2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup explained

Tourney Name:FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Year:2026
Other Titles:Mistrzostwa Świata FIFA U-20 Kobiet Polska 2026
Country: Poland
Dates:August 2026
Num Teams:24
Confederations:6
Venues:8
Prevseason:2024
Nextseason:2028

The 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (pl|Mistrzostwa Świata FIFA U-20 Kobiet Polska 2026|link=no) 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.

ConfederationQualifying TournamentTeamdata-sort-type="number"AppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
AFC
2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian CupTBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CAF
2026 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualificationTBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CONCACAF
2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 ChampionshipTBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CONMEBOL
2026 South American Under-20 Women's ChampionshipTBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
OFC
2025 OFC U-19 Women's ChampionshipTBD
TBD
UEFA
Host nation1stNone
2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 ChampionshipTBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Venues

TBD

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions. FIFA. 17 December 2023. 17 December 2023.
  2. News: Polska gospodarzem Mistrzostw Świata Kobiet U-20 w 2026 roku! . 18 December 2023 . Polish Football Association (PZPN) . 17 December 2023 . pl.