| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | England |
| Dates | 26 November – 8 December 2013 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue | 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 SehanAndrea Falcón (4 goals) |
| Best player | Andrea Falcón[1] |
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The2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the seventh edition of theUEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.England hosted the final tournament from 26 November to 8 December 2013, taking it for the first time outside ofNyon,Switzerland. It was the first edition to feature eight finalist teams, and served as the qualifier for the2014 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 joinFrance,Germany andSpain, together with fellow debutantsAustria,Italy andScotland.Poland were the defending champions, having defeatingSweden 1–0 in theprevious season's final, but were unable to defend their title after failing qualification for this edition's final tournament.
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 abye 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]
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:[4]
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Best performance |
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| 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) |
| Telford | Hinckley | ||||||
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| New Bucks Head | De Montfort Park | ||||||
| Capacity:6,300 | Capacity:4,300 | ||||||
| Chesterfield | Burton upon Trent | ||||||
| SMH Group Stadium | Pirelli Stadium | ||||||
| Capacity:10,300 | Capacity:6,900 | ||||||
UEFA named sixreferees and eightassistant referees to officiate matches at the final tournament. Additionally, two referees from the host nation were chosen asfourth officials.[5]
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The draw was held on 24 October 2013 atBurton-upon-Trent.[6]
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.[7]
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[7]
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.
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 apenalty shoot-out.
| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals | |
All times are inGreenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
| Portugal | 1–6 | England |
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Leandra Pereira 40' | Report | Rouse 10' Clarke 33'Primus 35'Kelly 52'Hassall 57' (pen.)Porter 65' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 7 |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 3 |
| Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| France | 0–2 | Spain |
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| Report | García Boa 31' Guijarro 53' |
In the knockout stage,penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (noextra time is played).[7]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 5 December 2013 –Chesterfield | ||||||
| Italy | 0 | |||||
| 8 December 2013 –Chesterfield | ||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||
| Germany | 1 (3) | |||||
| 5 December 2013 –Burton upon Trent | ||||||
| Spain | 1 (1) | |||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||
| England | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 8 December 2013 –Burton upon Trent | ||||||
| Italy | 0 (4) | |||||
| England | 0 (3) | |||||
| Italy | 0–0 | England |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
Boattin Giugliano Marinelli Durante  Vergani | 4–3 | Hassall Williamson Kelly McHugh Walsh |
| Germany | 1–1 | Spain |
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| Hartig 76' | Report | Guijarro 9' |
| Penalties | ||
| Meier Sehan Widak Hartig | 3–1 | Guijarro García Boa García P. Garrote |
| 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 European champions |
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 Germany 4th title |
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Source: UEFA Technical Report[8]
