2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

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2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNorthern Ireland
Dates3–16 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
VenueTBC (in TBC host cities)
Tournament statistics
Attendance0
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The 2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship will be the 17th 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. Northern Ireland will be hosting the tournament. [1] A total of eight teams will be playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2009 eligible to participate.

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This tournament will also act as UEFA's qualifier for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco, with top five teams qualifying as the UEFA representatives. [2]

Qualification

50 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Northern Ireland also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams qualified for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts.

TeamQualification methodDate of qualificationAppearance(s)Previous best performance [a]
Total [b] FirstLastStreak
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Host nation26 September 20231stDebut
Round 2 Group A1 winners
Round 2 Group A2 winners
Round 2 Group A3 winners
Round 2 Group A4 winners
Round 2 Group A5 winners
Round 2 Group A6 winners
Round 2 Group A7 winners

Group stage

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

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:

  1. Points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (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);
  9. Disciplinary points
    • Yellow card: −1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −3 points;
  10. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  11. Drawing of lots.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland (H)00000000 Knockout stage
2A200000000
3A300000000
4A400000000
First match(es) will be played: Summer 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1B100000000 Knockout stage
2B200000000
3B300000000
4B400000000
First match(es) will be played: Summer 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Notes

  1. ↑ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
  2. ↑ Including this edition

References

  1. ↑ "Northern Ireland and Finland to host Women's U17 EURO in 2026 and 2027". UEFA. 26 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024.
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