| U17-Europamästerskapet i fotboll för damer 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Sweden |
| Dates | 5–18 May |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  England |
| Third place |  Poland |
| Fourth place |  France |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 55 (3.44 per match) |
| Attendance | 8,897 (556 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Alba Cerrato (7 goals) |
| Best player | Alba Cerrato[1] |
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The2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 15th edition of theUEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youthfootball championship organised byUEFA for the women's under-17 national teams of Europe.Sweden hosted the tournament from 5 to 18 May. The matches were played inMalmö andLund. Eight matches were played inMalmö IP, Malmö and eight matches were played inKlostergårdens IP, Lund.[2][3] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.
In the2023 final,France won their first title by defeatingSpain 3–2.
This tournament also acted as UEFA's qualifier for the2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in theDominican Republic, with the winners, runners-up, and third-placed teams qualifying as the UEFA representatives.
50 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Sweden also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams qualified for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts. The draw for round 1 was held on 31 May 2022, at the UEFA headquarters inNyon, Switzerland.[4]
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sweden | Hosts | 3rd | 2023 (Group stage) | Runners-up (2013) |
 Portugal | Round 2 Group A2 winners | 3rd | 2019 (Semi-finals) | Semi-finals (2019) |
 Belgium | Round 2 Group A3 winners | 2nd | 2013 (Fourth place) | Fourth place (2013) |
| England | Round 2 Group A6 winners | 9th | 2023 (Semi-finals) | Third place (2016),Semi-finals (2023) |
 Norway | Round 2 Group A4 winners | 6th | 2022 (Group stage) | Fourth place (2009,2016),Semi-finals (2017) |
| Poland | Round 2 Group A7 winners | 4th | 2023 (Group stage) | Champions (2013) |
| Spain | Round 2 Group A5 winners | 13th | 2023 (Runners-up) | Champions (2010,2011,2015,2018) |
| France | Round 2 Group A1 winners | 10th | 2023 (Champions) | Champions (2023) |
Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 44.01).[5]
The venues for the2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship wereMalmö IP, located in Sweden's third biggest cityMalmö andKlostergårdens IP, located inLund.
| Malmö | Lund | |
|---|---|---|
| Malmö IP | Klostergårdens IP | |
| Capacity:7,600 (3,900 seated) | Capacity:3,650 (500 seated) | |
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The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
In the group stage, teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 20.01 and 20.02):[5]
All times are local,CEST (UTC+2).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sweden(H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |
| Sweden | 2–3 | France |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
| Belgium | 0–1 | Portugal |
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| Portugal | 1–1 | Poland |
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In the knockout stage, apenalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (noextra time was played).[5]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 15 May -Malmö | ||||||
| England | 2 | |||||
| 18 May -Malmö | ||||||
| Poland | 0 | |||||
| England | 0 | |||||
| 15 May -Lund | ||||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||
| Spain | 6 | |||||
| France | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 18 May -Lund | ||||||
| Poland(p) | 2 (4) | |||||
| France | 2 (2) | |||||
The winners qualified for the2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The losers entered the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off.
| Spain | 6–1 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Abdourahim 59' |
The winner qualified for the2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
There were 55 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.44 goals per match.
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Rachel Maltby (against Spain)Alice Broman (against Norway)Source:UEFA
The following awards were given after the tournament:
Alba Cerrato[1]Alba Cerrato (7 goals)After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[22]
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Julia Woźniak |
| Defenders | Nelly Las |
| Cecily Wellesley-Smith | |
| Amaya García | |
| Aiara Agirrezabala | |
| Midfielders | Weronika Araśniewicz |
| Anaïs Ebayilin | |
| Ainoa Gómez | |
| Forwards | Celia Segura |
| Alba Cerrato | |
| Lola Brown |
The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in theDominican Republic.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances inFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 15 May 2024 | 5 (2010,2014,2016,2018,2022) |
| England | 15 May 2024 | 2 (2008,2016) |
| Poland | 18 May 2024 | 0 (debut) |
