2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2023. aasta U-17 naiste Euroopa meistrivõistlused jalgpallis
Tournament details
Host country	Estonia
Dates	14–26 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	65 (4.33 per match)
Attendance	10,836 (722 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Liana Joseph Maeline Mendy Vicky López (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Vicky López[1]
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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

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.

Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Estonia	Hosts	1st	Debut
Poland	Round 2 Group A1 winners	3rd	2018 (Group stage)	Champions (2013)
England	Round 2 Group A2 winners	8th	2019 (Group stage)	Third place (2016)
Germany	Round 2 Group A3 winners	13th	2022 (Champions)	Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022)
Switzerland	Round 2 Group A4 winners	3rd	2015 (Runners-up)	Runners-up (2015)
France	Round 2 Group A5 winners	9th	2022 (Third place)	Runners-up (2008, 2011, 2012)
Spain	Round 2 Group A6 winners	12th	2022 (Runners-up)	Champions (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018)
Sweden	Round 2 Group A7 winners	2nd	2013 (Runners-up)	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

Tallinn		Tallinn Tartu Võru	Tartu	Võru
Kadriorg Stadium	Lilleküla Stadium		Tamme Stadium	Võru Stadium
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 14,336		Capacity: 1,638	Capacity: 1,600

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.

Tiebreakers

In 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Knockout stage
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Knockout stage
2	England	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	3
4	Sweden	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

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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]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Spain	3
	England	1
					Spain	2
					France	3
	France	10
	Switzerland	2

Semi-finals

Final

Goalscorers

There were 65 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

Awards

The following awards were given after the tournament:

• Player of the Tournament: Vicky López^[1]
• Top Scorer(s): Liana Joseph, Maeline Mendy, Vicky López (5 goals each).

Team of the Tournament

After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.^[22]

Position	Player
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

References

External links

• Official website