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.
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. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017.
Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance 2016 (2016) 2010 (2010) 2016 (2009, 2016) 2016 (2016) 2016 (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016) 2015 (2010) 2015 (2008, 2011, 2012) 2016 (2010, 2011, 2015) Notes
Final draw The final draw was held on 7 April 2017, 10:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Park Hotel in Plzeň, Czech Republic. 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.
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.
Group stage The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 11 April 2017.
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): 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).
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).
As part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out, a different sequence of taking penalties, known as "ABBA", that mirrors the serving sequence in a tennis tiebreak would be used if a penalty shoot-out was needed (team A kicks first, team B kicks second): Original sequence AB AB AB AB AB (sudden death starts) AB AB etc. Trial sequence AB BA AB BA AB (sudden death starts) BA AB etc.
The penalty shoot-out in the semi-final between Germany and Norway was the first ever to implement this new system.
There is no third place match for this edition of the tournament as it is not used as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (since expansion to eight teams).
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Goalscorers 3 goals
Melissa Kössler
2 goals
Melvine Malard Nicole Anyomi Gianna Rackow Olaug Tvedten Candela Andújar Clàudia Pina
1 goal
Michaela Khýrová Kristýna Siváková Gabriela Šlajsová Nicole Douglas Lauren Hemp Jessica Ngunga Bethany May O'Donnell Aimee Palmer Poppy Pattinson Maëlle Lakrar Laurène Martin Sydney Lohmann Sjoeke Nüsken Lena Oberdorf Lea Schneider Verena Wieder Jill Baijings Kerstin Casparij Romée Leuchter Williënne ter Beek Lynn Wilms Rikke Bogetveit Nygård Jenny Kristine Røsholm Olsen Malin Sunde Carla Bautista Rosa Márquez Eva Navarro Lorena Navarro Berta Pujadas
Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers Justine Lerond Stina Johannes
Defenders Maëlle Lakrar Andrea Brunner Lisa Doorn Malin Sunde Laia Aleixandri Rosa Otermin Abella
Midfielders Lauren Hemp Selma Bacha Sydney Lohmann Sjoeke Nüsken Lena Oberdorf Jill Baijings Olaug Tvedten
Forwards Melissa Kössler Candela Andújar Clàudia Pina
References
External links
Czech Republic 2017, UEFA.com