UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Founded	2007
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	Maximum of 54 (qualifying round); 24 (elite round); 8 (finals)
Current champions	Spain (4th title)
Most successful team(s)	Germany (6 titles)
	2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

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 (6) 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
Year	Host	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

Year	Host	Final			Third place match (or losing semifinalists if third place match not played)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Second place	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2014 Details	England	Germany	1 – 1 (3 – 1 pen.)	Spain	Italy	0 – 0 (4 – 3 pen.)	England
2015 Details	Iceland	Spain	5 – 2	Switzerland	France and Germany
2016 Details	Belarus	Germany	0 – 0 (3 – 2 pen.)	Spain	England	2 – 1	Norway
2017 Details	Czech Republic	Germany	0 – 0 (3 – 1 pen.)	Spain	Netherlands and Norway
2018 Details	Lithuania	Spain	2 – 0	Germany	Finland	2 – 1	England
2019 Details	Bulgaria
2020 Details	Sweden

Key:
- aet – after extra time
- pen – after penalty shootout

Winners

As 2018

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Losing semifinalists	Total (Top Four)
Germany	6 (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017)	1 (2018)	2 (2010, 2011)		1 (2015)	10
Spain	4 (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018)	4 (2009, 2014, 2016, 2017)	1 (2013)			9
Poland	1 (2013)					1
France		3 (2008, 2011, 2012)	1 (2009)		1 (2015)	5
Switzerland		1 (2015)		1 (2012)		2
Republic of Ireland		1 (2010)				1
Sweden		1 (2013)				1
Denmark			2 (2008, 2012)			2
England			1 (2016)	3 (2008, 2014, 2018)		4
Italy			1 (2014)			1
Finland			1 (2018)			1
Norway				2 (2009, 2016)	1 (2017)	3
Netherlands				1 (2010)	1 (2017)	2
Iceland				1 (2011)		1
Belgium				1 (2013)		1
Total	11	11	9	9	4	44

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
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)	2020 (8)	Total
Austria	×	×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•			1
Belarus	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•			1
Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•			1
Bulgaria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q		1
Czech Republic	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•			2
Denmark	3rd	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•			2
England	4th	•	•	•	•	•	4th	GS	3rd	GS	4th			6
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd			1
France	2nd	3rd	•	2nd	2nd	•	GS	3rd	•	GS	•			7
Germany	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	•	1st	3rd	1st	1st	2nd			10
Italy	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	GS	•	GS			3
Iceland	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•			2
Lithuania	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•		1
Netherlands	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	GS			3
Norway	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	GS	4th	3rd	•			4
Poland	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	GS			2
Portugal	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	•	•	•	•			1
Republic of Ireland	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•			3
Scotland	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•			1
Serbia	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•			1
Spain	•	2nd	1st	1st	•	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st			9
Sweden	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•		q	2
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	2nd	•	•	•			2

In 2015 and 2017, the 3rd-4th places match was not played.

Golden Player by tournament

Since the 2008 edition, the Golden Player Award has been given to the most valuable player of the tournament.^[4]

Year	Player
2008	Alexandra Popp
2009	Kyra Malinowski
2010	Dolores Gallardo
2011	Alba Pomares
2012	Sandie Toletti
2013	Ewa Pajor
2014	Andrea Falcón
2015	Stefanie Sanders
2016	Caroline Siems
2017	Lena Oberdorf

Number of teams

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

↑ Since expansion to eight teams in 2014, the third place match is only played for even-numbered years when used to decide the third UEFA qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. For odd-numbered years, the losing semifinalists are listed in alphabetical order.

References

↑ "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.
↑ History

External links

UEFA.com; official website

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[4] Since expansion to eight teams in 2014, the third place match is only played for even-numbered years when used to decide the third UEFA qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. For odd-numbered years, the losing semifinalists are listed in alphabetical order.

[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.

[5] History

UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournaments	Switzerland 2008 Switzerland 2009 Switzerland 2010 Switzerland 2011 Switzerland 2012 Switzerland 2013 England 2014 Iceland 2015 Belarus 2016 Czech Republic 2017 Lithuania 2018 Bulgaria 2019 Sweden 2020
Qualifications	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Squads	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

International women's association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Rankings Player of the Year The Best FIFA Women's Player
Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)
Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, COSAFA, WAFU)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17
South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17
Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17
Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17
Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games Indian Ocean Island Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Universiade
Worldwide	World Cup U-17 U-20 Albena Cup Algarve Cup Brazil Cup China Cup Cyprus Women's Cup Turkish Women’s Cup Istria Cup Peace Queen Cup SheBelieves Cup Tournament of Nations Yongchuan International Tournament Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade
Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Tournaments	New Zealand 2008 Trinidad and Tobago 2010 Azerbaijan 2012 Costa Rica 2014 Jordan 2016 Uruguay 2018 2020
Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA
Squads	2008 2010 2012 2014 2016