2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Iceland
Dates 22 June – 4 July 2015
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 6 (in 4 host cities)

The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship will be the 8th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual European youth football competition contested by the women's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Iceland will host the tournament.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 1998 will be eligible to participate in this competition.

Each match lasts 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.

Qualification

A total of 44 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Iceland qualifying automatically, the other 43 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 2014, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2015.[2]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[3]

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Iceland Hosts 20 March 2012 1 (2011)
  Switzerland Elite round Group 1 winners 16 April 2015 1 (2012)
 England Elite round Group 2 winners 14 April 2015 2 (2008, 2014)
 Germany Elite round Group 3 winners 14 April 2015 6 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)
 Spain Elite round Group 4 winners 27 March 2015 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
 Norway Elite round Group 5 winners 16 April 2015 1 (2009)
 France Elite round Group 6 winners 28 March 2015 5 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014)
 Republic of Ireland Elite round best runners-up 14 April 2015 1 (2010)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicate host.

Final draw

The final draw was held in Reykjavík, Iceland on 29 April 2015, 11:30 GMT (UTC±0).[4][5] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There were no seeding except that the hosts Iceland were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

There are six venues.[6]

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.[2]

Group stage

Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

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:[2]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group 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 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;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group 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 group stage, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out (this criteria is not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if the rankings of the two teams are not relevant for which team qualifies for the next stage).
  8. 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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, GMT (UTC±0)[7]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 22 June 2015. Source: UEFA

22 June 2015
13:00
England  v  Spain

22 June 2015
19:00
Iceland  v  Germany

25 June 2015
13:00
Germany  v  Spain

25 June 2015
19:00
Iceland  v  England

28 June 2015
19:00
Spain  v  Iceland

28 June 2015
19:00
Germany  v  England

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 22 June 2015. Source: UEFA

22 June 2015
13:00
Republic of Ireland  v  France

22 June 2015
19:00
Switzerland   v  Norway

25 June 2015
13:00
Republic of Ireland  v   Switzerland

25 June 2015
19:00
France  v  Norway

28 June 2015
13:00
Norway  v  Republic of Ireland

28 June 2015
13:00
France  v   Switzerland

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).[2]

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
1 July – Reykjavík
 Winner Group A  
 Runner-up Group B  
 
4 July – Reykjavík
     Winner Semi-final 1
   Winner Semi-final 2
1 July – Reykjavík
 Winner Group B
 Runner-up Group A  

Semi-finals

Note: Kick-off times will be decided after completion of groups (28 June).

1 July 2015
13:00 or 19:00
Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B

1 July 2015
13:00 or 19:00
Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A

Final

4 July 2015
16:00
Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2

References

  1. ↑ "England, Iceland, Belarus have Women's U17 honour". UEFA. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2014/15" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  3. ↑ "Ireland complete Women's U17 lineup". UEFA.com. 16 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
  5. ↑ "Women's Under-17 finals group stage draw". UEFA.com. 29 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Venue guide". UEFA.com.
  7. ↑ "Iceland start against Germany". UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.

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