2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Belarus
Dates 4–16 May 2016
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Germany (5th title)
Runners-up  Spain
Third place  England
Fourth place  Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 58 (3.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) England Alessia Russo
Spain Lorena Navarro
(5 goals each)
Best player Germany Caroline Siems[1]

The 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 9th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual European international youth football championship contested by the women's under-17 national teams of UEFA member associations. Belarus, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 4 and 16 May 2016.[2]

A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 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 the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the UEFA representatives.[3]

Qualification

The national teams from 47 UEFA member associations entered the competition, which was a record total, including Andorra who entered a UEFA women's competition for the first time. With Belarus automatically qualified as hosts, the other 46 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016.[5]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:[6]

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Belarus Hosts 1st — Debut
 Germany Elite round Group 1 winners 8th 2015 Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014)
 Spain Elite round Group 2 winners 7th 2015 Champions (2010, 2011, 2015)
 Czech Republic Elite round Group 3 winners 1st — Debut
 Italy Elite round Group 4 winners 2nd 2014 Third place (2014)
 Norway Elite round Group 5 winners 3rd 2015 Fourth place (2009)
 England Elite round Group 6 winners 4th 2015 Fourth place (2008, 2014)
 Serbia Elite round Group 6 runners-up[^] 1st — Debut
Notes
  1. ^ The best runners-up among all six elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

Final draw

The final draw was held on 6 April 2016, 11:30 FET (UTC+3), at the Victoria Hotel in Minsk, Belarus.[7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Belarus were assigned to position A1 in the draw.[8]

Venues

The tournament was hosted in five venues:[9]

Barysaw Minsk
Borisov Arena Haradski Stadium Traktor Stadium
Capacity: 13,126 Capacity: 5,402 Capacity: 16,500
Slutsk Zhodzina
City Stadium Torpedo Stadium
Capacity: 1,896 Capacity: 6,524

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.[5]

Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.

Referees
Assistant referees
Fourth officials

Group stage

Results of teams participating at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 7 April 2016.[10]

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[5]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. If only two teams have the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
  8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, FET (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 19 3 +16 9 Knockout stage
2  Norway 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Serbia 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4  Belarus (H) 3 0 0 3 1 19 −18 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)
16:00
Belarus  1–5  Serbia
Zhitko  68' Report Poljak  7'
Agbaba  30'
Ivanović  48'
Filipović  57'
Burkert  79'
Traktor Stadium, Minsk
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)
16:30
England  3–2  Norway
Charles  16'
Russo  36'
Filbey  69'		 Report Haug  59', 62'
Torpedo Stadium, Zhodzina
Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07)
16:00
Belarus  0–12  England
Report Toone  5', 38'
Filbey  7', 19'
Russo  15', 23'
Stanway  29'
Cain  71', 75'
Smith  74', 80+5'
Brazil  80+1'
City Stadium, Slutsk
Referee: Ana Aguiar (Portugal)

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07)
16:00
Serbia  0–1  Norway
Report Maanum  54'
Haradski Stadium, Barysaw
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)

10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)
16:00
Norway  2–0  Belarus
Olsen  18'
Ruud  40'		 Report
City Stadium, Slutsk
Referee: Dimitrina Milkova (Bulgaria)

10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)
16:00
Serbia  1–4  England
Ivanović  40' Report Stanway  47' (pen.)
Brazil  68'
Charles  71'
Cain  76'
Traktor Stadium, Minsk
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Knockout stage
2  Germany 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
3  Italy 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
4  Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)
16:30
Italy  0–0  Czech Republic
Report
Haradski Stadium, Barysaw
Referee: Ana Aguiar (Portugal)

4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)
16:30
Germany  2–2  Spain
Bühl  44', 74' Report Rubio  43'
Kleinherne  45' (o.g.)
City Stadium, Slutsk
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07)
16:00
Italy  0–0  Germany
Report
Torpedo Stadium, Zhodzina
Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07)
16:00
Czech Republic  0–1  Spain
Report L. Navarro  54'
Traktor Stadium, Minsk
Referee: Dimitrina Milkova (Bulgaria)

10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)
16:00
Spain  3–1  Italy
Blanco  10'
L. Navarro  29', 58'		 Report Glionna  62'
Torpedo Stadium, Zhodzina
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)
16:00
Czech Republic  0–4  Germany
Report Ziegler  7', 22'
Müller  36', 51'
Haradski Stadium, Barysaw
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).[5]

There was a third place match (i.e., FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off) for this edition of the tournament as it was used as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (since expansion to eight teams).

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 May – Zhodzina
 
 
 Spain4
 
16 May – Barysaw
 
 Norway0
 
 Spain0 (2)
 
13 May – Zhodzina
 
 Germany (p)0 (3)
 
 England3
 
 
 Germany4
 
Third Place
 
 
16 May – Minsk
 
 
 Norway1
 
 
 England2

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

13 May 2016 (2016-05-13)
14:00
Spain  4–0  Norway
Rubio  48'
Na. Ramos  71'
L. Navarro  73', 76'		 Report
Torpedo Stadium, Zhodzina
Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)

13 May 2016 (2016-05-13)
19:00
England  3–4  Germany
Brazil  31'
Russo  42', 77'		 Report Ziegler  29', 70'
Bühl  41'
Pawollek  57'
Torpedo Stadium, Zhodzina
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Third place match

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

16 May 2016 (2016-05-16)
15:00
Norway  1–2  England
Haug  52' Report Charles  8', 57'
Traktor Stadium, Minsk
Referee: Ana Aguiar (Portugal)

Final

16 May 2016 (2016-05-16)
20:00
Spain  0–0  Germany
Report
  Penalties  
Rodríguez
Monente
Andújar
L. Navarro
Na. Ramos 		2–3 Gwinn
Minge
Pawollek
Müller
Siems
Borisov Arena, Barysaw
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
  • England Niamh Charles
  • Germany Vanessa Ziegler
3 goals
  • England Ellie Brazil
  • England Hannah Cain
  • England Anna Filbey
  • Germany Klara Bühl
  • Norway Sophie Haug
2 goals
  • England Grace Smith
  • England Georgia Stanway
  • England Ella Ann Toone
  • Germany Marie Müller
  • Serbia Miljana Ivanović
  • Spain Silvia Rubio
1 goal
  • Belarus Karolina Zhitko
  • Germany Tanja Pawollek
  • Italy Benedetta Glionna
  • Norway Frida Maanum
  • Norway Ingrid Olsen
  • Norway Emilia Ruud
  • Serbia Jovana Agbaba
  • Serbia Teodora Burkert
  • Serbia Tijana Filipović
  • Serbia Allegra Poljak
  • Spain María Blanco
  • Spain Natalia Ramos
1 own goal
  • Germany Sophia Kleinherne (playing against Spain)

Source: UEFA.com[11]

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[12]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Germany 13 May 2016 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Spain 13 May 2016 2 (2010, 2014)
 England 16 May 2016 1 (2008)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "2016: Caroline Siems". UEFA.com.
  2. ↑ "England, Iceland, Belarus have Women's U17 honour". UEFA. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Belarus the goal for record Women's U17 entry". UEFA.com. 1 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. ↑ "Women's U17 finals lineup complete". UEFA.com. 29 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
  8. ↑ "Women's Under-17 Championship finals draw". UEFA.com. 6 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Venue guide". UEFA.com.
  10. ↑ "Women's U17 finals schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. 7 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Spain, Germany and England heading to Jordan". FIFA.com. 13 May 2016.

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