Spain\u2019s triumph at the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup\u2122 Uruguay 2018 marked the beginning of a dominant era in women\u2019s football for the country. Four years later, in 2022, La Rojita made it two in a row, just a few months after their U-20 counterparts had lifted the global trophy for their age group. Spain\u2019s stranglehold over world football culminated in the senior team\u2019s win at the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023\u2122.<\/p>\n
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\nSpain deliver once again
\nSpain\u2019s fledglings certainly didn’t buckle under the pressure placed on their young shoulders at the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup India 2022\u2122. They did wobble in the group stage, though, only finishing second behind Colombia, but they successfully navigated a tricky knockout phase. First dispatching their long-standing rivals, Japan, 2-1 in the quarter-finals, before a 1-0 victory over winners Germany, claiming revenge for defeat in that year’s UEFA U-17 Women’s Championship final. In the final, they kept star player Linda Caicedo quiet in the Navi Mumbai showpiece to see out another 1-0 victory.<\/p>\n
The feat
\nThree African teams \u2013 Nigeria, Morocco and Tanzania \u2013 took part in India 2022, with the latter pair making their U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup debuts.<\/p>\n
Having been drawn into an extremely tough group, Morocco lost 1-0 to Brazil and 4-0 to USA, but clinched their very first win in the competition by scoring three goals without reply against fellow debutantes India.<\/p>\n
The Nigerians are tournament veterans, with the three-time quarter-finalists having only missed the 2018 edition. The Super Falcons had to navigate three successive penalty shootouts along the way, most notably a breathtaking win over Germany following a 3-3 draw in normal time, to clinch a first-ever medal for the side in the shape of bronze.<\/p>\n
However, Tanzania undoubtedly achieved the greatest feat of all \u2013 fielding a team in a FIFA tournament for the very first time in any age category in men\u2019s or women\u2019s football. While they were defeated 4-0 by Japan on their competition debut, the East Africans stunned France in their second fixture, winning 2-1 thanks to goals from Diana Mnally and Christer Bahera.<\/p>\n
Tanzania didn’t stop there as they went on to hold the seasoned Canadians to a 1-1 draw to qualify for the quarter-finals. There, they faced a Caicedo-inspired Colombia, who ultimately registered a 3-0 win, but their maiden global voyage was certainly one to remember.<\/p>\n
A tournament of future stars
\nLinda Caicedo was one of Colombia\u2019s brightest stars in India, and was on her way to representing her country in a quartet of World Cups in quick succession.<\/p>\n
In addition to gracing the final of India 2022, she also helped Las Cafeteras to the quarter-finals of the U-20 Women\u2019s World Cup later that year and the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023\u2122 – as well as the Women\u2019s Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024 \u2013 before rejoining the U-20 team back home for the FIFA U-20 Women\u2019s World Cup Colombia 2024\u2122, where they again reached the last eight.<\/p>\n
Caicedo also won the adidas Silver Ball and the adidas Bronze Boot at the U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup with four goals \u2013 the same number as Momoko Tanikawa of Japan and Loreen Bender of Germany. Bender was also involved in the U-20 Women\u2019s World Cup Colombia 2024, as was fellow India 2022 veteran Dudinha of Brazil.<\/p>\n
Spain\u2019s Vicky Lopez was awarded the adidas Golden Ball in India for her top performances for La Rojita, particularly playing alongside Carla Camacho. “The players we have in the Spain team are getting better and better,” said Lopez. “That\u2019s why we\u2019re winning big tournaments, that and the coaches’ game plans and the desire we all have to play for our country.”<\/p>\n
She has since gone on to win the 2023-24 UEFA Women\u2019s Nations League with Spain, together with the UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League in 2023 and 2024 with Barcelona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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