2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship

2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship

FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Canada 2002 Coupe du Monde de Football Féminin des Moins de 19 ans 2002
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	17 August – 1 September
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	101 (3.88 per match)
Attendance	295,133 (11,351 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Christine Sinclair (11 goals)
Best player(s)	Christine Sinclair
Fair play award	Japan

The 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship was held from 17 August to 1 September. It was the first sanctioned youth tournament for women put together by FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada. FIFA granted the tournament to Canada in March 2001. Three cities hosted the tournament, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Victoria. Canada's Christine Sinclair won the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player and the Golden Shoe as top-scorer.

Squads

Main article: 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship squads

Qualified teams

Confederation (Continent)	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2002 AFC U-19 Women's Championship	Japan Chinese Taipei
CAF (Africa)	2002 African U-19 Women's Championship	Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	Host nation	Canada
	2002 CONCACAF U-19 Women's Qualifying Tournament	United States Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America)	2002 CONMEBOL Under-19 Play-Off	Brazil
OFC (Oceania)	2002 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	2002 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship	Germany France Denmark England

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Canada	9	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7
Japan	4	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3
Denmark	3	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1
Nigeria	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3

18 August 2002
16:00

Canada	3–2	Denmark
Sinclair 15' Rowe 68' Lang 80'	(Report)	Rasmussen 51' Stentoft-Herping 53'

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Szokolai

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18 August 2002
18:15

Nigeria	1–1	Japan
Iwuagwu 36'	(Report)	Sudo 26'

Commonwealth Stadium

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Ferreira-James

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20 August 2002
17:45

Denmark	2–1	Nigeria
Rasmussen 28', 47'	(Report)	Oyewusi 76'

Commonwealth Stadium

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Tortura

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20 August 2002
20:00

Japan	0–4	Canada
	(Report)	Sinclair 9', 45' Lang 53', 69'

Commonwealth Stadium

Attendance: 15,714

Referee: Ionescu

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22 August 2002
17:45

Denmark	1–2	Japan
Jensen 5'	(Report)	Ohno 67', 73'

Commonwealth Stadium

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ferreira-James

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22 August 2002
20:00

Nigeria	0–2	Canada
	(Report)	Sinclair 25', 69'

Commonwealth Stadium

Attendance: 15,803

Referee: Szokolai

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	9	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7
Germany	6	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3
France	3	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5
Mexico	0	3	0	0	3	5	10	−5

17 August 2002
17:00

Germany	2–0	France
Mittag 39', 90'	(Report)

Swangard Stadium, Vancouver

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Persson

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17 August 2002
19:30

Mexico	3–5	Brazil
Rico 8' (pen) Worbis 66' Martinez 74'	(Report)	Daniela 6', 14' Tatiana 30' Kelly 60' Renata Costa 65'

Swangard Stadium

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Deng

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19 August 2002
17:00

France	2–1	Mexico
Ramos 21' Abily 39'	(Report)	Worbis 15'

Swangard Stadium

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Proctor

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19 August 2002
19:30

Brazil	1–0	Germany
Kelly 60'	(Report)

Swangard Stadium

Attendance: 5,537

Referee: Seitz

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21 August 2002
17:00

France	0–4	Brazil
	(Report)	Marta 44', 63', 73' Cristiane 62'

Swangard Stadium

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Seitz

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21 August 2002
19:30

Mexico	1–3	Germany
Worbis 24'	(Report)	Müller 33' Brendel 61' Mittag 86'

Swangard Stadium

Attendance: 5,552

Referee: Persson

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	9	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14
Australia	4	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
England	4	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
Chinese Taipei	0	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14

17 August 2002
13:00

United States	5–1	England
Tarpley 37' Osborne 39' O'Reilly 44' Wilson 64', 74'	(Report)	Ward 47'

Centennial Stadium, Victoria

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Oiwa

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17 August 2002
15:15

Chinese Taipei	1–5	Australia
Lu 84'	(Report)	Crawford 30', 78' Neilson 38' Cannuli 85' Harch 87'

Centennial Stadium

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Damkova

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19 August 2002
17:00

England	4–0	Chinese Taipei
Maggs 20' Hickmott 26' Ward 47', 85'	(Report)

Centennial Stadium

Attendance: 2,151

Referee: Gaye

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19 August 2002
19:15

Australia	0–4	United States
	(Report)	Wilson 14', 79' Osborne 74' O'Reilly 81'

Centennial Stadium

Attendance: 2,600

Referee: Hanninen

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21 August 2002
17:00

England	0–0	Australia
	(Report)

Centennial Stadium

Attendance: 3,900

Referee: Oiwa

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21 August 2002
19:15

United States	6–0	Chinese Taipei
Kakadelas 3' Tarpley 10', 43' Buehler 34' (pen) Hanks 48' Ebner 59'	(Report)

Centennial Stadium

Attendance: 2,800

Referee: Gaye

Knockout Round

All times local.

Quarterfinals

24 August 2002
19:00

Brazil	4–3 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Australia
Marta 4', 45' Kelly 42' Daniela  100'	Report	Reuter 34' Crawford 51' Kuralay 59' (pen.)

Swangard Stadium, Vancouver

Attendance: 6,503

Referee: Deng

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25 August 2002
13:00

Canada	6–2	England
Sinclair 5', 36', 52', 90+1', 90+3' Thorlakson 45'	Report	Maggs 65' Westwood 80'

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 23,595

Referee: Ionescu

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25 August 2002
15:45

Japan	1–2 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Germany
Ohno 44'	Report	Bresonik 90+3',  94'

Commonwealth Stadium

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Tortura

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25 August 2002
19:00

United States	6–0	Denmark
O'Reilly 11', 27' Wilson 23', 47', 68' Tarpley 57'	Report

Centennial Stadium, Victoria

Attendance: 4,800

Referee: Hanninen

Semifinals

29 August 2002
17:15

Brazil	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Canada
Marta 69'	Report	Rustad 45+'
Penalties
	3–4

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 37,194

Referee: Hanninen

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29 August 2002
20:00

United States	4–1	Germany
Tarpley 28' Wilson 30', 45' Oakes 86'	Report	Bresonik 16'

Commonwealth Stadium

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Szolokai

3rd Place Playoff

1 September 2002
11:00

Brazil	1–1	Germany
Cristiane 33'	Report	Bachor 49'
Penalties
	3–4

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Mayumi Oiwa

Final

1 September 2002
14:00

Canada	0–1 (a.s.d.e.t.)	United States
	Report	Tarpley  109'

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 47,784

Referee: Ferreira-James

ASDET – after sudden death extra time
PSO – penalty shootout

2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship winners
United States First title

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Christine Sinclair	Marta	Kelly Wilson
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Christine Sinclair	Kelly Wilson	Lindsay Tarpley
11 goals	9 goals	6 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award
Japan

All star team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Erin McLeod Miho Fukumoto	Daiane Candace Chapman Jessica Wright Jill Oakes	Daniela Carmelina Moscato Johanna Rasmussen Linda Bresonik Ifeanyi Chiejine	Marta Christine Sinclair Heather O'Reilly Lindsay Tarpley Kelly Wilson

Scorers

11 goals

• Christine Sinclair

9 goals

• Kelly Wilson

6 goals

• Marta
• Lindsay Tarpley

4 goals

• Heather O'Reilly

3 goals

• Hayley Crawford
• Daniela
• Kelly
• Kara Lang
• Johanna Rasmussen
• Linda Bresonik
• Anja Mittag
• Shinobu Ohno
• Guadalupe Worbis

2 goals

• Cristiane
• Ellen Maggs
• Katy Ward
• Leslie Osborne

1 goal

• Catherine Cannuli
• Lana Harch
• Selin Kuralay
• Amber Neilson
• Karla Reuter
• Renata Costa
• Tatiana
• Michelle Rowe
• Clare Rustad
• Katie Thorlakson
• Sandra Jensen
• Marie Stentoft-Herping
• Michelle Hickmott
• Emily Westwood
• Camille Abily
• Elodie Ramos
• Isabell Bachor
• Annelie Brendel
• Barbara Müller
• Akiko Sudo
• Lisette Martinez
• Michell Rico
• Akudo Iwuagwu
• Olushola Oyewusi
• Lu Yen-Ling
• Rachel Buehler
• Stephanie Ebner
• Kerri Hanks
• Megan Kakadelas
• Jill Oakes

External links

• FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Canada 2002, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)