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2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be the 10th 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 from 17 October to 7 November 2026. This is the third FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to be held in Africa and Morocco being the second Arab country to host it after Jordan in 2016. This is the second of five consecutive FIFA U-17 Women's World Cups to be held in Morocco, set to be played annually until 2029.

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 Zurich, Switzerland. • ==Venues==
Venues
To be confirmed. ==Slot allocation==
Slot allocation
The slot allocation will be 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 ==Teams==
Teams
Qualification A total of 24 teams will qualify 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. Argentina and Puerto Rico will make their debut, with Puerto Rico participating in their first ever FIFA competition. Venezuela are qualified for the first time since 2016. Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Italy, Netherlands and Paraguay failed to qualify after taking part in 2025. Draw The draw will take place on 21 May 2026 in Zurich, Switzerland. == See also ==
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