2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Northern Ireland
Dates 8–20 August 2017
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 8
Goals scored 23 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)
  • England Georgia Allen
  • France Mathilde Bourdieu
  • Italy Annamaria Serturini
  • (2 goals)

The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2017) will be the 16th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (20th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Northern Ireland, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, will host the tournament.[1]

A total of eight teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1998 eligible to participate.

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the UEFA representatives, besides France who qualified automatically as hosts.[2]

Qualification

A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Northern Ireland qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[3] The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: Qualifying round, which takes place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which takes place in spring 2017.[4]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[5]

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Northern Ireland Hosts 1st — Debut
 Spain Elite round Group 1 winners 12th 2016 Champions (2004)
 England Elite round Group 2 winners 12th 2015 Champions (2009)
 Netherlands Elite round Group 3 winners 7th 2016 Champions (2014)
 France Elite round Group 3 runners-up[^] 13th 2016 Champions (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016)
 Scotland Elite round Group 4 winners 5th 2014 Group stage (2005, 2008, 2010, 2014)
 Italy Elite round Group 5 winners 6th 2011 Champions (2008)
 Germany Elite round Group 6 winners 14th 2016 Champions (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)
Notes
  1. ^ The best runners-up among all six elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

Final draw

The final draw was held on 22 June 2017, 15:00 BST (UTC+1), at the Belfast City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[6][7] The eight teams will be drawn into two groups of four teams. There will be no seeding, except that hosts Northern Ireland will be assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

The tournament will be hosted in four venues:

Belfast Lurgan
Windsor Park Mourneview Park
Capacity: 18,434 Capacity: 4,160
4 group matches, 2 semi-finals, final 3 group matches
Portadown Ballymena
Shamrock Park Ballymena Showgrounds
Capacity: 2,770 Capacity: 3,600
2 group matches 3 group matches, third-place playoff

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.[4]

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 22 June 2017.[8]

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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):[4]

  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 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 group 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.

All times are local, BST (UTC+1).[9]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (A) 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Knockout stage and
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  Spain 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3  Northern Ireland (H) 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1 Possible FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off[lower-alpha 1]
4  Scotland 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (H) Host.
Notes:
  1. ↑ If France are among the semi-finalists, the two third-placed teams of the group stage will enter the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off where the winner qualifies for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Otherwise, the play-off will not be played.

8 August 2017 (2017-08-08)
15:00
Scotland  0–3  Germany
Report
  • Gwinn  19'
  • Rieke  39'
  • Memeti  79'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Referee: Olga Tereshko (Belarus)

8 August 2017 (2017-08-08)
19:00
Northern Ireland  0–2  Spain
Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Referee: Justina Lavrenovaite (Lithuania)

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11)
15:00
Germany  2–0  Spain
  • Graf  25'
  • Orschmann  66'
 Report
Shamrock Park, Portadown
Referee: Barbara Poxhofer (Austria)

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11)
19:00
Northern Ireland  1–1  Scotland
  • McDaniel  85'
 Report
  • Hanson  46'
Mourneview Park, Lurgan
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)

14 August 2017 (2017-08-14)
19:00
Germany  v  Northern Ireland
Report

14 August 2017 (2017-08-14)
19:00
Spain  v  Scotland
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands (A) 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Knockout stage and
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  France 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
3  England 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3 Possible FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off[lower-alpha 1]
4  Italy (E) 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ If France are among the semi-finalists, the two third-placed teams of the group stage will enter the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off where the winner qualifies for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Otherwise, the play-off will not be played.

8 August 2017 (2017-08-08)
15:00
Italy  1–2  England
Serturini  90+1' Report Allen  52', 76'
Mourneview Park, Lurgan
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)

8 August 2017 (2017-08-08)
15:00
France  0–2  Netherlands
Report
  • Pelova  10'
  • Piga  22' (o.g.)
Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena
Referee: Petra Chudá (Slovakia)

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11)
15:00
Italy  1–6  France
Serturini  9' Report
  • Kradjov  35'
  • Bourdieu  38', 58'
  • Ollivier  69'
  • Laurent  72'
  • Gavory  90+2'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Referee: Olga Tereshko (Belarus)

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11)
19:00
Netherlands  2–0  England
  • Nouwen  11'
  • Smits  45+3'
 Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

14 August 2017 (2017-08-14)
15:00
Netherlands  v  Italy
Report

14 August 2017 (2017-08-14)
15:00
England  v  France
Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[4]

On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board (IFAB)'s trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[10] On 1 June 2017, it was also announced as part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out,[11] 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):[12]

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.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 August – Belfast
 
 
 Germany
 
20 August – Belfast
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
17 August – Belfast
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
 Netherlands
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off

Note: The play-off will only be played if France are among the semi-finalists.

Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

17 August 2017 (2017-08-17)
15:00
Third place Group A v Third place Group B

Semi-finals

17 August 2017 (2017-08-17)
15:00 or 19:00
Germany  Semi-final 1 Runner-up Group B
Report

17 August 2017 (2017-08-17)
15:00 or 19:00
Netherlands  Semi-final 2 Runner-up Group A
Report

Final

20 August 2017 (2017-08-20)
19:30
Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2
Report


Goalscorers

There have been 23 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match.

2 goals
  • England Georgia Allen
  • France Mathilde Bourdieu
  • Italy Annamaria Serturini
1 goal
  • France Christy Gavory
  • France Catherine Karadjov
  • France Emelyne Laurent
  • France Agathe Ollivier
  • Germany Luca Maria Graf
  • Germany Giulia Gwinn
  • Germany Ereleta Memeti
  • Germany Dina Orschmann
  • Germany Annalena Rieke
  • Netherlands Aniek Nouwen
  • Netherlands Victoria Pelova
  • Netherlands Joëlle Smits
  • Northern Ireland Louise McDaniel
  • Scotland Kirsty Hanson
  • Spain Lucía Garcia
  • Spain Patricia Guijarro
Own goals

References

  1. ↑ "Northern Irish, Swiss to host Women's U19 finals". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016/17 WU19 EURO qualifying round draw pots". UEFA. 21 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, 2016/17" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  5. ↑ "2017 WU19 EURO final line-up complete". UEFA.com. 12 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Women's Under-19 final tournament draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "2017 WU19 EURO final tournament draw". UEFA.com. 22 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "2017 WU19 EURO match schedule". UEFA.com. 22 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Final Match Schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  10. ↑ "FIFA Executive Committee approves key priorities to restore trust in FIFA". UEFA. 2 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Penalty shoot-outs could soon resemble tennis tie-breaks". The Telegraph. 3 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Comprehensive bidding regulations approved for all finals and final tournaments". UEFA.org. 1 June 2017.
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