FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012

The AFC’s final tournament took place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 6-16 October 2011. The six final teams participating teams were Australia, China PR, Korea DPR, Japan, Korea Republic and Vietnam. Three qualification berths were available, plus Japan as hosts.

The top four places were filled by Japan, Korea DPR, China PR and Korea Republic who all qualified.

After a preliminary round and three qualifying rounds held between October 2011 and May 2012, Ghana and Nigeria qualified to represent CAF at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Italy hosted the 2010/11 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament from 30 May to 11 June with 45 nations in total initially attempting to qualify.

The top four positions were filled by Germany, Italy, Norway and Switzerland who all qualified for Japan 2012.

The CONCACAF qualifiers took place in Panama between 1 and 11 March 2012. Eight teams participated: Panama, Canada, Mexico, USA, Guatemala, Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica.

USA and Canada won their semi-finals to qualify with Mexico claiming the third and final spot after defeating Panama in the play-off.

The OFC qualifiers took place in Auckland, New Zealand between 9 and 14 April 2012. Four teams participated: New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Samoa.

New Zealand won the tournament to qualify for Japan 2012.

The CONMEBOL qualifiers took place in Curitiba, Brazil, between 20 January and 5 February 2012 featuring all ten CONMEBOL Member Associations.

Brazil and Argentina qualified for Japan 2012.

The host country qualifies automatically.