FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: Past 7 Winners (Updated)

In what will be a historic match at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, the Indian women's football team will face off against the USA in its Group A opener of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 on Tuesday.

Indian women qualified for the football tournament courtesy of being the hosts and will feature in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, now in its seventh edition, for the very first time. Watch live streaming in India!

Apart from the USA, India will also face Morocco and mighty Brazil in their following group matches on October 14 and 17, respectively. India will play all their group matches at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

Coached by Sweden's Thomas Dennerby, a former Nigeria women's football team coach, India will most likely be captained by Astam Oraon, who led the team during the recent exposure tour to Spain.

Overall, 16 countries divided equally into four groups will vie for the quarter-final spots. The top two from each group will make the cut.

Reigning champions Spain are placed in Group C while 2014 champions Japan, who have also finished runners-up twice, are in Group D. North Korea, the most successful team at the event with two titles, will not be part of the biennial tournament.

The semi-finals will be held at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa while the final will be played at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on October 30.

It was a closely-contested finale but Spain asserted their dominance right from the beginning of the proceedings. Both the teams missed plenty of goal-scoring chances and the outcomes of crucial contests like these are often determined by very fine margins.

In 2022, It can be argued that Spain were the deserved winners of the night as a mere moment of trepidation in the Colombian backline led to an own goal that was the decider eventually!

Nevertheless, this is the time to bid adieu to another spectacular edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. India has undoubtedly been a very fine host and the country has garnered appreciation from many visiting sides for the same. To many more such tournaments that continue to brighten up the footballing craze and rendesvouz in the country!

Let us now check out past 7 winners of this amazing tournament:

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