The 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (; ) will be the 10th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It will be hosted by Morocco from 17 October to 7 November 2026. This was the second FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to be held in Africa and the second Arab country to host it after Jordan in 2016. This was the second of five consecutive FIFA U-17 Women's World Cups to be held in Morocco, set to be played annually until 2029.
North Korea are the defending champions, having won a record fourth title in 2025.
Morocco was announced as the 2025âÂÂ2029 Women's U-17 World Cups host country following the FIFA Council meeting on 14 March 2024 in Zurich, Switzerland.
To be confirmed.
The slot allocation will be as follows:
A total of 24 teams will qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Morocco, who qualified automatically as the host nation, the other 23 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions.
Puerto Rico will make their debut, participating in their first ever FIFA competition.
Costa Rica, Italy and Netherlands failed to qualify after taking part in 2025.