TECHNICAL REPORT FIFA U-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FRANCE 2018 2 FIFA U-20 Women’S World Cup France 2018
1 TECHNICAL REPORT FIFA U-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FRANCE 2018 2 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup France 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Part 1: Foreword 3 Part 2: Technical Study Group 4 Part 3: Tournament observation 5 Part 4: Interviews with the coaches of the semi-finalists 15 Part 5: Team profiles 31 Part 6: Performance insights 64 Part 7: FIFA awards 88 Part 8: Match information 91 Part 9: Technical Study Group support 108 Wherever you see Please note that to view any associated video in this report, this play button, there you will be taken to FIFA’s official YouTube page and internet is video content available. access will therefore be required. 3 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup France 2018 FOREWORD It is with great pleasure that I introduce to you the Technical Study Group (TSG) report of the ninth edition of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The tournament was held this summer in the beautiful Brittany region of France and although it was the ninth edition for FIFA, it marked a special occasion for me and FIFAs’ new Women’s Football Division, as it was the first Women’s World Cup tournament since the division was created. Women’s football has taken momentous strides in the last few years, driven by the ever-increasing number of grassroots participants across the globe as well as by a concentrated top-down effort and increased investment by football’s governing bodies. The performances of the individual players and teams on the pitch in the four Host Cities displayed the tangible benefits of the amplified attention that the women’s game has received, and deserves.
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