2014 U-17 FIFA World Cup in Costa Rica

Costa Rica has reneged on hosting the U-17 Women's World Cup. They have pulled out completely. Therefore, the host is now in limbo. So for now, the U-17 Women's World Cup in 2014 is being held in Uranus. Not the most pleasant world to host the World Cup, but it's still a world nonetheless (even if it's a world that doesn't smell the best).

Top candidates now to replace Costa Rica are the who's who of women's futebol (Ghana, Turkey, and world power Uzbekistan, which sounds more like a nation located in Uranus, than on Earth).

Did we not learn from the youth WWC tournaments in 2012? To have these crazy hosts that can no longer host, and then it gets flipped to Japan or some other advanced nation at the last second. Why not just plan to host it in an advanced nation all the time? Japan, China, Australia, any prominent nation in Europe, USA, Canada, Brazil, even South Africa. There are plenty of solid choices. Yet FIFA chooses to pick out Chile, Uzbekistan, and Azerbuagioagjjan, and Uranus.

Azerbuagioagjjan was not the best host for the U-17 WWC in 2012. And they were horrible on the pitch. It's an embarrasment to nations like Azerbuagioagjjan, Uzbekistan, Uruguay, Gambia, etc. in these youth WWC tournaments (U-17 and U-20), to lose by ten goals or more. How do we fix it? Simple solution. Do this ....

Host: Rotate fairly between Japan, China, Australia/New Zealand, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, England, Sweden, USA, Canada, Brazil, and South Africa. The other 15 nations would always look like this ....

Host (1.0)
CONCACAF (3.0) (Mexico and Costa Rica are actually getting better at the youth levels)
CONMEBOL (1.5) (make CONMEBOL earn their 2nd spot. Uruguay was terrible in 2012)
UEFA (4.0) (just because FIFA won't give them anymore at the youth level, unless they host)
CAF (2.0) (CAF doesn't deserve more than two. Gambia was horrible in the U-17 WWC)
AFC (3.5) (there are plenty of good Asian teams, including both Korea's, Japan, China, Australia)
OFC (1.0) (Ferns, just make sure you make OFC qualifying "on-time", your only qualification)

Make Colombia or Uruguay at the U-17 level at the very least have to beat a South Korea, China, or Australia type of team from AFC, in a wildcard, for the 16th and final spot.

*LINK*
http://equalizersoccer.com/2013/02/28/costa-rica-pulls-out-as-u-17-womens-world-cup-host/


Near virtual facts about these youth WWC tournaments:

*The 4th best team in CONCACAF (Costa Rica) is getting better than the 2nd best team in CONMEBOL

*The 5th best team in AFC (Asia), is better than the best team in OFC, better than the 2nd best team in CONMBEOL, and clearly better than the 3rd best team in CAF (anyone not named Nigeria or Ghana at the youth level from CAF)

FIFA likes to balance it out across the world for these youth tournaments, but also please balance in some more fierce competitiveness in there as well to blend in with that. I hate knowing what two teams are going to get out of each group before the group stage begins, because just about every group has two strong teams, and two weaklings, in these youth tournaments anymore, except for the one group of death (France, North Korea, and USA, in which 3 of the Top 4 teams were in the same group. France played against North Korea in the Final, and the U.S. was a Top 4 team, along with Germany at the U-17 level).

 

Uranus is hosting it in nations like Uzbekistan or Gambia, etc.
Which is where this tournament will be.
Although, I won't mind too much if it's in Turkey.

 

That's good to see.
CONCACAF should get 4 teams in (including the host Costa Rica).
They got 3 teams in the 2012 U-17 WWC.
They usually balance the U-17 WWC tournament among all the confederations, almost equally.

I expect it to look like this:

Host: (1.0) (Costa Rica)
CONCACAF: (3.0) (USA, Canada, Mexico)
CONMEBOL: (3.0) (Brazil, Colombia, Argentina)
UEFA: (3.0) (Germany, France, Spain)
CAF: (2.0) (Nigeria, Ghana)
AFC: (3.0) (Japan, North Korea, Australia)
OFC: (1.0) (New Zealand)

Please no Gambia, Uruguay, or Azerbaigaijgoaan, this time.

 

This tournament starts on March 15, which is less than six months away.
Only Costa Rica has qualified as Host, & New Zealand as the default winners of OFC, before qualifying has begun. Paraguay and Venezuela have also qualified.

http://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/qualifiers/index.html

 

AFC Qualifiers are determined by the AFC U-16 championship, which just started.
China beat Bahrain by a score of 17-0.
And Japan beat Guam 19-0.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_AFC_U-16_Women's_Championship

 

I'm going to predict the 16 teams that will Qualify.

HOST: Costa Rica
CONCACAF: USA, Canada
CONMEBOL: Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay
UEFA: Germany, France, Norway
CAF: Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana
AFC: China, Japan, North Korea
OFC: New Zealand

Teams from U-17 WWC (2012) who won't Qualify: Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Azerbaijan, Gambia
Teams Qualifying who didn't Qualify in 2012: Costa Rica, Venezuela, Paraguay, Norway, South Africa

 

Yep. They're out like a fat kid in dodgeball.

 

USA