UEFA_European_Under-17_Football_Championship

UEFA European Under-17 Championship

UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Football tournament

For the women's competition, see UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.

The UEFA European Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Under-17 Championship is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.

Quick Facts Organising body, Founded ...

Spain is the most successful team in this competition, having won nine titles. Germany are the current champions.[1]

History and format

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The current competition format consists of three stages: a qualifying round, an elite round and a final tournament. The first stage takes place in autumn of the previous year, while the elite round is played in spring. The winners of each elite round group join the host team in the final tournament, played in May. Until the 1997 tournament, players born on or after 1 August the year they turned 17 years were eligible to compete. Since the 1998 tournament, the date limit has been moved back to 1 January.[2] In 2001/2002 the competition was renamed European Under-17 Championship, but the eligibility rules did not change.

Results

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1No third place match has been played since 2007; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

Performances by countries

As of 2023

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1 There was no match to determine 3rd place after the 2006 tournament.
2 Including  West Germany and  East Germany.
3 Including  Soviet Union.
4 Including  Czechoslovakia.
5 Including  Yugoslavia.

Participating nations

Legend:
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finalists
  • 5th-6th - Fifth to Sixth place
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  • TBD – To be determined
  •  ••  – Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter
  •  ×  – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
  • — Country not affiliated to UEFA at that time
  • — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
  •      – Hosts
  •      – Not affiliated to FIFA

Comprehensive team results by tournament

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UEFA European Under-17 Championship (since 2002)

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Men's U-17 World Cup qualifiers

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2
  • R1 – Round 1
  •      – Hosts
  •      – Not affiliated to UEFA
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
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In 2023, the German U-17 became the first UEFA team in this age group to become European and world champions with the same cohort.

Awards

Player of the Tournament

For certain tournaments, the official website UEFA.com subsequently named a Golden Player or Player of the Tournament.

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Top scorer

The Top scorer award is awarded to the player who scores the most goals during the tournament.

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    UEFA.com (2023-06-02). "Germany take title with shoot-out win over France". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  2. [2]
    "European U-16/U-17 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. [3]
    In 1987, it was ruled that Italy's Roberto Secci had not been eligible to play in the competition, and UEFA decided that the title of Under-16 champions would not be awarded.
    "Italy success overruled". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  4. [4]
    "UEFA Under-17 Championship 2008 Technical Report" (pdf). UEFA.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  5. [5]
    "Malta, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan picked for U17s". UEFA. 20 March 2012.
  6. [6]
    "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA.com. 18 March 2020.
  7. [7]
    It was then ruled that Roberto Secci had not been eligible to play in the competition, and UEFA decided that the title of Under-16 champions would not be awarded this year.
    "Italy success overruled". uefa.com. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  8. [8]
    Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. FIFA considers both the Czech Republic and Slovakia as successor teams of Czechoslovakia.
  9. [9]
    Russia was banned from all competitions due to the invasion of Ukraine
  10. [10]
    The USSR was dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
  11. [11]
    The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1991 all the nations that formed this country now compete separately. FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia.
  12. [12]
    FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.
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