…Jon II-CHONG of North Korea is Golden Ball Winner (MVP).
Top u20 striker for La Roja Babes of Spain, 19 year old Paula Comendador plying her professional football for Real Madrid of Spain lifted the Golden Boot for Highest at the world U20 Women’s World Cup in Poland with 6 goals.
Simply known as Pau she was the Most Valuable Player at the U17 female football World Cup in the Dominican Republic in 2024 and bagged the Silver Boot for 2nd Highest scorer with 5 goals.
It was surprising that she was listed as the 5th person to take penalty shootouts against North Korea in the U20 2026 women World Cup final but she was no more needed as Spain had scored all her penalty shootouts.
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The Silver Ball in Poland was awarded to Manaka Marsukubo who was the first to score 5 goals among other contenders. Jon II-Chong of North Korea was awarded the Most Valuable Player of the tournament as she was a multiple award winner of MVP for matches played.
Spain won her 2nd title in this category after 2022 dethroning North Korea that won it thrice in 2006, 2016 and the last edition of 2024. Columbia won Bronze and Italy placed 4th.
We report that the Spain victory of today was the first ever final to be decided by penalty shootouts in 12 editions. Spain had beaten Japan 3-1 at the 2022 finals in Costa Rica.
Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line.
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