2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

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2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
U17-Europamästerskapet i fotboll för damer 2024
Tournament details
Host countrySweden
Dates5–18 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Spain.svg  Spain (5th title)
Runners-upFlag of England.svg  England
Third placeFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Fourth placeFlag of France.svg  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored55 (3.44 per match)
Attendance8,897 (556 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Spain.svg Alba Cerrato
(7 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Spain.svg Alba Cerrato [1]
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The 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 15th 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. Sweden hosted the tournament from 5 to 18 May. The matches were played in Malmö and Lund. Eight matches were played in Malmö IP, Malmö and eight matches were played in Klostergårdens IP, Lund. [2] [3] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.

Contents

In the 2023 final, France won their first title by defeating Spain 3–2.

This tournament also acted as UEFA's qualifier for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic, with the winners, runners-up, and third-placed teams qualifying as the UEFA representatives.

Qualification

50 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Sweden 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 Sweden.svg  Sweden Hosts3rd 2023 (Group stage)Runners-up (2013)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Round 2 Group A2 winners3rd 2019 (Semi-finals)Semi-finals (2019)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Round 2 Group A3 winners2nd 2013 (Fourth place)Fourth place (2013)
Flag of England.svg  England Round 2 Group A6 winners9th 2023 (Semi-finals)Third place (2016), Semi-finals (2023)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Round 2 Group A4 winners6th 2022 (Group stage)Fourth place (2009, 2016), Semi-finals (2017)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Round 2 Group A7 winners4th 2023 (Group stage)Champions (2013)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Round 2 Group A5 winners13th 2023 (Runners-up)Champions (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018)
Flag of France.svg  France Round 2 Group A1 winners10th 2023 (Champions)Champions (2023)

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 44.01). [5]

Venues

The venues for the 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship were Malmö IP, located in Sweden's third biggest city Malmö and Klostergårdens IP, located in Lund.

Malmö Lund
Malmö IP Klostergårdens IP
Capacity: 7,600 (3,900 seated)Capacity: 3,650 (500 seated)
Malmo IP - October 2020 (1).jpg Klostergardens IP-flygbild 06 september 2014.jpg

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): [5]

  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, CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of England.svg  England 330091+89 Knockout stage
2Flag of France.svg  France 3201113+86
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3102211−93
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (H)3003310−70
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
England  Flag of England.svg3–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report
Klostergårdens IP, Lund
Attendance: 257 [6]
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–3Flag of France.svg  France
Report
Malmö IP, Malmö
Attendance: 1,279 [7]
Referee: Martina Molinaro (Italy)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg0–8Flag of France.svg  France
Report
Malmö IP, Malmö
Attendance: 152 [8]
Referee: Cansu Tiryaki (Turkey)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–5Flag of England.svg  England
Report
Klostergårdens IP, Lund
Attendance: 2,380 [9]
Referee: Michaela Pachtová (Czech Republic)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg2–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report
Malmö IP, Malmö
Attendance: 673 [10]
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
France  Flag of France.svg0–1Flag of England.svg  England
Report
Klostergårdens IP, Lund
Attendance: 475 [11]
Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 330090+99 Knockout stage
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 31112204
3Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 311124−24
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 300307−70
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Report
Klostergårdens IP, Lund
Attendance: 207 [12]
Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg3–0Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
Malmö IP, Malmö
Attendance: 213 [13]
Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg0–1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
Malmö IP, Malmö
Attendance: 206 [14]
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1–0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Report
Klostergårdens IP, Lund
Attendance: 341 [15]
Referee: Oxana Cruc (Moldova)
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg0–5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Klostergårdens IP, Lund
Attendance: 316 [16]
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg1–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Report
Malmö IP, Malmö
Attendance: 275 [17]
Referee: Michaela Pachtová (Czech Republic)

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 May - Malmö
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 2
 
18 May - Malmö
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0
 
Flag of England.svg  England 0
 
15 May - Lund
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 1
 
Third place
 
 
18 May - Lund
 
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (p)2 (4)
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 2 (2)

Semi-finals

The winners qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The losers entered the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off.

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg6–1Flag of France.svg  France
Report Abdourahim Soccerball shade.svg59'
Klostergårdens IP, Lund
Attendance: 223 [18]
Referee: Cansu Tiryaki (Turkey)
England  Flag of England.svg2–0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Report
Malmö IP, Malmö
Attendance: 440 [19]
Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)

Third place play-off

The winner qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Poland  Flag of Poland.svg2–2Flag of France.svg  France
Report
Penalties
4–2
Klostergårdens IP, Lund
Attendance: 367 [20]
Referee: Martina Molinaro (Italy)

Final

England  Flag of England.svg0–4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Malmö IP, Malmö
Attendance: 1,093 [21]
Referee: Michaela Pachtová (Czech Republic)

Goalscorers

There were 55 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.44 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

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

The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 1
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 15 May 20245 (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018 , 2022 )
Flag of England.svg  England 15 May 20242 (2008, 2016)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 18 May 20240 (debut)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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