2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	2–14 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (6th title)
Runners-up	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	44 (2.93 per match)
Attendance	30,757 (2,050 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Melissa Kössler (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Lena Oberdorf[1]

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]

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]

Team	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Czech Republic	Hosts	2nd	2016	Group stage (2016)
Netherlands	Elite round Group 1 winners	2nd	2010	Fourth place (2010)
Norway	Elite round Group 2 winners	4th	2016	Fourth place (2009, 2016)
England	Elite round Group 3 winners	5th	2016	Third place (2016)
Germany	Elite round Group 3 runners-up^{[^]}	9th	2016	Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Republic of Ireland	Elite round Group 4 winners	3rd	2015	Runners-up (2010)
France	Elite round Group 5 winners	7th	2015	Runners-up (2008, 2011, 2012)
Spain	Elite round Group 6 winners	8th	2016	Champions (2010, 2011, 2015)

Notes

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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:

Doosan Arena, Plzeň
Na Litavce, Příbram
Stadion TJ Přeštice, Přeštice
Stadion Střelnice Domažlice, Domažlice

Match officials

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

Referees

Julia-Stefanie Baier
Galiya Echeva
Ifeoma Kulmala
Maria Marotta
Cristina Mariana Trandafir
Melis Özçiğdem

Assistant referees

Anastassiya Akimova
Ieva Ramanauskienė
Natalia Ceban
Aleksandra Prus
Vanessa Alexandra Dias Gomes
Alexandra Theodora Apostu
Sabrina Keinersdorfer
Petra Bombek

Fourth officials

Hannelore Onsea
Lucie Šulcová

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]

Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
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;
Superior goal difference in all group matches;
Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
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).
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);
Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).[11]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9	Knockout stage
2	Spain	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4	Knockout stage
3	France	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Czech Republic (H)	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

2 May 2017

11:00

Czech Republic	1–2	France
Šlajsová 53'	Report	Malard 25', 50'

Doosan Arena, Plzeň

Attendance: 10,219[9]

Referee: Ifeoma Kulmala (Finland)

2 May 2017