| Tourney Name: | UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Other Titles: | U17-Europamästerskapet i fotboll för damer 2024 |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Dates: | 5–18 May |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 5 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 55 |
| Top Scorer: | Alba Cerrato (7 goals) |
| Player: | Alba Cerrato[1] |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
The 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 15th 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. Sweden hosted the tournament from 5 to 18 May. The matches were played in Malmö and Lund. Eight matches were played in Malmö IP, Malmö and eight matches were played in Klostergårdens IP, Lund.[2] [3] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.
In the 2023 final, France won their first title by defeating Spain 3–2.
This tournament also acted as UEFA's qualifier for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic, with the winners, runners-up, and third-placed teams qualifying as the UEFA representatives.
See main article: article and 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification.
50 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Sweden 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]
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 (Group stage) | (2013) | ||||
| 2019 (Semi-finals) | (2019) | ||||
| 2013 (Fourth place) | (2013) | ||||
| 2023 (Semi-finals) | (2016), (2023) | ||||
| 2022 (Group stage) | (2009, 2016), (2017) | ||||
| 2023 (Group stage) | (2013) | ||||
| 2023 (Runners-up) | (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018) | ||||
| 2023 (Champions) | (2023) |
See main article: 2024 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).[5]
The venues for the 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship were Malmö IP, located in Sweden's third biggest city Malmö and Klostergårdens IP, located in Lund.
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
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In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).[5]
The winners qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The losers entered the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off.
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The winner qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
The following awards were given after the tournament:
After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[6]
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Julia Woźniak |
| Defenders | Nelly Las |
| Cecily Wellesley-Smith | |
| Amaya García | |
| Aiara Agirrezabala | |
| Midfielders | Weronika Araśniewicz |
| Anaïs Ebayilin | |
| Ainoa Gómez | |
| Forwards | Celia Segura |
| Alba Cerrato | |
| Lola Brown |
The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) | |||
| 2 (2008, 2016) | |||
| 0 (debut) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.