Plans are building for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in the Dominican Republic to be attended by 16 nations, including New Zealand.
Tournament organisers have confirmed match venues, a fixture schedule and an emblem to be used to promote the event.
The 2024 tournament will be held from October 16 – November 3, 2024, with games played in the cities of Santiago and Santo Domingo, which are only 150kms apart.
The Cibao University Stadium in Santiago de los Caballeros will be the venue for 15 of the 32 matches, including the first semi-final on Wednesday October 30, 2024.
The Felix Sanchez Stadium in Santo Domingo will host 17 matches, including the second semi-final on Thursday October 31, along with the third-place match and final, both on Sunday November 3.
A match schedule is available here but groups and matchups will be determined in June when the draw takes place in the Dominican Republic.
The tournament emblem has been inspired by ‘batún’, a game played by Taíno people on a central court or plaza using a rubber ball, and the ‘Bachata’ and ‘Merengue’ dances traditional to the host country.
FIFA says the design aims to unite football, dance and local customs to celebrate the world’s best U-17 footballers arriving in the Dominican Republic.
Main photo: The emblem for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Photo credit: FIFA.
Thirteen nations, including New Zealand, have now booked their places at the tournament.
The only remaining spots are reserved for three African sides who are yet to complete their qualifying tournament.
The New Zealand team, whose head coach will be Canterbury’s Alan Gunn, will represent Oceania and have qualified for all eight editions of the tournament.
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The three remaining places at the tournament will go to African teams through the 2024 African U-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament.
The tournament started in December 2023 and concludes in June 2024. Of the 25 African nations that entered the qualifiers, only six are left with a chance of reaching the World Cup.
They are Burundi, Kenya, Zambia, Morocco, Liberia and Nigeria.
Three nations will be making their first-ever appearance at the U-17 Women’s World Cup — Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Poland.
The U-17 tournament will become an annual event for 24 nations in 2025 and will be held in Morocco from 2025-29.
Oceania will have two qualifying teams. Other slot allocations will be AFC (4), CAF(5), Concacaf (4), CONMEBOL(4), UEFA (5).
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Main photo credit: FIFA.
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