2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

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Host countryNorthern Ireland
Dates4–17 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue3 (in 3 host cities)
2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNorthern Ireland
Dates4–17 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue3 (in 3 host cities)
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The 2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship will be the 17th 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. Northern Ireland will be hosting the tournament.[1] A total of eight teams will be playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2009 eligible to participate.

The defending champions are the Netherlands, having won their first title by defeating Norway 2–1 in the 2025 final, but are unable to defend their title as they did not qualify for this tournament.

This tournament will also act as UEFA's qualifier for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco, with top five teams qualifying as the UEFA representatives.[2]

50 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Northern Ireland 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 Qualification method Date of qualification Appearance(s) Previous best performance[a]
Total[b] First Last Streak
 Northern Ireland Host nation 26 September 2023 1st Debut
 Germany Round 2 Group A1 winners 5 March 2026 14th 2008 2023 1 Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022)
 England Round 2 Group A2 winners 19 March 2026 10th 2008 2024 1 Runners-up (2024)
 Finland Round 2 Group A3 winners 15 March 2026 3rd 2018 2022 1 Third place (2018)
 France Round 2 Group A4 winners 20 March 2026 12th 2008 2025 5 Champions (2023)
 Norway Round 2 Group A5 winners 18 March 2026 8th 2009 2025 3 Runners-up (2025)
 Spain Round 2 Group A6 winners 7 March 2026 15th 2009 2025 12 Champions (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2024)
 Poland Round 2 Group A7 winners 17 March 2026 6th 2013 2025 4 Champions (2013)

Venues

The tournament will be hosted in three venues.[3]

 Belfast Coleraine Larne
Windsor Park The Showgrounds Inver Park
Capacity: 18,434 Capacity: 4,843 Capacity: 2,732

Group stage

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

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:

  1. Points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. 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;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. 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);
  9. Disciplinary points
    • Yellow card: −1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −3 points;
  10. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  11. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Northern Ireland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage and qualification for 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-off match for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
4  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 4 May 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Northern Ireland v England
Report
Norway v Germany
Report
Germany v England
Report
Northern Ireland v Norway
Report
England v Norway
Report
Germany v Northern Ireland
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage and qualification for 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-off match for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
4  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 May 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
France v Poland
Report
Spain v Finland
Report
France v Spain
Report
Finland v Poland
Report
Finland v France
Report
Poland v Spain
Report

Play-off match

The two third-placed teams in each group will play a 90-minute play-off match followed by a penalty shoot-out to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be played), with the winning team qualifying for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Group A third placevGroup B third place

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be played).[4]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 May – Belfast
 
 
Group A winners
 
17 May – Belfast
 
Group B runners-up
 
Semi-final 1 winners
 
14 May – Belfast
 
Semi-final 2 winners
 
Group B winners
 
 
Group A runners-up
 

Semi-finals

Group A winnersvGroup B runners-up
Group B winnersvGroup A runners-up

Final

Semi-final 1 winnersvSemi-final 2 winners

Notes

References

External links

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