2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Dates	5–17 May 2019[1]
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany; (7th title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	47 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nikita Tromp; (6 goals)

The 2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2019) was the 12th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-17 national teams of Europe. Bulgaria, which were selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, hosted the tournament.[2]

A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions are permitted per team in each match.[3] Moreover, each match has a regular duration of 90 minutes, instead of 80 minutes in previous seasons.

Germany won their 7th title after beating Netherlands on penalties. Spain were the defending champions and were knocked out from the tournament by Netherlands in the semifinal.[4]

Qualification

A total of 47 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Albania who entered for the first time), and with the hosts Bulgaria qualifying automatically, the other 46 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[5] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2018, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2019.[6]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Bulgaria	Hosts	1st	—	Debut
England	Elite round Group 1 winners	7th	2018 (fourth place)	Third place (2016)
Netherlands	Elite round Group 2 winners	4th	2018 (group stage)	Fourth place (2010), Semi-finals (2017)
Spain	Elite round Group 3 winners	10th	2018 (champions)	Champions (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018)
Germany	Elite round Group 4 winners	11th	2018 (runners-up)	Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Portugal	Elite round Group 5 winners	2nd	2014 (group stage)	Group stage (2014)
Denmark	Elite round Group 6 winners	3rd	2012 (third place)	Third place (2008, 2012)
Austria	Elite round Group 7 winners	2nd	2014 (group stage)	Group stage (2014)

Final draw

The final draw was held on 5 April 2019, 11:30 EEST (UTC+3), at the Flamingo Grand Hotel & Spa in Albena, Bulgaria.[7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that the hosts Bulgaria were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

Albena

~~Balchik~~

Druzhba

Kavarna

2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship venues

The tournament would originally be held in four venues, but because the condition of the pitch in Balchik was too poor only three were used:

Stadium	City	Capacity
Albena	Albena	3,000
~~Balchik~~	~~Balchik~~	~~3,100~~
Druzhba	Dobrich	12,500
Kavarna	Kavarna	5,000

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 39).[6]

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 12 April 2019.[8]

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):[6]

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (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);
Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EEST (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	9	0	+9	7	Knockout stage
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	4	7	−3	6	Knockout stage
3	Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
4	Bulgaria (H)	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

5 May 2019

14:00

Bulgaria	1–3	Portugal
Parapunova 45+1'	Report	Alagoa 6' Bessette 29' (o.g.) Negrão 77'

Druzhba Stadium, Dobrich

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Aleksandra Česen (Slovenia)

5 May 2019