AFC
The final tournament of the Asian Women's U-16 Championship took place in Wuhan, China PR from 1 to 12 August 2009. Japan won the competition and will join runners-up Korea Republic and third-placed Korea DPR at the 2010 finals in Germany.

CAF
Ghana and Nigeria claimed Africa's two berths at Germany 2010 by reaching the final of the CAF U-20 Women's Championship in February 2010, beating Congo DR and South Africa respectively in the last four.

UEFA
The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship held in Belarus between 13 and 25 July 2009 served as the qualification tournament for the FIFA Women's U-20 World Cup Germany 2010. England were the winners, with Sweden the losing finalists. These two teams will join semi-finalists France and Switzerland at the world finals. Germany qualify as hosts.

CONCACAF
An eight-team qualifying competition was played in Guatemala City between 20 and 31 January 2010 involve Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and USA. In the final USA defeated Mexico with both nations confirming their ticket for the FIFA Women's U-20 World Cup 2010 in Germany. Claiming the final berth was Costa Rica who defeated Canada in the match for third place.

OFC
The OFC Women's U-20 Championship was contested in Auckland, New Zealand between 21 and 25 January 2010. The Kiwi hosts emerged triumphant to qualify directly for Germany 2010, beating Tonga 11-0 in the deciding match to claim their place.

CONMEBOL
The South American U-20 Women's Championship 2010 took place in Bucaramanga, Colombia between 3 and 17 March. Brazil and Colombia qualified for Germany 2010 by reaching the continental final, which Brazil won 2-0.