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Qualifiers

AFC

The AFC U-19 Women's Championship, which was played between 5-16 October 2007, acted as the qualifying competition for Chile 2008. Korea DPR, Japan and China secured their places at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup by finishing as the top three teams.

CAF

Sixteen teams participated in the qualifying proccess in Africa. Nigeria and Congo DR secured the two tickets to Chile 2008 after beating Ghana and South Africa in the second round. The Falconets defeated Ghana 5-2 on aggregate, while Congo DR lost 3-1 in the first leg against the South Africans only to bounce back with a 2-0 win at home.
  • Congo DR (COD)
  • Nigeria (NGA)

    UEFA

    Germany, England, France and Norway booked their place in Chile 2008when they qualified for the semi-finals of the UEFA U-19 Women's Championship, which was played in Iceland between 18-23 July 2007.

    CONCACAF

    USA and Canada booked CONCACAF's first two places after advancing to the final of the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Puebla, Mexico. A comfortable 4-0 victory over Costa Rica took the Americans through to the final, while a 2-1 win over Mexico sealed Canada's place and left the hosts to battle the Costa Ricans for the final Chile 2008 berth in the third-place play-off.

    • Canada (CAN)
    • Mexico (MEX)
    • USA (USA)

      OFC

      The OFC nominated New Zealand as its representative at Chile 2008.

        CONMEBOL

        Ten teams from South America will battle it out from 7-23 March in Porto Alegre and Bage, Brazil. The competing nations are Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Colombia and Ecuador.

        Host Country

        As a host country, Chile qualifies automatically.