2016 European Under-17 Football Championship

U-17 European Women's Championship 2016
UEFA Under 17 Women's Championship 2016
Number of nations	8  (of 47 applicants)
European champion	Germany (5th title)
venue	Belarus
Opening game	4th May 2016
Endgame	May 16, 2016
Games	16
Gates	58  (⌀: 3.63 per game)
Top scorer	Lorena Navarro Alessia Russo (5 each)
yellow cards	14  (⌀: 0.88 per game)
Yellow-red cards	0
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.06 per game)

The ninth women's U-17 European football championship was held in Belarus in 2016 . It was the second UEFA women's football tournament in Belarus after the U-19 European Championship in 2009 . The final round took place for the third time with eight teams. The tournament also served as qualification for the U-17 Women's World Cup in 2016 .

qualification

The European Championship was organized in three stages. The seven other participants in the final round were determined in two qualifying rounds. Belarus was automatically qualified as host and thus took part in the finals for the first time.

In the first qualifying round, 44 of the registered teams played the participants in the second qualifying round in eleven groups of four teams each. Within each group, each team played once against each other in the form of mini-tournaments, which were played on different dates between September 28th and October 28th, 2015. 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. The group draw took place on November 19, 2014 in Nyon , Switzerland , where the previous finals were played. The German team (winners 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2014) as well as France (world champions 2012) received a bye for the 2nd round. For the first time, a team from Andorra took part in an international women's tournament. Switzerland played in Group 9 in Serbia against Serbia, Lithuania and Slovenia. Austria met Scotland, Kazakhstan and Latvia in Group 2 in Kazakhstan. The games of these two groups took place from October 11th to 16th, 2015.

The 11 group winners and runners-up qualified for the second qualifying round (elite round).

The elite round took place in spring 2016 as a mini-tournament in various countries. The draw for this took place on November 13, 2015. The 24 teams were divided into six groups of four teams each. The six group winners and the best runner-up qualified for the finals. To determine the best runner-up, the games against the bottom of the group were not taken into account.

Qualified for the second qualifying round:

•  Germany BYE
•  France BYE
•  Ireland - Winner Group 1
•  Ukraine - Second Group 1
•  Austria - Winner Group 2
•  Scotland - Second Group 2
•  Spain - Winner Group 3
•  Greece - Second Group 3
•  England - Winner Group 4
•  Poland - second group 4
•  Italy - Winner Group 5
•  Northern Ireland - Second Group 5
•  Belgium - Winner Group 6
•  Czech Republic - Second Group 6
•  Denmark - Winner Group 7
•  Hungary - Second Group 7
•  Sweden - Group 8 winners
•  Russia - Second Group 8
•  Switzerland - winner group 9
•  Serbia - Second Group 9
•  Norway - Winner Group 10
•  Netherlands - second group 10
•  Finland - Winner Group 11
•  Iceland - Second Group 11

At the draw, Germany was drawn into Group 1, which took place in Austria from March 19 to 24, and also met Switzerland and Russia.

Finals

Qualified for the finals:

•  Belarus - hosts (first participation)
•  Germany - Winner Group 1
•  Spain - Winner Group 2
•  Czech Republic - Winner Group 3 (first participation)
•  Italy - Winner Group 4
•  Norway - Winner Group 5
•  England - Winner Group 6
•  Serbia - best runner-up in the group (first participation)

The draw for the final round took place on April 6, 2016, with Belarus seeded as the group head of Group A. The schedule was confirmed on April 7th. The top three teams qualified for the 2016 U-17 Women's World Cup , which is to take place in Jordan from September 30 to October 21, 2016 . That's why third place was also played out.

Venues

Baryssau		Minsk
Baryssau Arena	Haradski Stadium	Traktar Stadium
Capacity: 13,126	Capacity: 5,402	Capacity: 16,500
Baryssau Minsk Slutsk Schodsina	Slutsk	Schodsina
	City Stadium	Torpedo Stadium
	Capacity: 1,896	Capacity: 6,524

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	3	0	0	019: 300	+16	09
2.	Norway	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	06th
3.	Serbia	3	1	0	2	006: 600	± 0	03
4th	Belarus	3	0	0	3	001:190	−18	00

Wed., May 4, 2016, 3 p.m. in Minsk
Belarus	-	Serbia	1: 5 (0: 2)
Wed., May 4, 2016, 3:30 p.m. in Schodsina
England	-	Norway	3: 2 (2: 0)
Sat., May 7, 2016, 3 p.m. in Baryssau, Haradski Stadium
Serbia	-	Norway	0: 1 (0: 0)
Sat., May 7, 2016, 3 p.m. in Slutsk
Belarus	-	England	0:12 (0: 7)
Tue., May 10, 2016, 3 p.m. in Slutsk
Norway	-	Belarus	2: 0 (2: 0)
Tuesday, May 10, 2016, 3 p.m. in Minsk
Serbia	-	England	1: 4 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	1	0	006: 300	+3	07th
2.	Germany	3	1	2	0	006: 200	+4	05
3.	Italy	3	0	2	1	001: 300	−2	02
4th	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	000: 500	−5	01

Wed., May 4, 2016, 3:30 p.m. in Baryssau, Haradski Stadium
Italy	-	Czech Republic	0-0
Wed., May 4, 2016, 3:30 p.m. in Slutsk
Germany	-	Spain	2: 2 (0: 0)
Sat., May 7, 2016, 3 p.m. in Minsk
Czech Republic	-	Spain	0: 1 (0: 0)
Sat., May 7, 2016, 3 p.m. in Schodsina
Italy	-	Germany	0-0
Tuesday, May 10, 2016, 3 p.m. in Schodsina
Spain	-	Italy	3: 1 (2: 0)
Tuesday, May 10, 2016, 3:00 p.m. in Baryssau, Haradski Stadium
Czech Republic	-	Germany	0: 4 (0: 3)

Final round

Semifinals

Friday, May 13, 2016, 1 p.m. in Schodsina
Spain	-	Norway	4: 0 (0: 0)
Fri., May 13, 2016, 6:00 p.m. in Schodsina
England	-	Germany	3: 4 (1: 1)

3rd place match

Mon., May 16, 2016, 2 p.m. in Minsk
Norway	-	England	1: 2 (0: 1)

final

Mon., May 16, 2016, 7:00 p.m. in Baryssau, Baryssau-Arena
Spain	-	Germany	0: 0, 2: 3 i. E.

Best goalscorers

rank	Player	Gates
1	Lorena Navarro	5
	Alessia Russo	5
3	Niamh Charles	4th
	Vanessa Ziegler	4th
5	Ellie Brazil	3
	Klara Bühl	3
	Sophie Haug	3
	Hannah Cain	3
	Anna Filbey	3
10	Miljana Ivanović	2
	Marie Mueller	2
	Silvia Rubio	2
	Grace Smith	2
	Georgia Stanway	2
	Ella Ann Toone	2
16	Tanja Pawollek	1
	...	...

There are also eleven other players, each with a goal and an own goal by Sophia Kleinherne .  

The best goalscorers in qualification and final round were Lorena Navarro and Alessia Russo with 14 goals each.   

The German team

National coach Anouschka Bernhard nominated the following squad for the final round:

No.	Player	Date of birth	position	society
01	Leonie Doege	02/20/1999	goal	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
02	Sarai Linder	10/26/1999	Defense	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
03	Caroline Siems	05/09/1999	Defense	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
04th	Sophia Kleinherne	04/12/2000	Defense	FSV Gütersloh 2009
05	Tanja Pawollek	01/18/1999	Defense	SG Rosenhöhe
06th	Lisa Schöppl	January 11, 2000	midfield	SSV Jahn Regensburg
07th	Giulia Gwinn	07/02/1999	midfield	Sc freiburg
08th	Kristin Kögel	09/21/1999	midfield	SV Alberweiler
09	Anna-Lena Stolze	07/08/2000	Storm	VfL Wolfsburg
10	Janina Minge	06/11/1999	midfield	Sc freiburg
11	Marie Mueller	July 25, 2000	midfield	SuS Kaiserau
12	Tilda Novotny	11/21/1999	goal	1. FC Saarbrücken
13	Alina Hausdorff	04/26/2000	Defense	1. FC Saarbrücken
14th	Jessica May	12/02/1999	Defense	1. FC Nuremberg
15th	Sydney Lohmann	06/19/2000	midfield	SC Fürstenfeldbruck
16	Annalena Rieke	01/10/1999	midfield	FSV Gütersloh 2009
17th	Verena again	06/26/2000	midfield	FC Memmingen
18th	Klara Bühl	07.12.2000	Storm	Sc freiburg

Web links

• U-17 European Championship on the UEFA website
• Siems penalty gives Germany the victory
• Russo and Navarro are the top goal scorers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ way to Belarus starts with qualification. In: uefa.com. UEFA , September 18, 2015, accessed October 18, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Qualifying round 2015/16 for the U17 women drawn. In: uefa.com. UEFA, November 19, 2014, accessed September 29, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Neighboring duels in the elite round of the U17 women. In: uefa.com. UEFA, November 13, 2015, accessed November 25, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Final draw of the U17 European Championship for women. In: uefa.com. UEFA, April 6, 2016, accessed April 7, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Women's U17 finals schedule confirmed. In: uefa.com. UEFA, April 7, 2016, accessed April 7, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Patrick Hart: Russo and Navarro are the top goal scorers. In: uefa.com. UEFA, May 16, 2016, accessed May 17, 2016 .