2017_UEFA_Women's_Under-19_Championship
2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
International football competition
The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (20th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Northern Ireland was selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015 as the host country for the tournament.[2]
| 2017 Craobhchomórtas na mBan Faoi 19 de chuid UEFA | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Northern Ireland |
| Dates | 8–20 August |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  France |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 52 (3.25 per match) |
| Attendance | 18,438 (1,152 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Patricia Guijarro (5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Patricia Guijarro[1] |
← 2016 2018 → | |
A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1998 eligible to participate.
Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the UEFA representatives, besides France who qualified automatically as hosts.[3]
A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Northern Ireland qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven 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 eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[6][7]
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
| Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Northern Ireland | Hosts | 1st | — | Debut |
| Spain | Elite round Group 1 winners | 12th | 2016 | Champions (2004) |
 England | Elite round Group 2 winners | 12th | 2015 | Champions (2009) |
 Netherlands | Elite round Group 3 winners | 7th | 2016 | Champions (2014) |
| France | Elite round Group 3 runners-up[^] | 13th | 2016 | Champions (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016) |
 Scotland | Elite round Group 4 winners | 5th | 2014 | Group stage (2005, 2008, 2010, 2014) |
 Italy | Elite round Group 5 winners | 6th | 2011 | Champions (2008) |
 Germany | Elite round Group 6 winners | 14th | 2016 | Champions (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011) |
- Notes
- ^ The best runners-up among all six elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
Final draw
The final draw was held on 22 June 2017, 15:00 BST (UTC+1), at the Belfast City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[8][9] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Northern Ireland were assigned to position A1 in the draw.
The tournament was hosted in four venues:
| Belfast | Lurgan | |
|---|---|---|
| Windsor Park | Mourneview Park | |
| Capacity: 18,434 | Capacity: 4,160 | |
| 4 group matches, 2 semi-finals, final | 3 group matches | |
| Portadown | Ballymena | |
| Shamrock Park | Ballymena Showgrounds | |
| Capacity: 2,770 | Capacity: 3,600 | |
| 2 group matches | 3 group matches, third-place playoff | |
Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.[5]
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[10]
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The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 22 June 2017.[11]
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
- 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, BST (UTC+1).[12]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | Knockout stage and 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| 2 | Spain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Scotland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off[lower-alpha 1] |
| 4 | Northern Ireland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 |
- Because France are among the semi-finalists, the two third-placed teams of the group stage enter the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off where the winner qualifies for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
| Northern Ireland | 0–2 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| Report | García  30'Guijarro 53' |
| Northern Ireland | 1–1 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| McDaniel 85' |
Report | Hanson 46' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage and 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| 2 | France |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | England |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off[lower-alpha 1] |
| 4 | Italy |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 |
- Because France are among the semi-finalists, the two third-placed teams of the group stage enter the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off where the winner qualifies for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
| Italy | 1–6 | France |
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| Serturini 9' |
Report | Kradjov 35' Bourdieu 38', 58'Ollivier 69'Laurent 72'Gavory 90+2' |
| Netherlands | 3–3 | Italy |
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| Kalma 25' Nouwen 34' (pen.)Weerden 90+4' |
Report | Nouwen 7' (o.g.) Regazzoli 66'Serturini 83' |
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[5]
On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board (IFAB)'s trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[13] On 1 June 2017, it was also announced 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
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 17 August – Belfast | ||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||
| 20 August – Belfast | ||||||
| France | 2 | |||||
| France | 2 | |||||
| 17 August – Belfast | ||||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||
| Netherlands | 2 | |||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||
| World Cup play-off | ||||||
| 17 August – Lurgan | ||||||
| Scotland | 0 | |||||
| England | 2 | |||||
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off
Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Semi-finals
Final
Note: Goals scored in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off are included in this list, but are not counted by UEFA for statistical purposes.
- 5 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Zoe Cross (in play-off)- Mollie Rouse (in play-off)
Lina Boussaha- Christy Gavory
- Catherine Karadjov
- Agathe Ollivier
- Julie Thibaud
Anna Gerhardt- Luca Maria Graf
- Giulia Gwinn
- Kristin Kögel
- Ereleta Memeti
- Dina Orschmann
- Caroline Siems
Alice Regazzoli
Fenna Kalma- Ashleigh Weerden
Louise McDaniel
Kirsty Hanson
Damaris Egurrola- Maite Oroz
- 1 own goal
- Julie Piga (against Netherlands)
- Aniek Nouwen (against Italy)
Source: UEFA.com[16]
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Source: UEFA Technical Report[17]
The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, including France which qualified as hosts.[18]
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1 |
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| France | 19 March 2015[19] | 6 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016) |
| Spain | 14 August 2017 | 2 (2004, 2016) |
| Germany | 11 August 2017 | 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
| Netherlands | 11 August 2017 | 0 (debut) |
| England | 17 August 2017 | 4 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2014) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
- James, Laure (14 September 2017). "2017: Patricia Guijarro". UEFA.com.
- "Northern Irish, Swiss to host Women's U19 finals". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
- "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2016.
- "2016/17 WU19 EURO qualifying round draw pots". UEFA. 21 October 2015.
- "2017 WU19 EURO final line-up complete". UEFA.com. 12 June 2017.
- "2017 UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship programme" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- "Women's Under-19 final tournament draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- "2017 WU19 EURO final tournament draw". UEFA.com. 22 June 2017.
- "Technical Report — Results". UEFA.com.
- "2017 WU19 EURO match schedule". UEFA.com. 22 June 2017.
- "Final Match Schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- "Penalty shoot-outs could soon resemble tennis tie-breaks". The Telegraph. 3 March 2017.
- "Comprehensive bidding regulations approved for all finals and final tournaments". UEFA.org. 1 June 2017.
- "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- "European quartet secure France 2018 berths". FIFA.com. 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017.
- "France to host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019". FIFA.com. 19 March 2015. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015.