2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	26 November – 8 December 2013
Teams	8
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (4th title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	37 (2.31 per match)
Attendance	10,239 (640 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jasmin Sehan; Andrea Falcón; (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Andrea Falcón
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The 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the seventh edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. England hosted the final tournament from 26 November to 8 December 2013, taking it for the first time outside of Nyon, Switzerland. It was the first edition to feature eight finalist teams, and served as the qualifier for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, to be held in March–April 2014.^[2]

Portugal ensured their first presence in the competition's final tournament, after concluding the qualification as the best runner-up. They will join France, Germany and Spain, together with fellow debutants Austria, Italy and Scotland. Poland were the defending champions, having defeating Sweden 1–0 in the previous season's final, but were unable to defend their title after failing qualification for this edition's final tournament.

Qualification[edit]

Qualification for the final tournament consisted of two rounds. The first round was held between 2 July and 11 August 2013, and the second round between 20 September and 20 October 2013. As hosts, England qualified automatically for the final tournament, while France, Germany and Spain received a bye to the second round due to their coefficient ranking. Forty teams entered the draw for the first round, held on 20 November 2012, where they were distributed in ten groups of four. Each group was contested as a mini-tournament hosted in the country of one of the group's teams. The group winners, runners-up and the best third-placed team qualified for the second round, where the 24 teams were drawn in six groups of four. The group winners and the best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.^[3]

Qualified teams[edit]

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:^[4]

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances	Best performance
England	Hosts	20 March 2012	1 (2008)	4th place (2008)
Spain	Group 1 winners	5 October 2013	4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)	Winners (2010, 2011)
Austria	Group 2 winners	13 October 2013	0 (debut)
Italy	Group 3 winners	20 October 2013	0 (debut)
France	Group 4 winners	17 October 2013	4 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)	Runner-up (2008, 2011, 2012)
Scotland	Group 5 winners	7 October 2013	0 (debut)
Germany	Group 6 winners	16 October 2013	5 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)	Winners (2008, 2009, 2012)
Portugal	Best runner-up	20 October 2013	0 (debut)

Match officials[edit]

UEFA named six referees and eight assistant referees to officiate matches at the final tournament. Additionally, two referees from the host nation were chosen as fourth officials.^[5]

Referees

Irina Turovskaya (Belarus)
Vesna Budimir (Croatia)
Eleni Lampadariou (Finland)
Ana Minić (Serbia)
Sara Persson (Sweden)
Zuzana Štrpková (Slovakia)

Assistant referees

Ekatinera Marinova (Bulgaria)
Mathilde Abildgaard (Denmark)
Katalin Török (Hungary)
Yelena Alistratova (Kazakhstan)
Anna Dąbrowska (Poland)
Susanne Küng (Switzerland)
Yana Saschyna (Ukraine)

Fourth officials

Virginie Derouaux (Belgium)
Tania Fernandes Morais (Luxembourg)

Group stage[edit]

The draw was held on 24 October 2013 at Burton-upon-Trent.^[6]

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.^[7]

Tie-breaking

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:^[7]

Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;

If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 7 apply.

Superior goal difference in all group matches;
Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
Respect Fair play ranking of the teams in question (final tournament);
Drawing of lots.

If only two teams are tied (according to criteria 1–7) after having met in the last match of the group stage, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals

All times are in Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00).

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
England	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
Austria	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Portugal	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

26 November 2013

13:30

England	0–1	Italy
	Report	Cavicchia 74'

New Bucks Head, Telford

Attendance: 2,185

Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

26 November 2013