| 2018 m. Europos moterų U-17 futbolo čempionatas | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Lithuania |
| Dates | 9–21 May |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Germany |
| Third place |  Finland |
| Fourth place |  England |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 61 (3.81 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Shekiera Martinez (9 goals) |
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The2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known asUEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2018) was the 11th edition of theUEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. It is the annual international youthfootball championship organised byUEFA for women under-17 of Europe national teams.Lithuania, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament from 9 to 21 May 2018.[1][2]
A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 were the ones eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.
Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for theFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as UEFA representatives.
Spain won their fourth title by beating defending championsGermany 2–0 in the final.[3]
A total of 46 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Lithuania qualifying automatically; the other 45 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2017, andElite round, which took place in spring 2018.[5]
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.[6]
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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 Lithuania | Hosts | 1st | — | Debut |
 Netherlands | Elite round Group 1 winners | 3rd | 2017 (semi-finals) | Fourth place (2010),Semi-finals (2017) |
| Finland | Elite round Group 2 winners | 1st | — | Debut |
| Spain | Elite round Group 3 winners | 9th | 2017 (runners-up) | Champions (2010,2011,2015) |
 Italy | Elite round Group 4 winners | 3rd | 2016 (group stage) | Third place (2014) |
| England | Elite round Group 5 winners | 6th | 2017 (group stage) | Third place (2016) |
 Poland | Elite round Group 6 winners | 2nd | 2013 (champions) | Champions (2013) |
| Germany | Elite round Group 7 winners | 10th | 2017 (champions) | Champions (2008,2009,2012,2014,2016,2017) |
The final draw was held on 6 April 2018, 10:00EEST (UTC+3), at theKaunas State Musical Theatre inKaunas, Lithuania.[7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Lithuania were assigned to position A1 in the draw.
In January 2015Lithuanian Football Federation announced plans to host championships inKaunas,Alytus,Marijampolė andJonava, althoughCentral stadium of Jonava had to improve the conditions in stadium.[8] In early 2018 it was announced that competition would be held in three cities:Alytus,Marijampolė andŠiauliai.[9]
| Marijampolė | Alytus | Šiauliai | |
| Sūduva Stadium | Alytus Stadium | Savivaldybė Stadium | |
| Capacity:6,500 | Capacity:3,748 | Capacity:4,000 | |
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A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[6]
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Each national team submitted a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 41).[5]
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 12 April 2018.[10]
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.
In the group stage, teams are ranked according topoints (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 17.01 and 17.02):[5]
All times are local,EEST (UTC+3).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 4 | |
| 4 | Lithuania(H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 0–9 | Netherlands |
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| Germany | 2–2 | Netherlands |
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| Lithuania | 0–4 | Finland |
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| Netherlands | 1–2 | Finland |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 |
| Poland | 2–2 | England |
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| Spain | 5–0 | Poland |
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In the knockout stage,penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (noextra time is played).[5]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 May –Alytus | ||||||
| Germany | 8 | |||||
| 21 May –Marijampolė | ||||||
| England | 0 | |||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||
| 18 May –Marijampolė | ||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||
| Finland | 0 | |||||
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| 21 May –Alytus | ||||||
| England | 1 | |||||
| Finland | 2 | |||||
Winners qualify for2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Losers enter the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off.
| Spain | 1–0 | Finland |
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Winner qualifies for2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| Germany | 0–2 | Spain |
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The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[11]
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances inFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1 |
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| Germany | 18 May 2018 | 5 (2008,2010,2012,2014,2016) |
| Spain | 18 May 2018 | 3 (2010,2014,2016) |
| Finland | 21 May 2018 | 0 (debut) |
Note: Goals scored in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off are included in this list, but are not counted by UEFA for statistical purposes.
Ebony SalmonAnnika Huhta (including 1 in play-off)Jess Park (including 1 in play-off)Aino VuorinenVanessa FudallaIvana FusoLeonie KösterSophie WeidauerPaula AranaKayla Rendell (against Germany)Laura Ubartaitė (against The Netherlands)Source: UEFA.com[12]
The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament (previously a squad of 18 players were selected):[13]
