2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIceland
Dates22 June – 4 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)6 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored45 (3 per match)
Attendance6,369 (425 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Stefanie Sanders (6 goals)
Best player(s)Germany Stefanie Sanders

The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the eighth edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual European youth football competition contested by the women's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Iceland hosted the tournament.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to participate in this competition.

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

Qualification

A total of 44 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Iceland qualifying automatically, the other 43 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2014, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2015.[2]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[3][4]

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 IcelandHosts2nd2011Fourth place (2011)
  SwitzerlandElite round Group 1 winners2nd2012Fourth place (2012)
 EnglandElite round Group 2 winners3rd2014Fourth place (2008, 2014)
 Republic of IrelandElite round Group 2 runners-up[^]2nd2010Runners-up (2010)
 GermanyElite round Group 3 winners7th2014Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014)
 SpainElite round Group 4 winners6th2014Champions (2010, 2011)
 NorwayElite round Group 5 winners2nd2009Fourth place (2009)
 FranceElite round Group 6 winners6th2014Runners-up (2008, 2011, 2012)
Notes
  1. ^
    The best runners-up among all six elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

Final draw

The final draw was held in Reykjavík, Iceland on 29 April 2015, 11:30 WET (UTC±0).[5][6] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There were no seeding except that the hosts Iceland were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

The competition was played at six venues in four host cities.[7]

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.[2]

Match officials

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

Group stage

2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship teams and final tournament performance

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

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:[2]

  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 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 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, WET (UTC±0).[9]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Germany 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6
3  England 3 1 1 1 4 7 −3 4
4  Iceland (H) 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
England 1–1 Spain
Cross 51' Report García 54'
Attendance: 271[8]
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Iceland 0–5 Germany
Report Krug 5'
Sanders 35', 43'
Dallmann 70'
Orschmann 73'
Attendance: 707[8]
Referee: Barbara Bollenberg (Austria)
Germany 0–4 Spain
Report García 9', 21', 36'
Bonmati 80+4'
Attendance: 372[8]
Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)
Iceland 1–3 England
Pálsdóttir 66' Report Plumptre 28'
Devlin 44'
Allen 78'
Attendance: 713[8]
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)
Spain 2–0 Iceland
Guijarro 17'
Sierra 63'		 Report
Attendance: 415[8]
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)
Germany 5–0 England
Pawollek 2'
Sanders 37', 46', 72', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 243[8]
Referee: Barbara Bollenberg (Austria)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  France 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Norway 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Republic of Ireland 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
Source: UEFA
Republic of Ireland 0–1 France
Report Laurent 65'
Attendance: 227[8]
Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)
Switzerland 2–2 Norway
Reuteler 36'
Jenzer 48'		 Report Kvernvolden 10'
Wilmann 51'
Attendance: 240[8]
Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)
Republic of Ireland 0–1  Switzerland
Report Lehmann 55'
Attendance: 317[8]
Referee: Graziella Pirriatore (Italy)
France 2–0 Norway
Katoto 20'
Fercocq 36'		 Report
Attendance: 283[8]
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Norway 2–0 Republic of Ireland
Norem 19'
Kvernvolden 40'		 Report
Attendance: 205[8]
Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)
France 1–2  Switzerland
De Almeida 9' Report Reuteler 66'
Stampfli 80+2'
Attendance: 233[8]
Referee: Graziella Pirriatore (Italy)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).[2]

There was no third place match for this edition of the tournament as it was not used as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (since expansion to eight teams).

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 July – Reykjavík
 
 
 Spain (p)1 (4)
 
4 July – Reykjavík
 
 France1 (3)
 
 Spain5
 
1 July – Reykjavík
 
  Switzerland2
 
  Switzerland1
 
 
 Germany0
 

Semi-finals

Spain 1–1 France
Montilla 79' Report Galera 63'
Penalties
Rodríguez soccer ball with check mark
Montilla soccer ball with check mark
Bonmati soccer ball with check mark
Guijarro soccer ball with red X
García soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Lebastard
soccer ball with check mark Laplacette
soccer ball with red X Boutaleb
soccer ball with red X Galera
soccer ball with check mark Katoto
Attendance: 807[8]
Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)
Switzerland 1–0 Germany
Arfaoui 80' Report
Attendance: 579[8]
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

Final

Spain 5–2  Switzerland
García 6'
Felder 13' (o.g.)
Mégroz 50' (o.g.)
Menayo 64'
Navarro 80+2'		 Report Reuteler 55'
Arfaoui 78'
Attendance: 757[8]
Referee: Barbara Bollenberg (Austria)

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Switzerland Luisa Felder (playing against Spain)
  • Switzerland Naomi Mégroz (playing against Spain)

Source: UEFA.com[10]

Team of the tournament

Source: UEFA Technical Report[11]

Golden player: Germany Stefanie Sanders[12]

References

  1. ↑ "England, Iceland, Belarus have Women's U17 honour". UEFA. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2014/15" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  3. ↑ "Ireland complete Women's U17 lineup". UEFA.com. 16 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship programme" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  5. ↑ "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
  6. ↑ "Women's Under-17 finals group stage draw". UEFA.com. 29 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Venue guide". UEFA.com.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "UEFA Technical Report – Results". UEFA.com.
  9. ↑ "Iceland start against Germany". UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Team of the Tournament". UEFA. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "Golden Player – 2015: Stefanie Sanders". UEFA.com.
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