[2] The host nation was to be decided on 19 March 2010 but was postponed by FIFA to give bidders more time to prepare their bids.

[4] However, on 18 December 2011 FIFA had the tournament stripped from this country for problems with the bid and named Japan as a possible host.

[6] New Zealand had initially been asked to be ready as a backup venue,[7] but was eventually awarded the 2015 FIFA U-20 Men's World Cup and FIFA then awarded the hosting rights to Uzbekistan.

However, in its meeting in Tokyo in December 2011, FIFA's Executive Committee decided to cancel Uzbekistan's hosting of the tournament due to "a number of logistical and technical issues" and announced that Japan had been proposed as its new organiser.

[14] Abirami Apbai Naidu Qin Liang Nami Sato Fusako Kajiyama Rohaidah Mohamed Nasir Emi Chiba Cui Yongmei Fang Yan Thi Thuy Kieu Lee Seul-gi Saori Takahashi Praphaiphit Tarik Fadouma Dia Mana Ayawa Dzodope Souad Oulhaj Margaret Domka Dianne Ferreira-James Lucila Venegas Emperatriz Ayala Enedina Caudillo Lixy Enríquez Flor Escobar Kimberly Moreira Patricia Pacheco Ana Marques Mariana de Almeida Yoly García Teodora Albon Christine Baitinger (Beck) Pernilla Larsson Silvia Spinelli Esther Staubli Natalie Aspinall (Walker) Eveline Bolli Ella De Vries Petruța Iugulescu Angela Kyriakou Sian Massey Manuela Nicolosi Sanja Rođak-Karšić Mária Súkeníková (Lisická) Karine Vives Solana The final draw was held on 4 June 2012 in Tokyo.