The 2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the first edition of the

UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship 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 play ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

won the trophy for the first time ever.

Qualification

There were two qualifying rounds, and four teams qualified for the final round, played in

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First qualifying round

There were ten groups of four teams each. The ten group winners and best six runners-up advanced to the second qualifying round. Teams in ''italics'' hosted the mini-tournament.

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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Ranking of group runners-up

Only matches against 1st and 3rd placed teams were used in the ranking.

Second qualifying round

The sixteen qualified teams from the first qualifying round were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The group winners advanced to the final round. Teams in ''italics'' hosted the mini-tournament.

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Final tournament

The knockout stage was played in

. The four teams qualified to the

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the first women's football edition of the U-17 World Cup. It was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. North Korea won the first edition, extending their grip of women's youth footbal ...

held in

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External links

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