The 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the ninth 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 ...
, the annual European international youth
football
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championship contested by the women's under-17 national teams of
UEFA
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member associations.
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 4 and 16 May 2016.
A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.
Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an annual (biennial until 2024) international women's association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (FIFA) ...
. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the
2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international Women's association football, women's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-17 national t ...
in Jordan as the UEFA representatives.
Qualification
The national teams from 47 UEFA member associations entered the competition, which was a record total, including Andorra who entered a UEFA women's competition for the first time. With Belarus automatically qualified as hosts, the other 46 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016.
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:
Notes
Final draw
The final draw was held on 6 April 2016, 11:30
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), at the Victoria Hotel in
Minsk
Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...
, Belarus. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Belarus were assigned to position A1 in the draw.
Venues
The tournament was hosted in five venues:
Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.
Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
;Referees
* Eleni Antoniou (
Greece
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)
* Ana Aguiar (
Portugal
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)
* Dimitrina Milkova (
Bulgaria
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)
* Elvira Nurmustafina (
Kazakhstan
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)
* Tess Olofsson (
Sweden
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)
* Vera Opeikina (
Russia
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)
;Assistant referees
* Oleksandra Ardasheva (
Ukraine
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)
* Emilie Aubry (
Switzerland
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)
* Helena Buh (
Slovenia
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)
* Yelena Jermolajeva (
Latvia
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)
* Bianca H.P. Scheffers (
Netherlands
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)
* Kinga Seniuk-Mikulska (
Poland
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)
* Sibel Yamac Tamkafa (
Turkey
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)
* Kristina Yanuskevich (
Kazakhstan
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)
;Fourth officials
* Volha Tsiareshka (
Belarus
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)
* Irina Turovskaya (
Belarus
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)
Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 7 April 2016.
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
;Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to
points
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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:
#Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
#Superior
goal difference
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resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
#Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
#If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
#Superior goal difference in all group matches;
#Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
#If only two teams have the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a
penalty shoot-out
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(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).
#Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
#Drawing of lots.
All times were local,
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UTC+3
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).
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage,
penalty shoot-out
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was used to decide the winner if necessary (no
extra time
Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...
was played).
There was a third place match (i.e., FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off) for this edition of the tournament as it was used as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (since expansion to eight teams).
Bracket
Semi-finals
Winners qualified for
2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international Women's association football, women's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-17 national t ...
.
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Third place match
Winner qualified for
2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international Women's association football, women's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-17 national t ...
.
Final
Goalscorers
;5 goals
*
Alessia Russo
Alessia Mia Teresa Russo (; born 8 February 1999) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Women's Super League club Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal and the England women's n ...
*
Lorena Navarro
Lorena Navarro Domínguez (born 11 November 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Primera División club Real Sociedad Femenino, Real Sociedad.
Club career
Navarro started her car ...
;4 goals
*
Niamh Charles
Niamh Louise Charles ( , ; born 21 June 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the England national team. Beginning her youth and senior career with Liverpool as a forwar ...
*
Vanessa Ziegler
;3 goals
*
Ellie Brazil
*
Hannah Cain
Hannah Jade Cain (born 11 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Leicester City in the FA Women's Super League and the Wales national football team. She has represented both England on the under-17, under-19 an ...
*
Anna Filbey
*
Klara Bühl
Klara Gabriele Bühl (; born 7 December 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. She is widely recognised as one of the best young wi ...
*
Sophie Haug
;2 goals
*
Grace Smith
*
Georgia Stanway
Georgia Marie Stanway (born 3 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the England national team. Stanway started her senior career at Blackburn R ...
*
Ella Ann Toone
*
Marie Müller
*
Miljana Ivanović
Miljana Ivanović ( sr-cyr, Миљана Ивановић; born 17 May 2000) is a Serbian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for London City Lionesses in the Women's Championship and for the Se ...
*
Silvia Rubio
;1 goal
*
Karolina Zhitko
Karolina may refer to:
People
*Karolina (given name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
*Karolina (singer), singer/songwriter from Eilat, Israel
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*
Tanja Pawollek
*
Benedetta Glionna
*
Frida Maanum
Frida Leonhardsen Maanum (;
born 16 July 1999) is a Norwegian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder or Defender (association football), defender for Women's Super League club Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal and the Nor ...
*
Ingrid Olsen
*
Emilia Ruud
*
Jovana Agbaba
*
Teodora Burkert
*
Tijana Filipović
*
Allegra Poljak
*
María Blanco
Maria Gimena Blanco (born 5 December 1987), known as Gimena Blanco, is an Argentine association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for Italian Serie A (women's football), Serie A club S.S.D. Napoli Femminile, SSD Napoli Femminile. ...
*
Natalia Ramos
;1 own goal
*
Sophia Kleinherne (playing against Spain)
Team of the Tournament
;Goalkeepers
*
Tanja Djapić
*
Noelia Ramos
;Defenders
*
Markéta Klímová
*
Tanja Pawollek
*
Caroline Siems
*
Laia Aleixandri
*
Ona Batlle
*
Lucía Rodríguez
;Midfielders
*
Georgia Stanway
Georgia Marie Stanway (born 3 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the England national team. Stanway started her senior career at Blackburn R ...
*
Janina Minge
*
Frida Maanum
Frida Leonhardsen Maanum (;
born 16 July 1999) is a Norwegian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder or Defender (association football), defender for Women's Super League club Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal and the Nor ...
*
Paula Fernández
Paula Fernández Jiménez (born 1 July 1999) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Levante UD.
Club career
Fernández started her career at Barcelona's academy.
References
External linksProfileat La Liga
The Campeonato ...
*
Silvia Rubio
;Forwards
*
Alessia Russo
Alessia Mia Teresa Russo (; born 8 February 1999) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Women's Super League club Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal and the England women's n ...
*
Klara Bühl
Klara Gabriele Bühl (; born 7 December 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. She is widely recognised as one of the best young wi ...
*
Giulia Gwinn
*
Allegra Poljak
*
Candela Andújar
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
:
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.
References
External links
*
Belarus 2016 UEFA.com
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