UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Founded 2007
Region Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams 42 (first round)
16 (second round)
8 (finals)
Current champions  Germany
Most successful team(s)  Germany (4 titles)
2015 Championship

The UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship is a European championship football tournament, organized by UEFA, for national teams of women under age seventeen. The tournament was first played out in 2007–08, having been approved by the UEFA Executive Committee on 22 May 2006. It is also a FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifying competition in even years. National under-17 teams whose countries belong to the European governing body UEFA can register to enter the competition.[1] Germany has won the most titles and also are the current holders.

Format

After two qualifying rounds, open to all eligible nations, four teams qualify for the final stage. They face in the semi-finals, with the winners contesting the final.

In 2011 it was announced, that the tournament will be expanded to eight teams[2] and beginning with the 2014 edition the eight qualified teams play round-robin in two groups of four.

Results

Finals so far.[3]

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2008
Details		   Switzerland
Germany		 3 – 0
France
Denmark		 4 – 1
England
2009
Details		   Switzerland
Germany		 7 – 0
Spain
France		 3 – 1
Norway
2010
Details		   Switzerland
Spain		 0 – 0
(4 – 1 pen.)
Republic of Ireland
Germany		 3 – 0
Netherlands
2011
Details		   Switzerland
Spain		 1 – 0
France
Germany		 8 – 2
Iceland
2012
Details		   Switzerland
Germany		 1 – 1
(4 – 3 pen.)
France
Denmark		 0 – 0
(5 – 4 pen.)
Switzerland
2013
Details		   Switzerland
Poland		 1 – 0
Sweden
Spain		 4 – 0
Belgium
2014
Details		  England
Germany		 1 – 1
(3 – 1 pen.)
Spain
Italy		 0 – 0
(4 – 3 pen.)
England
2015
Details		  Iceland
2016
Details		  Belarus
2017
Details		  Czech Republic
2018
Details		  Lithuania

Winners

CountryWinners Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Germany 4 (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014) 2 (2010, 2011)
 Spain 2 (2010, 2011) 2 (2009, 2014) 1 (2013)
 Poland 1 (2013)
 France 3 (2008, 2011, 2012) 1 (2009)
 Republic of Ireland 1 (2010)
 Sweden 1 (2013)
 Denmark 2 (2008, 2012)
 Italy 1 (2014)
 England 2 (2008, 2014)
 Norway 1 (2009)
 Netherlands 1 (2010)
 Iceland 1 (2011)
  Switzerland 1 (2012)
 Belgium 1 (2013)

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team 2008
(4)		 2009
(4)		 2010
(4)		 2011
(4)		 2012
(4)		 2013
(4)		 2014
(8)		 2015
(8)		 2016
(8)		 Years
 Austria GS 1
 Belarus Q 1
 Belgium 4th 1
 Denmark 3rd 3rd 2
 England 4th 4th Q 2
 France 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd GS Q 5
 Germany 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 1st Q 6
 Italy 3rd 1
 Iceland 4th Q 2
 Netherlands 4th 1
 Norway 4th Q 1
 Poland 1st 1
 Portugal GS 1
 Republic of Ireland 2nd Q 1
 Scotland GS 1
 Spain 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd Q 5
 Sweden 2nd 1
  Switzerland 4th Q 1

Number of teams

Year of tournament Number of teams Format
2008 - 2013 4 Semi finals, third place playoff and final
2014 - present 8 Two groups of four team, semi finals, third place playoff (in even years only, for qualifying to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup) and final

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "UEFA European Women’s U-17 C’ship". uefa.com. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
  2. ↑ "Women's EURO and U17s expanded". UEFA. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "European Women's Under-17 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

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