2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-17 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Czech Republic in the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament.^[1]

A total of 45 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Malta who entered for the first time).^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to participate. Each match has a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.

Format

The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:^[3]

• Qualifying round: Apart from Spain, which receive a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 44 teams are drawn into 11 groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 11 group winners, the 11 runners-up, and the third-placed team with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advance to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 24 teams are drawn into six groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The six group winners and the runner-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualify for the final tournament.

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 a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[3]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament 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;
5. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
7. 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 mini-tournament, 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).
8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

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

1. Higher number of points;
2. Superior goal difference;
3. Higher number of goals scored;
4. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
5. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 13 November 2015, 08:40 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[4][5]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[6]

• 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 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)

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 (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff Rank  Czech Republic 7.333 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff Rank  Spain 15.333 1

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  France 13.500 2  Germany 13.000 3  Norway 8.833 4  Austria 8.833 5   Switzerland 8.500 6  Belgium 8.500 7  Sweden 8.500 8  Italy 8.333 9  Poland 7.833 10  Republic of Ireland 7.667 11  England 7.500 12

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Scotland 7.000 13  Denmark 6.833 14  Iceland 6.833 15  Netherlands 6.667 16  Finland 6.167 17  Russia 6.167 18  Hungary 5.167 19  Turkey 5.000 20  Serbia 4.833 21  Northern Ireland 4.667 22  Greece 4.667 23

Pot C Team Coeff Rank  Belarus 4.000 24  Portugal 3.833 25  Slovakia 3.167 26  Wales 3.000 27  Bulgaria 3.000 28  Romania 2.833 29  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.333 30  Slovenia 2.333 31  Croatia 2.000 32  Azerbaijan 2.000 33  Montenegro 2.000 34

Pot D Team Coeff Rank  Ukraine 1.333 35  Israel 1.000 36  Macedonia 1.000 37  Lithuania 0.333 38  Latvia 0.333 39  Moldova 0.333 40  Faroe Islands 0.000 41  Estonia 0.000 42  Kazakhstan 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

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

San Marino

Groups

The qualifying round must be played between 1 September and 31 October 2016.^[3]

Times up to 29 October 2016 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Elite round
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	3
4	Israel (H)	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4	0

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece (H)	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Malta	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7	Elite round
2	Hungary (H)	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	1	7	−6	3
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Elite round
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	24	2	+22	6
3	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	1	15	−14	3
4	Moldova (H)	3	0	0	3	0	20	−20	0

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	1	2	0	9	2	+7	5	Elite round
2	Italy	3	1	2	0	9	1	+8	5[a]
3	Finland	3	1	2	0	9	1	+8	5[a]
4	Georgia	3	0	0	3	0	23	−23	0

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	25	0	+25	9	Elite round
2	Scotland (H)	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	6
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	0	28	−28	0

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Elite round
2	Wales	3	1	1	1	3	8	−5	4
3	Turkey	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Latvia (H)	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

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Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	0	1	15	1	+14	6	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
3	Russia	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
4	Lithuania (H)	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

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Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6	Elite round
2	Serbia (H)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
4	Romania	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

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Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland (H)	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Elite round
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
3	Faroe Islands	3	1	0	2	2	11	−9	3
4	Belarus	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9	Elite round
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
4	Macedonia (H)	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

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Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-placed team 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.^[7]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	8	Russia	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	Elite round
2	5	Finland	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	9	Ukraine	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1
4	7	Turkey	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
5	2	Malta	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0
6	3	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
7	1	Slovakia	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0
8	11	Northern Ireland	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0[a]
9	6	Croatia	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0[a]
10	10	Faroe Islands	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	0
11	4	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	0	15	−15	0

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round was held on 11 November 2016, 11:40 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[8][9]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[10] Spain, 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. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group.^[11]

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

Groups

The elite round must be played between 1 February and 2 April 2017.^[3]

Times up to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Final tournament
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	16	3	+13	9	Final tournament
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Final tournament
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Final tournament
2	Scotland	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Hungary	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Serbia (H)	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6	Final tournament
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Greece	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Final tournament
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Sweden	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Portugal (H)	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1

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Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the best second-placed team from the elite round which qualify for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	3	Germany	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3	Final tournament
2	5	Belgium	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	1	Slovenia	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
4	6	Iceland	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3
5	2	Denmark	2	1	0	1	3	6	−3	3
6	4	Scotland	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
Czech Republic	Hosts	26 January 2015[1]	1 (2016)
Netherlands	Elite round Group 1 winners	1 April 2017	1 (2010)
Norway	Elite round Group 2 winners	25 March 2017	3 (2009, 2015, 2016)
England	Elite round Group 3 winners	30 March 2017	4 (2008, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Republic of Ireland	Elite round Group 4 winners	18 March 2017	2 (2010, 2015)
France	Elite round Group 5 winners	26 March 2017	6 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
Spain	Elite round Group 6 winners	30 March 2017	7 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Germany	Elite round best runners-up	2 April 2017	8 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Top goalscorers

The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:

10 goals

9 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

Source: UEFA.com^[12]

References

External links

• Official website