FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2024 Schedule: Here’s the full fixtures, date, time, venues, teams and squads.
The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2024 to be hosted by India scheduled from 2nd November and final to take place on 21 November this year. Last year in March, India was announced as the host country. India received automatic qualification to the event on record of being the host. It is a biennial tournament, and Spain winning the title in 2018 are the defending champions. The official slogan for this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2024 is “Kick off The Dream”.
Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, and Navi Mumbai were announced as the five host cities for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2024 schedule. A total of sixteen national teams will play against each other across 32 matches to raise the trophy on 21st November final will be played at the Dr DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Sarai Bareman, Chief Women’s Football Officer at FIFA said “As the official tournament slogan, Kick-Off The Dream perfectly captures the empowering and aspirational message for the tournament as we look to develop women’s football and use the tournament as a platform to inspire girls and women of all ages across India and around the globe,”
It is the second instance of India hosting a FIFA event in the past three years as India also hosted the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in 2017.
“It gives me immense pleasure to congratulate the five host cities hosting the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2024, Our Indian women’s team will be playing for the first time at a FIFA tournament. It is a proud moment for the country, and we will provide all support to ensure its success,” said Honourable Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju.
2020 FIFA U-17 World Cup Important Dates
Opening match: 2nd November
Quarter-finals: 12th and 13th November
Semi-finals: 17th November
3rd/4th-place playoff & final: 21st November
Venues
The five venues to host the tournament are :
- Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar,
- Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata
- DY Patil Sports Stadium in Navi Mumbai
- Indira Gandhi Stadium in Guwahati
- EKA Arena by TransStadia in Ahmedabad
Speculations are most of India’s matches are expected to be played at Indira Gandhi Stadium in Guwahati.
Teams
The teams haven’t been decided yet, Spain and India are sure participants. Fourteen sides are however to achieve qualification for the group stages, as teams from the CONCACAF, UEFA, AFC, CONMEBOL, OFC, and CAF look to seal qualification to the major tournament in India later this year.
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2024 Schedule
Group Stage
There will be four groups in the group stage for convenience let us name the teams based on their group and a number Example: The sides in Group A – A1, A2, A3, A4.
Monday, 2nd November
A3 vs A4
A1 vs A2
Venue – Indira Gandhi Stadium, Guwahati
B3 vs B4
B1 vs B2
Venue – Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar
Tuesday, 3rd November
C3 vs C4
C1 vs C2
Venue – Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
D3 vs D4
D1 vs D2
Venue – TransStadia Stadium, Ahmedabad
Thursday, 5th November
A2 vs A4
A1 vs A3
Venue – Indira Gandhi Stadium, Guwahati
B2 vs B4
B1 vs B3
Venue – Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar
Friday, 6th November
C2 vs C4
C1 vs C3
Venue – Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
D2 vs D4
D1 vs D3
Venue – TransStadia Stadium, Ahmedabad
Sunday, 8th November
A1 vs A4
B2 vs B3
Venue – Indira Gandhi Stadium, Guwahati
A2 vs B3
B1 vs B4
Venue – Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar
Monday, 9th November
C1 vs C4
D3 vs D2
Venue – Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
C3 vs C2
D1 vs D4
Venue – TransStadia Stadium, Ahmedabad
Quarter-Finals
Thursday, 12th November
1st in Group A vs 2nd in Group B
Venue – Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar
1st in Group B vs 2nd in Group A
Venue – Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Friday, 13th November
1st in Group C vs 2nd in Group D
Venue – TransStadia Stadium, Ahmedabad
1st in Group D vs 2nd in Group D
Venue – DY Patil Sports Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Semi-finals
Tuesday, 17th November
2nd Quarter-final winner vs 4th Quarter-final winner
Venue – Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar
1st Quarter-final winner vs 3rd Quarter-final winner
Venue – DY Patil Sports Stadium, Navi Mumbai
3rd Place and Final
Saturday, 21st November
1st Semi-final loser vs 2nd Semi-final loser
Venue – DY Patil Sports Stadium, Navi Mumbai
1st Semi-final Winner vs 2nd Semi-final Winner
Venue – DY Patil Sports Stadium, Navi Mumbai