2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship explained

Tourney Name:UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Year:2023
Other Titles:2023. aasta U-17 naiste Euroopa meistrivõistlused jalgpallis
Size:200
Country:Estonia
Dates:14–26 May
Num Teams:8
Confederations:1
Venues:4
Cities:3
Count:1
Matches:15
Goals:65
Attendance:10836
Top Scorer: Liana Joseph
Maeline Mendy
Vicky López
(5 goals each)
Player: Vicky López[1]
Prevseason:2022
Nextseason:2024

The 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-17 national teams of Europe. Estonia was hosting the tournament from May 14 to 26.[2] It was the first women's final tournament to be held in Estonia.[3] A total of eight teams were playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

Germany were the two-time defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage. In the final, France won their first title by defeating Spain 3–2.

Qualification

See main article: article and 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification.

48 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Estonia also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams qualified for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts. The draw for round 1 was held on 31 May 2022, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamMethod of qualificationdata-sort-type="number"AppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Debut
2018 (Group stage) (2013)
2019 (Group stage) (2016)
2022 (Champions) (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022)
2015 (Runners-up) (2015)
2022 (Third place) (2008, 2011, 2012)
2022 (Runners-up) (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018)
2013 (Runners-up) (2013)

Final draw

The final draw was held on 13 April 2023, 09:00 CET, at Lilleküla Stadium in Tallinn, Estonia.[5]

Venues

TallinnTartuVõru
Kadriorg StadiumLilleküla StadiumTamme StadiumVõru Stadium
Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 14,336Capacity: 1,638Capacity: 1,600

Squads

See main article: 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship squads. Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 44.01).[6]

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

TiebreakersIn the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 20.01 and 20.02):[6]
  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to that subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Higher position in the qualification round 2 league ranking

All times are local, EEST (UTC+3).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).[6]

Final

Awards

The following awards were given after the tournament:

Team of the Tournament

After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[7]

PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper Alazne Estensoro
Defenders Noemi Bejarano
Aïcha Camara
Katie Reid
Martina González
Midfielders Maeline Mendy
Nermyne Ben Khaled
Vicky López
Forwards Iman Beney
Liana Joseph
Chancelle Effa Effa

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spain's Vicky López named 2023 Women's U17 EURO Player of the Tournament. UEFA.com. en. 30 May 2023.
  2. Web site: 2023 Women's U17 EURO finals: Estonia . UEFA . August 24, 2022.
  3. Web site: Estonia, Sweden, Faroe Islands to host Women's U17 EURO in 2023, 2024, 2025. UEFA.com. 19 April 2021.
  4. Web site: 2022/23 Women's Under-17 EURO round 1 draw made. UEFA.com. 31 May 2022.
  5. Web site: 2023 Women's U17 EURO finals draw: 13 April . UEFA.com . 29 March 2023.
  6. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship. UEFA.com.
  7. Web site: UEFA.com. 2023 Women's Under-17 EURO Team of the Tournament. 30 May 2023.

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