2011 European Women's U-17 Football Championship

2011 U-17 European Women's Championship
2011 UEFA Under 17 Women's Championship
Number of nations	4  (of 41 applicants)
European champion	Spain (2nd title)
venue	Switzerland ( Nyon )
Opening game	July 28, 2011
Endgame	July 31, 2011
Games	4th
Gates	19  (⌀: 4.75 per game)
Top scorer	Annabel Jäger / Lina Magull (4 goals each)
yellow cards	5  (⌀: 1.25 per game)

Nyon venue

The fourth Women's U-17 European Football Championship was held from July 28 to 31, 2011 in Nyon ( Switzerland ). As in the previous three years, the venue was the Center sportif de Colovray . Players born on January 1, 1994 or later were eligible to play. The Spanish U-17 selection was able to successfully defend its title from the previous year and became European champions in this age group for the second time.

qualification

The European Championship was organized in three stages. The four participants in the final round were determined in two qualifying rounds.

In the first qualifying round, 40 of the 41 registered teams in ten groups of four teams played the participants in the second qualifying round. Within each group, each team played once against each other in the form of mini-tournaments. One of the four participating teams in each group hosted this mini-tournament. A win was rewarded with three points, a draw with one point. Germany received a bye .

The group winners and the five best runners-up qualified for the second qualifying round. When determining the best runners-up in the group, only the games against the group winners and third parties were taken into account. The 16 remaining teams were again randomly divided into four groups of four teams each. The mode was identical to that of the first qualifying round. The group winners of the four mini-tournaments qualified for the final round.

The German team remained undefeated and without conceding a goal during qualification. In the first qualifying round, Germany received a bye. In the second qualifying round, the German team won 5-0 against Finland, 9-0 against Russia and 3-0 against Denmark.

mode

The four teams determine the European champion in the knockout system . The winners of the semi-finals reach the final and play the European champions. The losers play for third place. A game usually lasts 40 minutes twice. If there is a tie after the end of regular playing time, the game is extended by ten minutes twice. If still no decision has been made, the decision will be made on penalties .

Final round

Semifinals

July 28, 2011	Iceland	-	Spain	0: 4 (0: 3)
July 28, 2011	Germany	-	France	2: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 0), (5: 6 p.e.)

3rd place match

July 31, 2011

Iceland

-

Germany

2: 8 (0: 5)

Sara Däbritz brought the German team 1-0 lead in the 12th minute, Lina Magull and Annabel Jäger increased to 5-0 with two goals each before half-time whistle. Magull and Jäger and Melanie Leupolz met again in the second half. Telma Thrastadróttir was able to reduce the score to 6-1 for Iceland, while Aldís Kara Lúdvíksdóttir finished with her goal to make it 8-2 in the 80th minute.

final

July 31, 2011

Spain

-

France

1: 0 (0: 0)

The German team

National coach Ralf Peter nominated the following squad for the finals:

No.	Surname	birthday	society	Games	Gates
goal
1	Friederike Abt	07/07/1994	Herford SV	2	0	0	0	0
12	Meike Kämper	04/23/1994	FCR 2001 Duisburg	1	0	0	0	0
Defense
5	Franziska Broeckl	06/13/1994	FSV Gütersloh 2009	2	0	0	0	0
13	Hanna Kallmaier	01/18/1994	FC Bayern Munich	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Katharina Leiding	03/17/1994	SG Essen-Schönebeck	2	0	0	0	0
2	Sarah Romert	12/13/1994	FC Bayern Munich	1	0	0	0	0
16	Christina Schedel	04/29/1994	FC Bayern Munich	1	0	0	0	0
3	Liesa Seifert	08/17/1994	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	2	0	0	0	0
midfield
17th	Merle Barth	04/21/1994	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1	0	0	0	0
18th	Selina Hünerfauth	04/17/1994	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	0	0	0	0	0
14th	Annabel Hunter	01/06/1994	FSV Gütersloh 2009	2	4th	0	0	1
8th	Melanie Leupolz	04/14/1994	Sc freiburg	2	1	0	0	1
6th	Lina Magull	08/15/1994	FSV Gütersloh 2009	2	4th	0	0	1
attack
10	Sara Däbritz	02/15/1995	SpVgg Weiden 2010	2	1	0	0	0
7th	Linda Dallmann	09/02/1994	SG Essen-Schönebeck	2	0	0	0	0
15th	Jacqueline de Backer	07/12/1994	1. FC Saarbrücken	0	0	0	0	0
11	Fabienne Dongus	05/11/1994	VfL Sindelfingen	2	0	0	0	0
9	Lena Petermann	02/05/1994	Hamburger SV	2	0	0	0	1

Goal scorers

rank	Player	Gates
1	Annabel Hunter	4th
	Lina Magull	4th
3	Alexia Putellas	2
4th	Aldís Kara Lúdvíksdóttir	1
	Sara Däbritz	1
	Lydia Belkacemi	1
	Marina García	1
	Claire Lavogez	1
	Melanie Leupolz	1
	Alba Pomares	1
	Telma Thrastadróttir	1
	Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir	ET

The top scorer of the overall competition was Aldís Kara Lúdvíksdóttir with a total of 12 goals from qualification and the final round.  

Web links

• U-17 European Championship on the UEFA website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ uefa.com: England and France in the second round