UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship explained

UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Organiser:	UEFA
Founded:	2007
Region:	Europe
Number Of Teams:	Maximum of 55 (Qualifying rounds) 8 (Finals)
Website:	Official website
Current:	2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship^[1] or simply UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, is an annual European championship football tournament, organized by UEFA, for national teams of women under age seventeen. The tournament was first played out in 2007–08, having been approved by the UEFA Executive Committee on 22 May 2006. It is also a FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifying competition in even years. National under-17 teams whose countries belong to the European governing body UEFA can register to enter the competition.^[2] Germany is the most successful team in this competition, having won eight titles. Spain are the current champions.

Format

The Championship has three phases: two qualifying rounds open to all eligible nations and the finals phase which is composed of 8 qualified teams.

In 2011 it was announced that the tournament will be expanded to eight teams,^[3] and beginning with the 2014 edition the eight qualified teams play round-robin in two groups of four.

Results

Below are the results history table.^[4]

Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third place match
width=15%	Champions	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Runners-up	width=15%	Third place	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
1	2008	Switzerland		3–0			4–1
2	2009	Switzerland		7–0			3–1
3	2010	Switzerland		0–0 (4–1 pen.)			3–0
4	2011	Switzerland		1–0			8–2
5	2012	Switzerland		1–1 (4–3 pen.)			0–0 (5–4 pen.)
6	2013	Switzerland		1–0			4–0
7	2014			1–1 (3–1 pen.)			0–0 (4–3 pen.)
8	2015	Iceland		5–2		and
9	2016	Belarus		0–0 (3–2 pen.)			2–1
10	2017	Czech Republic		0–0 (3–1 pen.)		and
11	2018	Lithuania		2–0			2–1
12	2019	Bulgaria		1–1 (3–2 pen.)		and
-	2020	Sweden	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[5]
-	2021	Faroe Islands	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[6]
13	2022	Bosnia and Herzegovina		2–2 (3–2 pen.)			2–0
14	2023	Estonia		3–2		and
15	2024	Sweden		4–0			2–2 (4–2 pen.)
16	2025	Faroe Islands
17	2026
18	2027	Finland

Key:
- pen–after penalty shootout

Winners

width=10%	Country	width=10%	Winners	width=10%	Runners-up	width=10%	Third-place	width=10%	Fourth-place	width=10%	Losing semifinalists	width=5%	Total (Top Four)
	bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=silver	1 (2018)	2 (2010, 2011)		1 (2015)	12
	bgcolor=gold	5 (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2024)	bgcolor=silver	6 (2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023)	1 (2013)		1 (2019)	13
	bgcolor=gold	1 (2023)	bgcolor=silver	3 (2008, 2011, 2012)	2 (2009, 2022)	1 (2024)	1 (2015)	8
	bgcolor=gold	1 (2013)		1 (2024)			2
		bgcolor=silver	1 (2024)	1 (2016)	3 (2008, 2014, 2018)	1 (2023)	6
		bgcolor=silver	1 (2019)		2 (2010, 2022)	1 (2017)	4
		bgcolor=silver	1 (2015)		1 (2012)	1 (2023)	3
		bgcolor=silver	1 (2010)				1
		bgcolor=silver	1 (2013)				1
			2 (2008, 2012)			2
			1 (2014)			1
			1 (2018)			1
				2 (2009, 2016)	1 (2017)	3
				1 (2011)		1
				1 (2013)		1
					1 (2019)	1
Total	15	15	11	11	8	60

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

– Champions
– Runners-up
– Third place
– Fourth place
– Semi-finalists
GS – Group stage (from 2014 onwards)
– Did not qualify
– Did not enter / Withdrew
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

2008 (4)	2009 (4)	2010 (4)	2011 (4)	2012 (4)	2013 (4)	2014 (8)	2015 (8)	2016 (8)	2017 (8)	2018 (8)	2019 (8)	2022 (8)	2023 (8)	2024 (8)	2025 (8)	Total
×	×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•		2
•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	1
•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		2
×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	1
•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•		2
3rd	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•		4
4th	•	•	•	•	•	4th	GS	3rd	GS	4th	GS	•	SF	bgcolor=silver	2nd		9
•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	1
•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	GS	•	•		2
bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	GS	SF	•	GS	•	•	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	4th		10
bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	•	bgcolor=gold	1st	SF	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	GS	•		13
•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•		3
•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	1
•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	GS	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	•	•		5
•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	GS	4th	SF	•	•	GS	•	GS		6
•	•	•	•	•	bgcolor=gold	1st	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	3rd		4
×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	GS		3
•	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	•	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	SF	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	13
•	•	•	•	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS		3
•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	SF	•		3

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup results

Legend

– Champions
– Runners-up
– Third place
– Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

2008 (4)	2010 (4)	2012 (4)	2014 (8)	2016 (8)	2018 (8)	2022 (8)	2024 (8)	2025 (8)	Total
-	-	GS	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
QF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		1
4th	-	-	-	QF	-	-	4th		3
-	-	-	-	-	GS	-	-		1
GS	-	bgcolor=gold	1st	-	-	-	GS	-		3
3rd	QF	4th	GS	QF	QF	4th	-		7
-	-	-	3rd	-	-	-	-		1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	QF		1
-	QF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	3rd	-	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	2nd		6

Player of the Tournament

For certain tournaments, the official website UEFA.com chose a Golden Player. Starting from 2023 a Player of the Tournament has been chosen by UEFA's Technical Observer panel.

Year	Player
2008	Alexandra Popp
2009	Kyra Malinowski
2010	Lola Gallardo
2011	Alba Pomares
2012	Sandie Toletti
2013	Ewa Pajor
2014	Andrea Falcón
2015	Stefanie Sanders
2016	Caroline Siems
2017	Lena Oberdorf
2018	-
2019	-
2022	-
2023	Vicky López
2024	Alba Cerrato

Number of teams

Year of tournament	Number of teams	Format
2008–2013	4	Semifinals, third place play-off and final
2014–present	8	Two groups of four team, semifinals, third place play-off (in even years only, for qualifying to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup) and final

External links

UEFA.com

official website

Notes and References

Web site: Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2019/20. UEFA.com. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20190805170419/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/61/59/99/2615999_DOWNLOAD.pdf. 5 August 2019. dead.
Web site: UEFA European Women’s U-17 C’ship. 2007-07-19. uefa.com.
Web site: Women's EURO and U17s expanded. UEFA. 8 December 2011. 8 December 2011.
Web site: European Women's Under-17 Championship. RSSSF. 27 March 2014.
Web site: 2020 Women's U17 finals cancelled. UEFA.com. 13 August 2020.
Web site: 2020/21 Women's Under-17 EURO cancelled. UEFA.com. 18 December 2020.