2018 European Women's U-17 Football Championship

U-17 European Women's Championship 2018
UEFA Under 17 Women's Championship 2018
Number of nations	8  (of 46 applicants)
European champion	Spain (4th title)
venue	Lithuania
Opening game	May 9, 2018
Endgame	May 21, 2018
Games	16
Gates	61  (⌀: 3.81 per game)
Top scorer	Shekiera Martinez (9)
yellow cards	20  (⌀: 1.25 per game)
Yellow-red cards	0
Red cards	2  (⌀: 0.13 per game)

The eleventh U-17 European Women's Football Championship took place in Lithuania from May 9-21, 2018 . Lithuania was designated as the host by UEFA on January 26, 2015. It was the first UEFA women's football tournament in Lithuania and the second UEFA tournament in this Baltic state after the 2013 European Under-19 Football Championship . For Lithuania it was also the first participation in a final tournament for women. The final round took place for the fifth time with eight teams. The defending champion was Germany, which in 2017 won the final 3-1 after penalties against Spain like in 2016 and thus defended its title. Both met again in the final, which Spain could decide for themselves. The tournament also served as European qualification for the U17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay in 2018 . The two finalists and the winner from the duel between the two losing semi-finalists qualified for the World Cup.

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. Host Lithuania was automatically qualified for the final round, the team of Germany as the best nation according to the country coefficient received a bye for this round. Within each group, each team played once against each other in the form of mini-tournaments that were played on different dates between September 22nd and October 24th, 2017. One of the four participating teams in each group hosted this mini-tournament. The eleven group winners and runners-up as well as the five best thirds in the group qualified for the elite round. The group draw took place on September 7, 2017 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Switzerland played in Group 1 and also faced Ukraine and the Faroe Islands in Poland. Behind Poland, the Swiss qualified as second in the group for the elite round. Austria achieved this as group winners in group 10 in Portugal, where Northern Ireland and Georgia were also the opponents.

Elite round

The draw for the elite round took place on November 24, 2017. The elite round was held in spring 2018. On November 3rd, the teams qualified for the draw were divided into four pots according to their coefficients. During the draw, group winners and runners-up from a group from the first qualifying round cannot be drawn into a group again.

• Pot A:
  •  Germany (BYE)
  • England - Winner Group 2
  • Netherlands - Winner Group 7
  • Austria - winner group 10
  • Sweden - Winner Group 6
  • Spain - Winner Group 3
  • Hungary - Winner Group 8

• Pot B:
  • Belgium - Second Group 9
  • Denmark - second group 5
  • France - Winner Group 5
  • Ireland - Winner Group 4
  • Norway - second in Group 8
  • Poland - Winner Group 1
  • Serbia - Winner Group 9

• Pot C:
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina - Second Group 4
  • Iceland - Second Group 3
  • Portugal - Second Group 10
  • Russia - Second Group 6
  • Scotland - Second Group 2
  • Switzerland - second group 1
  • Czech Republic - Second Group 7

• Pot D:
  • Azerbaijan - Third Group 3
  • Finland - Second Group 11
  • Israel - Third Group 6
  • Italy - Winner Group 11
  • Romania - third group 4
  • Slovenia - third group 11
  • Turkey - Third Group 7

Germany was drawn into group 7 and received Ireland, Iceland and Azerbaijan. With three wins and 10-1 goals, the German U-17 juniors qualified for the finals at games in Neubrandenburg and Greifswald . Switzerland had to play in Group 7 in Norway against the hosts as well as England and Slovenia and lost all three games, which meant that the final round was missed. Austria faced Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey in Group 6. The Austrian juniors won a game in Bosnia and Herzegovina, played one draw and lost a game, so that it was only enough for second place.

Finals

Qualified teams

• Lithuania (host, first participation)
• Netherlands - Winner Group 1
• Finland - Winner Group 2
• Spain - Winner Group 3
• Italy - Winner Group 4
• England - Winner Group 5
• Poland - Winner Group 6
• Germany - Winner Group 7 (defending champion)

Venues

The final round matches will take place in three stadiums in three cities.

Marijampolė Alytus Šiauliai

Venues 2018 in Lithuania

city	Stadion	capacity
Marijampolė	Sūduva Stadium	6,581 places
Alytus	Alytu Stadium	3,728 seats
Šiauliai	Šiauliai Central Stadium	3,000 seats

Preliminary round

draw

The group draw took place on April 6, 2018 in Kaunas . The eight teams were drawn in two groups of four teams, there were no restrictions, except that host Lithuania 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 will be 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 meet in the final group match with the same number of points, goal difference and number of goals, and the game in question ends in a draw, the final standings of the two teams will be determined by penalty shoot-outs, provided that no other team in the same group is completed all group games has the same number of points. If more than two teams have the same number of points, the above criteria apply.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	012: 300	+9	07th
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	007: 300	+4	06th
3.	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	012: 400	+8	04th
4th	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	000:210	−21	00

May 9, 2018, 4 p.m. in Marijampolė
Finland	-	Germany	1: 2 (0: 0)
May 9, 2018, 6 p.m. in Alytus
Lithuania	-	Netherlands	0: 9 (0: 6)
May 12, 2018, 10 a.m. in Šiauliai
Germany	-	Netherlands	2: 2 (0: 1)
May 12, 2018, 4 p.m. in Šiauliai
Lithuania	-	Finland	0: 4 (0: 2)
May 15, 2018, 6 p.m. in Alytus
Germany	-	Lithuania	8: 0 (1: 0)
May 15, 2018, 6 p.m. in Marijampolė
Netherlands	-	Finland	1: 2 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	1	0	007: 100	+6	07th
2.	England	3	1	1	1	007: 400	+3	04th
3.	Italy	3	0	2	1	000: 400	−4	02
4th	Poland	3	0	2	1	002: 700	−5	02

May 9, 2018, 10 a.m. in Šiauliai
Italy	-	Spain	0-0
May 9, 2018, 4 p.m. in Šiauliai
Poland	-	England	2: 2 (0: 0)
May 12, 2018, 12 noon in Alytus
Spain	-	England	2: 1 (1: 1)
May 12, 2018, 2 p.m. in Marijampolė
Poland	-	Italy	0-0
May 15, 2018, 12 noon in Alytus
Spain	-	Poland	5: 0 (3: 0)
May 15, 2018, 12 noon in Marijampolė
England	-	Italy	4: 0 (0: 0)

Final round

mode

If a game in the final round ends without a winner after the end of regular playing time, this will be determined by a penalty shoot-out .

Semifinals

May 18, 2018, 3:30 p.m. in Alytus
Germany	-	England	8: 0 (3: 0)
May 18, 2018, 6 p.m. in Marijampolė
Spain	-	Finland	1: 0 (0: 0)

3rd place match

The winner of this game qualifies together with the two finalists for the World Cup in Uruguay.

May 21, 2018, 1 p.m. in Alytus
England	-	Finland	1: 2 (0: 1)

final

Germany		Spain
	final May 21, 2018, 6:00 p.m. in Marijampolė ( Sūduva Stadium ) Result: 0: 2 (0: 0) Referee: Désirée Grundbacher  Match report
	Wiebke Willebrandt • Laura Donhauser, Anna Aehling, Emilie Bernhardt (Pauline Berning / 71st), Julia Pollak • Vanessa Fudalla ( Sophie Weidauer / 56th), Leonie Köster, Greta Stegemann , Gia Corley • Shekiera Martinez , Ivana Fuso Trainer: Anouschka Bernhard	Catalina Coll • Jana Fernandez, María Méndez, Ana Tejada, Salvador • Leire Peña • Paola Hernández Díaz, Irene López (Isabel Palá / 75th) • Eva Maria Navarro, Paula Arana (Bruna Vilamala / 79th), Salma Paralluelo Trainer: María Antonia Is
		46., 73. ′ Navarro
	Corley (80.)	Peña (32nd), López (63rd)

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	Shekiera Martinez	9	2	320
2	Eva Maria Navarro	6th	0	383
3	Ebony Salmon	4th	0	253
4th	Annika Huhta	4th	0	343
5	Kirsten van de Westeringh	3	3	240
6th	Romée candlesticks	3	1	240
7th	Jessica Park	2	3	383
8th	Ivana Fuso	2	3	400
9	Vanessa Fudalla	2	2	305
10	Paula Arana Montes	2	2	307

In addition, one own goal each by Kayla Rendell from England and Laura Ubartaite from Lithuania

Players in italics were eliminated in the group stage

Web links

• U-17 European Championship on the UEFA website
• UEFA regulations for the 2017/18 European Championship season (PDF)
• # WU17EURO game plan confirmed

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. ↑ Qualification for the Women's U17 EURO: The Road to Lithuania. In: uefa.com. UEFA, September 7, 2017, accessed September 21, 2017 . 
3. ↑ uefa.com: Seeding list for the draw for the elite round for the women's U17 EURO
4. ↑ # WU17EURO finals draw in full. In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed May 4, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Statistics - Finals - Players - Goals