2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Polish: Mistrzostwa Świata FIFA U-20 Kobiet Polska 2026) 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

2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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

2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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 (/wiki/2012FIFAU-20Women'sWorldCup) and (/wiki/2018FIFAU-20Women'sWorldCup) respectively.

Austria, Fiji and Morocco failed to qualify after debuting in (/wiki/2024FIFAU-20Women'sWorldCup), 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 (/wiki/2002FIFAU-19Women'sWorldChampionship) and (/wiki/2024FIFAU-20Women'sWorldCup).

<table><thead><tr><th>Qualifying tournament</th><th>Team</th><th>Qualification date</th><th>Appearance(s)</th><th>Previous best performance</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Total</td><td>First</td><td>Last</td><td>Streak</td></tr><tr><td>2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup</td><td>TBD</td><td>11 April 2026</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBD</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBD</td><td>12 April 2026</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBD</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2026 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification</td><td>TBD</td><td>8–10 May 2026</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBD</td><td>8–10 May 2026</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBD</td><td>8–10 May 2026</td><td>1st</td><td>Debut</td></tr><tr><td>TBD</td><td>8–10 May 2026</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship</td><td> Canada</td><td>31 May 2025</td><td>10th</td><td>2002</td><td>2024</td><td>3</td><td>Runners-up (2002)</td></tr><tr><td> Mexico</td><td>11th</td><td>2002</td><td>2024</td><td>10</td><td>Quarter-finals (2010, 2012, 2016, 2022)</td></tr><tr><td> United States</td><td>1 June 2025</td><td>12th</td><td>2002</td><td>2024</td><td>12</td><td>Champions (2002, 2008, 2012)</td></tr><tr><td> Costa Rica</td><td>3 June 2025</td><td>5th</td><td>2010</td><td>2024</td><td>3</td><td>Group stage (2010, 2014, 2022, 2024)</td></tr><tr><td>2026 South American U-20 Women's Championship</td><td> Brazil</td><td>22 February 2026</td><td>12th</td><td>2002</td><td>2024</td><td>12</td><td>Third place (2006, 2022)</td></tr><tr><td> Ecuador</td><td>1st</td><td>Debut</td></tr><tr><td> Argentina</td><td>28 February 2026</td><td>5th</td><td>2006</td><td>2024</td><td>2</td><td>Round of 16 (2024)</td></tr><tr><td> Colombia</td><td>4th</td><td>2010</td><td>2024</td><td>3</td><td>Fourth place (2010)</td></tr><tr><td>2025 OFC U-19 Women's Championship</td><td> New Caledonia</td><td>1 October 2025</td><td>1st</td><td>Debut</td></tr><tr><td> New Zealand</td><td>10th</td><td>2006</td><td>2024</td><td>10</td><td>Quarter-finals (2014)</td></tr><tr><td>Host nation</td><td> Poland</td><td>17 December 2023</td><td>1st</td><td>Debut</td></tr><tr><td>2025 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship</td><td> France</td><td>18 June 2025</td><td>10th</td><td>2002</td><td>2024</td><td>6</td><td>Runners-up (2016)</td></tr><tr><td> Italy</td><td>3rd</td><td>2004</td><td>2012</td><td>1</td><td>Group stage (2004, 2012)</td></tr><tr><td> England</td><td>21 June 2025</td><td>6th</td><td>2002</td><td>2018</td><td>1</td><td>Third place (2018)</td></tr><tr><td> Portugal</td><td>1st</td><td>Debut</td></tr><tr><td> Spain</td><td>6th</td><td>2004</td><td>2024</td><td>5</td><td>Champions (2022)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Venues

2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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.

Łódź	Katowice
Stadion ŁKS	Arena Katowice
Capacity: 18,029	Capacity: 15,048
Sosnowiec	Bielsko-Biała
Zagłębie Sports Park	Stadion w Bielsku-Białej
Capacity: 11,600	Capacity: 15,316

Marketing

Emblem

The official emblem was revealed on 6 September 2025.