2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 14th 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. Estonia was hosting the tournament from May 14 to 26.[1] It was the first women's final tournament to be held in Estonia[2] A total of eight teams were playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEstonia
Dates14–26 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored65 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Liana Joseph
France Maeline Mendy
Spain Vicky López
(5 goals each)

Germany were the two-time defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage. In the final, France won their first title by defeating Spain 3–2.

Qualification
Main article: 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

48 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Estonia 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.[3]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 EstoniaHosts1stDebut
 PolandRound 2 Group A1 winners3rd2018 (Group stage)Champions (2013)
 EnglandRound 2 Group A2 winners8th2019 (Group stage)Third place (2016)
 GermanyRound 2 Group A3 winners13th2022 (Champions)Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022)
  SwitzerlandRound 2 Group A4 winners3rd2015 (Runners-up)Runners-up (2015)
 FranceRound 2 Group A5 winners9th2022 (Third place)Runners-up (2008, 2011, 2012)
 SpainRound 2 Group A6 winners12th2022 (Runners-up)Champions (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018)
 SwedenRound 2 Group A7 winners2nd2013 (Runners-up)Runners-up (2013)

Final draw

The final draw was held on 13 April 2023, 09:00 CET, at Lilleküla Stadium in Tallinn, Estonia.[4]

Venues
Tallinn
Tartu Võru
Kadriorg Stadium Lilleküla Stadium Tamme Stadium Võru Stadium
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 14,336 Capacity: 1,638 Capacity: 1,600

Squads
Main article: 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship squads

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

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, EEST (UTC+3).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Knockout stage
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 6 4 +2 3
4  Estonia 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Germany 0–2 Spain
Report
  • López 1', 58'
Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)
Estonia 0–4  Switzerland
Report
  • L. Egli 39'
  • Pfister 60'
  • Klingenstein 77'
  • Widmer 89'
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)
Estonia 0–5 Germany
Report
  • Merino Gonzalez 6'
  • Portella 39'
  • Walheim 45'
  • Boboy 83'
  • Scholz 88' (pen.)
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Spain 3–0  Switzerland
  • Cris 7', 10', 45'
 Report
Referee: Deborah Bianchi (Italy)
Spain 6–0 Estonia
  • Marisa 9', 41', 89'
  • Cubo 48'
  • Vázquez 63'
  • Cerrato 79' (pen.)
 Report
Referee: Ana Maria Terteleac (Romania)
Switzerland 2–1 Germany
 Report
  • Merino Gonzalez 60'
Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Knockout stage
2  England 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
3  Poland 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 3
4  Sweden 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
England 2–1 Poland
 Report
  • Kuprowska 90+2'
Võru Stadium, Võru
Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
Sweden 0–3 France
Report
  • Joseph 53'
  • Autin 73'
  • Effa Effa 75'
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Poland 0–3 France
Report
Võru Stadium, Võru
Referee: Ana Maria Terteleac (Romania)
Sweden 1–3 England
Reid 26' (o.g.) Report
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)
Poland 6–0 Sweden
  • Grzywińska 19', 55', 74'
  • Jagodzińska 44'
  • Witek 49'
  • Witkowska 68'
 Report
Referee: Deborah Bianchi (Italy)
France 1–1 England
  • Effa Effa 76'
 Report
  • Ward 44'
Võru Stadium, Võru
Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)

Knockout stage

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

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Spain3
 
 
 
 England1
 
 Spain2
 
 
 
 France3
 
 France10
 
 
  Switzerland2
 

Semi-finals
France 10–2  Switzerland
  • Ma. Mendy 13', 16', 76'
  • N. Traoré 38'
  • Joseph 40'
  • Rambaud 56', 86'
  • Effa Effa 60', 78'
  • Graziani 83'
 Report
  • Beney 44'
  • Klingenstein 63'
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Spain 3–1 England
  • López 5'
  • Gómez 88'
  • Pau 90+1'
 Report
  • Reid 55'
Referee: Deborah Bianchi (Italy)

Final
Spain 2–3 France
 Report
Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)

Goalscorers

There were 65 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

  • Poland Zuzanna Grzywińska
  • Spain Cris
  • Spain Marisa

2 goals

  • France Elisa Rambaud
  • France Naolia Traoré
  • Germany Estrella Merino Gonzalez
  • Switzerland Iman Beney
  • Switzerland Anja Klingenstein

1 goal

  • England Ava Baker
  • England Katie Reid
  • England Mari Ward
  • France Lou Autin
  • France Ornella Graziani
  • Germany Delice Boboy
  • Germany Laila Portella
  • Germany Marina Scholz
  • Germany Melina Walheim
  • Poland Roksana Jagodzińska
  • Poland Wiktoria Kuprowska
  • Poland Zuzanna Witek
  • Poland Iga Witkowska
  • Spain Alba Cerrato
  • Spain Lorena Cubo
  • Spain Ainoa Gómez
  • Spain Pau
  • Spain Elena Vázquez
  • Switzerland Leela Egli
  • Switzerland Noemi Ivelj
  • Switzerland Emanuela Pfister
  • Switzerland Nathalie Widmer

1 own goal

  • England Katie Reid (against Sweden)

Source: UEFA

References
  1. "2023 Women's U17 EURO finals: Estonia". UEFA. August 24, 2022.
  2. "Estonia, Sweden, Faroe Islands to host Women's U17 EURO in 2023, 2024, 2025". UEFA.com. 19 April 2021.
  3. "2022/23 Women's Under-17 EURO round 1 draw made". UEFA.com. 31 May 2022.
  4. "2023 Women's U17 EURO finals draw: 13 April". UEFA.com. 29 March 2023.
  5. "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship". UEFA.com.
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