Tournament
The draw for the tournament was held in Moscow's City Hall on 22 March 2006. 14 of the 16 competing teams (the two CAF teams were then still undecided) learned their first-round groupings.
The 16 participating U-20 women's teams from the six FIFA confederations are:
- AFC (3 slots): China, Korea DPR and Australia
- CAF (2 slots): Nigeria and DR Congo.
- CONCACAF (3 slots): United States, Canada and Mexico
- CONMEBOL (2 slots:) Brazil and Argentina
- OFC (1 slot): New Zealand
- UEFA (host + 4 slots): Russia, France, Germany, Finland and Switzerland
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