivo Cali and the Colombia women's national team. She was part of the Colombia women's national football team at the 2012 Summer Olympi ...

* Danielle Carter * Marine Augis *

Alexandra Popp Alexandra Popp (; born 6 April 1991) is a German footballer and Olympic gold medalist. She plays as a striker for VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team. She previously played for FCR 2001 Duisburg and 1. FFC Recklinghausen. Popp was name ...

* Turid Knaak * Haruka Hamada *

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* Saori Takahashi * Yun Hyon-hi * Jacqueline Gonzalez * Ji So-yun *

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;1 goal * Ketlen Wiggers *

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* Rafaelle Souza *

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* Ingrid Vidal *

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* Britta Olsen * Linette Andreasen * Simone Boye *

Isobel Christiansen Isobel Mary "Izzy" Christiansen (born 20 September 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Everton in the FA WSL and the England national team. Club career Christiansen captained the women's football club at th ...

* Jessica Holbrook *

Lauren Bruton Lauren Marie Bruton (born 22 November 1992) is an English football forward, who plays for FA Women's Championship side Charlton Athletic. She was born in Luton. Club career Bruton began playing football at the age of eight years for Luton Tow ...

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* Camille Catala * Charlotte Poulain * Lea Rubio * Inka Wesely *

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* Tabea Kemme * Deborah Afriyie * Florence Dadson *

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* Kei Yoshioka * Marika Ohshima * Natsumi Kameoka * Yuiko Inoue *

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* Amenze Aighewi * Ebere Orji * Soo Adekwagh * Jang Hyon-sun * Kim Un-hyang * Kim Un-ju * Ri Un-ae * Gloria Villamayor * Paola Genes * Rebeca Fernández * Go Kyung-yeon * Lee Min-sun * Song Ah-ri ;Own goal *

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(playing against the United States) * Cris Mabel Flores (playing against the United States)

References

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008
, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup tournaments International women's association football competitions hosted by New Zealand October 2008 sports events in New Zealand November 2008 sports events in New Zealand 2008 in youth association football