The Draw for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™ will take place in Bogotá on Wednesday, 5 June and can be followed live on FIFA+.
The event will take place at Hall 74 Centro de Eventos in the Colombian capital and start at 10:00 local time. The draw will define the group-stage matchups and subsequent pathways at the tournament’s 11th edition, the first to feature 24 teams, up from the 16 at previous tournaments.
The presenters will be Andrea Guerrero of RCN and Marina Granziera from the Caracol network, while the host of the draw will be Jaime Yarza, FIFA Director of Tournaments.
Yarza will be assisted by two greats of women’s football, former USA international Lindsay Tarpley and Colombia’s Natalia Gaitán.
Tarpley captained and scored the trophy-winning goal for the USA at the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship in 2002, the first women’s youth tournament organised by FIFA, which is now considered the inaugural edition of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup™.
Gaitán, who is still playing, is an icon of the women’s game in Colombia. As well as representing Colombia at the 2010 edition of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany, she played in two instalments of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ and two Women’s Olympic Football Tournaments, serving as team captain on each occasion.
This will be the third FIFA tournament held in the South American nation after the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2011™ and the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016™. Furthermore, it will be the second edition of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup organised in the CONMEBOL region, after Chile hosted the event in 2008.
Tickets for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™, which will be played in Bogotá, Cali and Medellínfrom 31 August to 22 September, will go on sale on Thursday, 6 June at 08:00 local time.
Thanks to Visa, a worldwide FIFA Partner, FIFA is offering Visa cardholders an exclusive opportunity to secure match tickets early at FIFA.com/tickets during the Visa presale.
The main sales phase will commence on Thursday, 13 June and will remain open until the final matchday.
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The draw is another major milestone in the countdown to the start of the tournament, following the launch of the Official Emblem, the announcement of the match schedule, the unveiling of the Official Mascot KINTI™ and the opening of the registration process for the volunteer programme.
The 24 participating teams will be Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Paraguay, Spain, USA and Venezuela.
The draw procedures can be accessed here.
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™ draw: start time in capitals of qualified countries
09:00 in Mexico City, Mexico
09:00 in San José, Costa Rica
10:00 in Bogotá, Colombia
11:00 in Asunción, Paraguay
11:00 in Caracas, Venezuela
11:00 in Ottawa, Canada
11:00 in Washington DC, USA
12:00 in Brasília, Brazil
12:00 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
15:00 in Accra, Ghana
16:00 in Abuja, Nigeria
16:00 in Rabat, Morocco
16:00 in Yaoundé, Cameroon
17:00 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
17:00 in Berlin, Germany
17:00 in Madrid, Spain
17:00 in Paris, France
17:00 in Vienna, Austria
00:00 on Thursday in Pyongyang, Korea DPR
00:00 on Thursday in Seoul, Korea Republic
00:00 on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan
01:00 on Thursday in Canberra, Australia
03:00 on Thursday in Suva, Fiji
03:00 on Thursday in Wellington, New Zealand
