[1] Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, in which Chile had a guaranteed place as the host nation.

Chile previously hosted the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship and the first edition for Under 17s in January 2008.

[3][4] The selected venues were: The places were allocated as follows to confederations: AFC (3), CAF (2), CONCACAF (3), CONMEBOL (2), OFC (1), UEFA (4), plus the host country.

[6] The opening phase of the tournament comprised four groups of four teams, with the top two sides in each section advancing to the quarter-finals.

The following awards were given for the tournament:[10] The following players were named as the All Star Team for the tournament:[11] Christiane Endler Alyssa Naeher Pak Kuk-hui Wendie Renard Bianca Schmidt Katharina Baunach Ingrid Ryland Natsuko Hara Nicole Banecki Ri Ye-gyong Kim Kulig Toni Duggan Keelin Winters Érika Marie-Laure Delie Asano Nagasato Sydney Leroux Ra Un-sim Eugénie Le Sommer Alex Morgan