2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
# 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.

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.

## 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. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017.

### Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

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**

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

## Squads

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

## Match officials

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

## Group stage

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 22 June 2017.

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):

* Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
* Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
* Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
* 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;
* Superior goal difference in all group matches;
* Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
* 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).
* 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);
* Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
* Drawing of lots.

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

### 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 | Knockout stage and 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off |
| 4 | Northern Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 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.

### 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 | Knockout stage and 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| 3 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 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.

## Knockout stage

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

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. 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, 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):

### 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-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 17 August – Belfast | 17 August – Belfast |
| Germany | 1 |
| Germany | 1 | 20 August – Belfast | 20 August – Belfast |
| France | 2 | 20 August – Belfast | 20 August – Belfast |
| France | 2 | France | 2 |
| 17 August – Belfast | 17 August – Belfast | | France | 2 |
| 17 August – Belfast | 17 August – Belfast | Spain | 3 |
| Netherlands | 2 | Spain | 3 |
| Spain | 3 | | |
| Spain | 3 | World Cup play-off | World Cup play-off |
| | | 17 August – Lurgan | 17 August – Lurgan |
| | | Scotland | 0 |
| | | England | 2 |

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

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

## 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

* Patricia Guijarro

### 3 goals

* Mathilde Bourdieu
* Emelyne Laurent
* Klara Bühl
* Annamaria Serturini

### 2 goals

* Georgia Allen
* Annalena Rieke
* Aniek Nouwen
* Victoria Pelova
* Joëlle Smits
* Lucía García

### 1 goal

* Zoe Cross (in play-off)
* Mollie Rouse (in play-off)
* Lina Boussaha
* Christy Gavory
* Catherine Karadjov
* Agathe Ollivier
* Julie Thibaud
* Anna Gerhardt
* Luca Maria Graf
* Giulia Gwinn
* Kristin Kögel
* Ereleta Memeti
* Dina Orschmann
* Caroline Siems
* Alice Regazzoli
* Fenna Kalma
* Ashleigh Weerden
* Louise McDaniel
* Kirsty Hanson
* Damaris Egurrola
* Maite Oroz

### 1 own goal

* Julie Piga (against Netherlands)
* Aniek Nouwen (against Italy)

Source: UEFA.com

## Team of the Tournament

Source: UEFA Technical Report

## 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.

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| - | - | - |
| France | 19 March 2015 | 6 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016) |
| Spain | 14 August 2017 | 2 (2004, 2016) |
| Germany | 11 August 2017 | 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
| Netherlands | 11 August 2017 | 0 (debut) |
| England | 17 August 2017 | 4 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2014) |

    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
