2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2017) was 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 was selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015 as the host country for the tournament.[2]

2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
2017 Craobhchomórtas na mBan Faoi 19 de chuid UEFA
Tournament details
Host country Northern Ireland
Dates8–20 August 2017
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up France
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored52 (3.25 per match)
Attendance18,438 (1,152 per match)
Top scorer(s) Patricia Guijarro (5 goals)
Best player(s) Patricia Guijarro[1]

A total of eight teams played 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 qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the UEFA representatives, besides France who qualified automatically as hosts.[3]

Qualification
Main article: 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Northern Ireland qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017.[5]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[6][7]

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

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Northern IrelandHosts1st—Debut
 SpainElite round Group 1 winners12th2016Champions (2004)
 EnglandElite round Group 2 winners12th2015Champions (2009)
 NetherlandsElite round Group 3 winners7th2016Champions (2014)
 FranceElite round Group 3 runners-up[^]13th2016Champions (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016)
 ScotlandElite round Group 4 winners5th2014Group stage (2005, 2008, 2010, 2014)
 ItalyElite round Group 5 winners6th2011Champions (2008)
 GermanyElite round Group 6 winners14th2016Champions (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.[8][9] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Northern Ireland were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

The tournament was 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.[5]

Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[10]

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 22 June 2017.[11]

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):[5]

  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).[12]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Knockout stage and
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3  Scotland 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off[lower-alpha 1]
4  Northern Ireland 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Because France are among the semi-finalists, the two third-placed teams of the group stage 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.
Scotland 0–3 Germany
Report Gwinn  19'
Rieke  39'
Memeti  80'
Attendance: 599[10]
Referee: Volha Tsiareshka (Belarus)
Northern Ireland 0–2 Spain
Report García  30'
Guijarro  53'
Attendance: 4,289[10]
Referee: Justina Lavrenovaitė (Lithuania)
Germany 2–0 Spain
Graf  25'
Orschmann  66'		 Report
Attendance: 658[10]
Referee: Barbara Poxhofer (Austria)
Northern Ireland 1–1 Scotland
McDaniel  85' Report Hanson  46'
Attendance: 2,959[10]
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)
Germany 6–0 Northern Ireland
Bühl  6', 25'
Rieke  28'
Kögel  58'
Siems  62'
Gerhardt  86'		 Report
Attendance: 1,783[10]
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
Spain 1–0 Scotland
Guijarro  55' Report
Attendance: 358[10]
Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Knockout stage and
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  France 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  England 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off[lower-alpha 1]
4  Italy 3 0 1 2 5 11 −6 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Because France are among the semi-finalists, the two third-placed teams of the group stage 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.
Italy 1–2 England
Serturini  90+1' Report Allen  52', 76'
Attendance: 574[10]
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)
France 0–2 Netherlands
Report Pelova  10'
Piga  22' (o.g.)
Attendance: 438[10]
Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)
Italy 1–6 France
Serturini  9' Report Kradjov  35'
Bourdieu  38', 58'
Ollivier  69'
Laurent  72'
Gavory  90+2'
Attendance: 483[10]
Referee: Volha Tsiareshka (Belarus)
Netherlands 2–0 England
Nouwen  11'
Smits  45+3'		 Report
Attendance: 769[10]
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
Netherlands 3–3 Italy
Kalma  25'
Nouwen  34' (pen.)
Weerden  90+4'		 Report Nouwen  7' (o.g.)
Regazzoli  66'
Serturini  83'
Attendance: 351[10]
Referee: Barbara Poxhofer (Austria)
England 0–1 France
Report Boussaha  88'
Attendance: 519[10]
Referee: Justina Lavrenovaitė (Lithuania)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[5]

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.[13] 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,[14] 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):[15]

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
 
 
 Germany1
 
20 August – Belfast
 
 France2
 
 France2
 
17 August – Belfast
 
 Spain3
 
 Netherlands2
 
 
 Spain3
 
World Cup play-off
 
 
17 August – Lurgan
 
 
 Scotland0
 
 
 England2

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

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

Scotland 0–2 England
Report Cross  28'
Rouse  50'
Attendance: 107[10]
Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)

Semi-finals
Netherlands 2–3 Spain
Pelova  48'
Smits  85'		 Report García  47'
Oroz  68'
Guijarro  77'
Attendance: 510[10]
Referee: Justina Lavrenovaitė (Lithuania)
Germany 1–2 France
Bühl  40' Report Thibaud  70'
Laurent  73'
Attendance: 924[10]
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

Final
France 2–3 Spain
Bourdieu  4'
Laurent  71'		 Report Guijarro  18', 90'
Egurrola  85'
Attendance: 3,117[10]
Referee: Volha Tsiareshka (Belarus)

Goalscorers

Note: Goals scored in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off are included in this list, but are not counted by UEFA for statistical purposes.

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Julie Piga (against Netherlands)
  • Aniek Nouwen (against Italy)

Source: UEFA.com[16]

Team of the Tournament

Source: UEFA Technical Report[17]

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, including France which qualified as hosts.[18]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
 France19 March 2015[19]6 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016)
 Spain14 August 20172 (2004, 2016)
 Germany11 August 20178 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 Netherlands11 August 20170 (debut)
 England17 August 20174 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. James, Laure (14 September 2017). "2017: Patricia Guijarro". UEFA.com.
  2. "Northern Irish, Swiss to host Women's U19 finals". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
  3. "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
  4. "2016/17 WU19 EURO qualifying round draw pots". UEFA. 21 October 2015.
  5. "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, 2016/17" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. "2017 WU19 EURO final line-up complete". UEFA.com. 12 June 2017.
  7. "2017 UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship programme" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  8. "Women's Under-19 final tournament draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  9. "2017 WU19 EURO final tournament draw". UEFA.com. 22 June 2017.
  10. "Technical Report — Results". UEFA.com.
  11. "2017 WU19 EURO match schedule". UEFA.com. 22 June 2017.
  12. "Final Match Schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  13. "FIFA Executive Committee approves key priorities to restore trust in FIFA". UEFA. 2 May 2016.
  14. "Penalty shoot-outs could soon resemble tennis tie-breaks". The Telegraph. 3 March 2017.
  15. "Comprehensive bidding regulations approved for all finals and final tournaments". UEFA.org. 1 June 2017.
  16. "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  17. "Technical Report — Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com.
  18. "European quartet secure France 2018 berths". FIFA.com. 14 August 2017.
  19. "France to host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019". FIFA.com. 19 March 2015.
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