2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2015 UEFA U17 ára meistaramót kvenna
Tournament details
Host country	Iceland
Dates	22 June – 4 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	45 (3 per match)
Attendance	6,369 (425 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stefanie Sanders (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Stefanie Sanders
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The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the eighth edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual European youth football competition contested by the women's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Iceland hosted the tournament. ^[1] Players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to participate in this competition.

Each match lasted 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.

Qualification

Main article: 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

A total of 44 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Iceland qualifying automatically, the other 43 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2014, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2015. ^[2]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. ^{[3] [4]}

Team	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Iceland	Hosts	2nd	2011	Fourth place (2011)
Switzerland	Elite round Group 1 winners	2nd	2012	Fourth place (2012)
England	Elite round Group 2 winners	3rd	2014	Fourth place (2008, 2014)
Republic of Ireland	Elite round Group 2 runners-up [^]	2nd	2010	Runners-up (2010)
Germany	Elite round Group 3 winners	7th	2014	Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014)
Spain	Elite round Group 4 winners	6th	2014	Champions (2010, 2011)
Norway	Elite round Group 5 winners	2nd	2009	Fourth place (2009)
France	Elite round Group 6 winners	6th	2014	Runners-up (2008, 2011, 2012)

Notes

1. ^
   The best runners-up among all six elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

Final draw

The final draw was held in Reykjavík, Iceland on 29 April 2015, 11:30 WET (UTC±0). ^{[5] [6]} The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There were no seeding except that the hosts Iceland were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

The competition was played at six venues in four host cities. ^[7]

• Grindavíkurvöllur, Grindavík
• Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur
• Akranesvöllur, Akranes
• Vikingsvöllur, Reykjavík
• Fylkisvöllur, Reykjavík
• Valsvöllur, Reykjavík

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players. ^[2]

Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament. ^[8]

Referees Barbara Bollenberg (Austria) Ivana Martinčić (Croatia) Vivian Peeters (Netherlands) Graziella Pirriatore (Italy) Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia) Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)

Assistant referees Liana Grigoryan (Armenia) Aleksandra Kojović (Serbia) Julia Magnusson (Sweden) Slavomira Majkuthová (Slovakia) Androniki Nioti (Greece) Rúna Stefánsdóttir (Iceland) Maryna Striletska (Ukraine) Bjorn Valdimarsson (Iceland)

Fourth officials Dimitrina Milkova (Bulgaria) Lois Otte (Belgium)

Group stage

2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship teams and final tournament performance

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

if two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: ^[2]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
7. If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, WET (UTC±0). ^[9]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
3	England	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4
4	Iceland (H)	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts

22 June 2015

13:00

England	1–1	Spain
Cross 51'	Report	García 54'

Grindavíkurvöllur, Grindavík

Attendance: 271 ^[8]

Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

22 June 2015

19:00

Iceland	0–5	Germany
	Report	Krug 5' Sanders 35', 43' Dallmann 70' Orschmann 73'

Grindavíkurvöllur, Grindavík

Attendance: 707 ^[8]

Referee: Barbara Bollenberg (Austria)

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25 June 2015

13:00

Germany	0–4	Spain
	Report	García 9', 21', 36' Bonmati 90+4'

Akranesvöllur, Akranes

Attendance: 372 ^[8]

Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

25 June 2015

19:00

Iceland	1–3	England
Pálsdóttir 66'	Report	Plumptre 28' Devlin 44' Allen 78'

Akranesvöllur, Akranes

Attendance: 713 ^[8]

Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)

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28 June 2015

19:00

Spain	2–0	Iceland
Guijarro 17' Sierra 63'	Report

Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur

Attendance: 415 ^[8]

Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)

28 June 2015

19:00

Germany	5–0	England
Pawollek 2' Sanders 37', 46', 72', 80'	Report

Fylkisvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 243 ^[8]

Referee: Barbara Bollenberg (Austria)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Norway	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Republic of Ireland	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4	0

Source: UEFA

22 June 2015

13:00

Republic of Ireland	0–1	France
	Report	Laurent 65'

Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur

Attendance: 227 ^[8]

Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

22 June 2015

19:00

Switzerland	2–2	Norway
Reuteler 36' Jenzer 48'	Report	Kvernvolden 10' Wilmann 51'

Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur

Attendance: 240 ^[8]

Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)

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25 June 2015

13:00

Republic of Ireland	0–1	Switzerland
	Report	Lehmann 55'

Vikingsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 317 ^[8]

Referee: Graziella Pirriatore (Italy)

25 June 2015

19:00

France	2–0	Norway
Katoto 20' Fercocq 36'	Report

Vikingsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 283 ^[8]

Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

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28 June 2015

13:00

Norway	2–0	Republic of Ireland
Norem 19' Kvernvolden 40'	Report

Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur

Attendance: 205 ^[8]

Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)

28 June 2015

13:00

France	1–2	Switzerland
De Almeida 9'	Report	Reuteler 66' Stampfli 80+2'

Fylkisvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 233 ^[8]

Referee: Graziella Pirriatore (Italy)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played). ^[2]

There was no third place match for this edition of the tournament as it was not used as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (since expansion to eight teams).

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 July – Reykjavík
	Spain (p)	1 (4)
					4 July – Reykjavík
	France	1 (3)
					Spain	5
	1 July – Reykjavík
					Switzerland	2
	Switzerland	1
	Germany	0

Semi-finals

1 July 2015

13:00

Spain	1–1	France
Montilla 79'	Report	Galera 63'
Penalties
Rodríguez Montilla Bonmati Guijarro García	4–3	Lebastard Laplacette Boutaleb Galera Katoto

Valsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 807 ^[8]

Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

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1 July 2015

19:00

Switzerland	1–0	Germany
Arfaoui 80'	Report

Valsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 579 ^[8]

Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

Final

4 July 2015

16:00

Spain	5–2	Switzerland
García 6' Felder 13' (o.g.) Mégroz 50' (o.g.) Menayo 64' Navarro 80+2'	Report	Reuteler 55' Arfaoui 78'

Valsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 757 ^[8]

Referee: Barbara Bollenberg (Austria)

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Stefanie Sanders

5 goals

• Lucía García

3 goals

• Géraldine Reuteler

2 goals

• Ingrid Kvernvolden
• Amira Arfaoui

1 goal

• Georgia Allen
• Zoe Cross
• Charlotte Devlin
• Ashleigh Plumptre
• Élisa De Almeida
• Hélène Fercocq
• Sarah Galera
• Marie-Antoinette Katoto
• Emelyne Laurent
• Jule Dallmann
• Victoria Krug
• Dina Orschmann
• Tanja Pawollek
• Andrea Mist Pálsdóttir
• Jenny Norem
• Andrea Wilmann
• Aitana Bonmati
• Patricia Guijarro
• Carmen Menayo
• Natalia Montilla
• Lorena Navarro
• Andrea Sierra
• Lara Jenzer
• Alisha Lehmann
• Jolanda Stampfli

Own goal

• Luisa Felder (playing against Spain)
• Naomi Mégroz (playing against Spain)

Source: UEFA.com ^[10]

Team of the tournament

Goalkeepers Nadja Furrer Amaia Peña Defenders Anna Gerhardt Berta Pujadas Luisa Felder Laia Aleixandri Sarah Galera Lucía Rodríguez

Midfielders Giulia Gwinn Patricia Guijarro Lara Jenzer Maite Oroz Aitana Bonmati Forwards Ingrid Kvernvolden Stefanie Sanders Géraldine Reuteler Natalia Montilla Lucía García

Source: UEFA Technical Report ^[11]

Golden player: Stefanie Sanders ^[12]

References

1. "England, Iceland, Belarus have Women's U17 honour". UEFA. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
2. "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2014/15" (PDF). UEFA . Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2014.
3. "Ireland complete Women's U17 lineup". UEFA. 16 April 2015.
4. "2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship programme" (PDF). UEFA.
5. "Final tournament draw". UEFA. Archived from the original on April 28, 2015.
6. "Women's Under-17 finals group stage draw". UEFA. 29 April 2015.
7. "Venue guide". UEFA. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015.
8. "UEFA Technical Report – Results". UEFA. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015.
9. "Iceland start against Germany". UEFA. 1 May 2015.
10. "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
11. "Team of the Tournament". UEFA. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
12. "Golden Player – 2015: Stefanie Sanders". UEFA. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015.

External links

• History – UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship: 2014/15, UEFA.com
• Iceland 2015, UEFA.com
• Official website (Football Association of Iceland)