The AFC U-19 Women's Championship, which was played between 5-16 October 2007, acted as the qualifying competition for Chile 2008. Korea DPR, Japan and China secured their places at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup by finishing as the top three teams.

Home and Away Matches. (Final Round 13 -15 June 2008)
16 Teams : Cameroun, Benin, Nigeria, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, South Africa, Mozambique, RD Congo, Zambia, Egypt.

Germany, England, France and Norway booked their place in Chile 2008when they qualified for the semi-finals of the UEFA U-19 Women's Championship, which was played in Iceland between 18-23 July 2007.

The final round will consist of eight teams: USA, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and will be played in the Cuauhtemoc Stadium in Puebla, Mexico. The eight teams have been drawn into the following groups:
Group A: Mexico, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, USA
Group B: Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Nicaragua

The OFC nominated New Zealand as its representative at Chile 2008.

Ten teams from South America will battle it out from 7-23 March in Porto Alegre and Bage, Brazil. The competing nations are Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Colombia and Ecuador.

As a host country, Chile qualifies automatically.