2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

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2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Чэмпіянат Еўропы па футболе сярод дзяўчат да 17 гадоў 2016
Чемпионат Европы по футболу 2016 среди девушек до 17 лет
Tournament details
Host countryBelarus
Dates4–16 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Germany.svg  Germany (5th title)
Runners-upFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Third placeFlag of England.svg  England
Fourth placeFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored58 (3.63 per match)
Attendance44,601 (2,788 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of England.svg Alessia Russo
Flag of Spain.svg Lorena Navarro
(5 goals each)
Best player(s) Flag of Germany.svg Caroline Siems [1]
2015
2017

The 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the ninth edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual European international youth football championship contested by the women's under-17 national teams of UEFA member associations. Belarus, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 4 and 16 May 2016. [2]

Contents

A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.

Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the UEFA representatives. [3]

Qualification

The national teams from 47 UEFA member associations entered the competition, which was a record total, including Andorra who entered a UEFA women's competition for the first time. With Belarus automatically qualified as hosts, the other 46 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. [4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016. [5]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament: [6]

TeamMethod of qualificationFinals appearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Hosts1stDebut
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Elite round Group 1 winners8th 2015 Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Elite round Group 2 winners7th 2015 Champions (2010, 2011, 2015)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Elite round Group 3 winners1stDebut
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Elite round Group 4 winners2nd 2014 Third place (2014)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Elite round Group 5 winners3rd 2015 Fourth place (2009)
Flag of England.svg  England Elite round Group 6 winners4th 2015 Fourth place (2008, 2014)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Elite round Group 6 runners-up [^] 1stDebut

Notes

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

Final draw

The final draw was held on 6 April 2016, 11:30 FET (UTC+3), at the Victoria Hotel in Minsk, Belarus. [7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Belarus were assigned to position A1 in the draw. [8]

Venues

The tournament was hosted in five venues: [9]

Barysaw Minsk
Borisov Arena Haradski Stadium Traktor Stadium
Capacity: 13,126Capacity: 5,402Capacity: 16,500
Borisov-Arena Stands2.jpg EastStand1.JPG Stadyjon Traktar-1.26-07.2014.JPG
Slutsk Zhodzina
City Stadium Torpedo Stadium
Capacity: 1,896Capacity: 6,524
Torpedo stadium Zhodino west stand 03.jpg

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players. [5]

Match officials

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

Group stage

Results of teams participating at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship map.svg
Results of teams participating at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 7 April 2016. [10]

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). 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: [5]

  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 have 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, FET (UTC+3).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of England.svg  England 3300193+169 Knockout stage
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 320153+26
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 31026603
4Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus (H)3003119180
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg1–5Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Zhitko Soccerball shade.svg68' Report Poljak Soccerball shade.svg7'
Agbaba Soccerball shade.svg30'
Ivanović Soccerball shade.svg48'
Filipović Soccerball shade.svg57'
Burkert Soccerball shade.svg79'
Traktor Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 4,500 [11]
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)
England  Flag of England.svg3–2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Charles Soccerball shade.svg16'
Russo Soccerball shade.svg36'
Filbey Soccerball shade.svg69'
Report Haug Soccerball shade.svg59', 62'
Torpedo Stadium, Zhodzina
Attendance: 2,600 [11]
Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)

Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg0–12Flag of England.svg  England
Report Toone Soccerball shade.svg5', 38'
Filbey Soccerball shade.svg7', 19'
Russo Soccerball shade.svg15', 23'
Stanway Soccerball shade.svg29'
Cain Soccerball shade.svg71', 75'
Smith Soccerball shade.svg74', 80+5'
Brazil Soccerball shade.svg80+1'
City Stadium, Slutsk
Attendance: 1,700 [11]
Referee: Ana Aguiar (Portugal)
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg0–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report Maanum Soccerball shade.svg54'
Haradski Stadium, Barysaw
Attendance: 585 [11]
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg2–0Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Olsen Soccerball shade.svg18'
Ruud Soccerball shade.svg40'
Report
City Stadium, Slutsk
Attendance: 1,530 [11]
Referee: Dimitrina Milkova (Bulgaria)
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg1–4Flag of England.svg  England
Ivanović Soccerball shade.svg40' Report Stanway Soccerball shade.svg47' (pen.)
Brazil Soccerball shade.svg68'
Charles Soccerball shade.svg71'
Cain Soccerball shade.svg76'
Traktor Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 500 [11]
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 321063+37 Knockout stage
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 312062+45
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 30211322
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 30120551
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg0–0Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Report
Haradski Stadium, Barysaw
Attendance: 1,730 [11]
Referee: Ana Aguiar (Portugal)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bühl Soccerball shade.svg44', 74' Report Rubio Soccerball shade.svg43'
Kleinherne Soccerball shade.svg45' (o.g.)
City Stadium, Slutsk
Attendance: 1,826 [11]
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Italy  Flag of Italy.svg0–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report
Torpedo Stadium, Zhodzina
Attendance: 2,500 [11]
Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg0–1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report L. Navarro Soccerball shade.svg54'
Traktor Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 1,200 [11]
Referee: Dimitrina Milkova (Bulgaria)

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg3–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Blanco Soccerball shade.svg10'
L. Navarro Soccerball shade.svg29', 58'
Report Glionna Soccerball shade.svg62'
Torpedo Stadium, Zhodzina
Attendance: 2,400 [11]
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg0–4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report Ziegler Soccerball shade.svg7', 22'
Müller Soccerball shade.svg36', 51'
Haradski Stadium, Barysaw
Attendance: 250 [11]
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played). [5]

There was a third place match (i.e., FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off) for this edition of the tournament as it was used as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (since expansion to eight teams).

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 May – Zhodzina
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4
 
16 May – Barysaw
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0 (2)
 
13 May – Zhodzina
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (p)0 (3)
 
Flag of England.svg  England 3
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4
 
Third place
 
 
16 May – Minsk
 
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 2

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg4–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Rubio Soccerball shade.svg48'
Na. Ramos Soccerball shade.svg71'
L. Navarro Soccerball shade.svg73', 76'
Report
Torpedo Stadium, Zhodzina
Attendance: 4,800 [11]
Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)

England  Flag of England.svg3–4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Brazil Soccerball shade.svg31'
Russo Soccerball shade.svg42', 77'
Report Ziegler Soccerball shade.svg29', 70'
Bühl Soccerball shade.svg41'
Pawollek Soccerball shade.svg57'
Torpedo Stadium, Zhodzina
Attendance: 4,100 [11]
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Third place match

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1–2Flag of England.svg  England
Haug Soccerball shade.svg52' Report Charles Soccerball shade.svg8', 57'
Traktor Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 4,180 [11]
Referee: Ana Aguiar (Portugal)

Final

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg0–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report
Penalties
Rodríguez Soccerball shade cross.svg
Monente Soccerball shad check.svg
Andújar Soccerball shade cross.svg
L. Navarro Soccerball shade cross.svg
Na. Ramos Soccerball shad check.svg
2–3Soccerball shad check.svg Gwinn
Soccerball shad check.svg Minge
Soccerball shade cross.svg Pawollek
Soccerball shade cross.svg Müller
Soccerball shad check.svg Siems
Borisov Arena, Barysaw
Attendance: 10,200 [11]
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com [12]

Team of the Tournament

Source: UEFA Technical Report [11]

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [13]

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament 1
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 13 May 20164 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13 May 20162 (2010, 2014)
Flag of England.svg  England 16 May 20161 (2008)
1Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

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  2. "England, Iceland, Belarus have Women's U17 honour". UEFA. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  3. "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  4. "Belarus the goal for record Women's U17 entry". UEFA. 1 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA .
  6. "Women's U17 finals lineup complete". UEFA. 29 March 2016.
  7. "Final tournament draw". UEFA. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016.
  8. "Women's Under-17 Championship finals draw". UEFA. 6 April 2016.
  9. "Venue guide". UEFA. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016.
  10. "Women's U17 finals schedule confirmed". UEFA. 7 April 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Technical Report (Report). UEFA . Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  12. "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  13. "Spain, Germany and England heading to Jordan". FIFA.com. 13 May 2016. Archived from the original on May 14, 2016.