2025 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
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| 2025 kvinnur U-17 dmeistaraheitið fótbólt UEFA U17-mesterskab for kvinder i 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Faroe Islands |
| Dates | 4–17 May |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Netherlands (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Norway |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 73 (4.56 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,923 (370 per match) |
| Top scorer | Marie Preus (5 goals) |
| Best player | Ranneke Derks |
| Best goalkeeper | Maren Groothoff |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 16th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-17 national teams of Europe. Faroe Islands hosted the tournament.[1] A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2008 eligible to participate.
In the 2024 final, Spain won their fifth title by defeating England 4–0.
This tournament acted as a qualifier for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco from 17 October to 8 November. UEFA's five berths were taken by the four WU17 Euro semi-finalists and the winner of a play-off between the two teams finishing third in their groups.[2]
50 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Faroe Islands also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams qualified for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts.
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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 Faroe Islands | Hosts | 1st | Debut | |
 France | Round 2 Group A2 winners | 11th | 2024 (Fourth place) | Champions (2023) |
 Spain | Round 2 Group A1 winners | 14th | 2024 (Champions) | Champions (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2024) |
 Italy | Round 2 Group A3 winners | 4th | 2018 (Group stage) | Third place (2014) |
 Poland | Round 2 Group A4 winners | 5th | 2024 (Third place) | Champions (2013) |
| Netherlands | Round 2 Group A5 winners | 6th | 2022 (Fourth place) | Runners-up (2019) |
| Norway | Round 2 Group A6 winners | 7th | 2024 (Group stage) | Fourth place (2009, 2016), Semi-finals (2017) |
 Austria | Round 2 Group A7 winners | 3rd | 2019 (Group stage) | Group stage (2014, 2019) |
Venues
| Klaksvík | Tórshavn | |
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| Við Djúpumýru (Klaksvík Stadium) |
Tórsvøllur | |
| Capacity: 2500 | Capacity: 6500 | |
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Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers.
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 26 March 2025 at 12:00 at the Philharmonic Hall in Varpið, Klaksvík.[3] The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and are automatically qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The third-placed teams in both groups qualify for the play-off match, with the winner also qualifying for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
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The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage and qualification for 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
| 2 | Norway |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 4 | |
| 3 | Austria |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 4 | Play-off match for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
| 4 | Faroe Islands (H) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | −28 | 0 |
| Austria | 1–4 | Netherlands |
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Report |
| Faroe Islands | 0–10 | Norway |
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| Report |
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| Netherlands | 2–0 | Norway |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Italy |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage and qualification for 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
| 2 | France |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Spain |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Play-off match for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
| 4 | Poland |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Play-off match
The winner qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be played).[4]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 14 May | ||||||
| Netherlands (p) | 1 (4) | |||||
| 17 May | ||||||
| France | 1 (3) | |||||
| Netherlands | 2 | |||||
| 14 May | ||||||
| Norway | 1 | |||||
| Italy | 1 | |||||
| Norway | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Netherlands | 1–1 | France |
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Report |
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| Penalties | ||
Renfurm  Derks  Thomassen Vinckers Touzani |
4–3 | Grondin Laboucarie Ramdane Moreau-Tranchant Fathallah |
Final
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Norway |
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Report |
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Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1 |
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| Netherlands | 7 May 2025 | 0 (debut) |
| Norway | 10 May 2025 | 0 (debut) |
| France | 11 May 2025 | 3 (2008, 2012, 2022) |
| Italy | 11 May 2025 | 1 (2014) |
| Spain | 14 May 2025 | 6 (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year.