2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2022) is the 13th 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. Bosnia and Herzegovina is hosting the tournament.[1] A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.

2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBosnia and Herzegovina
Dates3–15 May 2022
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored16 (4 per match)
Attendance1,737 (434 per match)
Top scorer(s) Fieke Kroese (3 goals)

Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the UEFA representatives.

Germany are the defending champions, having won the last tournament held in 2019, with the 2020 and 2021 editions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows:[2]

For the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, the Faroe Islands and Bosnia and Herzegovina were selected as hosts respectively.[1]

Qualification
Main article: 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

The UEFA Executive Committee approved on 18 June 2020 a new qualifying format for the Women's Under-17 and Under-19 Championship starting from 2022.[3] The qualifying competition will be played in two rounds, with teams divided into two leagues, and promotion and relegation between leagues after each round similar to the UEFA Nations League.[4]

A record total of 49 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams will qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts. The draw for round 1 was held on 11 March 2021, 13:30 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Under-17 Euro1
only U-17 era (since 2008)
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaHosts24 September 2019[1]0 (debut)
 DenmarkRound 2 Group A4 winners16 March 20223 (2008, 2012, 2019)
 NetherlandsRound 2 Group A7 winners22 March 20224 (2010, 2017, 2018, 2019)
 GermanyRound 2 Group A5 winners29 March 202211 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
 FinlandRound 2 Group A1 winners29 March 20221 (2018)
 FranceRound 2 Group A6 winners30 March 20227 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017)
 NorwayRound 2 Group A3 winners30 March 20224 (2009, 2015, 2016, 2017)
 SpainRound 2 Group A2 winners13 April 202210 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Final draw

The final draw was held on 5 April 2022, 18:00 CET, at Hotel Hills in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[6] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There were no seeding, except that the hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues
Sarajevo Zenica
Široki Brijeg Mostar
Stadion Grbavica Bilino Polje Stadium Stadion Pecara Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom
Capacity: 13,146 Capacity: 15,292 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 9,000

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 43.01).[7]

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are 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 are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 20.01 and 20.02):[7]

  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 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out 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);
  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, CEST (UTC+2).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 1 1 0 0 8 0 +8 3 Knockout stage
2  Germany 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
3  Denmark 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) 1 0 0 1 0 8 −8 0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Denmark 0–2 Germany
Report
  • Platner 3'
  • Stoldt 10'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–8 Netherlands
Report
  • Kroese 22', 73', 74'
  • Huizenga 29'
  • Balić 41' (o.g.)
  • Keukelaar 45+1', 70'
  • Janssen 83'
Attendance: 1,237
Referee: Lovisa Johansson (Sweden)
Bosnia and Herzegovina v Denmark
Report
Germany v Netherlands
Report
Germany v Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Netherlands v Denmark
Report

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 3 Knockout stage
2  France 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
3  Finland 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
4  Norway 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
France 2–0 Finland
  • Chossenotte 40'
  • Calba 72'
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)
Norway 0–4 Spain
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Michèle Schmölzer (Switzerland)
Spain v Finland
Report
France v Norway
Report
Spain v France
Report
Finland v Norway
Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).[7]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 May –
 
 
Winner group A
 
15 May – Sarajevo
 
Runner-up group B
 
 
 
12 May –
 
 
 
Winner group B
 
 
Runner-up group A
 
World Cup play-off
 
 
15 May – Zenica
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Losers enter the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off.

Winner group AvRunner-up group B
Winner group BvRunner-up group A

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

Winner qualifies for 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Loser semi-final 1vLoser semi-final 2

Final
Winner semi-final 1vWinner semi-final 2

Goalscorers

There have been 16 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match (as of 3 May 2022). Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.

3 goals

  • Fieke Kroese

2 goals

  • Lotte Keukelaar

1 goal

  • Lucie Calba
  • Shana Chossenotte
  • Paulina Platner
  • Svea Stoldt
  • Hanna Huizenga
  • Aniek Janssen
  • Carla Camacho
  • Lucía Corrales
  • Vicky López
  • Laia Martret

1 own goal

  • Ajla Balić (against the Netherlands)

Source: UEFA

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

The following three teams from UEFA qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
TBD2022
TBD2022
TBD2022
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "Hosts picked for 2021 and 2022 WU17 EUROs". UEFA.com. 24 September 2019.
  2. "17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. 27 March 2019.
  3. "Temporary emergency measures for Financial Fair Play". UEFA.com. 18 June 2019.
  4. "New format for Women's U17 and Women's U19 EUROs". UEFA.com. 18 June 2020.
  5. "2021/22 Women's U17 Round 1 draw live on Thursday". UEFA.com. 5 March 2021.
  6. "2022 Women's U17 finals draw: Tuesday". UEFA.com.
  7. "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship". UEFA.com.
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