2018_UEFA_European_Under-17_Championship_qualification

2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round:; 27 September – 1 November 2017; Elite round:; 7–28 March 2018
Teams	54 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	343 (2.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adam Idah (8 goals)
	← 2017 2019 →

2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

International football competition

The 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-17 football competition that determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts England in the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.^[1]

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Apart from England, all remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Kosovo who entered for the first time).^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2001 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:^[3]

Qualifying round: Apart from Germany and Portugal, which receive byes to the elite round as the teams with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams are drawn into 13 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 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the four third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advance to the elite round.
Elite round: The 32 teams are drawn into eight 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 eight group winners and the seven runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualify for the final tournament.

The schedule of each mini-tournament is as follows (Regulations Article 20.04):^[3]

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[table_hth_BIH0.17857323269293-7] Head-to-head results: Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–0 Macedonia, Slovakia 0–0 Macedonia, Slovakia 1–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina. Head-to-head standings:
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2 pts, 0 GD, 1 GF

Slovakia: 2 pts, 0 GD, 1 GF

Macedonia: 2 pts, 0 GD, 0 GF
Macedonia are ranked third on head-to-head goals scored. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovakia are tied on their own head-to-head result, and are ranked on total goal difference.

[2] Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2 pts, 0 GD, 1 GF

[3] Slovakia: 2 pts, 0 GD, 1 GF

[4] Macedonia: 2 pts, 0 GD, 0 GF

[table_hth_G120.17779043092289-10] Ranked by disciplinary points (Cyprus: 2 pts; Turkey: 5 pts).

[table_hth_G050.17779043092289-11] Ranked by disciplinary points (Norway: 4 pts; Andorra: 5 pts).

[table_hth_G130.17779043092289-12] Ranked by disciplinary points (Latvia: 3 pts; Albania: 7 pts).

[table_hth_G060.17779043092289-13] Ranked by disciplinary points (Belarus: 1 pt; Lithuania: 4 pts).

[table_hth_ISR0.84782827265925-18] Ranked by disciplinary points (Israel: 0 pts; Italy: 5 pts).

[table_hth_ESP0.84782827265925-19] Ranked by disciplinary points (Spain: 7 pts; Scotland: 8 pts).

[table_hth_SVN0.84782827265925-20] Ranked by disciplinary points (Slovenia: 2 pts; Georgia: 8 pts).

[table_hth_BIH0.63887875230931-23] Head-to-head result: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 Denmark.

[table_hth_GRE0.61425262066268-24] Head-to-head result: Greece 1–0 Scotland.

[table_hth_G060.10425377129775-25] Ranked by disciplinary points (Denmark: 3 pts; Italy: 5 pts).

[Montenegro-Latvia-9] [N 1]
The match between Montenegro and Latvia, which kicked off on 30 October 2017, 15:00 CET in David Petriashvili Stadium, was suspended after 1:35 minutes due to strong winds and broken floodlights. The match resumed on 17:50 CET in Mikheil Meskhi Stadium.^[7]

[host-1] [1]
"U17 finals destined for Croatia and England". UEFA. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

[seeding1-2] [2]
"Seedings for 2017/18 U17 qualifying round". UEFA. 24 November 2016.

[regulations-3] [3]
"Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2017/18" (PDF). UEFA.com.

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"2017/18 U17 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

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"2017/18 U17 qualifying round draw made". UEFA.com. 13 December 2016.

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"2017/18 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com.

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"Melnkalne - Latvija U17 (1:1)". Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

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"Under-17 elite round draw". UEFA.com.

[elite_round_draw-15] [9]
"Under-17 EURO elite round draw made". UEFA.com. 6 December 2017.

[16] [10]
"2017/18 U17 elite round seedings" (PDF). UEFA.com.

[17] [11]
"Under-17 EURO elite round draw seedings". UEFA.com. 15 November 2017.

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"Disciplinary updates". UEFA.com.

[22] [13]
"Ucrania se queda fuera de Europeo por alineación indebida". AS. 28 March 2018.

[26] [14]
"Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

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Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 3 v 2
Rest days (2 days)	—
Matchday 2	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Rest days (2 days)	—
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9	Elite round
2	Switzerland	3	2	1	6	2	+4	6	Elite round
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	2	1	8	−7	3
4	Malta (H)	3	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Elite round
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Elite round
3	Albania (H)	3	1	0	2	5	2	+3	3
4	Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Elite round
2	Czech Republic (H)	3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	4
3	Turkey	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
4	Armenia	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland (H)	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Elite round
2	Iceland	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Elite round
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

2018_UEFA_European_Under-17_Championship_qualification

2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Format

Tiebreakers

Qualifying round

Draw

Groups

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

Group 11

Group 12

Group 13

Ranking of third-placed teams

Elite round

Draw

Groups

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Ranking of second-placed teams

Qualified teams

Goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

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Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 27 September – 1 November 2017 Elite round: 7–28 March 2018
Teams	54 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	343 (2.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adam Idah (8 goals)
← 2017 2019 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia (H)	3	3	0	12	3	+9	9	Elite round
2	Greece	3	2	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Norway	3	1	2	11	3	+8	3
4	Gibraltar	3	0	3	0	23	−23	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	10	2	+8	9	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	3	2	+1	6	Elite round
3	Belarus (H)	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Elite round
2	Denmark	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Elite round
3	Andorra	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Estonia (H)	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Elite round
2	Slovakia	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Macedonia (H)	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Moldova	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	3	0	6	2	+4	9	Elite round
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	7	2	+5	6	Elite round
3	Wales	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Kosovo	3	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Elite round
2	Romania (H)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	Elite round
3	Lithuania	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Luxembourg	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	12	1	+11	9	Elite round
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	10	4	+6	6	Elite round
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	2	3	13	−10	3
4	Bulgaria (H)	3	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	1	2	0	11	2	+9	5
3	Cyprus (H)	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	4
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	0	22	−22	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Elite round
2	Georgia (H)	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6	Elite round
3	Latvia	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Montenegro	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	8	Macedonia	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	Elite round
2	12	Cyprus	2	1	1	1	2	−1	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	3	Turkey	2	1	1	1	2	−1	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	5	Norway	2	0	2	1	3	−2	0^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	7	Andorra	2	0	2	1	3	−2	0^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	13	Latvia	2	0	2	0	2	−2	0^{[lower-alpha 3]}
7	2	Albania	2	0	2	0	2	−2	0^{[lower-alpha 3]}
8	6	Belarus	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0^{[lower-alpha 4]}
9	10	Lithuania	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0^{[lower-alpha 4]}
10	4	Russia	2	0	2	0	3	−3	0
11	9	Wales	2	0	2	1	6	−5	0
12	1	Northern Ireland	2	0	2	0	8	−8	0
13	11	Azerbaijan	2	0	2	1	12	−11	0

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	—	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	11	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9
4	5	Serbia	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9
5	6	France	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9
6	1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
7	3	Israel	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	13	Italy	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}
9	9	Hungary	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Pot B
10	10	Austria	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
11	12	Poland	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7
12	2	Croatia	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
13	4	Finland	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
14	2	Spain	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7^{[lower-alpha 2]}
15	7	Scotland	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7^{[lower-alpha 2]}
16	4	Iceland	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
17	7	Denmark	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Pot C
18	11	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
19	5	Greece	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
20	9	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
21	1	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
22	6	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6^{[lower-alpha 3]}
23	13	Georgia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6^{[lower-alpha 3]}
24	12	Sweden	3	1	2	0	11	2	+9	5
25	8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5	Pot D
26	8	Slovakia	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
27	8	Macedonia (Y)	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
28	3	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	4
29	12	Cyprus (Y)	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	4
30	3	Turkey (Y)	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
31	10	Romania	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
32	5	Norway (Y)	3	1	0	2	11	3	+8	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Final tournament
2	Spain	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Final tournament
3	Ukraine	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2
4	Czech Republic (H)	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Final tournament
2	Portugal (H)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Final tournament
3	Finland	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9	Final tournament
2	Italy	3	2	1	3	2	+1	6	Final tournament
3	Turkey	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Iceland	3	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Final tournament
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Final tournament
3	France	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	Austria (H)	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Under-17 Euro¹ only U-17 era (since 2002)
England	Hosts	26 January 2015^[1]	12 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Serbia	Elite round Group 1 winners	27 March 2018	6 (2002², 2006³, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2017)
Sweden	Elite round Group 2 winners	15 March 2018	2 (2013, 2016)
Republic of Ireland	Elite round Group 3 winners	24 March 2018	3 (2008, 2015, 2017)
Switzerland	Elite round Group 4 winners	18 March 2018	7 (2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014)
Netherlands	Elite round Group 5 winners	13 March 2018	11 (2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elite round Group 6 winners	27 March 2018	2 (2016, 2017)
Slovenia	Elite round Group 7 winners	28 March 2018	2 (2012, 2015)
Norway	Elite round Group 8 winners	27 March 2018	1 (2017)
Germany	Elite round best seven runners-up	27 March 2018	10 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Portugal	Elite round best seven runners-up	18 March 2018	6 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2016)
Denmark	Elite round best seven runners-up	27 March 2018	4 (2002, 2003, 2011, 2016)
Italy	Elite round best seven runners-up	15 March 2018	7 (2003, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Israel	Elite round best seven runners-up	28 March 2018	2 (2003, 2005)
Spain	Elite round best seven runners-up	27 March 2018	11 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Belgium	Elite round best seven runners-up	27 March 2018	5 (2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016)