2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Northern Ireland
Dates 8–20 August 2017
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) TBD (in TBD host cities)

The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship will be 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, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, will host the tournament.[1]

A total of eight teams will play 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 will qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the UEFA representatives, besides France who qualified automatically as hosts.

Qualification

A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Northern Ireland qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[2] The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: Qualifying round, which takes place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which takes place in spring 2017.[3]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

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

Final draw

The final draw will be held in summer 2017 in Northern Ireland.[4] The eight teams will be drawn into two groups of four teams. There will be no seeding, except that hosts Northern Ireland will be assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.[3]

Group stage

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):[3]

  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, BST (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Northern Ireland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage and
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off[lower-alpha 1]
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 8 August 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. ↑ If France are among the semi-finalists, the two third-placed teams of the group stage will 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. Otherwise, the play-off will not be played.

8 August 2017 (2017-08-08)
Northern Ireland  v A4

8 August 2017 (2017-08-08)
A3 v A2

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11)
Northern Ireland  v A3

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11)
A2 v A4

14 August 2017 (2017-08-14)
A2 v  Northern Ireland

14 August 2017 (2017-08-14)
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 and
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off[lower-alpha 1]
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 8 August 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ If France are among the semi-finalists, the two third-placed teams of the group stage will 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. Otherwise, the play-off will not be played.

8 August 2017 (2017-08-08)
B1 v B4

8 August 2017 (2017-08-08)
B3 v B2

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11)
B1 v B3

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11)
B2 v B4

14 August 2017 (2017-08-14)
B2 v B1

14 August 2017 (2017-08-14)
B4 v B3

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[3]

On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[5]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 August –
 
 
Winner Group A
 
20 August –
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
17 August –
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 

Semi-finals

17 August 2017 (2017-08-17)
Winner Group A Semi-final 1 Runner-up Group B

17 August 2017 (2017-08-17)
Winner Group B Semi-final 2 Runner-up Group A

Final

20 August 2017 (2017-08-20)
Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2

References

  1. ↑ "Northern Irish, Swiss to host Women's U19 finals". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "2016/17 WU19 EURO qualifying round draw pots". UEFA. 21 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, 2016/17" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. ↑ "Women's Under-19 final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
  5. ↑ "FIFA Executive Committee approves key priorities to restore trust in FIFA". UEFA. 2 May 2016.

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