2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
| كأس العالم للسيدات تحت 17 سنة المغرب 2026 Coupe du Monde Féminine U-17 de la FIFA Maroc 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Morocco |
| Dates | 17 October – 7 November |
| Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
← 2025 2027 → | |
The 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (Arabic: كأس العالم للسيدات تحت 17 سنة المغرب 2026; French: Coupe du Monde Féminine U-17 de la FIFA Maroc 2026) 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.[1]
North Korea are the defending champions, having won a record fourth title in 2025.
Host selection
Morocco was announced as the 2025–2029 Women's U-17 World Cups host country following the FIFA Council meeting on 14 March 2024 in Zurich, Switzerland.[1]
Venues
To be confirmed.
Slot allocation
The slot allocation will be as follows:
- AFC (Asia): 4 slots
- CAF (Africa): 5 slots (including hosts Morocco)
- CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots
- CONMEBOL (South America): 4 slots
- OFC (Oceania): 2 slots
- UEFA (Europe): 5 slots
Qualified teams
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.
| Qualifying tournament | Team | Qualification date | Appearance(s) | Previous best performance[a] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Last | Streak | ||||
| Host nation | Morocco | 14 March 2024 | 3rd | 2022 | 2025 | 2 | Round of 16 (2025) |
| 2026 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup | |||||||
| 2026 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification | |||||||
| 2026 CONCACAF U-17 Women's World Cup qualification | United States | 22 March 2026 | 8th | 2008 | 2025 | 6 | Runners-up (2008) |
| Canada | 9th | 2008 | 2 | Fourth place (2018) | |||
| Mexico | 9th | 2010 | 9 | Runners-up (2018) | |||
| Puerto Rico | 1st | Debut | |||||
| 2026 South American U-17 Women's Championship | |||||||
| 2025 OFC U-16 Women's Championship | New Zealand | 11 August 2025 | 10th | 2008 | 2025 | 10 | Third place (2018) |
| Samoa | 2nd | 2025 | 2 | Group stage (2025) | |||
| 2026 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship | |||||||
See also
Notes
- ^ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
References
- ^ a b "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2025.