2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
UEFA U-17 Europsko prvenstvo 2017.
Tournament details
Host country  Croatia
Dates 3–19 May 2017
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 8 (in 7 host cities)

The 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship will be 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, will host the tournament.[1]

A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate.

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament will qualify 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.[2]

Qualification

All 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Croatia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.[3] The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: Qualifying round, which takes place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which takes place in spring 2017.[4]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Croatia Hosts 4th 2015 Fourth place (2005)

Final draw

The final draw will be held in April 2017 in Croatia.[5] The 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams. Hosts Croatia will be assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams will be 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 placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.

Venues

Croatian Football Federation submitted to UEFA a list of nine venues in seven host cities: Kantrida and Rujevica (in Rijeka), Aldo Drosina and Veruda (in Pula), Valbruna (in Rovinj), Veli Jože (in Poreč), Gradski stadion (in Crikvenica), Bahalin (in Novi Vinodolski), and Žuknica (in Kostrena).[6]

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.[4]

Group stage

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):[4]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. 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;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. 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).
  8. 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);
  9. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 3 May 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

3 May 2017 (2017-05-03)
Croatia  v A4

3 May 2017 (2017-05-03)
A3 v A2

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06)
Croatia  v A3

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06)
A2 v A4

9 May 2017 (2017-05-09)
A2 v  Croatia

9 May 2017 (2017-05-09)
A4 v A3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 3 May 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

3 May 2017 (2017-05-03)
B1 v B4

3 May 2017 (2017-05-03)
B3 v B2

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06)
B1 v B3

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06)
B2 v B4

9 May 2017 (2017-05-09)
B2 v B1

9 May 2017 (2017-05-09)
B4 v B3

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 May 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
C1 v C4

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
C3 v C2

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07)
C1 v C3

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07)
C2 v C4

10 May 2017 (2017-05-10)
C2 v C1

10 May 2017 (2017-05-10)
C4 v C3

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 May 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
D1 v D4

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
D3 v D2

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07)
D1 v D3

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07)
D2 v D4

10 May 2017 (2017-05-10)
D2 v D1

10 May 2017 (2017-05-10)
D4 v D3

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).[4]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
12 May –
 
 
Winner Group A
 
16 May –
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Quarter-final 1
 
13 May –
 
Winner Quarter-final 3
 
Winner Group C
 
19 May –
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
12 May –
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
Winner Group B
 
16 May –
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Quarter-final 2
 
13 May –
 
Winner Quarter-final 4
 
Winner Group D
 
 
Runner-up Group C
 

Quarter-finals

Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.

12 May 2017 (2017-05-12)
Winner Group A Quarter-final 1 Runner-up Group B

12 May 2017 (2017-05-12)
Winner Group B Quarter-final 2 Runner-up Group A

13 May 2017 (2017-05-13)
Winner Group C Quarter-final 3 Runner-up Group D

13 May 2017 (2017-05-13)
Winner Group D Quarter-final 4 Runner-up Group C

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):[4]

  1. Higher position in the group stage (i.e., group winners ahead of group runners-up);
  2. Better results in the group stage (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
  3. Better results in the quarter-finals (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
  4. Lower disciplinary points in the group stage and quarter-finals combined;
  5. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
  6. Drawing of lots.
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A1/B2 Loser Quarter-final 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off
2 B1/A2 Loser Quarter-final 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C1/D2 Loser Quarter-final 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D1/C2 Loser Quarter-final 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 3 May 2017. Source: UEFA

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off

Winner qualifies for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

16 May 2017 (2017-05-16)
1st Loser Quarter-final v 2nd Loser Quarter-final

Semi-finals

16 May 2017 (2017-05-16)
Winner Quarter-final 1 Semi-final 1 Winner Quarter-final 3

16 May 2017 (2017-05-16)
Winner Quarter-final 2 Semi-final 2 Winner Quarter-final 4

Final

19 May 2017 (2017-05-19)
Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2

References

  1. ↑ "U17 finals destined for Croatia and England". UEFA. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "FIFA executive vows to improve governance and boost female participation in football". FIFA.com. 25 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Seedings for 2016/17 U17 qualifying round". UEFA.com. 30 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2016/17" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  5. ↑ "Under-17 final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
  6. ↑ Cvijanović, Marko (22 March 2016). "Obersnel Šukeru obećao preuzeti sve obveze ua EURO U-17". novilist.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 3 July 2016.

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