The 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the seventh edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. England hosted the final tournament from 26 November to 8 December 2013, taking it for the first time outside of Nyon, Switzerland. It was the first edition to feature eight finalist teams, and served as the qualifier for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, to be held in March–April 2014.

Portugal ensured their first presence in the competition's final tournament, after concluding the qualification as the best runner-up. They will join France, Germany and Spain, together with fellow debutants Austria, Italy and Scotland. Poland were the defending champions, having defeating Sweden 1–0 in the previous season's final, but were unable to defend their title after failing qualification for this edition's final tournament.

Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament consisted of two rounds. The first round was held between 2 July and 11 August 2013, and the second round between 20 September and 20 October 2013. As hosts, England qualified automatically for the final tournament, while France, Germany and Spain received a bye to the second round due to their coefficient ranking. Forty teams entered the draw for the first round, held on 20 November 2012, where they were distributed in ten groups of four. Each group was contested as a mini-tournament hosted in the country of one of the group's teams. The group winners, runners-up and the best third-placed team qualified for the second round, where the 24 teams were drawn in six groups of four. The group winners and the best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Best performance Hosts 20 March 2012 1 (2008) 4th place (2008) Group 1 winners 5 October 2013 4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013) Winners (2010, 2011) Group 2 winners 13 October 2013 0 (debut) Group 3 winners 20 October 2013 0 (debut) Group 4 winners 17 October 2013 4 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012) Runner-up (2008, 2011, 2012) Group 5 winners 7 October 2013 0 (debut) Group 6 winners 16 October 2013 5 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) Winners (2008, 2009, 2012) Best runner-up 20 October 2013 0 (debut)

Venues Telford Hinckley New Bucks Head De Montfort ParkCapacity: 6,300Capacity: 4,300 Chesterfield Burton upon Trent SMH Group Stadium Pirelli StadiumCapacity: 10,300Capacity: 6,900 Match officials UEFA named six referees and eight assistant referees to officiate matches at the final tournament. Additionally, two referees from the host nation were chosen as fourth officials.

Referees Irina Turovskaya (Belarus) Vesna Budimir (Croatia) Eleni Lampadariou (Finland) Ana Minić (Serbia) Sara Persson (Sweden) Zuzana Štrpková (Slovakia)

Assistant referees Ekatinera Marinova (Bulgaria) Mathilde Abildgaard (Denmark) Katalin Török (Hungary) Yelena Alistratova (Kazakhstan) Anna Dąbrowska (Poland) Susanne Küng (Switzerland) Yana Saschyna (Ukraine)

Fourth officials Virginie Derouaux (Belgium) Tania Fernandes Morais (Luxembourg)

Group stage

The draw was held on 24 October 2013 at Burton-upon-Trent.

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tie-breaking If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied: Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question; Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between 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 matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 7 apply.

If only two teams are tied (according to criteria 1–7) after having met in the last match of the group stage, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals

All times are in Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00).

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).

Bracket

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Goalscorers 4 goals Jasmin Sehan Andrea Falcón

2 goals

Lucy Porter Ricarda Walkling Aitana Bonmati Patricia Guijarro

1 goal

Barbara Dunst Nina Wasserbauer Evie Clarke Alice Hassall Chloe Kelly Ashleigh Plumptre Atlanta Primus Mollie Rouse Julie Marichaud Nina Ehegötz Saskia Meier Michaela Specht Federica Cavicchia Manuela Giugliano Gloria Marinelli Leandra Pereira Kirsty Howat Alyshia Walker Mireya García Boa Pilar Garrote

Team of the tournament

Goalkeepers Elena De Toro Carolin Grössinger Laura Hamilton Defenders Beatriz Beltrán Lisa Boattin Gabrielle George Queralt Gómez Nicole Peressotti Marta Vergani Leah Williamson

Midfielders Aitana Bonmatí Erin Cuthbert Kim Fellhauer Mariana Fong Pilar Garrote Patricia Guijarro Clara Mateo Keira Walsh Forwards Nahikari García Mireya García Boa Andrea Falcón Jasmin Sehan Alyshia Walker

Golden player: Falcón

References

External links UEFA.com