2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

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2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
2017 Craobhchomórtas na mBan Faoi 19 de chuid UEFA
2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryNorthern Ireland
Dates8–20 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Spain.svg  Spain (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of France.svg  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored52 (3.25 per match)
Attendance18,438 (1,152 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Spain.svg Patricia Guijarro (5 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Spain.svg Patricia Guijarro [1]
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The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (20th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Northern Ireland was selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015 as the host country for the tournament. [2]

Contents

A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1998 eligible to participate.

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the UEFA representatives, besides France who qualified automatically as hosts. [3]

Qualification

A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Northern Ireland qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. [4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017. [5]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. [6] [7]

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

TeamMethod of qualificationFinals appearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Hosts1st—Debut
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Elite round Group 1 winners12th 2016 Champions (2004)
Flag of England.svg  England Elite round Group 2 winners12th 2015 Champions (2009)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Elite round Group 3 winners7th 2016 Champions (2014)
Flag of France.svg  France Elite round Group 3 runners-up [^] 13th 2016 Champions (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016)
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Elite round Group 4 winners5th 2014 Group stage (2005, 2008, 2010, 2014)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Elite round Group 5 winners6th 2011 Champions (2008)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Elite round Group 6 winners14th 2016 Champions (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)
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 22 June 2017, 15:00 BST (UTC+1), at the Belfast City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [8] [9] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Northern Ireland were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

The tournament was hosted in four venues:

Belfast Lurgan
Windsor Park Mourneview Park
Capacity: 18,434Capacity: 4,160
4 group matches, 2 semi-finals, final3 group matches
Windsor Park redevelopment .jpg Mourneview Park, Lurgan - geograph.org.uk - 1389685 Cropped.jpg
Portadown Ballymena
Shamrock Park Ballymena Showgrounds
Capacity: 2,770Capacity: 3,600
2 group matches3 group matches, third-place playoff
ShamrockParkSep089.jpg Showgroundsbufc.JPG

Squads

Each national team have 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. [10]

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 22 June 2017. [11]

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02): [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 have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
  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 are tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings are determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are 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. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, BST (UTC+1). [12]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3300110+119 Knockout stage and
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 320132+16
3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 301215−41 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off [lower-alpha 1]
4Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 301219−81
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ Because France are among the semi-finalists, the two third-placed teams of the group stage enter the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off where the winner qualifies for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg0–3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report Gwinn Soccerball shade.svg19'
Rieke Soccerball shade.svg39'
Memeti Soccerball shade.svg80'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 599 [10]
Referee: Volha Tsiareshka (Belarus)
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg0–2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report García Soccerball shade.svg30'
Guijarro Soccerball shade.svg53'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 4,289 [10]
Referee: Justina Lavrenovaitė (Lithuania)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–0Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Graf Soccerball shade.svg25'
Orschmann Soccerball shade.svg66'		 Report
Shamrock Park, Portadown
Attendance: 658 [10]
Referee: Barbara Poxhofer (Austria)
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg1–1Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
McDaniel Soccerball shade.svg85' Report Hanson Soccerball shade.svg46'
Mourneview Park, Lurgan
Attendance: 2,959 [10]
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg6–0Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Bühl Soccerball shade.svg6', 25'
Rieke Soccerball shade.svg28'
Kögel Soccerball shade.svg58'
Siems Soccerball shade.svg62'
Gerhardt Soccerball shade.svg86'		 Report
Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena
Attendance: 1,783 [10]
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1–0Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Guijarro Soccerball shade.svg55' Report
Mourneview Park, Lurgan
Attendance: 358 [10]
Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 321073+47 Knockout stage and
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2Flag of France.svg  France 320173+46
3Flag of England.svg  England 310224−23 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3012511−61
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ Because France are among the semi-finalists, the two third-placed teams of the group stage enter the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off where the winner qualifies for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–2Flag of England.svg  England
Serturini Soccerball shade.svg90+1' Report Allen Soccerball shade.svg52', 76'
Mourneview Park, Lurgan
Attendance: 574 [10]
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)
France  Flag of France.svg0–2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Report Pelova Soccerball shade.svg10'
Piga Soccerball shade.svg22' (o.g.)
Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena
Attendance: 438 [10]
Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–6Flag of France.svg  France
Serturini Soccerball shade.svg9' Report Kradjov Soccerball shade.svg35'
Bourdieu Soccerball shade.svg38', 58'
Ollivier Soccerball shade.svg69'
Laurent Soccerball shade.svg72'
Gavory Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 483 [10]
Referee: Volha Tsiareshka (Belarus)
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg2–0Flag of England.svg  England
Nouwen Soccerball shade.svg11'
Smits Soccerball shade.svg45+3'		 Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 769 [10]
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Kalma Soccerball shade.svg25'
Nouwen Soccerball shade.svg34' (pen.)
Weerden Soccerball shade.svg90+4'		 Report Nouwen Soccerball shade.svg7' (o.g.)
Regazzoli Soccerball shade.svg66'
Serturini Soccerball shade.svg83'
Shamrock Park, Portadown
Attendance: 351 [10]
Referee: Barbara Poxhofer (Austria)
England  Flag of England.svg0–1Flag of France.svg  France
Report Boussaha Soccerball shade.svg88'
Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena
Attendance: 519 [10]
Referee: Justina Lavrenovaitė (Lithuania)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary. [5]

On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board (IFAB)'s trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time. [13] On 1 June 2017, it was also announced as part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out, [14] a different sequence of taking penalties, known as "ABBA", that mirrors the serving sequence in a tennis tiebreak would be used if a penalty shoot-out was needed (team A kicks first, team B kicks second): [15]

Original sequence
AB AB AB AB AB (sudden death starts) AB AB etc.
Trial sequence
AB BA AB BA AB (sudden death starts) BA AB etc.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 August – Belfast
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1
 
20 August – Belfast
 
Flag of France.svg  France 2
 
Flag of France.svg  France 2
 
17 August – Belfast
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3
 
World Cup play-off
 
 
17 August – Lurgan
 
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 0
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 2

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off

Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg0–2Flag of England.svg  England
Report Cross Soccerball shade.svg28'
Rouse Soccerball shade.svg50'
Mourneview Park, Lurgan
Attendance: 107 [10]
Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)

Semi-finals

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg2–3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Pelova Soccerball shade.svg48'
Smits Soccerball shade.svg85'		 Report García Soccerball shade.svg47'
Oroz Soccerball shade.svg68'
Guijarro Soccerball shade.svg77'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 510 [10]
Referee: Justina Lavrenovaitė (Lithuania)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–2Flag of France.svg  France
Bühl Soccerball shade.svg40' Report Thibaud Soccerball shade.svg70'
Laurent Soccerball shade.svg73'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 924 [10]
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

Final

France  Flag of France.svg2–3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bourdieu Soccerball shade.svg4'
Laurent Soccerball shade.svg71'		 Report Guijarro Soccerball shade.svg18', 90'
Egurrola Soccerball shade.svg85'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 3,117 [10]
Referee: Volha Tsiareshka (Belarus)

Goalscorers

Note: Goals scored in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off are included in this list, but are not counted by UEFA for statistical purposes.

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com [16]

Team of the Tournament

Source: UEFA Technical Report [17]

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, including France which qualified as hosts. [18]

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 1
Flag of France.svg  France 19 March 2015 [19] 6 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 14 August 20172 (2004, 2016)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11 August 20178 (2002, 2004 , 2006, 2008, 2010 , 2012, 2014 , 2016)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 11 August 20170 (debut)
Flag of England.svg  England 17 August 20174 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2014)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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