2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 8 September – 25 October 2016 Elite round: 4 April – 12 June 2017
Teams	45 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	101
Goals scored	438 (4.34 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lucía García (11 goals)
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The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Northern Ireland in the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1]

A total of 47 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to participate.

The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:^[3]

• Qualifying round: Apart from France, England and Germany, which receive byes to the elite round as the teams with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 44 teams are drawn into 11 groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 11 group winners and the 10 runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group advance to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 24 teams are drawn into six groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The six group winners and the runner-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualify for the final tournament.

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[3]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
5. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
7. If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings are determined by a penalty shoot-out (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. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the ten best runners-up from the qualifying round and the best runner-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):^[3]

1. Higher number of points;
2. Superior goal difference;
3. Higher number of goals scored;
4. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
5. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 13 November 2015, 09:55 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[4][5]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[6]

• 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff Rank  Northern Ireland 4.667 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff Rank  France 14.000 1  England 14.000 2  Germany 13.667 3

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  Spain 12.000 4  Sweden 11.500 5  Norway 10.000 6  Denmark 9.833 7  Belgium 9.333 8  Netherlands 9.167 9  Finland 9.167 10  Scotland 8.833 11   Switzerland 8.000 12  Republic of Ireland 7.833 13  Russia 7.000 14

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Italy 6.500 15  Portugal 6.333 16  Czech Republic 6.167 17  Austria 6.000 18  Iceland 5.833 19  Serbia 5.167 20  Ukraine 4.833 21  Romania 4.333 22  Slovenia 4.167 23  Turkey 4.000 24  Hungary 4.000 25

Pot C Team Coeff Rank  Poland 3.833 26  Croatia 3.833 27  Wales 3.667 28  Greece 3.667 29  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.333 30  Slovakia 2.333 31  Moldova 2.000 32  Belarus 1.833 33  Cyprus 1.667 34  Faroe Islands 1.333 35  Azerbaijan 1.333 36

Pot D Team Coeff Rank  Macedonia 1.333 37  Estonia 1.000 38  Bulgaria 1.000 39  Israel 0.000 40  Kazakhstan 0.000 41  Latvia 0.000 42  Lithuania 0.000 43  Montenegro 0.000 44  Georgia 0.000 45  Albania 0.000 46  Armenia — 47

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

Andorra

Gibraltar

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malta

San Marino

The qualifying round must be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:^[3]

• 12–20 September 2016
• 17–25 October 2016

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Elite round
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	15	2	+13	6
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3
4	Armenia	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Elite round
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
4	Macedonia (H)	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9	Elite round
2	Austria	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
3	Belarus (H)	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9	Elite round
2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	19	3	+16	6
3	Albania (H)	3	1	0	2	2	20	−18	3
4	Cyprus	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

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The Serbia v Scotland match was not played as scheduled due to illness within the Scotland squad.^[7][8] The match was awarded by UEFA as a 3–0 win for Serbia due to Scotland's "refusal to play" the match.^[9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia (H)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Elite round
2	Russia	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Israel	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland (H)	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Elite round
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	15	3	+12	6
3	Faroe Islands	3	1	0	2	2	13	−11	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Elite round
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
4	Georgia	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	30	0	+30	9	Elite round
2	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	7	8	−1	6
3	Azerbaijan (H)	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
4	Latvia	3	0	0	3	2	27	−25	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	19	3	+16	7	Elite round
2	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	17	3	+14	7
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	2	17	−15	3
4	Estonia (H)	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

The Croatia v Czech Republic match was completed with a 0–7 scoreline before a default victory was awarded.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Elite round
2	Turkey	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
3	Bulgaria (H)	3	1	0	2	1	9	−8	3
4	Moldova	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Elite round
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	17	3	+14	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	6	13	−7	4
4	Montenegro (H)	3	0	0	3	2	17	−15	0

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To determine the ten best second-placed teams from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.^[10]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	9	Switzerland	2	1	1	0	12	3	+9	4	Elite round
2	4	Scotland	2	1	0	1	11	3	+8	3
3	11	Denmark	2	1	0	1	10	3	+7	3
4	1	Norway	2	1	0	1	7	2	+5	3
5	2	Italy	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	3
6	6	Iceland	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
7	7	Portugal	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3[a]
8	10	Turkey	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3[a]
9	5	Russia	2	1	0	1	6	6	0	3
10	8	Ukraine	2	1	0	1	2	6	−4	3
11	3	Austria	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

The draw for the elite round was held on 11 November 2016, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[11][12]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[13] France, England and Germany, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group.^[14]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	—	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	—	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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