The 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2018) was the 11th edition of the

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. It is the annual international youth

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championship organised by

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for women under-17 of Europe national teams.

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, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament from 9 to 21 May 2018. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 were the ones 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

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. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the

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in Uruguay as UEFA representatives.

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won their fourth title by beating defending champions

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2–0 in the final.

Qualifications

A total of 46 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Lithuania qualifying automatically; the other 45 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2017, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2018.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Final draw

The final draw was held on 6 April 2018, 10:00

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), at the

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, Lithuania. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Lithuania were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

In January 2015

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announced plans to host championships in

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and

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, although

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had to improve the conditions in stadium. In early 2018 it was announced that competition would be held in three cities:

and

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Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament. ;Referees * Khristiyana Guteva * Lucie Šulcová * Frida Mia Klarlund Nielsen * Irena Velevačkoska * Désirée Grundbacher * Kateryna Usova ;Assistant referees *

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* Almira Spahić * Maja Petravić * Polyxeni Irodotou * Élodie Coppola * Yelena Alistratova * Diāna Vanaga * Sandra Österberg ;Fourth officials *

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* Jurgita Mačikunytė

Squads

Each national team submitted a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 41).

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 12 April 2018. The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals. ;Tiebreakers In the group stage, teams are ranked according to

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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02): #Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #

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in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Goals scored in all group matches; #

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if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage); #Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); #UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; #Drawing of lots. All times are local,

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Knockout stage

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is used to decide the winner if necessary (no

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is played).

Bracket

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for

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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off

Winner qualifies for

Final

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the

. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

Note: Goals scored in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off are included in this list, but are not counted by UEFA for statistical purposes. ;9 goals * Shekiera Martinez ;6 goals * Eva Navarro ;4 goals *

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* Annika Huhta (including 1 in play-off) ;3 goals *

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* Kirsten van de Westeringh ;2 goals * Jess Park (including 1 in play-off) * Aino Vuorinen * Vanessa Fudalla * Ivana Fuso * Leonie Köster *

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* Paula Arana ;1 goal *

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* Paris McKenzie * Kaisa Juvonen * Jenni Kantanen (in play-off) *

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* Gia Corley * Laura Donhauser * Dana Foederer * Chasity Grant * Gwyneth Hendriks * Nikita Tromp *

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* Paulina Tomasiak * Aida Esteve * Paola Hernández ;1 own goal * Kayla Rendell (against Germany) * Laura Ubartaitė (against The Netherlands)

Team of the tournament

The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament (previously a squad of 18 players were selected): ;Goalkeeper * Anna Koivunen ;Defenders *

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* Greta Stegemann *

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;Midfielders * Paola Hernández * Ivana Fuso * Vanessa Fudalla * Jess Park * Kirsten van de Westeringh ;Forwards * Eva Navarro * Shekiera Martinez

References

External links

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UEFA Women's Under-17 history: 2017/18
UEFA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Uefa Women's Under-17 Championship 2018

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