2017_UEFA_European_Under-17_Championship
2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
International football competition
The 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (35th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Croatia, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.[2]
| UEFA U-17 Europsko prvenstvo 2017. | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Croatia |
| Dates | 3–19 May |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (9th title) |
| Runners-up |  England |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 99 (3.09 per match) |
| Attendance | 43,063 (1,346 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Amine Gouiri (8 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Jadon Sancho[1] |
← 2016 2018 → | |
A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.
Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India as the UEFA representatives. This was decreased from the previous six teams, as FIFA decided to give one of the slots originally reserved for UEFA to the Oceania Football Confederation starting from 2017.[3]
Spain won their third title by beating England 4–1 on penalties in the final after a 2–2 draw, and both teams were joined by Germany, Turkey, France as UEFA qualifiers for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Portugal were the defending champions, but failed to qualify.
All 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Croatia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.[4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017.[5]
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[6][7]
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
- Notes
- ^ The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
Final draw
The final draw was held on 3 April 2017, 18:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Panorama Zagreb Hotel in Zagreb, Croatia.[8][9] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Hosts Croatia were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.[10]
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Seeding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — |  Croatia (H) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Host (A1) |
| 2 | 1 |  Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 9 | Pot 1 |
| 3 | 7 | England |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Scotland |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | |
| 5 | 8 |  Republic of Ireland |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | |
| 6 | 5 |  Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | |
| 7 | 6 | France |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | |
| 8 | 3 | Spain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
| 9 | 2 |  Hungary |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Pot 2 |
| 10 | 1 |  Turkey |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | Pot 2 |
| 11 | 5 |  Italy |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
| 12 | 4 |  Serbia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
| 13 | 6 |  Ukraine |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 14 | 2 |  Norway |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 15 | 7 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 16 | 8 |  Faroe Islands |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts
At first, it was announced that eight stadiums would host the competition, each of those being in Istria and Primorje. Later, that was changed.
Rijeka and Kostrena were the only hosts that were planned at first with new hosts being Varaždin, Zaprešić, Velika Gorica and two in Croatian capital Zagreb – in boroughs Sesvete and Lučko. The final would be played in Varaždin.
| Varaždin | Velika Gorica | Rijeka | |
| Stadion Varteks | Stadion Radnik | Stadion Rujevica | |
| Capacity: 9,045 | Capacity: 5,050 | Capacity: 6,134 | |
| Zaprešić | Kostrena | Zagreb | |
| Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić | Stadion Žuknica | Stadion Lučko (Lučko) | Stadion sv. Josipa Radnika (Sesvete) |
| Capacity: 5,228 | Capacity: 2,416 | Capacity: 1,311 | Capacity: 1,200 |
A total of 9 referees, 12 assistant referees and 3 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[11]
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Each national team submitted a squad of 18 players.[5]
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 7 April 2017.[12]
The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-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 (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):[5]
- 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);
- Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
- Drawing of lots.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).[13]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Turkey |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Italy |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Croatia (H) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | France |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | |
| 3 | Scotland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Faroe Islands |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
| Faroe Islands | 0–4 | Hungary |
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| Report | Torvund  24'Szoboszlai 26', 48'Edmundsson 29' (o.g.) |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 | |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Serbia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| Germany | 3–1 | Serbia |
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| Abouchabaka 7' (pen.) Yeboah 39'Majetschak 61' |
Report | Stuparević 75' (pen.) |
| Republic of Ireland | 2–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Roache 7' Idah 29' (pen.) |
Report | Vještica 13' |
| Republic of Ireland | 0–7 | Germany |
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| Report | Abouchabaka 8' Arp 15', 45', 49'O'Connor 21' (o.g.)Awuku 73'Hottmann 76' |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | Serbia |
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| Imamović 80' |
Report |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Netherlands |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Ukraine |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Norway |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 2–2 | Norway |
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| Aboukhlal 11' El Bouchataoui 80+2' (pen.) |
Report | Larsen 50' Stenevik 55' |
| England | 3–0 | Netherlands |
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| Sancho 23', 48' (pen.) Hudson-Odoi 80' |
Report |
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).[5]
As part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out,[14] a different sequence of taking penalties, known as "ABBA", that mirrors the serving sequence in a tennis tiebreak would be used if a penalty shoot-out was needed (team A kicks first, team B kicks second):[15]
- Original sequence
- AB AB AB AB AB (sudden death starts) AB AB etc.
- Trial sequence
- AB BA AB BA AB (sudden death starts) BA AB etc.
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 May – Varaždin | ||||||||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||||||
| 16 May – Varaždin | ||||||||||
| France | 1 | |||||||||
| Spain (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 13 May – Zaprešić | ||||||||||
| Germany | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| 19 May – Varaždin | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||
| Spain (p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||
| 12 May – Velika Gorica | ||||||||||
| England | 2 (1) | |||||||||
| Hungary | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 May – Zaprešić | ||||||||||
| Turkey | 1 | |||||||||
| Turkey | 1 | |||||||||
| 13 May – Velika Gorica | ||||||||||
| England | 2 | World Cup play-off | ||||||||
| England | 1 | |||||||||
| 16 May – Zagreb | ||||||||||
| Republic of Ireland | 0 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 0 | |||||||||
| France | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Winners qualified for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists entered the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.
| Germany | 2–1 | Netherlands |
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| Abouchabaka 66' Arp 79' |
Report | Aboukhlal 40+1' |
Ranking of losing quarter-finalists
To determine the two best losing quarter-finalists which enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off, the losing quarter-finalists are ranked by the following criteria (Regulations Article 16.06):[5]
- Higher position in the group stage (i.e., group winners ahead of group runners-up);
- Better results in the group stage (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
- Better results in the quarter-finals (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
- Lower disciplinary points in the group stage and quarter-finals combined;
- Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
- Drawing of lots.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B1 | Hungary |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off |
| 2 | B2 | France |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | |
| 3 | D2 | Netherlands |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | C2 | Republic of Ireland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 |
FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off
Winner qualified for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Semi-finals
Final
| Spain | 2–2 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Morey 38' Díaz 80+6' |
Report | Hudson-Odoi 18' Foden 58' |
| Penalties | ||
Ruiz  Morey S. Gómez Chust |
4–1 | Barlow Brewster Latibeaudiere |
There were 99 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.09 goals per match.
9 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Rhian Brewster- Callum Hudson-Odoi
Elias Abouchabaka
Sergio Gómez- Mateu Morey
Malik Karaahmet
2 goals
1 goal
Armin Imamović- Nemanja Vještica
David Čolina- Antonio Marin
- Aidan Barlow
- George McEachran
Yacine Adli- Mathis Picouleau
- Noah Awuku
- Eric Hottmann
- Yannik Keitel
- Lars Lukas Mai
- Erik Majetschak
- John Yeboah
Márk Bencze- Krisztofer Szerető
- Alexander Torvund
Hans Nicolussi Caviglia- Moise Kean
- Pietro Pellegri
Jørgen Strand Larsen- Halldor Stenevik
Adam Idah- Rowan Roache
Jack Aitchison- Innes Cameron
Željko Gavrić- Filip Stuparević
- Antonio Blanco
- Nacho Díaz
- Yunus Akgün
- Atalay Babacan
- Recep Gül
- Umut Güneş
- Ozan Kabak
- Kerem Kesgin
Oleksiy Kashchuk- Artem Kholod
1 own goal
- Marc Guehi (against Norway)
Andrias Edmundsson (against Hungary)- András Csonka (against Turkey)
- Lee O'Connor (against Germany)
Source: UEFA.com[17]
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Source: UEFA Technical Report[18]
The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[19][20][21]
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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| Spain | 12 May 2017 | 8 (1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009) |
| England | 13 May 2017 | 3 (2007, 2011, 2015) |
| Turkey | 12 May 2017 | 2 (2005, 2009) |
| Germany | 13 May 2017 | 9 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015) |
| France | 16 May 2017 | 5 (1987, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- UEFA considers Amine Gouiri to have scored eight goals in the final tournament, as his goal in the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off is not considered part of the final tournament tally.[16]
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