Volleyball national side
England U20 Women
National team · United Kingdom
«Young Lionesses»
Burton upon Trent is not a city that produces footballers of its own; it earns its place on the map because the Football Association built its national centre there.
The under-20 side only took its current shape in 2018, after the Football Association split the women's youth pathway and pushed most development work into an Under-21 age group, leaving the U20 tag for FIFA World Cup cycles alone. Before that reorganisation, England had already been sending under-19 teams into UEFA's championship for years, winning it once, in 2009, and losing three finals besides. The World Cup story runs in parallel and reaches back further still, to a quarter-final finish in 2002 under the old Under-19 Women's World Championship name.
Nothing in that record matches what happened in France in 2018. England went out to the United States in the quarter-finals, a defeat that has since hardened into the team's sharpest rivalry, but came back to beat the hosts on penalties, 4-2, in the third-place playoff — the best finish the age group has managed at a World Cup. That squad has aged well: Ella Toone , named in the extended party that year, went on to become a senior England regular, one of several from that generation, alongside Alessia Russo and Lauren Hemp .
Latest results
All matches| 11 Sep | World Cup - U20 - Women |
Brazil U20 Women
H
|
1:2 | L |
| 8 Sep | World Cup - U20 - Women |
Tanzania U20 Women
H
|
5:1 | W |
| 5 Sep | World Cup - U20 - Women |
Canada U20 Women
A
|
1:1 | D |
| 15 Jul | Friendlies Women |
Colombia U20 Women
H
|
0:0 | D |
| 9 Jul | Friendlies Women |
United States U20 Women
A
|
1:1 | D |
| 9 Jun | Friendlies Women |
Japan U20 Women
H
|
0:1 | L |
Standing
World Cup - U20 - WomenGroup stage · Group s
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
England U20 Women
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7:4 | 4 |
| 2 |
 Ghana U20 Women
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3:4 | 3 |
| 3 |
United States U20 Women
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3:4 | 1 |
| 4 |
 Mexico U20 Women
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5:7 | 1 |
| 5 |
 Portugal U20 Women
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0:2 | 1 |
| 6 |
 Nigeria U20 Women
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0:2 | 1 |
Team statistics
matches counted: 12| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Scored | 18 | 12 | 6 |
| Conceded | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Scored per game | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| Conceded per game | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Difference | +3 | +3 | 0 |
Fixtures of England U20 Women
-
11 Sep
Brazil U20 Women
H
1:2
L
-
8 Sep
Tanzania U20 Women
H
5:1
W
-
5 Sep
Canada U20 Women
A
1:1
D
-
15 Jul
Colombia U20 Women
H
0:0
D
-
9 Jul
United States U20 Women
A
1:1
D
-
9 Jun
Japan U20 Women
H
0:1
L
-
3 Jun
Canada U20 Women
H
1:0
W
-
6 Mar
Mexico U20 Women
H
4:1
W
Honours of England U20 Women
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship 2009 1
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship 2007, 2010, 2013 3
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2018 1