2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

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2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryCzech Republic
Dates2–14 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Germany.svg  Germany (6th title)
Runners-upFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored44 (2.93 per match)
Attendance30,757 (2,050 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Germany.svg Melissa Kössler (3 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Germany.svg Lena Oberdorf [1]
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The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2017) was the tenth edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-17 national teams of Europe. The Czech Republic, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament. [2]

Contents

A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.

Qualification

A total of 46 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Malta who entered for the first time), and with the hosts Czech Republic qualifying automatically, the other 45 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. [3] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017. [4]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. [5] [6]

TeamMethod of qualificationFinals appearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Hosts2nd 2016 Group stage (2016)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Elite round Group 1 winners2nd 2010 Fourth place (2010)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Elite round Group 2 winners4th 2016 Fourth place (2009, 2016)
Flag of England.svg  England Elite round Group 3 winners5th 2016 Third place (2016)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Elite round Group 3 runners-up [^] 9th 2016 Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Elite round Group 4 winners3rd 2015 Runners-up (2010)
Flag of France.svg  France Elite round Group 5 winners7th 2015 Runners-up (2008, 2011, 2012)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Elite round Group 6 winners8th 2016 Champions (2010, 2011, 2015)
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 7 April 2017, 10:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Park Hotel in Plzeň, Czech Republic. [7] [8] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Czech Republic were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

The tournament was hosted in four venues:

Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament. [9]

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players. [4]

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 11 April 2017. [10]

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

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): [4]

  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, CEST (UTC+2). [11]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3300113+89 Knockout stage
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 311176+14
3Flag of France.svg  France 31114404
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (H)3003312−90
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1–2Flag of France.svg  France
Šlajsová Soccerball shade.svg53' Report Malard Soccerball shade.svg25', 50'
Doosan Arena, Plzeň
Attendance: 10,219 [9]
Referee: Ifeoma Kulmala (Finland)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1–4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
E. Navarro Soccerball shade.svg62' Report Oberdorf Soccerball shade.svg27'
Kössler Soccerball shade.svg48'
Rackow Soccerball shade.svg78'
Nüsken Soccerball shade.svg79'
Stadion TJ Přeštice, Přeštice
Attendance: 1,039 [9]
Referee: Cristina Trandafir (Romania)
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1–5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Siváková Soccerball shade.svg79' (pen.) Report Pina Soccerball shade.svg8'
Andújar Soccerball shade.svg41'
L. Navarro Soccerball shade.svg46'
Pujadas Soccerball shade.svg64'
Márquez Soccerball shade.svg69'
Stadion Střelnice Domažlice, Domažlice
Attendance: 2,465 [9]
Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–1Flag of France.svg  France
Kössler Soccerball shade.svg20', 43' Report Lakrar Soccerball shade.svg77'
Na Litavce, Příbram
Attendance: 1,270 [9]
Referee: Julia-Stefanie Baier (Austria)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg5–1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Anyomi Soccerball shade.svg41', 53'
Wieder Soccerball shade.svg59'
Schneider Soccerball shade.svg74'
Rackow Soccerball shade.svg80+4'		 Report Khýrová Soccerball shade.svg39' (pen.)
Na Litavce, Příbram
Attendance: 1,229 [9]
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)
France  Flag of France.svg1–1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Martin Soccerball shade.svg5' Report Andújar Soccerball shade.svg62'
Stadion TJ Přeštice, Přeštice
Attendance: 1,039 [9]
Referee: Ifeoma Kulmala (Finland)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 321052+37 Knockout stage
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 320143+16
3Flag of England.svg  England 310264+23
4Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 301206−61
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg0–5Flag of England.svg  England
Report Pattinson Soccerball shade.svg9'
O'Donnell Soccerball shade.svg36'
Ngunga Soccerball shade.svg38'
Hemp Soccerball shade.svg41'
Douglas Soccerball shade.svg64'
Na Litavce, Příbram
Attendance: 2,200 [9]
Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1–3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Tvedten Soccerball shade.svg23' Report Wilms Soccerball shade.svg12'
Casparij Soccerball shade.svg20'
Ter Beek Soccerball shade.svg37'
Stadion Střelnice Domažlice, Domažlice
Attendance: 1,426 [9]
Referee: Julia-Stefanie Baier (Austria)
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg0–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report Nygård Soccerball shade.svg77'
Doosan Arena, Plzeň
Attendance: 4,273 [9]
Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg2–1Flag of England.svg  England
Baijings Soccerball shade.svg40'
Leuchter Soccerball shade.svg77'		 Report Palmer Soccerball shade.svg38'
Stadion TJ Přeštice, Přeštice
Attendance: 1,039 [9]
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–0Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Report
Stadion Střelnice Domažlice, Domažlice
Attendance: 827 [9]
Referee: Cristina Trandafir (Romania)
England  Flag of England.svg0–2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report Olsen Soccerball shade.svg8'
Sunde Soccerball shade.svg33'
Doosan Arena, Plzeň
Attendance: 489 [9]
Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played). [4]

As part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out, [12] 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): [13]

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.

The penalty shoot-out in the semi-final between Germany and Norway was the first ever to implement this new system. [14]

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

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 May – Příbram
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (p)1 (3)
 
14 May – Plzeň
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1 (2)
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (p)0 (3)
 
11 May – Domažlice
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0 (1)
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2
 

Semi-finals

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report Bautista Soccerball shade.svg5' (pen.)
Pina Soccerball shade.svg34'
Stadion Střelnice Domažlice, Domažlice
Attendance: 825 [9]
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Lohmann Soccerball shade.svg44' Report Tvedten Soccerball shade.svg7'
Penalties
Wieder Soccerball shade cross.svg
Rackow Soccerball shade cross.svg
Lohmann Soccerball shade cross.svg
Kössler Soccerball shad check.svg
Nüsken Soccerball shad check.svg
Brunner Soccerball shad check.svg		3–2Soccerball shade cross.svg Bjelde
Soccerball shad check.svg Sunde
Soccerball shad check.svg Tvedten
Soccerball shade cross.svg Birkeli
Soccerball shade cross.svg Bjørneboe
Soccerball shade cross.svg Haugland
Na Litavce, Příbram
Attendance: 260 [9]
Referee: Ifeoma Kulmala (Finland)

Final

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg0–0Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Penalties
Oberdorf Soccerball shad check.svg
Bahnemann Soccerball shade cross.svg
Wieder Soccerball shad check.svg
Kössler Soccerball shad check.svg		3–1Soccerball shade cross.svg Bautista
Soccerball shade cross.svg Aleixandri
Soccerball shade cross.svg Torrodà
Soccerball shad check.svg Pina
Doosan Arena, Plzeň
Attendance: 2,157 [9]
Referee: Julia-Stefanie Baier (Austria)

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Source: UEFA.com [15]

Team of the Tournament

Source: UEFA Technical Report [16]

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