2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Northern Ireland
Dates	3–16 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	TBC (in TBC host cities)
Tournament statistics
Attendance	0
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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.

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

Main article: 2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship 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.

Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	Appearance(s)				Previous best performance [a]
			Total	First	Last	Streak
Northern Ireland	Host nation	26 September 2023	1st	Debut
	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: Points obtained in all group matches; Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; 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; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; 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); Disciplinary points Yellow card: −1 point; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −3 points; UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; Drawing of lots.

All times are local BST (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Northern Ireland (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	A2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	A3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	A4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: Summer 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	B2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	B3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	B4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: Summer 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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

The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 1

¹Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Notes

1. Bold text indicates they hosted that 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.

External links

• UEFA's Website with more information