UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship[1] or simply UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, is a European championship football tournament, organized by UEFA, for national teams of women under age seventeen. The tournament was first played out in 2007–08, having been approved by the UEFA Executive Committee on 22 May 2006. It is also a FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifying competition in even years. National under-17 teams whose countries belong to the European governing body UEFA can register to enter the competition.[2] Germany is the most successful team in this competition, having won eight titles. France are the current champions.
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| Organising body | UEFA |
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Region | Europe |
| Number of teams | Maximum of 55 (Qualifying rounds) 8 (Finals) |
| Current champions |  France (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Germany (8 titles) |
| Website | Official website |
 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification | |
Format
The Championship has three phases: two qualifying rounds open to all eligible nations and the finals phase which is composed of 8 qualified teams.
In 2011 it was announced, that the tournament will be expanded to eight teams[3] and beginning with the 2014 edition the eight qualified teams play round-robin in two groups of four.
Results
Below are the results history table.[4]
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- Key:
- pen–after penalty shootout
Winners
| Country | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Losing semifinalists | Total (Top Four) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
8 (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022) | 1 (2018) | 2 (2010, 2011) | 1 (2015) | 12 | |
 Spain |
4 (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018) | 6 (2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023) | 1 (2013) | 1 (2019) | 12 | |
| France |
1 (2023) | 3 (2008, 2011, 2012) | 2 (2009, 2022) | 1 (2015) | 7 | |
 Poland |
1 (2013) | 1 | ||||
 Netherlands |
1 (2019) | 2 (2010, 2022) | 1 (2017) | 4 | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland |
1 (2015) | 1 (2012) | 1 (2023) | 3 | ||
 Republic of Ireland |
1 (2010) | 1 | ||||
 Sweden |
1 (2013) | 1 | ||||
 Denmark |
2 (2008, 2012) | 2 | ||||
 England |
1 (2016) | 3 (2008, 2014, 2018) | 1 (2023) | 5 | ||
 Italy |
1 (2014) | 1 | ||||
 Finland |
1 (2018) | 1 | ||||
 Norway |
2 (2009, 2016) | 1 (2017) | 3 | |||
 Iceland |
1 (2011) | 1 | ||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
1 (2013) | 1 | ||||
 Portugal |
1 (2019) | 1 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 56 |
Comprehensive team results by tournament
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- SF – Semi-finalists
- GS – Group stage (from 2014 onwards)
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter / Withdrew
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Hosts
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| Team | 2008 (4) |
2009 (4) |
2010 (4) |
2011 (4) |
2012 (4) |
2013 (4) |
2014 (8) |
2015 (8) |
2016 (8) |
2017 (8) |
2018 (8) |
2019 (8) |
2022 (8) |
2023 (8) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria |
× | × | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 2 |
| Belarus |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | × | • | 1 |
| Belgium |
• | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 |
| Bulgaria |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 |
| Czech Republic |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Denmark |
3rd | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | 4 |
| England |
4th | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | GS | 3rd | GS | 4th | GS | • | SF | 8 |
| Estonia |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 1 |
| Finland |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | GS | • | 2 |
| France |
2nd | 3rd | • | 2nd | 2nd | • | GS | SF | • | GS | • | • | 3rd | 1st | 9 |
| Germany |
1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | • | 1st | SF | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | GS | 13 |
| Iceland |
• | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Italy |
• | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | 3 |
| Lithuania |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | 1 |
| Netherlands |
• | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | GS | 2nd | 4th | • | 5 |
| Norway |
• | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 4th | SF | • | • | GS | • | 5 |
| Poland |
• | • | • | • | • | 1st | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | 3 |
| Portugal |
× | × | × | × | × | × | GS | • | • | • | • | SF | • | • | 2 |
| Republic of Ireland |
• | • | 2nd | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 3 |
 Scotland |
• | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Serbia |
× | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Spain |
• | 2nd | 1st | 1st | • | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | SF | 2nd | 2nd | 12 |
| Sweden |
• | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 2 |
| Switzerland |
• | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 2nd | • | • | • | • | • | SF | 3 |
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup results
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- GS – Group stage
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Hosts
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| Team | 2008 (4) |
2010 (4) |
2012 (4) |
2014 (8) |
2016 (8) |
2018 (8) |
2022 (8) |
2024 (8) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan |
GS | 1 | |||||||
| Denmark |
QF | 1 | |||||||
| England |
4th | QF | 1 | ||||||
| Finland |
GS | 1 | |||||||
| France |
GS | QF | 1st | GS | 3 | ||||
| Germany |
3rd | QF | 4th | GS | QF | QF | 4th | 7 | |
| Italy |
3rd | 1 | |||||||
| Republic of Ireland |
QF | 1 | |||||||
| Spain |
3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 5 | |||
Golden Player by tournament
SFor certain tournaments, the official website UEFA.com chose a Golden Player.
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Alexandra Popp |
| 2009 | Kyra Malinowski |
| 2010 | Lola Gallardo |
| 2011 | Alba Pomares |
| 2012 | Sandie Toletti |
| 2013 | Ewa Pajor |
| 2014 | Andrea Falcón |
| 2015 | Stefanie Sanders |
| 2016 | Caroline Siems |
| 2017 | Lena Oberdorf |
Number of teams
| Year of tournament | Number of teams | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 2008–2013 | 4 | Semifinals, third place play-off and final |
| 2014–present | 8 | Two groups of four team, semifinals, third place play-off (in even years only, for qualifying to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup) and final |
See also
Notes
References
- "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2019/20" (PDF). UEFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2019.
- "UEFA European Women's U-17 C'ship". uefa.com. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- "Women's EURO and U17s expanded". UEFA. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- "European Women's Under-17 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- "2020 Women's U17 finals cancelled". UEFA.com. 13 August 2020.
- "2020/21 Women's Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 18 December 2020.
External links
- UEFA.com; official website
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