UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Organiser(s)	UEFA
Founded	2007
Region	Europe
Teams	8 (finals); 55 (qualifiers)
Current champions	Germany (9th title)
Most championships	Germany (9 titles)
Website	uefa.com/womensunder17
	2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship^[1] 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 played out in 2007–08, having been approved by the UEFA Executive Committee on 22 May 2006. It is also a FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifying competition. National under-17 teams whose countries belong to the European governing body UEFA can register to enter the competition.^[2] Germany is the most successful team in this competition, having won nine titles, and are the current champions.

Format

The Championship has three phases: two qualifying rounds open to all eligible nations and the finals phase which is composed of 8 qualified teams.

In 2011 it was announced that the tournament will be expanded to eight teams,^[3] and beginning with the 2014 edition the eight qualified teams play round-robin in two groups of four.

Results

Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third place match/Losing semi-finalists
Edition	Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2008	Switzerland	Germany	3–0	France	Denmark	4–1	England
2	2009	Switzerland	Germany	7–0	Spain	France	3–1	Norway
3	2010	Switzerland	Spain	0–0 (4–1 p.)	Republic of Ireland	Germany	3–0	Netherlands
4	2011	Switzerland	Spain	1–0	France	Germany	8–2	Iceland
5	2012	Switzerland	Germany	1–1 (4–3 p.)	France	Denmark	0–0 (5–4 p.)	Switzerland
6	2013	Switzerland	Poland	1–0	Sweden	Spain	4–0	Belgium
7	2014	England	Germany	1–1 (3–1 p.)	Spain	Italy	0–0 (4–3 p.)	England
8	2015	Iceland	Spain	5–2	Switzerland	France and Germany
9	2016	Belarus	Germany	0–0 (3–2 p.)	Spain	England	2–1	Norway
10	2017	Czech Republic	Germany	0–0 (3–1 p.)	Spain	Netherlands and Norway
11	2018	Lithuania	Spain	2–0	Germany	Finland	2–1	England
12	2019	Bulgaria	Germany	1–1 (3–2 p.)	Netherlands	Portugal and Spain
-	~~2020~~	~~Sweden~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[4]
-	~~2021~~	~~Faroe Islands~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[5]
13	2022	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Germany	2–2 (3–2 p.)	Spain	France	2–0	Netherlands
14	2023	Estonia	France	3–2	Spain	England and Switzerland
15	2024	Sweden	Spain	4–0	England	Poland	2–2 (4–2 p.)	France
16	2025	Faroe Islands	Netherlands	2–1	Norway	France and Italy
17	2026	Northern Ireland	Germany	1–0	France	Norway and Spain
18	2027	Finland
19	2028	Belgium
20	2029	Turkey

Key:
- p.: match ended by penalty shoot-out

Teams reaching the top four

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Losing semi-finalists	Total (top four)
Germany	9 (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2026)	1 (2018)	2 (2010, 2011)		1 (2015)	13
Spain	5 (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2024)	6 (2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023)	1 (2013)		2 (2019, 2026)	14
France	1 (2023)	4 (2008, 2011, 2012, 2026)	2 (2009, 2022)	1 (2024)	2 (2015, 2025)	10
Netherlands	1 (2025)	1 (2019)		2 (2010, 2022)	1 (2017)	5
Poland	1 (2013)		1 (2024)			2
England		1 (2024)	1 (2016)	3 (2008, 2014, 2018)	1 (2023)	6
Norway		1 (2025)		2 (2009, 2016)	2 (2017, 2026)	5
Switzerland		1 (2015)		1 (2012)	1 (2023)	3
Republic of Ireland		1 (2010)				1
Sweden		1 (2013)				1
Denmark			2 (2008, 2012)			2
Italy			1 (2014)		1 (2025)	2
Finland			1 (2018)			1
Iceland				1 (2011)		1
Belgium				1 (2013)		1
Portugal					1 (2019)	1
Total	16	16	11	11	12	66

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Semi-finalists
GS – Group stage (from 2014 onwards)
• – Did not qualify
× – Did not enter / Withdrew
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2008 (4)	2009 (4)	2010 (4)	2011 (4)	2012 (4)	2013 (4)	2014 (8)	2015 (8)	2016 (8)	2017 (8)	2018 (8)	2019 (8)	2022 (8)	2023 (8)	2024 (8)	2025 (8)	2026 (8)	Total
Austria	×	×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	3
Belarus	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	1
Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	1
Bulgaria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	1
Czech Republic	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Denmark	3rd	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	4
England	4th	•	•	•	•	•	4th	GS	3rd	GS	4th	GS	•	SF	2nd	•	GS	10
Estonia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Faroe Islands	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	1
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	3
France	2nd	3rd	•	2nd	2nd	•	GS	SF	•	GS	•	•	3rd	1st	4th	SF	2nd	12
Germany	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	•	1st	SF	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	GS	•	•	1st	14
Iceland	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Italy	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	SF	•	4
Lithuania	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Netherlands	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	GS	2nd	4th	•	•	1st	•	6
Northern Ireland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	1
Norway	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	GS	4th	SF	•	•	GS	•	GS	2nd	SF	8
Poland	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	3rd	GS	GS	6
Portugal	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	GS	•	•	3
Republic of Ireland	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Scotland	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Serbia	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Spain	•	2nd	1st	1st	•	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	SF	2nd	2nd	1st	GS	SF	15
Sweden	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	3
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	3

Player of the Tournament

For certain tournaments, the official website UEFA.com chose a Golden Player. Starting from 2023 a Player of the Tournament has been chosen by UEFA's Technical Observer panel.

Year	Player
2008	Alexandra Popp
2009	Kyra Malinowski
2010	Lola Gallardo
2011	Alba Pomares
2012	Sandie Toletti
2013	Ewa Pajor
2014	Andrea Falcón
2015	Stefanie Sanders
2016	Caroline Siems
2017	Lena Oberdorf
2018	None awarded
2019
2022
2023	Vicky López
2024	Alba Cerrato
2025	Ranneke Derks
2026	Mirja Kropp

Number of teams

Year of tournament	Number of teams	Format
2008–2013	4	Semi-finals, third place play-off and final
2014–2024	8	Two groups of four team, semi-finals, third place play-off (only in even years, for qualifying to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup) and final
2025–present	8	Two groups of four team, semi-finals, and final

Notes

References

^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2019/20" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2019.
^ "UEFA European Women's U-17 C'ship". UEFA. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
^ "Women's EURO and U17s expanded". UEFA. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
^ "2020 Women's U17 finals cancelled". UEFA. 13 August 2020.
^ "2020/21 Women's Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020.

External links

Official website
UEFA.com Official website

[1] "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2019/20" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2019.

[2] "UEFA European Women's U-17 C'ship". UEFA. Retrieved 2007-07-19.

[3] "Women's EURO and U17s expanded". UEFA. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

[4] "2020 Women's U17 finals cancelled". UEFA. 13 August 2020.

[5] "2020/21 Women's Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020.

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v t e UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournaments	Switzerland 2008 Switzerland 2009 Switzerland 2010 Switzerland 2011 Switzerland 2012 Switzerland 2013 England 2014 Iceland 2015 Belarus 2016 Czech Republic 2017 Lithuania 2018 Bulgaria 2019 ~~Sweden 2020~~ ~~Faroe Islands 2021~~ Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022 Estonia 2023 Sweden 2024 Faroe Islands 2025 Northern Ireland 2026 Finland 2027 Belgium 2028 Turkey 2029
Qualifications	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Squads	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

v t e International women's association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Ranking Player of the Year The Best FIFA Women's Player
Worldwide	FIFA Women's World Cup U-20 U-17
Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional ASEAN EAFF SAFF WAFF CAFA Intercontinental (Arab)
Africa	CAF Women's Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional CECAFA U-20 U-17 COSAFA U-20 U-17 UNAF WAFU A WAFU B UNIFFAC U-20 Intercontinental (Arab)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF W Championship U-20 U-17 U-15 W Gold Cup W Nations League Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17 Women's Nations League
Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-19 U-16 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17 Women's Nations League
Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup CONIFA CONIFA Women's World Football Cup
Games	Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Goodwill Games Pan American Games Pacific Games Indian Ocean Island Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Island Games
Invitationals	Aisha Buhari Cup Algarve Cup Aphrodite Women Cup Arnold Clark Cup Australia Cup Balaton Cup Baltic Cup Brazil Cup Chungua Cup Cyprus Women's Cup European Competition ('69,'79) Cup of Nations Finalissima Four Nations Tournament FIFA Invitation Tournament Gold Cup Istria Cup Women's Kirin Challenge Cup Malta International Matchworld Cup MS&AD Cup Mundialito Nordic Championship Our Game Tournament Peace Queen Cup Pinatar Cup Pink Ladies Cup Revelations Cup SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament SheBelieves Cup Sud Ladies Cup Tournament of Nations Tournoi de France Turkish Women's Cup Valais Cup Vianet Championship Women's World Cup ('70, '71) Yongchuan International Tournament
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Editions	New Zealand 2008 Trinidad and Tobago 2010 Azerbaijan 2012 Costa Rica 2014 Jordan 2016 Uruguay 2018 ~~India 2021~~ India 2022 Dominican Republic 2024 Morocco 2025 Morocco 2026
Squads	2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022 2024 2025
Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA