2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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. • ==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. 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==

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. Ivory Coast, Netherlands, Norway and Samoa made their debut at this tournament, with the Samoans participating in their first ever FIFA competition. Costa Rica and Italy returned after a 11 year absence, they both came back after last qualified in 2014. Paraguay and Cameroon qualified for the first time since 2016 and 2018 respectively. Canada, China, France and hosts Morocco returned to the World Cup after one tournament drought. Dominican Republic, England, Kenya and Poland failed to qualify after taking part in 2024. ;Notes == Venues ==

The match schedule and venues were announced on 1 June 2025. The Rabat metropolitan area hosted all matches. Originally, the new Prince Héritier Moulay el-Hassan Sports Complex and the Al Barid Stadium had been officially selected to host the tournament, however the tournament was then held in two venues. The official stadium name listed by FIFA during the tournament is shown below. }} ;Notes ==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. == Squads ==

Players born between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2010 were eligible to compete in the tournament. ==Match officials==

A total of 18 referees and 36 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament on 31 July 2025. Originally, Katarzyna Wasiak was selected for the tournament, and latter replaced by her compatriot Meghan Mullen. ==Group stage==

The draw for the group stage took place on 3 June 2025. All times are local, MST (UTC+1). Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Group E ---- ---- Group F ---- ---- 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. ==Knockout stage==

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, no extra time is played and a penalty shoot-out is held to determine the winners. ;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: Bracket Round of 16 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Third place match Final ==Awards==

The following awards were given for the tournament: ==Goalscorers==

Emblem The official emblem was revealed on 3 June 2025. ==See also==