2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification explained

Tourney Name:UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification
Year:2017
Dates:Qualifying round:

Elite round:
13 March – 2 April 2017
Num Teams:45
Confederations:1
Matches:102
Goals:366
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2018

The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-17 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Czech Republic in the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament.[1]

A total of 45 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Malta who entered for the first time).[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2000 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]

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 a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament, 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 mini-tournament 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.

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round and the best runner-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):[3]

  1. Higher number of points;
  2. Superior goal difference;
  3. Higher number of goals scored;
  4. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  5. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
  6. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 13 November 2015, 08:40 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4] [5]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[6]

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.[2]

+Final tournament hosts
width=160Team !
7.333 —
+Bye to elite round
width=150Team !
15.333 1
+Teams entering qualifying round
+Pot A
width=160Team !
13.500 2
13.000 3
8.833 4
8.833 5
8.500 6
8.500 7
8.500 8
8.333 9
7.833 10
7.667 11
7.500 12
+Pot B
width=150Team !
7.000 13
6.833 14
6.833 15
6.667 16
6.167 17
6.167 18
5.167 19
5.000 20
4.833 21
4.667 22
4.667 23
+Pot C
width=190Team !
4.000 24
3.833 25
3.167 26
3.000 27
3.000 28
2.833 29
2.333 30
2.333 31
2.000 32
2.000 33
2.000 34
+Pot D
width=150Team !
1.333 35
1.000 36
1.000 37
0.333 38
0.333 39
0.333 40
0.000 41
0.000 42
0.000 43
0.000 44
— 45
Notes

Groups

The qualifying round must be played between 1 September and 31 October 2016.[3]

Times up to 29 October 2016 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7

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Group 8

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Group 9

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Group 10

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Group 11

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Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.[7]

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round was held on 11 November 2016, 11:40 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[8] [9]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.[10] Spain, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group.[11]

Groups

The elite round must be played between 1 February and 2 April 2017.[3]

Times up to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the best second-placed team from the elite round which qualify for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1
(2016)
(2010)
(2009, 2015, 2016)
(2008, 2014, 2015, 2016)
(2010, 2015)
(2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
(2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
(2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Top goalscorers

The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:

10 goals
9 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's U17s set for Czech Republic, Lithuania. UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Qualifying round seedings for 2016/17 WU17 EURO. UEFA. 21 October 2015.
  3. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2016/17. UEFA.com. PDF.
  4. Web site: 2016/17 Women's U17 qualifying round draw. UEFA.com. 13 November 2015.
  5. Web site: 2016/17 Women's U17 qualifying round draw. UEFA.com. 13 November 2015.
  6. Web site: 2016/17 UEFA European Women’s Under 17 and Women’s Under 19 Championships Qualifying draws. UEFA.com.
  7. Web site: WU17 EURO elite round line-up confirmed. UEFA.com. 31 October 2016.
  8. Web site: Women's Under-17 elite round draw. UEFA.com. 11 November 2016.
  9. Web site: Germany play England in WU17 EURO elite round draw. UEFA.com. 11 November 2016.
  10. Web site: 2016/17 UEFA European Women’s Under-17 and Women’s Under-19 Championships Elite round draws. UEFA.com.
  11. Web site: WU17 EURO elite round draw seedings. UEFA.com. 4 November 2016.

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