2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

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2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
2023. aasta U-17 naiste Euroopa meistrivõistlused jalgpallis
2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryEstonia
Dates14–26 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of France.svg  France (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored65 (4.33 per match)
Attendance10,836 (722 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of France.svg Liana Joseph
Flag of France.svg Maeline Mendy
Flag of Spain.svg Vicky López
(5 goals each)
Best player(s) Flag of Spain.svg Vicky López [1]
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The 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 14th 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. Estonia was hosting the tournament from May 14 to 26. [2] It was the first women's final tournament to be held in Estonia. [3] A total of eight teams were playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

Contents

Germany were the two-time defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage. In the final, France won their first title by defeating Spain 3–2.

Qualification

48 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Estonia also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams qualified for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts. The draw for round 1 was held on 31 May 2022, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. [4]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamMethod of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Hosts1stDebut
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Round 2 Group A1 winners3rd 2018 (Group stage)Champions (2013)
Flag of England.svg  England Round 2 Group A2 winners8th 2019 (Group stage)Third place (2016)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Round 2 Group A3 winners13th 2022 (Champions)Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Round 2 Group A4 winners3rd 2015 (Runners-up)Runners-up (2015)
Flag of France.svg  France Round 2 Group A5 winners9th 2022 (Third place)Runners-up (2008, 2011, 2012)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Round 2 Group A6 winners12th 2022 (Runners-up)Champions (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Round 2 Group A7 winners2nd 2013 (Runners-up)Runners-up (2013)

Final draw

The final draw was held on 13 April 2023, 09:00 CET, at Lilleküla Stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. [5]

Venues

Tallinn Tartu Võru
Kadriorg Stadium Lilleküla Stadium Tamme Stadium Võru Stadium
Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 14,336Capacity: 1,638Capacity: 1,600

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 44.01). [6]

Group stage

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

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 20.01 and 20.02): [6]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to that subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (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. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Higher position in the qualification round 2 league ranking

All times are local, EEST (UTC+3).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3300110+119 Knockout stage
2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 320164+26
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 310264+23
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 3003015−150
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg0–2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
  • López Soccerball shade.svg1', 58'
Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 207 [7]
Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Report
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,325 [8]
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report
Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 630 [9]
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg3–0Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Report
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 321 [10]
Referee: Deborah Bianchi (Italy)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg6–0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Report
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,032 [11]
Referee: Ana Maria Terteleac (Romania)
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2–1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report
Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 184 [12]
Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of France.svg  France 321071+67 Knockout stage
2Flag of England.svg  England 321063+37
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 310275+23
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3003112−110
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
England  Flag of England.svg2–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Report
Võru Stadium, Võru
Attendance: 251 [13]
Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0–3Flag of France.svg  France
Report
Tamme Stadium, Tartu
Attendance: 427 [14]
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg0–3Flag of France.svg  France
Report
Võru Stadium, Võru
Attendance: 531 [15]
Referee: Ana Maria Terteleac (Romania)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–3Flag of England.svg  England
Reid Soccerball shade.svg26' (o.g.) Report
Tamme Stadium, Tartu
Attendance: 740 [16]
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg6–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report
Tamme Stadium, Tartu
Attendance: 458 [17]
Referee: Deborah Bianchi (Italy)
France  Flag of France.svg1–1Flag of England.svg  England
Report
Võru Stadium, Võru
Attendance: 571 [18]
Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played). [6]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 1
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2
 
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 3
 
Flag of France.svg  France 10
 
 
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2
 

Semi-finals

France  Flag of France.svg10–2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Report
Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 196 [19]
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg3–1Flag of England.svg  England
Report
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 784 [20]
Referee: Deborah Bianchi (Italy)

Final

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg2–3Flag of France.svg  France
Report
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,179 [21]
Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)

Goalscorers

There were 65 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

Awards

The following awards were given after the tournament:

Team of the Tournament

After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel. [22]

PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper Flag of Spain.svg Alazne Estensoro
Defenders Flag of Spain.svg Noemi Bejarano
Flag of Spain.svg Aïcha Camara
Flag of England.svg Katie Reid
Flag of Spain.svg Martina González
Midfielders Flag of France.svg Maeline Mendy
Flag of France.svg Nermyne Ben Khaled
Flag of Spain.svg Vicky López
Forwards Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Iman Beney
Flag of France.svg Liana Joseph
Flag of France.svg Chancelle Effa Effa

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