2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

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DatesRound 1:
22 September – 15 November 2022
Round 2:
8 – 30 March 2023
Teams48 (from 1 confederation)
Matchesplayed130
Goals scored421 (3.24 per match)
2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification
Tournament details
DatesRound 1:
22 September – 15 November 2022
Round 2:
8 – 30 March 2023
Teams48 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played130
Goals scored421 (3.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)Montenegro Maša Tomašević (9 goals)
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The 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-17 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Estonia in the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament.[1]

48 teams, including hosts Estonia, entered the qualifying competition.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible to participate.

Tiebreakers

Last season, UEFA implemented a new format for the women's U17 and U19 Euros, based on a league-style qualifying format.

The teams are divided in two leagues: League A (28 teams) and League B (20 teams).

Each league will play two rounds:

  • Round 1: In each league, groups of 4 teams will play mini-tournaments. The winners of each mini-tournament in league B and the best runner-up will be promoted and the last-placed teams in league A mini-tournaments will be relegated.
  • Round 2: The seven winners of League A will qualify for the final tournament. The six winners of mini-tournaments in league B and the best runner-up will be promoted and the last-placed teams in league A will be relegated for Round 1 of the next edition of the tournament.

In Round 1 and Round 2, teams are ranked according to points (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):[2]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Position in the applicable ranking:
    1. for teams in round 1, position in 2021–22 round 2 league rankings;
    2. for teams in round 2, position in the round 1 league ranking.

To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):[2]

  1. Points;
  2. Goal difference;
  3. Goals scored;
  4. Disciplinary points;
  5. Position in the applicable ranking:
    1. for teams in round 1, position in the coefficient rankings;
    2. for teams in round 2, position in the round 1 league ranking.

Round 1

Round 2

Qualified teams

Seven teams will qualify for the final tournament along with hosts Estonia.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Under-17 Euro1
only U-17 era (since 2008)
 EstoniaHosts19 April 2021[1]0 (debut)
 PolandRound 2 Group A1 winners14 March 20232 (2013, 2018)
 EnglandRound 2 Group A2 winners18 March 20237 (2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
 GermanyRound 2 Group A3 winners29 March 202312 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)
  SwitzerlandRound 2 Group A4 winners23 March 20232 (2012, 2015)
 FranceRound 2 Group A5 winners29 March 20238 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022)
 SpainRound 2 Group A6 winners18 March 202311 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)
 SwedenRound 2 Group A7 winners11 March 20231 (2013)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

In the Round 1 there were 247 goals scored in 66 matches, for an average of 3.74 goals per match.

In the Round 2 there have been 174 goals scored in 64 matches, for an average of 2.72 goals per match (as of 30 March 2023).

In total, there have been 421 goals scored in 130 matches, for an average of 3.24 goals per match (as of 30 March 2023).

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

Source: UEFA.com

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