UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship[1] is a European championship football tournament, organized by UEFA, for national teams of women under age seventeen. The tournament was first played out in 2007–08, having been approved by the UEFA Executive Committee on 22 May 2006. It is also a FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifying competition in even years. National under-17 teams whose countries belong to the European governing body UEFA can register to enter the competition.[2] Germany is the most successful team in this competition, having won seven titles. Germany are the current champions.[3]

UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

Founded	2007
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	Maximum of 54 (qualifying round) 24 (elite round) 8 (finals)
Current champions	Germany (7th title)
Most successful team(s)	Germany (7 titles)
Website	Official website
2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

Format

After two qualifying rounds, open to all eligible nations, four teams qualify for the final stage. They face in the semi-finals, with the winners contesting the final.

In 2011 it was announced, that the tournament will be expanded to eight teams[4] and beginning with the 2014 edition the eight qualified teams play round-robin in two groups of four.

Results

Below are the results history table.[5]

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2008 Details	Switzerland		Germany	3–0	France		Denmark	4–1	England
2009 Details	Switzerland		Germany	7–0	Spain		France	3–1	Norway
2010 Details	Switzerland		Spain	0–0 (4–1 pen.)	Republic of Ireland		Germany	3–0	Netherlands
2011 Details	Switzerland		Spain	1–0	France		Germany	8–2	Iceland
2012 Details	Switzerland		Germany	1–1 (4–3 pen.)	France		Denmark	0–0 (5–4 pen.)	Switzerland
2013 Details	Switzerland		Poland	1–0	Sweden		Spain	4–0	Belgium

Year	Host		Final				Third place match (or losing semifinalists if third place match not played)[lower-alpha 1]
			Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2014 Details	England		Germany	1–1 (3–1 pen.)	Spain		Italy	0–0 (4–3 pen.)	England
2015 Details	Iceland		Spain	5–2	Switzerland		France and  Germany
2016 Details	Belarus		Germany	0–0 (3–2 pen.)	Spain		England	2–1	Norway
2017 Details	Czech Republic		Germany	0–0 (3–1 pen.)	Spain		Netherlands and  Norway
2018 Details	Lithuania		Spain	2–0	Germany		Finland	2–1	England
2019 Details	Bulgaria		Germany	1–1 (3–2 pen.)	Netherlands		Spain and  Portugal
2020 Details	Sweden		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[6]
2021 Details	Faroe Islands
2022 Details	Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Key:
  • aet–after extra time
  • pen–after penalty shootout

Winners

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Losing semifinalists	Total (Top Four)
Germany	7 (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019)	1 (2018)	2 (2010, 2011)		1 (2015)	11
Spain	4 (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018)	4 (2009, 2014, 2016, 2017)	1 (2013)		1 (2019)	10
Poland	1 (2013)					1
France		3 (2008, 2011, 2012)	1 (2009)		1 (2015)	5
Netherlands		1 (2019)		1 (2010)	1 (2017)	3
Switzerland		1 (2015)		1 (2012)		2
Republic of Ireland		1 (2010)				1
Sweden		1 (2013)				1
Denmark			2 (2008, 2012)			2
England			1 (2016)	3 (2008, 2014, 2018)		4
Italy			1 (2014)			1
Finland			1 (2018)			1
Norway				2 (2009, 2016)	1 (2017)	3
Iceland				1 (2011)		1
Belgium				1 (2013)		1
Portugal					1 (2019)	1
Total	12	12	9	9	6	48

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• SF – Semi-finalists
• GS – Group Stage (from 2014 onwards)
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2008 (4)	2009 (4)	2010 (4)	2011 (4)	2012 (4)	2013 (4)	2014 (8)	2015 (8)	2016 (8)	2017 (8)	2018 (8)	2019 (8)	2020 (8)	Total
Austria	×	×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS		2
Belarus	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	1
Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Bulgaria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		1
Czech Republic	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•		2
Denmark	3rd	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		3
England	4th	•	•	•	•	•	4th	GS	3rd	GS	4th	GS		7
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•		1
France	2nd	3rd	•	2nd	2nd	•	GS	SF	•	GS	•	•		7
Germany	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	•	1st	SF	1st	1st	2nd	1st		11
Iceland	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•		2
Italy	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	GS	•	GS	•		3
Lithuania	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•		1
Netherlands	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	GS	2nd		4
Norway	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	GS	4th	SF	•	•		4
Poland	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	GS	•		2
Portugal	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	•	•	•	•	SF		2
Republic of Ireland	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	•		3
Scotland	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•		1
Serbia	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•		1
Spain	•	2nd	1st	1st	•	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	SF		10
Sweden	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	2
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•		2

Golden Player by tournament

SFor certain tournaments, the official website UEFA.com chose a Golden Player.

Year	Player
2008	Alexandra Popp
2009	Kyra Malinowski
2010	Dolores Gallardo
2011	Alba Pomares
2012	Sandie Toletti
2013	Ewa Pajor
2014	Andrea Falcón
2015	Stefanie Sanders
2016	Caroline Siems
2017	Lena Oberdorf

Number of teams

Year of tournament	Number of teams	Format
2008–2013	4	Semifinals, third place play-off and final
2014–present	8	Two groups of four team, semifinals, third place play-off (in even years only, for qualifying to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup) and final

See also

• FIFA Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
• UEFA Women's Championship
• UEFA Women's Champions League

Notes

1. Since expansion to eight teams in 2014, the third place match is only played for even-numbered years when used to decide the third UEFA qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. For odd-numbered years, the losing semifinalists are listed in alphabetical order.

References

1. "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2019/20" (PDF). UEFA.com.
2. "UEFA European Women's U-17 C'ship". uefa.com. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
3. UEFA.com. "Germany's seventh success". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
4. "Women's EURO and U17s expanded". UEFA. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
5. "European Women's Under-17 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
6. "2020 Women's U17 finals cancelled". UEFA.com. 13 August 2016.

External links

• UEFA.com; official website