UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The UEFA European Under-17 Championship is an annual European association football competition contested by the men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Established in 1982, the competition was organised as an under-16 event until 2001, when it was changed to its current age category. In odd years, it serves as the European qualifying tournament for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
The current competition format consists of three stages: a qualifying round, an elite round and a final tournament. The first stage takes place in autumn of the previous year, while the elite round is played in spring. The winners of each elite round group join the host team in the final tournament, played in May.
Spain is the most successful team in this competition, having won eight titles and finished in the podium sixteen times. The current champions are England, who defeated Netherlands 4–2 in a penalty shootout in the 2014 tournament final.
Tournaments
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
Year of tournament | Format | Number of teams |
1982 & 1984 | Semi finals, third place playoff and final | 4 |
1985 - 1992 | Four groups of four teams, semi finals, third place playoff and final | 16 |
1993 - 2001 | Four groups of four teams, quarter finals, semi finals, third place playoff and final |
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
1No third place match has been played since 2007; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.
Year of tournament | Format | Number of teams |
2002 | Four groups of four teams, quarter finals, semi finals, third place playoff and final | 16 |
2003 - 2006 | Two groups of four teams, semi finals, third place playoff and final | 8 |
2007 - 2014 | Two groups of four teams, semi finals and final |
2015 - present | Four groups of four teams, quarter finals, playoffs between quarter final losers (in odd years only, for qualifying to FIFA U-17 World Cup), semi finals, and final | 16 |
Winners
Country | Winners |
Runners-up |
Third-place(1) |
Fourth-place(1) |
Semi-finalists(1) |
Spain |
8 (1986, 1988, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2008) |
5 (1990, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2010) |
3 (1985, 1998, 2006) |
2 (1989, 2002) |
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Portugal |
5 (1989, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003) |
1 (1988) |
1 (2004) |
3 (1990, 1992, 1998) |
1 (2014) |
Germany West Germany |
3 (1984, 1992, 2009) |
5 (1982, 1989, 1991, 2011, 2012) |
4 (1988, 1995, 1997, 1999) |
4 (1985, 1986, 1988, 2006) |
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Russia Soviet Union |
3 (1985, 2006, 2013) |
2 (1984, 1987) |
1 (1986) |
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Netherlands |
2 (2011, 2012) |
3 (2005, 2009, 2014) |
1 (2000) |
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1 (2008) |
England |
2 (2010, 2014) |
1 (2007) |
2 (1984, 2002) |
3 (2001, 2003, 2004) |
1 (2011) |
Turkey |
2 (1994, 2005) |
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1 (1987) |
2 (2008, 2010) |
France |
1 (2004) |
4 (1996, 2001, 2002, 2008) |
2 (1987, 1989) |
3 (1991, 1993, 1995) |
2 (2007, 2010) |
Italy [1] |
1 (1982) |
4 (1986, 1993, 1998, 2013) |
2 (1992, 2005) |
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1 (2009) |
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia |
1 (1990) |
2 (2000, 2006) |
1 (1993) |
1 (1999) |
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Poland |
1 (1993) |
1 (1999) |
1 (1990) |
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1 (2012) |
Switzerland |
1 (2002) |
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1 (1997) |
1 (2009) |
Republic of Ireland |
1 (1998) |
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Greece |
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1 (1985) |
1 (1991) |
2 (1996, 2000) |
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Austria |
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1 (1997) |
1 (2003) |
1 (1994) |
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Yugoslavia |
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1 (1990) |
1 (1982) |
1 (1984) |
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Denmark |
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1 (1994) |
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1 (2011) |
Croatia |
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1 (2001) |
1 (2005) |
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Israel |
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1 (1996) |
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Ukraine |
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1 (1994) |
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Finland |
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1 (1982) |
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Belgium |
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1 (2007) |
Georgia |
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1 (2012) |
Scotland |
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1 (2014) |
Slovakia |
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1 (2013) |
Sweden |
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1 (2013) |
1 There was no match to determine 3rd place after the 2006 tournament.
Golden Player Award
UEFA Under-17 former logo
Since the 2002 edition, the Golden Player Award has been given to the most valuable player of the tournament.[4]
See also
References
External links
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- 2003 (First, Second)
- 2004 (First, Second)
- 2005 (First, Elite)
- 2006 (First, Elite)
- 2007 (First, Elite)
- 2008 (First, Elite)
- 2009 (First, Elite)
- 2010 (First, Elite)
- 2011 (First, Elite)
- 2012 (First, Elite)
- 2013 (First, Elite)
- 2014 (First, Elite)
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