- FIFA+ delivers statistics from the nine previous editions of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup
- Huge victories, markswomen and rapid goals are in focus
- Sydney Leroux, Asisat Oshoala, Alex Popp and Christine Sinclair feature
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Maren Meinert has coached in 36 games in the competition – comfortably a record. Costa Rica 2022 will be the first FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Germany participate in without the Rheinhausen native since Thailand 2004. Mo Marley, who guided England at four editions, has coached the next-most matches: 20.
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Heather O’Reilly, Leslie Osborne, Lindsay Tarpley and Kelly Wilson helped USA score 26 goals – 4.3 per game – at Canada 2002. The next-highest total was the 21 Korea DPR netted at Papua New Guinea 2016.
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Renata Costa has made an unprecedented 18 appearances in the competition. The Brazilian played six games apiece in 2002, 2004 and 2006. Renata is followed by compatriot Erika and Nigerian Ebere Orji, both of whom participated in 15 matches.
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The two fastest goals in FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup history were, incredibly, netted by team-mates at the same edition. Courtney Dike broke the deadlock for Nigeria against Korea Republic after just 14 seconds in the group stage at Canada 2014. Then, in the quarter-finals, Asisat Oshoala took merely 31 seconds to set the Falconets en route to a 4-1 win over New Zealand. Loredana Rivderso, for Canada against Congo DR in 2008 (40 seconds), and Melanie Leupolz, for Germany against Japan in 2012 (58 seconds), are the only other players to score within a minute.
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Charlyn Corral is the tournament’s youngest all-time markswoman. The Mexican was merely 14 years and 341 days old when she was on target against Switzerland in 2006. Rosie White is the next-youngest having scored for New Zealand against Chile at the age of 15 years and 169 days in 2008.
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Thirteen of the 60 penalties to have been taken during normal or extra-time at the tournament have been missed. Surprisingly, Marina Hegering, Ada Hegerberg, Dzsenifer Marozsan, Pauline Bremer and Beth Mead are among those who failed to convert spot-kicks.
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Germany won 12 successive FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup games between 1-0 losses to USA in the 2008 semi-finals and the 2012 final. The US boast the second-best winning streak of 10 matches from 2002 to ’04.
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Christine Sinclair and Alex Popp share the record for goals in a FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The Canadian and the German both hit 10 goals in six games at the 2002 and 2010 editions respectively. They share the record for overall goals in the tournament with Sydney Leroux, who scored five apiece for USA in 2008 and 2010. Kelly Wilson, Marta and Anja Mittag have nine to their name.
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Four nations will continue being ever-presents by playing in their 10th FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica: Brazil, Germany, Nigeria and USA.
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Korea DPR and Brazil registered the joint-biggest victory in FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup history. The former thumped Argentina 9-0, while the latter downed Papua New Guinea by the same scoreline four years later.
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Sinclair and Kim Un-Hwa divide the record for goals in one game at the tournament. The Canadian impressively achieved the feat in a 6-2 victory over England, who fielded Laura Bassett, Fara Williams, Anita Asante and Alex Scott, in the 2002 quarter-finals, while the North Korean followed suit in a 9-0 thrashing of Argentina in the group stage in 2012. Nigerian Asisat Oshoala and Swede Stina Blackstenius both registered four goals in a game, in 2014 and ’16 respectively.
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Germany have won all four of the ties they have been involved in that went past normal time. A Linda Bresonik golden goal sunk Japan in the 2002 quarter-finals, before the side jointly coached by Silvia Neid and Tina Theune beat Brazil on penalties for bronze. The Germans once again won a shootout two years later, this time against Nigeria in the last eight, and they overcame the same opponents thanks to Lena Petermann’s extra-time goal in the 2014 final.
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Syndey Leroux is the only player to represent two nations in the competition. Born in Surrey, British Columbia to a Canadian mother and an American father, the forward turned out for Canada as a 14-year-old in 2004. The following year she moved to Scottsdale, Arizona and went on to play for USA in 2008 and 2010.
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Before They Were Superstars Marta at 16 (Canada 2002)
Cristiane at 17 (Canada 2002)
Heather O’Reilly at 17 (Canada 2002)
Christine Sinclair at 19 (Canada 2002)
Megan Rapinoe at 19 (Thailand 2004)
Amandine Henry at 16 (Russia 2006)
Mana Iwabuchi at 15 (New Zealand 2008)
Rosie White at 15 (New Zealand 2008)
Eugenie Le Sommer at 19 (Chile 2008)
Alex Morgan at 19 (Chile 2008)
Alex Popp at 19 (Germany 2010)
Hannah Wilkinson at 18 (Germany 2010)
Alex Popp at 19 (Germany 2010)
Asisat Oshoala at 19 (Canada 2014)
Eyes of the World:
Hero: Brandi Chastain Record breaker: Marta
Official FIFA Women’s World Cup films:
The Class of 2011 | The Official Film of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011™
The Story of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup™
Le Moment | The Official Film of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup™
Heroes | FIFA Women’s World Cup™ Documentary
FIFA Women’s World Cup full match replays:
Norway-USA (Final, China 1991)
Germany-Norway (Final, Sweden 1995)
USA-China (Final, USA 1999)
Germany-Sweden (Final, USA 2003)
Germany-Brazil (Final, China 2007)
Japan-USA (Final, Germany 2011)
USA-Japan (Final, Canada 2015)
USA-Netherlands (Final, France 2019)
All-Time Top 10s:
FIFA Women’s World Cup Goals | All-Time Top-10s FIFA Women’s World Cup Moments | All-Time Top-10s
Source: FIFA.com
