my-server
← Wiki

2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup () will be the 12th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's 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.

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.

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. The slot allocation remains unchanged from the previous edition.

  • AFC (Asia): 4
  • CAF (Africa): 4
  • CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4
  • CONMEBOL (South America): 4
  • OFC (Oceania): 2
  • UEFA (Europe): 6 (including the hosts Poland).

The host nation Poland, Portugal, New Caledonia and Ecuador will make their debut at this tournament, with New Caledonia making their first appearance in a FIFA Women's tournament at any level. Italy and England qualified for the first time since 2012 and 2018 respectively.

Austria, Fiji and Morocco failed to qualify after debuting in 2024, along with Paraguay and Venezuela, while Netherlands failed to qualify after appearing in the previous three tournaments. For the first time ever Germany failed to qualify, having participated in all editions between 2002 and 2024.

Venues

Łódź, Katowice, Sosnowiec, and Bielsko-Biała were the cities nominated to host the competition on 8 May 2025. The official venues were announced by FIFA in 6 September 2025.

Marketing

Emblem

The official emblem was revealed on 6 September 2025.

Notes

References

External links