However, on 1 March 2011, two days before the official voting was to take place, Zimbabwe withdrew, leaving Canada as the only bidder.

[5][6] In July, all Nigeria teams became subject of a FIFA ban due to government interference with the national football association.

[9] On 2 June 2013, FIFA announced that Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal and Toronto would be the host cities for the tournament.

Meanwhile, Ottawa indicated in late 2012 that it would not be able to participate in hosting the U-20 tournament due to construction delays on the Lansdowne Park redevelopment.

[13] Qin Liang Sachiko Yamagishi Ri Hyang-ok (reserve) Fang Yan Allyson Flynn Sarah May Yee Ho Liang Jianping Therese Sango Therese Neguel (reserve) Tempa Justine Fouti N'Da Trhas Gebreyohanis Quetzalli Alvarado Godinez Carol Anne Chenard Margaret Domka Michelle Pye (reserve) Marie-Josée Charbonneau Mayte Ivonne Chavez Garcia Marlene Duffy Suzanne Morisset Shirley Susana Perello Lopez Veronica Perez Jesica Salome Di Iorio Claudia Ines Umpierrez Rodriguez (reserve) Mariana Betina Corbo Odone Maria Eugenia Rocco Finau Vulivuli Jacqueline Stephenson Sarah Walker Kirsi Heikkinen Kateryna Monzul Esther Staubli Bibiana Steinhaus Carina Vitulano Katalin Kulcsár (reserve) Ella De Vries Anu Jokela Chrysoula Kourompylia Sian Massey Anna Nyström Tonja Paavola Yolando Pargo Rodriguez Lucie Ratajová Katrin Rafalski Marina Wozniak Each team named a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.

[15] Confederation champions France, South Korea and United States were put in Pot 1 alongside the hosts Canada, who were automatically assigned to Position A1.