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What a sport to start this new sport blog, the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup’s called New Zealand 2008. The two finalist of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup’s have emerged, USA and Korea DPR we face each in the final that will hold tomorrow. 18 teams from all over the world qualify for the first FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup’s which include England, USA, Korea DPR, Canadan, Ghana, Japan, Denmark, Korea Republic, Colombia, France, New Zealand (The host Country), Paraguay, Costa Rica, Germany, Brazil and Nigeria.

USA and Korea DPR, we battle it out in the final of the first FIFA U-17 Women world cup world championship tomorrow. The impressive Asian champions have improved steadily as the tournament has progressed, while the young Americans now appear to be peaking after a shaky start to the competition.

Germany is the most favourites to make the final, but the Europeans were edged out by USA
at the semi-final stage with 1 – 2, and instead contest an intriguing all-European third place play-off with
England. Few would have bet on these two sides reaching the final after their initial group matches.
The Koreans were held to a 1-1 draw by Ghana, while USA were comprehensively beaten by Japan. Yet as
is so often the case in major tournaments, two sides who failed to shine early on are about to take
the stage for the first final in this tournament.

Korea DPR upped their game noticeably in the knockout stages, when they crushing Denmark 4-0 in their
quarter-final before disposing of England, 2-1 in the first semis final. Striker Myong Hwa Jon has the scoring knack and is unquestionably one of the revelations of the tournament. A number of USA players stand out too, including Kristie Mewis in midfield, striker Vicki DiMartino, who has found the net in every
game so far, and defender Crystal Dunn, whose performance in shackling dangerous German striker Dzsenifer Marozsan in the semi-final was further proof of her growing maturity.

The third place match
Whatever the result in this third place play-off, England have already enjoyed an expectation-busting tournament. Lois Fidler’s girls were not among the pre-event favourites, but inflicted defeat both Brazil and Nigeria to book a place at the knockout stages, where they shocked Japan before falling to Korea DPR in the semis.

Bitterly disappointed to lose to USA and thus miss out on the final, Ralf Peter’s Germany side may find it harder to pick themselves up for this one. Providing they manage to put that galling semi-final loss behind them, the Germans should be favourites, especially as Marozsan will be aiming to make one final push for the top scorer and best player
awards.

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