2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	25 September – 31 October 2014 (qualifying round) 22 March – 16 April 2015 (elite round)
Teams	43 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	96
Goals scored	355 (3.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Signe Bruun (10 goals)

The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-17 football competition played in 2014 and 2015 to determine the seven teams joining Iceland, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament.^[1] A total of 43 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.

Each match lasted 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.

Format

The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:^[2]

• Qualifying round: Apart from Germany, France and Spain, which receive byes to the elite round as the three teams with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 40 teams were drawn into 10 groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 10 group winners, the 10 runners-up, and the third-placed team with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The six group winners and the runner-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualified for the final tournament.

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:^[2]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
7. If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, 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 mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round and the best runner-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:^[2]

1. Higher number of points;
2. Superior goal difference;
3. Higher number of goals scored;
4. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
5. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 20 November 2013 at 09:00 CET (UTC+1).^[3][4]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[5]

• 2011 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, and two teams from Pot C.

Bye to elite round

Team	Coeff	Rank
Germany	13.333	1
France	11.333	2
Spain	10.667	3

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  Denmark 9.167 4   Switzerland 8.333 5  Sweden 8.167 6  Poland 7.667 7  Belgium 7.333 8  Norway 7.333 9  Czech Republic 7.167 10  Republic of Ireland 6.333 11  Netherlands 6.167 12  England 6.000 13

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Finland 5.667 14  Russia 5.667 15  Scotland 5.333 16  Italy 5.167 17  Austria 5.000 18  Serbia 4.500 19  Hungary 4.333 20  Wales 4.000 21  Turkey 4.000 22  Slovenia 4.000 23

Pot C Team Coeff Rank  Romania 3.333 24  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.333 25  Northern Ireland 3.167 26  Belarus 3.000 27  Greece 2.333 28  Ukraine 2.000 29  Montenegro 2.000 30  Bulgaria 1.333 31  Israel 1.333 32  Latvia 1.000 33  Faroe Islands 1.000 34  Moldova 1.000 35  Estonia 1.000 36  Lithuania 1.000 37  Azerbaijan 1.000 38  Slovakia 1.000 39  Croatia 0.667 40  Kazakhstan 0.333 41  Macedonia 0.000 42  Portugal — 43

Notes

• Iceland (Coeff: 1.000) qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.
• Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Cyprus, Georgia, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, and San Marino did not enter.

Groups

Times up to 25 October 2014 were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times were CET (UTC+1).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	18	1	+17	9	Elite round
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
3	Bulgaria (H)	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Moldova	3	0	0	3	1	18	−17	0

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9	Elite round
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	1	13	−12	3
4	Estonia (H)	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Elite round
2	Hungary (H)	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Elite round
2	Serbia (H)	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
3	Romania	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
4	Lithuania	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Elite round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	6	13	−7	0

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	6
3	Croatia (H)	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Elite round
2	Belarus	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Latvia (H)	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

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Group 8

Signe Bruun's eight goals against Kazakhstan equalled a competition record set by Vivianne Miedema against Kazakhstan as well in 2012.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	23	0	+23	9	Elite round
2	Turkey	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
3	Macedonia (H)	3	1	0	2	1	15	−14	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

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Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Elite round
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	3	2	+1	3
4	Faroe Islands (H)	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

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Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Elite round
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Israel	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Slovenia (H)	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

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Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round which advanced to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	4	Romania	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1	Elite round
2	9	Greece	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0
3	3	Portugal	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
4	10	Israel	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0
5	1	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
6	6	Croatia	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0
7	7	Wales	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
8	5	Northern Ireland	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0
9	2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0
10	8	Macedonia	2	0	0	2	0	15	−15	0

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 19 November 2014 at 12:15 CET (UTC+1).^[7][8]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[9][10] Germany, France and Spain, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group.^[11]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	—	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	—	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	8	Denmark	3	3	0	0	23	0	+23	9
5	2	Finland	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9
6	1	England	3	3	0	0	18	1	+17	9
7	6	Scotland	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9	Pot B
8	5	Austria	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9
9	7	Belgium	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9
10	3	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9
11	9	Italy	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
12	10	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
13	4	Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Pot C
14	6	Sweden	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	6
15	8	Turkey	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
16	2	Poland	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
17	7	Belarus	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
18	1	Russia	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
19	5	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Pot D
20	9	Norway	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
21	3	Hungary	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
22	10	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
23	4	Serbia	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
24	4	Romania	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2

Groups

Times up to 28 March 2015 were CET (UTC+1), thereafter times were CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9	Final tournament
2	Serbia	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	3
3	Finland	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Turkey (H)	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Final tournament
2	Republic of Ireland (H)	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
3	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Hungary	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9	Final tournament
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
3	Italy (H)	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Belarus	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Final tournament
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	5	12	−7	3
4	Russia (H)	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Final tournament
2	Sweden	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Austria (H)	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Denmark	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Final tournament
2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Poland (H)	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

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Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the best second-placed team from the elite round which qualified for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	2	Republic of Ireland	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	Final tournament
2	5	Sweden	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
3	4	Belgium	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
4	6	Scotland	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
5	3	Czech Republic	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
6	1	Serbia	2	0	0	2	2	10	−8	0

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.^[12]

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
Iceland	Hosts	000000002012-03-20-000020 March 2012	1 (2011)
Switzerland	Elite round Group 1 winners	000000002015-04-16-000016 April 2015	1 (2012)
England	Elite round Group 2 winners	000000002015-04-14-000014 April 2015	2 (2008, 2014)
Germany	Elite round Group 3 winners	000000002015-04-14-000014 April 2015	6 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)
Spain	Elite round Group 4 winners	000000002015-03-27-000027 March 2015	5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
Norway	Elite round Group 5 winners	000000002015-04-16-000016 April 2015	1 (2009)
France	Elite round Group 6 winners	000000002015-03-28-000028 March 2015	5 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014)
Republic of Ireland	Elite round best runners-up	000000002015-04-14-000014 April 2015	1 (2010)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Top goalscorers

The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition.^[13]

10 goals

• Signe Bruun

9 goals

• Camille Surdez

7 goals

• Georgia Stanway

6 goals

• Viktoria Pinther

5 goals

4 goals

References

External links

• Official website