UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Organising body	UEFA
Founded	2007
Region	Europe
Number of teams	Maximum of 55; (Qualifying rounds); 8 (Finals)
Current champions	France (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Germany (8 titles)
Website	Official website
	2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship^[1] or simply 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.^[2] Germany is the most successful team in this competition, having won eight titles. France are the current champions.

Format edit

The Championship has three phases: two qualifying rounds open to all eligible nations and the finals phase which is composed of 8 qualified teams.

In 2011 it was announced, that the tournament will be expanded to eight teams^[3] and beginning with the 2014 edition the eight qualified teams play round-robin in two groups of four.

Results edit

Below are the results history table.^[4]

Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third place match
Edition	Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2008	Switzerland	Germany	3–0	France	Denmark	4–1	England
2	2009	Switzerland	Germany	7–0	Spain	France	3–1	Norway
3	2010	Switzerland	Spain	0–0 (4–1 pen.)	Republic of Ireland	Germany	3–0	Netherlands
4	2011	Switzerland	Spain	1–0	France	Germany	8–2	Iceland
5	2012	Switzerland	Germany	1–1 (4–3 pen.)	France	Denmark	0–0 (5–4 pen.)	Switzerland
6	2013	Switzerland	Poland	1–0	Sweden	Spain	4–0	Belgium
7	2014	England	Germany	1–1 (3–1 pen.)	Spain	Italy	0–0 (4–3 pen.)	England
8	2015	Iceland	Spain	5–2	Switzerland	France and Germany
9	2016	Belarus	Germany	0–0 (3–2 pen.)	Spain	England	2–1	Norway
10	2017	Czech Republic	Germany	0–0 (3–1 pen.)	Spain	Netherlands and Norway
11	2018	Lithuania	Spain	2–0	Germany	Finland	2–1	England
12	2019	Bulgaria	Germany	1–1 (3–2 pen.)	Netherlands	Portugal and Spain
-	2020	Sweden	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[5]
-	2021	Faroe Islands	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[6]
13	2022	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Germany	2–2 (3–2 pen.)	Spain	France	2–0	Netherlands
14	2023	Estonia	France	3–2	Spain	England and Switzerland
15	2024	Sweden
16	2025	Faroe Islands
17	2026	Northern Ireland
18	2027	Finland

Key:
- pen–after penalty shootout

Winners edit

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Losing semifinalists	Total (Top Four)
Germany	8 (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022)	1 (2018)	2 (2010, 2011)		1 (2015)	12
Spain	4 (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018)	6 (2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023)	1 (2013)		1 (2019)	12
France	1 (2023)	3 (2008, 2011, 2012)	2 (2009, 2022)		1 (2015)	7
Poland	1 (2013)					1
Netherlands		1 (2019)		2 (2010, 2022)	1 (2017)	4
Switzerland		1 (2015)		1 (2012)	1 (2023)	3
Republic of Ireland		1 (2010)				1
Sweden		1 (2013)				1
Denmark			2 (2008, 2012)			2
England			1 (2016)	3 (2008, 2014, 2018)	1 (2023)	5
Italy			1 (2014)			1
Finland			1 (2018)			1
Norway				2 (2009, 2016)	1 (2017)	3
Iceland				1 (2011)		1
Belgium				1 (2013)		1
Portugal					1 (2019)	1
Total	14	14	10	10	8	56

Comprehensive team results by tournament edit

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Semi-finalists
GS – Group stage (from 2014 onwards)
• – Did not qualify
× – Did not enter / Withdrew
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Hosts

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)	2017 (8)	2018 (8)	2019 (8)	2022 (8)	2023 (8)	2024 (8)	Total
Austria	×	×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	2
Belarus	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	×	•	•	1
Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
Bulgaria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Czech Republic	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	2
Denmark	3rd	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	4
England	4th	•	•	•	•	•	4th	GS	3rd	GS	4th	GS	•	SF	q	9
Estonia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	1
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	GS	•	•	2
France	2nd	3rd	•	2nd	2nd	•	GS	SF	•	GS	•	•	3rd	1st	q	10
Germany	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	•	1st	SF	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	GS	•	13
Iceland	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Italy	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	3
Lithuania	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	1
Netherlands	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	GS	2nd	4th	•	•	5
Norway	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	GS	4th	SF	•	•	GS	•	q	6
Poland	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	q	4
Portugal	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	q	3
Republic of Ireland	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	3
Scotland	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Serbia	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Spain	•	2nd	1st	1st	•	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	SF	2nd	2nd	q	13
Sweden	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	q	3
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	3

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup results edit

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
GS – Group stage
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Hosts

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

Team	2008 (4)	2010 (4)	2012 (4)	2014 (8)	2016 (8)	2018 (8)	2022 (8)	2024 (8)	Total
Azerbaijan	-	-	GS	-	-	-	-	-	1
Denmark	QF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
England	4th	-	-	-	QF	-	-		1
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	GS	-	-	1
France	GS	QF	1st	-	-	-	GS		3
Germany	3rd	QF	4th	GS	QF	QF	4th	-	7
Italy	-	-	-	3rd	-	-	-	-	1
Republic of Ireland	-	QF	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Spain	-	3rd	-	2nd	3rd	1st	1st		5

Player of the Tournament edit

For certain tournaments, the official website UEFA.com chose a Golden Player. Starting from 2023 a Player of the Tournament has been chosen by UEFA's Technical Observer panel.

Year	Player
2008	Alexandra Popp
2009	Kyra Malinowski
2010	Lola Gallardo
2011	Alba Pomares
2012	Sandie Toletti
2013	Ewa Pajor
2014	Andrea Falcón
2015	Stefanie Sanders
2016	Caroline Siems
2017	Lena Oberdorf
2018	-
2019	-
2022	-
2023	Vicky López

Number of teams edit

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

Notes edit

References edit

^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2019/20" (PDF). UEFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2019.
^ "UEFA European Women's U-17 C'ship". uefa.com. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
^ "Women's EURO and U17s expanded". UEFA. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
^ "European Women's Under-17 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
^ "2020 Women's U17 finals cancelled". UEFA.com. 13 August 2020.
^ "2020/21 Women's Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 18 December 2020.

External links edit

UEFA.com; official website

[1] "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2019/20" (PDF). UEFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2019.

[2] "UEFA European Women's U-17 C'ship". uefa.com. Retrieved 2007-07-19.

[3] "Women's EURO and U17s expanded". UEFA. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

[4] "European Women's Under-17 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

[5] "2020 Women's U17 finals cancelled". UEFA.com. 13 August 2020.

[6] "2020/21 Women's Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 18 December 2020.

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