2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
U17-Europamästerskapet i fotboll för damer 2024
Tournament details
Host countrySweden
Dates5–18 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (5th title)
Runners-up England
Third place Poland
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored55 (3.44 per match)
Attendance8,897 (556 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Alba Cerrato
(7 goals)
Best player(s)Spain Alba Cerrato[1]
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International football competition

The 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 15th 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. Sweden hosted the tournament from 5 to 18 May. The matches were played in Malmö and Lund. Eight matches were played in Malmö IP, Malmö and eight matches were played in Klostergårdens IP, Lund.[2][3] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.

In the 2023 final, France won their first title by defeating Spain 3–2.

This tournament also acted as UEFA's qualifier for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic, with the winners, runners-up, and third-placed teams qualifying as the UEFA representatives.

Qualification

50 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Sweden also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams qualified for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts. The draw for round 1 was held on 31 May 2022, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Sweden Hosts 3rd 2023 (Group stage) Runners-up (2013)
 Portugal Round 2 Group A2 winners 3rd 2019 (Semi-finals) Semi-finals (2019)
 Belgium Round 2 Group A3 winners 2nd 2013 (Fourth place) Fourth place (2013)
 England Round 2 Group A6 winners 9th 2023 (Semi-finals) Third place (2016), Semi-finals (2023)
 Norway Round 2 Group A4 winners 6th 2022 (Group stage) Fourth place (2009, 2016), Semi-finals (2017)
 Poland Round 2 Group A7 winners 4th 2023 (Group stage) Champions (2013)
 Spain Round 2 Group A5 winners 13th 2023 (Runners-up) Champions (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018)
 France Round 2 Group A1 winners 10th 2023 (Champions) Champions (2023)

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 44.01).[5]

Venues

The venues for the 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship were Malmö IP, located in Sweden's third biggest city Malmö and Klostergårdens IP, located in Lund.

Malmö Lund
Malmö IP Klostergårdens IP
Capacity: 7,600 (3,900 seated) Capacity: 3,650 (500 seated)

Group stage

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

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 20.01 and 20.02):[5]

  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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to that 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 had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were 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. Higher position in the qualification round 2 league ranking

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Knockout stage
2  France 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6
3  Norway 3 1 0 2 2 11 −9 3
4  Sweden (H) 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
England 3–0 Norway
  • Parkinson 6'
  • Harbert 12'
  • Brown 48'
 Report
Attendance: 257[6]
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)
Sweden 2–3 France
  • Schröder 78'
  • Bartholdson 86'
 Report
  • Ebayilin 18'
  • Rouquet 53'
  • Adedini 89'
Attendance: 1,279[7]
Referee: Martina Molinaro (Italy)
Norway 0–8 France
Report
  • Gay 24'
  • Bironien 26', 35'
  • Chabod 37'
  • Adedini 77', 88', 90+2'
  • Tene 87'
Attendance: 152[8]
Sweden 1–5 England
  • Schröder 6'
 Report
  • Oboavwoduo 5'
  • Junaid 20'
  • Fisher 26', 29', 35'
Attendance: 2,380[9]
Referee: Michaela Pachtová (Czech Republic)
Norway 2–0 Sweden
  • Broman 42' (o.g.)
  • Ulstein 82'
 Report
Attendance: 673[10]
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
France 0–1 England
Report
  • Brown 81'
Attendance: 475[11]
Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Poland 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3  Portugal 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
4  Belgium 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Poland 1–0 Belgium
  • Związek 31'
 Report
Attendance: 207[12]
Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)
Spain 3–0 Portugal
  • Segura 69'
  • Cerrato 77', 82' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 213[13]
Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)
Belgium 0–1 Portugal
Report
  • Mélanie Florentino 90+3'
Attendance: 206[14]
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
Spain 1–0 Poland
  • Gómez 87'
 Report
Attendance: 341[15]
Referee: Oxana Cruc (Moldova)
Belgium 0–5 Spain
Report
  • Cerrato 69', 79'
  • Gómez 84'
  • Calo 87'
  • Segura 90+4'
Attendance: 316[16]
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)
Portugal 1–1 Poland
  • Joana Valente 49'
 Report
  • Araśniewicz 13'
Attendance: 275[17]
Referee: Michaela Pachtová (Czech Republic)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).[5]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 May - Malmö
 
 
 England2
 
18 May - Malmö
 
 Poland0
 
 England0
 
15 May - Lund
 
 Spain4
 
 Spain6
 
 
 France1
 
Third place
 
 
18 May - Lund
 
 
 Poland (p)2 (4)
 
 
 France2 (2)

Semi-finals

The winners qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The losers entered the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off.

Spain 6–1 France
  • Segura 3'
  • Gómez 6'
  • Calo 15', 28'
  • Cerrato 18', 31'
 Report Abdourahim 59'
England 2–0 Poland
  • Peacock 29'
  • Jones 34'
 Report
Attendance: 440[19]
Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)

Third place play-off

The winner qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Poland 2–2 France
  • Związek 10'
  • Łapińska 80'
 Report
  • Rouquet 11', 40'
Penalties
  • Łapińska soccer ball with check mark
  • Witek soccer ball with check mark
  • Witkowska soccer ball with check mark
  • Wyrwas soccer ball with red X
  • Piekarska soccer ball with check mark
 4–2
  • soccer ball with check mark Gay
  • soccer ball with red X Ouazar
  • soccer ball with check mark Rouquet
  • soccer ball with red X Chabod
Attendance: 367[20]
Referee: Martina Molinaro (Italy)

Final

England 0–4 Spain
Report
  • Cerrato 41'
  • Maltby 45+1' (o.g.)
  • Segura 59', 67'
Attendance: 1,093[21]
Referee: Michaela Pachtová (Czech Republic)

Goalscorers

There were 55 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.44 goals per match.

7 goals

  • Spain Alba Cerrato

5 goals

  • Spain Celia Segura

4 goals

  • France Rachael Adedini

3 goals

  • England Isabella Fisher
  • France Justine Rouquet
  • Spain Lua Calo
  • Spain Ainoa Gómez

2 goals

  • England Lola Brown
  • France Mymithye Bironien
  • Poland Oliwia Związek
  • Sweden Felicia Schröder

1 goal

  • England Laila Harbert
  • England Vera Jones
  • England Omotara Junaid
  • England Jane Oboavwoduo
  • England Erica Parkinson
  • England Niamh Peacock
  • France Auryane Abdourahim
  • France Célia Chabod
  • France Anaïs Ebayilin
  • France Lina Gay
  • France Djenna-Léna Tene
  • Norway Elle Ulstein
  • Poland Weronika Araśniewicz
  • Poland Oliwia Łapińska
  • Portugal Mélanie Florentino
  • Portugal Joana Valente
  • Sweden Fabienne Bartholdson

1 own goal

  • England Rachel Maltby (against Spain)
  • Sweden Alice Broman (against Norway)

Source: UEFA

Awards

The following awards were given after the tournament:

  • Player of the Tournament: Spain Alba Cerrato[1]
  • Top Scorer(s): Spain Alba Cerrato (7 goals)

Team of the Tournament

After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[22]

Position Player
Goalkeeper Poland Julia Woźniak
Defenders England Nelly Las
England Cecily Wellesley-Smith
Spain Amaya García
Spain Aiara Agirrezabala
Midfielders Poland Weronika Araśniewicz
France Anaïs Ebayilin
Spain Ainoa Gómez
Forwards Spain Celia Segura
Spain Alba Cerrato
England Lola Brown

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

The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
 Spain 15 May 2024 5 (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
 England 15 May 2024 2 (2008, 2016)
 Poland 18 May 2024 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ^ a b "Spain's Alba Cerrato named 2024 Women's U17 EURO Player of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 21 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Sverige arrangerar F17-EM 2024". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  3. ^ "2023 Women's U17 EURO finals: Estonia". UEFA. 24 August 2022.
  4. ^ "2022/23 Women's Under-17 EURO round 1 draw made". UEFA.com. 31 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship". UEFA.com.
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  13. ^ "Spanien - Portugal" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se (SvFF). 6 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Belgien - Portugal" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se (SvFF). 9 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Spanien - Polen" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se (SvFF). 9 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Belgien - Spanien" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se (SvFF). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Portugal - Polen" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se (SvFF). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
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  22. ^ "2024 Women's U17 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 21 May 2024.

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