2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

In the qualifying round and elite round, teams are 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 are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[3]

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 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;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. 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);
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):[3]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points;
5. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 11 November 2016, 09:10 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4][5][6]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[7]

• 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn in the same group.[2]

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff Rank  Lithuania 0.333 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff Rank  Germany 16.667 1

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  Spain 16.000 2  France 12.667 3  Norway 10.000 4  Italy 9.833 5  Austria 9.167 6  England 9.000 7  Republic of Ireland 8.500 8   Switzerland 8.167 9  Czech Republic 7.833 10  Sweden 7.667 11  Belgium 7.667 12	Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Finland 7.333 13  Netherlands 7.167 14  Scotland 7.167 15  Denmark 7.000 16  Poland 6.500 17  Iceland 6.167 18  Serbia 5.833 19  Russia 5.667 20  Hungary 5.333 21  Greece 4.833 22  Portugal 4.833 23	Pot C Team Coeff Rank  Belarus 4.000 24  Turkey 4.000 25  Northern Ireland 3.833 26  Slovenia 3.333 27  Slovakia 3.167 28  Wales 3.000 29  Bulgaria 3.000 30  Romania 2.833 31  Croatia 2.333 32  Ukraine 2.000 33  Azerbaijan 2.000 34	Pot D Team Coeff Rank  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.667 35  Macedonia 1.333 36  Montenegro 1.000 37  Latvia 1.000 38  Israel 1.000 39  Kazakhstan 0.333 40  Estonia 0.333 41  Moldova 0.333 42  Faroe Islands 0.000 43  Georgia 0.000 44  Malta — 45

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Cyprus

Gibraltar

Kosovo

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

San Marino

The qualifying round must be played between 1 August and 29 October 2017.[3][7]

Times up to 28 October 2017 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	11	Slovenia	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	Elite round
2	6	Israel	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0
3	4	Romania	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
4	7	Turkey	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
5	3	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0
6	5	Wales	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
7	1	Ukraine	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0
8	2	Slovakia	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
9	9	Belarus	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0
10	10	Northern Ireland	2	0	0	2	1	11	−10	0
11	8	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	0

The draw for the elite round was held on 24 November 2017, 11:45 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[8][9][10]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.[11] Germany, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group.[12]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	3	Spain	3	3	0	0	27	1	+26	9
3	10	Austria	3	3	0	0	24	1	+23	9
4	2	England	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9[lower-alpha 1]
5	6	Sweden	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9[lower-alpha 1]
6	7	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9
7	8	Hungary	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
8	1	Poland	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Pot B
9	4	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
10	5	France	3	2	1	0	16	0	+16	7
11	9	Serbia	3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7
12	9	Belgium	3	2	1	0	12	2	+10	7
13	5	Denmark	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7
14	8	Norway	3	2	0	1	14	1	+13	6
15	10	Portugal	3	2	0	1	14	3	+11	6	Pot C
16	1	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
17	7	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
18	3	Iceland	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
19	2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
20	4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6
21	6	Russia	3	2	0	1	3	7	−4	6
22	11	Finland	3	1	2	0	9	2	+7	5	Pot D
23	11	Slovenia (Y)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
24	11	Italy	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
25	7	Turkey (Y)	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
26	6	Israel (Y)	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
27	4	Romania (Y)	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
28	3	Azerbaijan (Y)	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1