2019 European Under-17 Football Championship

U-17 European Women's Championship 2019
UEFA Under 17 Women's Championship 2019
Number of nations	8  (of 47 applicants)
European champion	Germany (7th title)
venue	Bulgaria
Opening game	5th May 2019
Endgame	17th May 2019
Games	15th
Gates	47  (⌀: 3.13 per game)
Top scorer	Nikita Tromp (6 goals)
yellow cards	27  (⌀: 1.8 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.07 per game)
Red cards	0

The twelfth European Women's Under-17 Football Championship took place in Bulgaria from May 5th to 17th, 2019 . It was the first UEFA women's football tournament in Bulgaria and the second UEFA tournament in this Balkan country after the U-17 European Football Championship in 2015 . For Bulgaria it was also the first participation in a final tournament for women. The finals took place for the sixth time with eight teams. The defending champion was Spain, who lost in the semi-finals to the Netherlands, which made it into the final for the first time and lost there on penalties to record European champions Germany.

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 Bulgaria was automatically qualified for the final round, the teams of Germany and Spain, as the best nation according to the country coefficient, received a bye for the second qualifying round. Within each group, each team played once against each other in the form of mini-tournaments that were played on different dates between August 1 and October 28, 2018. 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 November 24, 2017 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Switzerland played in Group 9 in Greece and also met Northern Ireland and Kazakhstan there. Behind Greece, the Swiss qualified with one win, one draw and one defeat as group runner-up for the elite round. Austria qualified as group winners in group 8 in Estonia with three wins, where Slovenia and Belarus were also the opponents.

Elite round

The draw for the elite round took place on November 23, 2018. The elite round was held in spring 2019. The qualified teams were divided into four pots for the draw according to their performance in the first round. During the draw, group winners and runners-up from a group in the first qualifying round could not be drawn into a group again.

• Pot A:
  •  Germany (BYE)
  • Spain (defending champion, bye)
  • France - Winner Group 10
  • England - Winner Group 5
  • Denmark - Winner Group 1
  • Serbia - Winner Group 7
  • Belgium - Winner Group 6

• Pot B:
  • Austria - winner group 8
  • Greece - Winner Group 9
  • Poland - Winner Group 4
  • Norway - Winner Group 2
  • Italy - Winner Group 3
  • Netherlands - Winner Group 11
  • Portugal - Second Group 6

• Pot C:

• • Russia - Second Group 2
  • Iceland - Second Group 5
  • Finland - second group 3
  • Czech Republic - Second Group 1
  • Hungary- second group 10
  • Sweden - Runner-up Group 11
  • Ireland - Runner-up Group 7

• Pot D:
  • Switzerland - second group 9
  • Northern Ireland - Third Group 9
  • Wales- Third Group 7
  • Scotland - Second Group 4
  • Georgia - Third Group 11
  • Slovenia - second group 8
  • Slovakia - third group 4

Germany prevailed in Group 4 at a tournament in Scotland in March 2019 with three wins without conceding the hosts, Ireland and Norway. Switzerland was able to win in group 2 at a tournament in Serbia against the hosts (3: 2) and Russia (4: 2), but they missed group victory due to a 6-0 defeat against the Netherlands. Austria had home rights in Group 7 and only lost a point in the first game in the 1-1 draw against Finland. With wins against Wales (3-0) and Belgium (4-2), the group win was made perfect.

The best scorer in the qualification was Nikita Tromp from the Netherlands with 12 goals.

Finals

Qualified teams

• Bulgaria (hosts, first participation)
• England - Winner Group 1
• Netherlands - Winner Group 2
• Spain - Group 3 winners (defending champions)
• Germany - winner group 4
• Portugal - winner group 5
• Denmark - Winner Group 6
• Austria - winner group 7

Venues

The final tournament will take place in four stadiums in four cities in Dobrich Oblast .

Albena Balchik Dobrich Kawarna

Venues 2019 in Bulgaria

city	Stadion	capacity
Albena	Albena stadium	3,000 seats
Balchik	Balchik Stadium	3,100 seats
Dobrich	Druzhba Stadium	12,500 seats
Kawarna	Kaliarka Stadium	5,000 seats

Preliminary round

draw

The group draw took place on April 5, 2019 in Albena . The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, there were no restrictions, except that host Bulgaria was set as the head of group A.

mode

Up to five substitutes per team could be used. Each team could use up to three game breaks for this. Substitutions made at half-time were not considered to be a break in the game.

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 occupied the same place, criteria a) to c) were reapplied, but only to the head-to-head meetings between the teams in question, in order to determine their final ranking. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria e) to h) were 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 final group match with the same number of points, goal difference and number of goals, and the game in question had ended in a draw, the final placement of the two teams would have been determined by penalty shoot-out, provided that no other team had played 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.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	1	0	009-000	+9	07th
2.	Portugal	3	2	0	1	004: 700	−3	06th
3.	Denmark	3	1	1	1	002: 100	+1	04th
4th	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	001: 800	−7	00

May 5, 2019, 2 p.m. in Dobrich
Bulgaria	-	Portugal	1: 3 (1: 2)
May 5, 2019, 4 p.m. in Kawarna
Spain	-	Denmark	0-0
May 8, 2019, 10:30 a.m. in Balchik
Bulgaria	-	Spain	0: 3 (0: 2)
May 8, 2019, 2 p.m. in Albena
Denmark	-	Portugal	0: 1 (0: 0)
May 11, 2019, 2 p.m. in Balchik
Denmark	-	Bulgaria	2: 0 (1: 0)
May 11, 2019, 2 p.m. in Dobrich
Portugal	-	Spain	0: 6 (0: 2)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	0	1	009: 400	+5	06th
2.	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	007: 500	+2	06th
3.	England	3	2	0	1	004: 500	−1	06th
4th	Austria	3	0	0	3	003: 900	−6	00

May 5, 2019, 10:30 a.m. in Balchik
Austria	-	Netherlands	1: 4 (1: 3)
May 5, 2019, 1 p.m. in Albena
England	-	Germany	0: 4 (0: 3)
May 8, 2019, 2 p.m. in Dobrich
Germany	-	Netherlands	2: 3 (1: 3)
May 8, 2019, 4 p.m. in Kawarna
Austria	-	England	1: 2 (1: 2)
May 11, 2019, 4:30 p.m. in Albena
Germany	-	Austria	3: 1 (2: 0)
May 11, 2019, 2 p.m. in Kawarna
Netherlands	-	England	0: 2 (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 14, 2019, 5:30 p.m. in Kawarna (Kaliarka Stadium)
Spain	-	Netherlands	1: 3 (0: 1)
May 14, 2019, 1 p.m. in Dobrich (Druzhba Stadium)
Germany	-	Portugal	2: 0 (1: 0)

final

Netherlands		Germany
	final May 17, 2019, 2 p.m. in Albena ( Albena Stadium ) Result: 1: 1; 2: 3 i. E. (1: 1) Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu  Match report
	Claire Dinkla (Lisan Alkemade / 90. + 1.) • Justine Brandau, Samantha Van Diemen, Marit Auée, Kim Everaerts • Nikita Tromp, Dana Foederer , Iris Stiekema (Manique De Vette / 46.) • Ilham Abali (Lobke Loonen / 46 .), Esmee Brugts, Ella Peddemors Trainer: Robert De Pauw	Pauline Nelles • Jule Brand (Livinia Seifert / 76.), Madeleine Steck, Mieke Schiemann, Donata Von Acht • Carlotta Wamser, Lisanne Graewe, Marleen Rohde, Nicole Woldmann (Julia Pollak / 58.) • Gia Corley (Natasha Kowalski / 75. ), Sophie Weidauer Trainer: Ulrike Ballweg
	21. ′ tromp	19. ′ Weidauer
	penalties shoot
	1: 0 Tromp 2: 1 De Vette 2: 2 Foederer fails at Nelles 2: 2 Loonen fails at Nelles 2: 2 Peddemors fails at Nelles 2: 2 Brugts fails at Nelles	1: 1 Weidauer 2: 2 Pollak 2: 2 Steck fails to Alkemade 2: 2 Rohde fails to Alkemade 2: 2 Kowalski fails to Alkemade 2: 3 Schiemann
	Van Diemen

Best goalscorers

Listed below are the top goalscorers in the finals.

rank	player	Gates
1	Nikita Tromp	6th
2	Silvia Lloris	4th
	Salma Paralluelo	4th
	Sophie Weidauer	4th
5	Carlotta Wamser	3
6th	Lotje de Keijzer	2
	Katie Robinson	2
	Annabel Schaschnig	2
	Iris Stiekema	2
10	Sdrawka Parapunova	1
	Cornelia Kramer	1
	Freja Storm	1
	Emilie Bernhardt	1
	Lisanne Graewe	1
	Marleen Rohde	1
	Nicole Woldmann	1
	Lucy Johnson	1
	Keri Matthews	1
	Samantha van Diemen	1
	Christina Edlinger	1
	Maria Alagoa	1
	Marta Ferreira	1
	Maria Negrao	1
	Maria Jose Diaz Gutierrez	1
	Carlota Sanchez	1

Web links

• # WU17EURO 2019 finals in Bulgaria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ uefa.com: Seeding list for the draw for the elite round for the women's U17 EURO
2. ↑ uefa.com: U17 women in numbers
3. ↑ # WU17EURO finals draw in full. In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed May 4, 2018 .