2017 European Women's Under-17 Football Championship

2017 European Women's U-17 Championship
UEFA Under 17 Women's Championship 2017
Number of nations	8  (of 46 applicants)
European champion	Germany (6th title)
venue	Czech Republic
Opening game	2nd May 2017
Endgame	May 14, 2017
Games	15th
Gates	44  (⌀: 2.93 per game)
Top scorer	Melissa Kössler (3 goals)
yellow cards	26  (⌀: 1.73 per game)

European champion final

Semifinals Preliminary round

The 10th U-17 European Women's Football Championship took place in the Czech Republic from May 2 to 14, 2017 . The Czech Republic was chosen as the host by UEFA on January 26, 2015. It was the first UEFA women's football tournament in the Czech Republic. The final round took place for the fourth time with eight teams. Defending champion Germany was able to prevail in the final with 3-1 after penalties as in the previous year against Spain and thus defend their title.

qualification

First round

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. The host Czech Republic is automatically qualified for the final round, the team of Spain received a bye for this round as the best nation according to the country coefficient. Within each group, each team played once against each other in the form of mini-tournaments that were played on different dates between September 20 and October 31, 2016. One of the four participating teams in each group will host this mini-tournament. The eleven group winners and runners-up as well as the best third-placed group qualified for the elite round. The group draw took place on November 13, 2015 in Nyon, Switzerland. Germany played in Group 7 against Wales, Turkey and Latvia. With three wins from three games (6-0 against Latvia, 6-0 against Wales and 4-0 against Turkey) they qualified as group winners for the elite round. Switzerland played in Group 1 against the teams from Denmark, Slovakia and Israel. A 1-0 win against Israel and a 3-0 win against Slovakia were followed by a 4-1 defeat against Denmark. With two wins and one draw, Switzerland qualified as second in the group for the elite round. Austria played in Group 11 against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Ireland and Macedonia. They celebrated sovereign victories against all three teams, they defeated Macedonia 7-0, Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-0 and Northern Ireland 4-0. As group winners, Austria's selection rose to the elite round.

Elite round

The draw for the elite round took place on November 11, 2016. For this purpose, the 24 teams were divided into four pots. During the draw, teams that met in the first qualifying round could not be drawn into a group again in the elite round. The six group winners and the best runners-up qualify for the final round. The elite round took place from March 13th to April 2nd, 2017.

The draw resulted in the following groups (order according to final placement, teams highlighted in green are qualified for the final round):

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6
Netherlands 1	Norway	England 1	Ireland	France 1	Spain
Slovenia	Denmark	Germany	Scotland	Belgium	Iceland
Switzerland	Wales	Italy	Hungary	Russia	Sweden
Austria	Bosnia and Herzegovina 1	Poland	Serbia 1	Greece	Portugal 1

¹ Host a group tournament

The German team of coach Anouschka Bernhard played in group 3 against the teams from England, Italy and Poland. The first game against the Italians was won 3: 1 after a 0-1 deficit in the meantime, in the following game against hosts England they had to admit defeat 1: 2. The last and decisive game was won 4-0 against Poland. The balance of two wins and one defeat was only enough for second place in the group so that progress depended on the performance of all other runners-up in the group. Only after the last games of the elite round on April 2nd was Germany established as the best runner-up in the group, which meant that they could qualify for the final round. The teams from Austria and Switzerland were drawn together with the Netherlands and Slovenia in Group 1. In the direct encounter in the first game of the elite round, Switzerland retained the upper hand and won 2-0 against Austria. In the further course Switzerland played a draw against the Netherlands (1: 1) and lost the last game 1: 2 against Slovenia. Austria also lost its other two games in the group (0-1 against Slovenia and 1-2 against the Netherlands). Switzerland came in third with one win, one draw and one defeat, Austria with three defeats in fourth place. Both teams could not qualify for the finals.

Attendees

Czech Republic - hosts  Netherlands - Winner Group 1  Norway - Winner Group 2  England - Winner Group 3

Ireland - Winner Group 4  France - Winner Group 5  Spain - Winner Group 6  Germany - best runner-up in the group

DFB selection

Trainer: Anouschka Bernhard (born October 5, 1970)

position	Surname	society	birth date
goalkeeper	Wiebke Willebrandt	FSV Gütersloh 2009	Jan. 16, 2001	1	0	0	0	0
goalkeeper	Stina Johannes	FF USV Jena	Jan. 23, 2000	4th	0	0	0	0
Defense	Anna Hausdorff	FC Eintracht Bamberg	Apr 26, 2000	3	0	1	0	0
Defense	Lea Bahnemann	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	0Oct. 4, 2001	5	0	1	0	0
Defense	Lara Schenk	JFV Calenberger Land	Jan. 20, 2000	1	0	0	0	0
Defense	Andrea Brunner	FC Bayern Munich	0Jan. 3, 2000	5	0	1	0	0
midfield	Sydney Lohmann	FC Bayern Munich	June 19, 2000	4th	1	0	0	0
midfield	Sjoeke Nüsken	FSV Gütersloh 2009	Jan. 22, 2001	5	1	0	0	0
midfield	Lena Oberdorf	TSG Sprockhövel	Dec 19, 2001	4th	1	2	0	0
midfield	Maren Tellenbröker	FF USV Jena	Oct 15, 2000	4th	0	1	0	0
midfield	Gianna Rackow	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Sep 14 2000	5	2	0	0	0
midfield	Sophie Riepl	SpVgg GW Deggendorf	Jan. 14, 2000	1	0	0	0	0
attack	Verena again	FC Bayern Munich	June 26, 2000	5	1	1	0	0
attack	Lea Schneider	TSG Lütter	0Oct 3, 2000	1	1	0	0	0
attack	Nicole Anyomi	SGS Essen	Feb 10, 2000	5	2	1	0	0
attack	Melissa Kössler	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	04th Mar 2000	5	3	0	0	0
attack	Marleen Schimmer	TSV Schott Mainz	Oct 23, 2000	3	0	0	0	0
attack	Lena Uebach	Sports fans victories	July 31, 2000	4th	0	0	0	0

Venues

The final tournament was played in four stadiums in four cities. These are geographically close together in the west of the Czech Republic, three stadiums in the Plzeňský kraj region and one stadium in the Středočeský kraj region .

Domažlice Pilsen Přeštice Příbram

Venues 2017 in the Czech Republic

city	Stadion	capacity
Domažlice	Střelnice Domažlice Stadium	03,500 seats
Pilsen	Doosan Arena	13,000 seats
Přeštice	TJ Přeštice Stadium	03,000 seats
Příbram	Na Litavce Stadium	09,100 seats

Preliminary round

draw

The group draw took place on April 7, 2017 in Pilsen . The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, there were no restrictions, except that the host Czech Republic was set as the head of group A.

mode

The playing time in this age group is 40 minutes twice.

In the case of two or more teams in the same group with the same number of points at the end of the group matches, the placement was determined according to the following criteria in this order:

a. higher number of points from direct encounters between the teams in question;

b. better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams in question;

c. higher number of goals scored from direct encounters between the teams in question;

d. if, after applying criteria a) to c), several teams still have the same rank, criteria a) to c) are reapplied, but only to the matches between the teams in question, in order to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria e) to h) are applied;

e. better goal difference from all group games;

f. higher number of goals scored from all group games;

G. lower total number of penalty points based on the yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion after two yellow cards in one game = 3 points);

H. better placement in the coefficient rankings used for the qualifying round draw;

i. Drawing of lots.

If two teams had faced each other in the last group match with the same number of points, goal difference and number of goals, and if the match in question had ended in a draw, the final ranking of the two teams would have been determined by penalty shoot-out, provided that no other team of the same Group would have had the same number of points at the end of all group games. If more than two teams had the same number of points, the above criteria would have applied. Both cases did not materialize.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0	011: 300	+8	09
2.	Spain	3	1	1	1	007: 600	+1	04th
3.	France	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Czech Republic	3	0	0	3	003:120	−9	00

May 2, 2017, 11 a.m. in Pilsen
Czech Republic	-	France	1: 2 (0: 1)
May 2, 2017, 4 p.m. in Přeštice
Spain	-	Germany	1: 4 (0: 1)
May 5, 2017, 11 a.m. in Domažlice
Czech Republic	-	Spain	1: 5 (0: 1)
May 5, 2017 11 a.m. in Příbram
Germany	-	France	2: 1 (1: 0)
May 8, 2017, 2 p.m. in Příbram
Germany	-	Czech Republic	5: 1 (0: 1)
May 8, 2017, 2 p.m. in Přeštice
France	-	Spain	1: 1 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	07th
2.	Norway	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
3.	England	3	1	0	2	006: 400	+2	03
4th	Ireland	3	0	1	2	000: 600	−6	01

May 2, 2017, 11 a.m. in Příbram
Ireland	-	England	0: 5 (0: 4)
May 2, 2017, 11 a.m. in Domažlice
Norway	-	Netherlands	1: 3 (1: 3)
May 5, 2017, 11 a.m. in Pilsen
Ireland	-	Norway	0: 1 (0: 0)
May 5, 2017, 4 p.m. in Přeštice
Netherlands	-	England	2: 1 (1: 1)
May 8, 2017, 2 p.m. in Domažlice
Netherlands	-	Ireland	0: 0 (0: 0)
May 8, 2017, 6 p.m. in Pilsen 2
England	-	Norway	0: 2 (0: 2)

²The game between England and Norway was originally supposed to kick off at 2 p.m. at the same time as the other games. Due to a severe storm shortly before kick-off, which initially made the pitch of the Pilsen stadium unplayable, the kick-off time was postponed to 6 p.m. on the same day.

Final round

mode

If a semi-final match or the final ended without a winner after the end of regular time, this was determined by a penalty shoot-out . In contrast to the usual procedure for penalties, the shooters of teams A and B then started in the order ABBAABBA etc. - similar to the procedure for tie-breakers in tennis . According to the fair play initiative of the International Football Association Board (IFAB), this experiment was intended to check whether the starting advantage of team A could be reduced. The new procedure was used in the semi-finals between Germany and Norway and in the final. In both cases, the German team was team A and won the penalty shoot-out.

Semifinals

May 11, 2017, 11 a.m. in Domažlice
Netherlands	-	Spain	0: 2 (0: 2)
May 11, 2017, 6 p.m. in Příbram
Germany	-	Norway	1: 1, 3: 2 i. E.

final

The final was affected by heavy rains, which made the course increasingly difficult to play. After a balanced first half, the Spanish team had some top-class chances in the second half. With the support of a strong goalkeeper, the German team fought back into the penalty shoot-out.

Germany		Spain
	final May 14, 2017, 6:30 p.m. in Pilsen ( Doosan Arena ) Result: 0: 0, 3: 1 i. E. Referee: Julia-Stefanie Baier ( Austria )   Match report
	Stina Johannes - Lea Bahnemann , Andrea Brunner , Maren Tellenbröker , Anna Hausdorff - Verena Wieder , Sjoeke Nüsken , Lena Oberdorf , Lena Uebach (62nd Gianna Rackow ) - Nicole Anyomi , Melissa Kössler Trainer: Anouschka Bernhard	Catalina Coll - Anna Torrodà , Laia Aleixandri , Berta Pujadas , Oihane Hernández (80th + 2 ' Carla Bautista ) - Rosa Otermín , Teresa Abelleira (46th Nerea Eizagirre ), Rosita Márquez (76th Lorena Navarro ) - Candela Andújar , Clàudia Pina , Eva María Navarro Trainer: María Antonia Is
	penalties shoot
	1: 0 Oberdorf 1: 0 Bahnemann shoots next to the goal 2: 0 Again 3: 1 Kössler	1-0 Bautista shoots over the goal 1-0 Aleixandri shoots the crossbar 2-0 Torrodà fails to Johannes 2-1 Pina
	Brunner (36.), Bahnemann (63.), Again (75.)	Otermín (29th), Andújar (80th + 2 ')

Best goalscorers

Listed below are the top goalscorers in the finals. The sorting takes place according to the number of goals scored, if the number of hits is the same, the templates and then the game minutes are decisive.

rank	Player	Gates	templates	Game minutes
1	Melissa Kössler	3	0	372
2	Olaug Tvedten	2	3	240
3	Claudia Pina	2	2	380
4th	Nicole Anyomi	2	1	335
5	Candela Andújar	2	1	345
6th	Gianna Rackow	2	0	92
7th	Melvine Malard	2	0	161
8th	Jessica Ngunga	1	2	240
9	Romée candlesticks	1	2	280
10	Sjoeke Nüsken	1	2	400
	...	...	...	...
14th	Verena again	1	1	313
19th	Lea Schneider	1	0	14th
28	Lena Oberdorf	1	0	320
33	Sydney Lohmann	1	0	320

Referees

UEFA nominated six referees and eight assistant referees from 13 nations as well as two referees to serve as fourth officials for this final tournament. There were no permanent teams of referees and assistants.

Referee	assistant	Fourth official
Julia-Stefanie Baier 4	Mariam Stepanyan	Hannelore Onsea
Galiya Echeva	Anastassiya Akimova	Lucie Šulcová
Ifeoma Kulmala 3	Ieva Ramanauskiene
Maria Marotta	Natalia Ceban
Cristina Trandafir	Vanessa Dias Gomes
Melis Özçiğdem	Alexandra Apostu
	Sabrina Keinersdorfer
	Petra Bombek

³ Ifeoma Kulmala led the opening match between the Czech Republic and France with the assistants Keinersdorfer and Apostu.

^4th Julia-Stefanie Baier led the final between Spain and Germany together with the assistants Apostu and Ramanauskiene.

Television broadcast

The sports broadcaster Eurosport has secured the broadcasting rights for the U-17 finals for women. In the main program on Eurosport 1 and in the secondary program on Eurosport 2 , three preliminary round matches as well as a semi-final and the final were broadcast live. In addition, selected games that cannot be shown live were broadcast repeatedly.

Web links

• U-17 European Championship on the UEFA website
• UEFA regulations for the 2016/17 European Championship season (PDF)

Individual evidence

1. ^ U17 European Championship for women in the Czech Republic and Lithuania. In: uefa.com. UEFA , January 26, 2015, accessed December 4, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Qualifying round 2016/17 for the U17 women drawn. In: uefa.com. UEFA, November 13, 2015, accessed December 4, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Seeding list for the draw for the elite round. In: uefa.com. UEFA, November 4, 2016, accessed November 12, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Difficult lot for German U17 women. In: uefa.com. UEFA, November 11, 2016, accessed November 12, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Defending champion Germany meets the host. In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Penalty shoot-out trial at UEFA final tournaments. In: uefa.com. UEFA, May 1, 2017, accessed May 4, 2017 . 
7. ↑ U17 juniors win European title after penalties against Spain. In: eurosport.de. Eurosport , May 15, 2017, accessed May 16, 2017 . 
8. ↑ U-17 juniors defend the European title. In: kicker.de. Kicker-Sportmagazin , May 14, 2017, accessed on May 16, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Statistics. In: uefa.com. UEFA , May 3, 2017, accessed May 4, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Schedule / TV broadcasts. In: de.uefa.com. UEFA, April 11, 2017, accessed May 1, 2017 .