2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |
 Belarus |
| Dates | 4–16 May 2016 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 15 (3.75 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Klara Bühl Sophie Haug(2 goals each) |
The 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship will be the 9th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual European international youth football championship contested by the women's under-17 national teams of UEFA member associations. Belarus, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, will host the tournament between 4 and 16 May 2016.[1]
A total of eight teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible to participate. Each match lasts 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.
Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the UEFA representatives.[2]
Qualification
The national teams from 47 UEFA member associations entered the competition, which was a record total, including Andorra who entered a UEFA women's competition for the first time. With Belarus automatically qualified as hosts, the other 46 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[3] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016.[4]
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:[5]
| Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | Hosts | 1st | — | Debut |
| Germany | Elite round Group 1 winners | 8th | 2015 | Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014) |
 Spain | Elite round Group 2 winners | 7th | 2015 | Champions (2010, 2011, 2015) |
 Czech Republic | Elite round Group 3 winners | 1st | — | Debut |
 Italy | Elite round Group 4 winners | 2nd | 2014 | Third place (2014) |
| Norway | Elite round Group 5 winners | 3rd | 2015 | Fourth place (2009) |
 England | Elite round Group 6 winners | 4th | 2015 | Fourth place (2008, 2014) |
 Serbia | Elite round Group 6 runners-up[^] | 1st | — | Debut |
- Notes
- ^ The best runners-up among all six elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
Final draw
The final draw was held on 6 April 2016, 11:30 FET (UTC+3), at the Victoria Hotel in Minsk, Belarus.[6] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Belarus were assigned to position A1 in the draw.[7]
Venues
The tournament will be hosted in five venues:
| Barysaw | Minsk | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Borisov Arena | Haradski Stadium | Traktor Stadium | |
| Capacity: 13,126 | Capacity: 5,402 | Capacity: 16,500 | |
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| Slutsk | Zhodzina | ||
| City Stadium | Torpedo Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 1,896 | Capacity: 6,524 | ||
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Squads
Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.[4]
Group stage
The finals schedule was confirmed on 7 April 2016.[8]
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.
- Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[4]
- Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings are determined by a penalty shoot-out (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).
- Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- Drawing of lots.
All times are local, FET (UTC+3).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | England |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Norway |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0 | |
| 4 | Belarus (H) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
4 May 2016 16:00 |
| Belarus |
1–5 | Serbia |
|---|---|---|
Zhitko  68' |
Report | Poljak 7' Agbaba 30'Ivanović 48'Filipović 57'Burkert 79' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Germany |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Czech Republic |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Italy |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).[4]
There is a third place match (i.e., FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off) for this edition of the tournament as it is used as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (since expansion to eight teams).
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 13 May – Zhodzina | ||||||
| Winner Group A | ||||||
| 16 May – Barysaw | ||||||
| Runner-up Group B | ||||||
| Winner Semi-final 1 | ||||||
| 13 May – Zhodzina | ||||||
| Winner Semi-final 2 | ||||||
| Winner Group B | ||||||
| Runner-up Group A | ||||||
| Third Place | ||||||
| 16 May – Minsk | ||||||
| Loser Semi-final 1 | ||||||
| Loser Semi-final 2 | ||||||
Semi-finals
Winners qualify for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Third place match
Winner qualifies for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Final
Goalscorers
- 2 goals
- Klara Bühl
- Sophie Haug
- 1 goal
- Karolina Zhitko
- Niamh Charles
- Anna Filbey
- Alessia Russo
- Jovana Agbaba
- Teodora Burkert
- Tijana Filipović
- Miljana Ivanović
- Allegra Poljak
- Silvia Rubio
- Own goal
- Sophia Kleinherne (playing against Spain)
References
- ↑ "England, Iceland, Belarus have Women's U17 honour". UEFA. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
- ↑ "Belarus the goal for record Women's U17 entry". UEFA.com. 1 November 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ↑ "Women's U17 finals lineup complete". UEFA.com. 29 March 2016.
- ↑ "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
- ↑ "Women's Under-17 Championship finals draw". UEFA.com. 6 April 2016.
- ↑ "Women's U17 finals schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. 7 April 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Belarus 2016, UEFA.com
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