2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 20 September – 31 October 2016 Elite round: Spring 2017
Teams	45 (from 1 confederation)

The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying competition is a women's under-17 football competition that will determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Czech Republic in the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament.^[1]

A total of 45 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Malta who entered for the first time).^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2000 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:

Qualifying round: Apart from Spain, 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 third-placed team with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advance to the elite round.
Elite round: The 24 teams are drawn into six 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 six group winners and the runner-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualify for the final tournament.

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 a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament matches;
Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament, 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 mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
Drawing of lots.

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round and the best runner-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied:

Higher number of points;
Superior goal difference;
Higher number of goals scored;
Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 13 November 2015, 08:40 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[3]^[4]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[5]

2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
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)

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 (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Bye to elite round
Team	Coeff	Rank
Spain	15.333	1

Pot A
Team	Coeff	Rank
France	13.500	2
Germany	13.000	3
Norway	8.833	4
Austria	8.833	5
Switzerland	8.500	6
Belgium	8.500	7
Sweden	8.500	8
Italy	8.333	9
Poland	7.833	10
Republic of Ireland	7.667	11
England	7.500	12

Pot B
Team	Coeff	Rank
Scotland	7.000	13
Denmark	6.833	14
Iceland	6.833	15
Netherlands	6.667	16
Finland	6.167	17
Russia	6.167	18
Hungary	5.167	19
Turkey	5.000	20
Serbia	4.833	21
Northern Ireland	4.667	22
Greece	4.667	23

Pot C
Team	Coeff	Rank
Belarus	4.000	24
Portugal	3.833	25
Slovakia	3.167	26
Wales	3.000	27
Bulgaria	3.000	28
Romania	2.833	29
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.333	30
Slovenia	2.333	31
Croatia	2.000	32
Azerbaijan	2.000	33
Montenegro	2.000	34

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

Notes

Czech Republic (Coeff: 7.333) qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and San Marino did not enter.

Groups

Times up to 29 October 2016 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Switzerland	Elite round
2	Denmark	Elite round
3	Slovakia	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Israel (H)

First match(es) will be played on 20 September 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Switzerland v Slovakia

20 September 2016

Switzerland	v	Slovakia

Denmark v Israel

20 September 2016

Denmark	v	Israel

Switzerland v Israel

22 September 2016

Switzerland	v	Israel

Slovakia v Denmark

22 September 2016

Slovakia	v	Denmark

Denmark v Switzerland

25 September 2016

Denmark	v	Switzerland

Israel v Slovakia

25 September 2016

Israel	v	Slovakia

Group 2

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Sweden	Elite round
2	Greece (H)	Elite round
3	Montenegro	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Malta

First match(es) will be played on 6 October 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Sweden v Montenegro

6 October 2016

Sweden	v	Montenegro

Greece v Malta

6 October 2016

Greece	v	Malta

Sweden v Malta

8 October 2016

Sweden	v	Malta

Montenegro v Greece

8 October 2016

Montenegro	v	Greece

Greece v Sweden

11 October 2016

Greece	v	Sweden

Malta v Montenegro

11 October 2016

Malta	v	Montenegro

Group 3

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Poland	Elite round
2	Hungary (H)	Elite round
3	Azerbaijan	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Estonia

First match(es) will be played on 8 October 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Poland v Azerbaijan

8 October 2016

Poland	v	Azerbaijan

Hungary v Estonia

8 October 2016

Hungary	v	Estonia

Poland v Estonia

10 October 2016

Poland	v	Estonia

Azerbaijan v Hungary

10 October 2016

Azerbaijan	v	Hungary

Hungary v Poland

13 October 2016

Hungary	v	Poland

Estonia v Azerbaijan

13 October 2016

Estonia	v	Azerbaijan

Group 4

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Norway	Elite round
2	Netherlands	Elite round
3	Bulgaria	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Moldova (H)

First match(es) will be played on 21 October 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Norway v Bulgaria

21 October 2016

Norway	v	Bulgaria

Netherlands v Moldova

21 October 2016

Netherlands	v	Moldova

Norway v Moldova

23 October 2016

Norway	v	Moldova

Bulgaria v Netherlands

23 October 2016

Bulgaria	v	Netherlands

Netherlands v Norway

26 October 2016

Netherlands	v	Norway

Moldova v Bulgaria

26 October 2016

Moldova	v	Bulgaria

Group 5

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Italy	Elite round
2	Finland	Elite round
3	Portugal (H)	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Georgia

First match(es) will be played on 26 October 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Italy v Portugal

26 October 2016

Italy	v	Portugal

Finland v Georgia

26 October 2016

Finland	v	Georgia

Italy v Georgia

28 October 2016

Italy	v	Georgia

Portugal v Finland

28 October 2016

Portugal	v	Finland

Finland v Italy

31 October 2016

Finland	v	Italy

Georgia v Portugal

31 October 2016

Georgia	v	Portugal

Group 6

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	France	Elite round
2	Scotland (H)	Elite round
3	Croatia	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Kazakhstan

First match(es) will be played on 10 October 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

France v Croatia

10 October 2016

France	v	Croatia

Scotland v Kazakhstan

10 October 2016

Scotland	v	Kazakhstan

France v Kazakhstan

12 October 2016

France	v	Kazakhstan

Croatia v Scotland

12 October 2016

Croatia	v	Scotland

Scotland v France

15 October 2016

Scotland	v	France

Kazakhstan v Croatia

15 October 2016

Kazakhstan	v	Croatia

Group 7

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Germany	Elite round
2	Turkey	Elite round
3	Wales	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Latvia (H)

First match(es) will be played on 2 October 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Germany v Wales

2 October 2016

Germany	v	Wales

Turkey v Latvia

2 October 2016

Turkey	v	Latvia

Germany v Latvia

4 October 2016

Germany	v	Latvia

Wales v Turkey

4 October 2016

Wales	v	Turkey

Turkey v Germany

7 October 2016

Turkey	v	Germany

Latvia v Wales

7 October 2016

Latvia	v	Wales

Group 8

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	England	Elite round
2	Russia	Elite round
3	Slovenia	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Lithuania (H)

First match(es) will be played on 24 October 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

England v Slovenia

24 October 2016

England	v	Slovenia

Russia v Lithuania

24 October 2016

Russia	v	Lithuania

England v Lithuania

26 October 2016

England	v	Lithuania

Slovenia v Russia

26 October 2016

Slovenia	v	Russia

Russia v England

29 October 2016

Russia	v	England

Lithuania v Slovenia

29 October 2016

Lithuania	v	Slovenia

Group 9

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Belgium	Elite round
2	Serbia (H)	Elite round
3	Romania	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Ukraine

First match(es) will be played on 26 September 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Belgium v Romania

26 September 2016

Belgium	v	Romania

Serbia v Ukraine

26 September 2016

Serbia	v	Ukraine

Belgium v Ukraine

28 September 2016

Belgium	v	Ukraine

Romania v Serbia

28 September 2016

Romania	v	Serbia

Serbia v Belgium

1 October 2016

Serbia	v	Belgium

Ukraine v Romania

1 October 2016

Ukraine	v	Romania

Group 10

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland (H)	Elite round
2	Iceland	Elite round
3	Belarus	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Faroe Islands

First match(es) will be played on 26 October 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Republic of Ireland v Belarus

26 October 2016

Republic of Ireland	v	Belarus

Iceland v Faroe Islands

26 October 2016

Iceland	v	Faroe Islands

Republic of Ireland v Faroe Islands

28 October 2016

Republic of Ireland	v	Faroe Islands

Belarus v Iceland

28 October 2016

Belarus	v	Iceland

Iceland v Republic of Ireland

31 October 2016

Iceland	v	Republic of Ireland

Faroe Islands v Belarus

31 October 2016

Faroe Islands	v	Belarus

Group 11

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Austria	Elite round
2	Northern Ireland	Elite round
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Macedonia (H)

First match(es) will be played on 30 September 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Austria v Bosnia and Herzegovina

30 September 2016

Austria	v	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Northern Ireland v Macedonia

30 September 2016

Northern Ireland	v	Macedonia

Austria v Macedonia

2 October 2016

Austria	v	Macedonia

2 October 2016

Bosnia and Herzegovina	v	Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland v Austria

5 October 2016

Northern Ireland	v	Austria

Macedonia v Bosnia and Herzegovina

5 October 2016

Macedonia	v	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-placed team 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	Qualification
1	1	Group 1 third place	Elite round
2	2	Group 2 third place
3	3	Group 3 third place
4	4	Group 4 third place
5	5	Group 5 third place
6	6	Group 6 third place
7	7	Group 7 third place
8	8	Group 8 third place
9	9	Group 9 third place
10	10	Group 10 third place
11	11	Group 11 third place

First match(es) will be played on 20 September 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round will be held after the completion of the qualifying round.

The teams are seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Spain, which received a bye to the elite round, are automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contains one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group cannot be drawn in the same group.

Pos	Grp	Team	Seeding
1	—	Spain (X)	Pot A
2		TBD
3		TBD
4		TBD
5		TBD
6		TBD
7		TBD	Pot B
8		TBD
9		TBD
10		TBD
11		TBD
12		TBD
13		TBD	Pot C
14		TBD
15		TBD
16		TBD
17		TBD
18		TBD
19		TBD	Pot D
20		TBD
21		TBD
22		TBD
23		TBD
24		TBD

First match(es) will be played on 20 September 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
(X) Certain to be in pot as indicated.

Groups

Times up to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Final tournament
2	Team 2	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on Spring 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 2

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Final tournament
2	Team 2	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on Spring 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 3

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Final tournament
2	Team 2	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on Spring 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 4

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Final tournament
2	Team 2	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on Spring 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 5

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Final tournament
2	Team 2	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on Spring 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 6

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Final tournament
2	Team 2	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on Spring 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the best second-placed team from the elite round which qualify for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Qualification
1	1	Group 1 second place	Final tournament
2	2	Group 2 second place
3	3	Group 3 second place
4	4	Group 4 second place
5	5	Group 5 second place
6	6	Group 6 second place

First match(es) will be played on Spring 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Czech Republic	* !Hosts	01 !26 January 2015^[1]	01 !1 (2016)
TBD	1 !Elite round Group 1 winners
TBD	2 !Elite round Group 2 winners
TBD	3 !Elite round Group 3 winners
TBD	4 !Elite round Group 4 winners
TBD	5 !Elite round Group 5 winners
TBD	6 !Elite round Group 6 winners
TBD	Z !Elite round best runners-up

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

1 2 "Women's U17s set for Czech Republic, Lithuania". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
1 2 "Qualifying round seedings for 2016/17 WU17 EURO". UEFA. 21 October 2015.
↑ "2016/17 Women's U17 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
↑ "2016/17 Women's U17 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. 13 November 2015.
↑ "2016/17 UEFA European Women’s Under 17 and Women’s Under 19 Championships Qualifying draws" (PDF). UEFA.com.

External links

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UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

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