[4] After receiving guarantees from both CONCACAF and the Costa Rican government, they were re-instated as hosts at an executive committee meeting in Zurich on 21 March 2013.

[6] The official mascot of the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was Juna, a blue morpho butterfly.

[9][10] The Oceania Football Confederation qualifying tournament was scheduled for January 2014, FIFA however decided that it would be hosted too late then.

Eventually FIFA and OFC in agreement with all member nations agreed to award the confederation spot to New Zealand.

[15] Fusako Kajiyama Pannipar Kamnueng Abirami Apbai Naidu (reserve) Emi Chiba Kim Kyoung-min Lee Seul-gi Saori Takahashi Aissata Ameyo Amegee Gladys Lengwe (reserve) Ayawa Mana Dzodope Lidwine Pelagie Rakotozafinoro Miriam Patricia Leon Serpas Cardella Samuels Lucila Venegas Montes Marianela Ayala Cruz (reserve) Emperatriz Ivonne Ayala Lopez Princess Brown Enedina Caudillo Gomez Lixy Esperanza Enriquez Guerrero Stacy-Ann Greyson Kimberly Moreira Rojas Ana Karina Marques Valentin Alves Silvia Elizabeth Reyes Juarez Maria Belen Carvajal Peña (reserve) Luciana Elizabeth Mascaraña Katiuscia Mayer Berger Mendonça Rossana Mabel Salinas Garcia Nadia Maria Macarena Weiler Figueredo Anna-Marie Keighley Nagarita Jimmy Lata I Sia Kaumatule Jana Adámková Katalin Kulcsár Pernilla Larsson Kateryna Monzul Carina Vitulano Ourania Foskolou Helen Karo Panagiota Koutsoumpou Judit Kulcsár Angela Kyriakou Sian Massey Yolanda Parga Rodriguez Lucie Ratajová Sanja Rodak Karsic Maria Sukenikova Each team must name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.

[17][18] Confederation champions Germany, Japan and Mexico were put in Pot 1 alongside the hosts Costa Rica, who were automatically assigned to Position A1.