2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The 2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2020) was originally to be held as the 13th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-17 national teams of Europe, before being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Sweden, which were selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, were originally to host the tournament.[2] A total of eight teams were originally to play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.

2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySweden
DatesCancelled[1]
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)

The final tournament was originally scheduled to be played between 9–22 May 2020.[3][4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UEFA announced on 1 April 2020 that the tournament had been postponed until further notice.[5] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the final tournament had been rescheduled to 4–10 October 2020, where it would be played as a final eight straight knock-out competition.[6] However, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the tournament had been cancelled.[7][8]

Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament would act as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament would qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in India as the UEFA representatives.[9] With the cancellation of the tournament, the UEFA Executive Committee nominated the three teams with the highest coefficient ranking for the qualifying draw, Spain, Germany and England, as the UEFA representatives.[7]

Germany were the defending champions.

Qualification
Main article: 2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

A total of 47 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Sweden qualifying automatically, the other 46 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[10] The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: Qualifying round, which takes place in autumn 2019, and Elite round, which takes place in spring 2020.[11]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 SwedenHosts2nd2013 (runners-up)Runners-up (2013)
TBDElite round Group 1 winners
TBDElite round Group 2 winners
TBDElite round Group 3 winners
TBDElite round Group 4 winners
TBDElite round Group 5 winners
TBDElite round Group 6 winners
TBDElite round Group 7 winners

Final draw

The final draw was originally to be held on 3 April 2020 in Halmstad, Sweden.[12] The eight teams would be drawn into two groups of four teams. There would be no seeding, except that the hosts Sweden would be assigned to position A1 in the draw.

The final draw was later rescheduled to be held on 22 September 2020, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[13] The eight teams would be split into four quarter-finals.

Venues

The tournament was originally to be held in four venues:[14]

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 39).[11]

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):[11]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 9 May 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Sweden CancelledA4
A3CancelledA2
Sweden CancelledA3
A2CancelledA4
A2Cancelled Sweden
A4CancelledA3

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 10 May 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
B1CancelledB4
B3CancelledB2
B1CancelledB3
B2CancelledB4
B2CancelledB1
B4CancelledB3

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).[11]

In the original format, the four teams which would have advanced from the group stage would play the semi-finals on 19 May 2020 (Winner Group A vs Runner-up Group B, Winner Group B vs Runner-up Group A), followed by the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off and the final on 22 May 2020.

In the revised format, the eight teams would play a straight knock-out competition without a group stage.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
4 October –
 
 
Team TBD
 
7 October –
 
Team TBD
 
Winner Quarter-final TBD
 
4 October –
 
Winner Quarter-final TBD
 
Team TBD
 
10 October –
 
Team TBD
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
4 October –
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
Team TBD
 
7 October –
 
Team TBD
 
Winner Quarter-final TBD
 
4 October –
 
Winner Quarter-final TBDWorld Cup play-off
 
Team TBD
 
10 October –
 
Team TBD
 
Loser Semi-final 1
 
 
Loser Semi-final 2
 

Quarter-finals
Team TBDCancelledTeam TBD
Team TBDCancelledTeam TBD
Team TBDCancelledTeam TBD
Team TBDCancelledTeam TBD

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Losers enter the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off.

Winner Quarter-final TBDCancelledWinner Quarter-final TBD
Winner Quarter-final TBDCancelledWinner Quarter-final TBD

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off

Winner qualifies for 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Loser Semi-final 1CancelledLoser Semi-final 2

Final
Winner Semi-final 1CancelledWinner Semi-final 2

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[1]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
 Spain13 August 20204 (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Germany13 August 20206 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 England13 August 20202 (2008, 2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
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  2. "Women's U17s set for Bulgaria and Sweden". UEFA.com. 9 December 2016.
  3. "2019/20 UEFA Women's calendar" (PDF). UEFA.com. UEFA.
  4. "Women's U17 qualifying round report". UEFA.com. 28 October 2019.
  5. "UEFA postpones all June national team matches". UEFA.com. 1 April 2020.
  6. "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. "UEFA postpones youth national team competitions". UEFA.com. 13 August 2020.
  8. "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  9. "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
  10. "2019/20 #WU17EURO qualifying round draw pots". UEFA.com. 13 November 2018.
  11. "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2019/20" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  12. "2020 Women's U17 finals draw". UEFA.com.
  13. "UEFA Direct - Issue 191". UEFA.com.
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