Just over a week after the completion of the London 2012 Olympics Women’s soccer tournament, the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2012 kicks off in Japan. The sixteen national teams participating in the competition are divided into the following four groups:
Group A: Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Switzerland
Group B: Brazil, Italy, Korea Republic, Nigeria
Group C: Argentina, Canada, Korea DPR, Norway
Group D: China PR, Germany, Ghana, USA
Television / Online Streaming
All 32 matches of the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup will be show live on ESPNU and ESPN3.com in the United States. The August 27th meeting between Germany and USA will be shown live on ESPN2.
Match highlights will be available on the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup video site.
Match Schedule
Here is the full match schedule for the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 2012 through the competition’s final. All times shown are Japan Standard Time (US Eastern + 13 hours / GMT + 9 hours).
Group A
Match |
Date – Time |
Venue |
|
|
Results |
|
|
1 |
19/08 19:20 |
Miyagi |
|
Japan |
– |
Mexico |
|
2 |
19/08 16:20 |
Miyagi |
|
New Zealand |
– |
Switzerland |
|
9 |
22/08 16:20 |
Miyagi |
|
Mexico |
– |
Switzerland |
|
10 |
22/08 19:20 |
Miyagi |
|
Japan |
– |
New Zealand |
|
19 |
26/08 19:20 |
Kobe |
|
Mexico |
– |
New Zealand |
|
20 |
26/08 19:20 |
Tokyo |
|
Switzerland |
– |
Japan |
|
Group B
Match |
Date – Time |
Venue |
|
|
Results |
|
|
3 |
19/08 15:00 |
Saitama |
|
Brazil |
– |
Italy |
|
4 |
19/08 18:00 |
Saitama |
|
Nigeria |
– |
Korea Republic |
|
11 |
22/08 15:00 |
Saitama |
|
Brazil |
– |
Nigeria |
|
12 |
22/08 18:00 |
Saitama |
|
Italy |
– |
Korea Republic |
|
17 |
26/08 16:20 |
Kobe |
|
Italy |
– |
Nigeria |
|
18 |
26/08 16:20 |
Tokyo |
|
Korea Republic |
– |
Brazil |
|
Group C
Match |
Date – Time |
Venue |
|
|
Results |
|
|
5 |
20/08 16:00 |
Kobe |
|
Korea DPR |
– |
Norway |
|
6 |
20/08 19:00 |
Kobe |
|
Argentina |
– |
Canada |
|
13 |
23/08 16:00 |
Kobe |
|
Korea DPR |
– |
Argentina |
|
14 |
23/08 19:00 |
Kobe |
|
Norway |
– |
Canada |
|
23 |
27/08 19:00 |
Miyagi |
|
Norway |
– |
Argentina |
|
24 |
27/08 19:00 |
Saitama |
|
Canada |
– |
Korea DPR |
|
Group D
Match |
Date – Time |
Venue |
|
|
Results |
|
|
7 |
20/08 16:00 |
Hiroshima |
|
Ghana |
– |
USA |
|
8 |
20/08 19:00 |
Hiroshima |
|
Germany |
– |
China PR |
|
15 |
23/08 16:00 |
Hiroshima |
|
Ghana |
– |
Germany |
|
16 |
23/08 19:00 |
Hiroshima |
|
USA |
– |
China PR |
|
21 |
27/08 16:00 |
Miyagi |
|
USA |
– |
Germany |
|
22 |
27/08 16:00 |
Saitama |
|
China PR |
– |
Ghana |
|
Quarter-finals
Match |
Date – Time |
Venue |
|
|
Results |
|
|
25 |
30/08 16:00 |
Tokyo |
|
Nigeria |
– |
Mexico |
|
26 |
30/08 19:30 |
Tokyo |
|
Japan |
– |
Korea Republic |
|
27 |
31/08 19:30 |
Saitama |
|
Korea DPR |
– |
USA |
|
28 |
31/08 16:00 |
Saitama |
|
Germany |
– |
Norway |
|
Semi-finals
Match |
Date – Time |
Venue |
|
|
Results |
|
|
29 |
04/09 16:00 |
Tokyo |
|
Nigeria |
– |
USA |
|
30 |
04/09 19:30 |
Tokyo |
|
Japan |
– |
Germany |
|
Match for third place
Match |
Date – Time |
Venue |
|
|
Results |
|
|
31 |
08/09 15:30 |
Tokyo |
|
Nigeria |
– |
Japan |
|
Final
Match |
Date – Time |
Venue |
|
|
Results |
|
|
32 |
08/09 19:20 |
Tokyo |
|
USA |
– |
Germany |
|