2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Mistrzostwa Świata FIFA U-20 Kobiet Polska 2026
Tournament details
Host country Poland
DatesTBD
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)TBD

The 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Polish: Mistrzostwa Świata FIFA U-20 Kobiet Polska 2026) will be the 12th edition of the FIFA Women's U-20 World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It will be hosted by Poland. It will be the second time that Poland has hosted a FIFA tournament having hosted the Men's FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2019. It will also be the first time that Poland has hosted a FIFA women's tournament.[1]

Host selection

Poland were announced as the 2026 Women's U-20 World Cup hosts following the FIFA Council meeting on 17 December 2023 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[2]

Qualified teams

A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Poland who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions.

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
AFC (Asia)
(4 teams)		 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CAF (Africa)
(4 teams)		 2026 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)
(4 teams)		 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CONMEBOL (South America)
(4 teams)		 2026 South American Under-20 Women's Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
OFC (Oceania)
(2 teams)		 2025 OFC U-19 Women's Championship TBD
TBD
UEFA (Europe)
(Hosts + 5 teams)		 Host nation  Poland 1st None Debut
2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

    Venues

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    Draw

    The official draw will take place in Summer 2026. The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-20 Women's World Cups, five bonus points are added to each of the confederation's current champions that won the respective qualifying tournament (for this cycle). The hosts Poland are automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation will not meet in the group stage.

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    Squads

    Players born between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2010 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

    Group stage

    All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

    Group A

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  Poland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
    2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
    4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
    Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
    (H) Hosts

    Group B

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
    2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
    4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
    Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

    Group C

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
    2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
    4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
    Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

    Group D

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
    2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
    4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
    Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

    Group E

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 E1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
    2 E2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    3 E3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
    4 E4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
    Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

    Group F

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 F1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
    2 F2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    3 F3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
    4 F4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
    Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

    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.

    Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 A Third place Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
    2 B Third place Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    3 C Third place Group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    4 D Third place Group D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    5 E Third place Group E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    6 F Third place Group F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source:

    References

    1. ↑ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
    2. ↑ https://pzpn.pl/federacja/aktualnosci/2023-12-17/polska-gospodarzem-mistrzostw-swiata-kobiet-u-20-w-2026-roku
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