2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 22 September – 29 October 2017 Elite round: 8–31 March 2018
Teams	45 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	108
Goals scored	441 (4.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Clàudia Pina (15 goals)
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The 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-17 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Lithuania in the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament.^[1]

Apart from Lithuania, 45 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to participate. Each match has a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.

Format

The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:^[3]

• Qualifying round: Apart from Germany, which receive a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 44 teams are drawn into 11 groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 11 group winners, the 11 runners-up, and the five third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advance to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 28 teams are drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners qualify for the final tournament.

Initially the elite round would consist of 24 teams, drawn into six groups of four teams, with the six group winners and the runner-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualifying for the final tournament. After the qualifying round draw was held, UEFA decided to expand the elite round from 24 to 28 teams, allowing four more third-placed teams to advance to the elite round.

The schedule of each mini-tournament is as follows (Regulations Article 20.04):^[3]

Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 3 v 2
Rest days (2 days)	—
Matchday 2	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Rest days (2 days)	—
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 3

Tiebreakers

In the qualifying round and elite round, 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 14.01 and 14.02):^[3]

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 for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):^[3]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points;
5. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 11 November 2016, 09:10 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[4][5][6]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[7]

• 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff Rank  Lithuania 0.333 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff Rank  Germany 16.667 1

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  Spain 16.000 2  France 12.667 3  Norway 10.000 4  Italy 9.833 5  Austria 9.167 6  England 9.000 7  Republic of Ireland 8.500 8   Switzerland 8.167 9  Czech Republic 7.833 10  Sweden 7.667 11  Belgium 7.667 12

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Finland 7.333 13  Netherlands 7.167 14  Scotland 7.167 15  Denmark 7.000 16  Poland 6.500 17  Iceland 6.167 18  Serbia 5.833 19  Russia 5.667 20  Hungary 5.333 21  Greece 4.833 22  Portugal 4.833 23

Pot C Team Coeff Rank  Belarus 4.000 24  Turkey 4.000 25  Northern Ireland 3.833 26  Slovenia 3.333 27  Slovakia 3.167 28  Wales 3.000 29  Bulgaria 3.000 30  Romania 2.833 31  Croatia 2.333 32  Ukraine 2.000 33  Azerbaijan 2.000 34

Pot D Team Coeff Rank  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.667 35  Macedonia 1.333 36  Montenegro 1.000 37  Latvia 1.000 38  Israel 1.000 39  Kazakhstan 0.333 40  Estonia 0.333 41  Moldova 0.333 42  Faroe Islands 0.000 43  Georgia 0.000 44  Malta — 45

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Cyprus

Gibraltar

Kosovo

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

San Marino

Groups

The qualifying round must be played between 1 August and 29 October 2017.^[3][7]

Times up to 28 October 2017 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Elite round
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9	Elite round
2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Latvia (H)	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	27	1	+26	9	Elite round
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	Azerbaijan (H)	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
4	Montenegro	3	0	1	2	1	28	−27	1

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Elite round
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6
3	Romania	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1[a]
4	Greece	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1[a]

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	16	0	+16	7	Elite round
2	Denmark (H)	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	0	26	−26	0

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9	Elite round
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	3	7	−4	6
3	Israel	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Croatia	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9	Elite round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
3	Turkey	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Estonia (H)	3	0	0	3	0	21	−21	0

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Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Elite round
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	14	1	+13	6
3	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	1	10	−9	3
4	Moldova	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

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Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia (H)	3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7	Elite round
2	Belgium	3	2	1	0	12	2	+10	7
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	7	10	−3	3
4	Macedonia	3	0	0	3	1	19	−18	0

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Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	0	24	1	+23	9	Elite round
2	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	14	3	+11	6
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3
4	Georgia	3	0	0	3	0	26	−26	0

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Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5[a]	Elite round
2	Finland	3	1	2	0	9	2	+7	5[a]
3	Slovenia (H)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5[a]
4	Malta	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

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Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	11	Slovenia	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	Elite round
2	6	Israel	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0
3	4	Romania	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
4	7	Turkey	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
5	3	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0
6	5	Wales	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
7	1	Ukraine	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0
8	2	Slovakia	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
9	9	Belarus	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0
10	10	Northern Ireland	2	0	0	2	1	11	−10	0
11	8	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	0

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round was held on 24 November 2017, 11:45 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[8][9][10]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[11] Germany, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group.^[12]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	3	Spain	3	3	0	0	27	1	+26	9
3	10	Austria	3	3	0	0	24	1	+23	9
4	2	England	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9[a]
5	6	Sweden	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9[a]
6	7	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9
7	8	Hungary	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
8	1	Poland	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Pot B
9	4	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
10	5	France	3	2	1	0	16	0	+16	7
11	9	Serbia	3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7
12	9	Belgium	3	2	1	0	12	2	+10	7
13	5	Denmark	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7
14	8	Norway	3	2	0	1	14	1	+13	6
15	10	Portugal	3	2	0	1	14	3	+11	6	Pot C
16	1	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
17	7	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
18	3	Iceland	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
19	2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
20	4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6
21	6	Russia	3	2	0	1	3	7	−4	6
22	11	Finland	3	1	2	0	9	2	+7	5	Pot D
23	11	Slovenia (Y)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
24	11	Italy	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
25	7	Turkey (Y)	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
26	6	Israel (Y)	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
27	4	Romania (Y)	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
28	3	Azerbaijan (Y)	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Groups

The elite round must be played between 1 February and 1 April 2018.^[3][9]

Times up to 24 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Final tournament
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	3
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	7	Final tournament
2	France (H)	3	2	1	0	11	4	+7	7
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Final tournament
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Russia	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1
4	Israel (H)	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Final tournament
2	Serbia	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
3	Hungary (H)	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	Czech Republic	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7	Final tournament
2	Norway (H)	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Final tournament
2	Austria	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
3	Turkey	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Final tournament
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Republic of Ireland	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

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Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Women's Under-17 Euro1
Lithuania	Hosts	26 January 2015[1]	0 (debut)
Netherlands	Elite round Group 1 winners	29 March 2018	2 (2010, 2017)
Finland	Elite round Group 2 winners	28 March 2018	0 (debut)
Spain	Elite round Group 3 winners	14 March 2018	8 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Italy	Elite round Group 4 winners	26 March 2018	2 (2014, 2016)
England	Elite round Group 5 winners	31 March 2018	5 (2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Poland	Elite round Group 6 winners	25 March 2018	1 (2013)
Germany	Elite round Group 7 winners	28 March 2018	9 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

15 goals

10 goals

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com^[13]

References

External links

• Official website