2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the sixth edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. The first matches were played on 3 September 2012.

2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySwitzerland
Dates28 August – 3 November 2012 (qualification)
25–28 June 2013 (final round)
Teams44 (qualification)
4 (final round)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Poland (1st title)
Runners-up Sweden
Third place Spain
Fourth place Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored13 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nahikari García
(2 goals)
Best player(s) Ewa Pajor

With the return of Slovakia, who haven't played since the inaugural edition, and U-17 newcomers Montenegro, a new record of 44 participating nations was set.[1] The final tournament was played for the last time in Nyon with four teams. Starting the next edition of the tournament, eight countries will contest the final tournament with the host changing every edition.

Dutch player Vivianne Miedema set a competition record by netting eight goals in a match against Kazakhstan. She also became the tournament's all-time top scorer with 20 goals.[2]

For the first time Belgium and Poland qualified for the final tournament, and also for the first time Germany failed to do so.

Qualification
See also: 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

All 44 teams entered the first qualification round, consisting of 11 groups of 4 teams. The group winners and five best runners-up advanced to the second qualification round. In the second round, there were four groups of four teams and only the group winners advanced to the final tournament. For the first time Poland and Belgium reached the final tournament.

Final round
2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship teams and final round performance

The four group champions played the knockout stage in the Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland in summer 2013. There will be two semifinals, a third place match and the final.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 June 2013
 
 
 Belgium1
 
28 June 2013
 
 Poland3
 
 Poland1
 
25 June 2013
 
 Sweden0
 
 Spain2 (4)
 
 
 Sweden (pen.)2 (5)
 
Third place
 
 
28 June 2013
 
 
 Belgium0
 
 
 Spain4

Semifinals
Belgium 1–3 Poland
De Caigny  29' Report Konat  25'
Dudek  43'
Pajor  67'
Referee: Vesna Budimir (Croatia)
Spain 2–2 Sweden
García  26'
Torre  75'		 Report Blackstenius  27'
Karlsson  62'
Penalties
Perea
Torre
Caldentey
Guijarro
Sánchez
Garrote 		4–5 Andersson
Blackstenius
Strömberg
Angeldal
Björn
Holmgren
Referee: Ivana Vlaić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Third place match
Belgium 0–4 Spain
Report Baetens  21' (o.g.)
García  31'
Caldentey  40+2'
Guijarro  57'
Referee: Ivana Vlaić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Final
Poland 1–0 Sweden
Kamczyk  15' Report
Referee: Vesna Budimir (Croatia)
 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 European Champions 

Poland
First title

References
  1. "Big entry for 2012/13 Women's U17s". UEFA. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  2. "Awesome Miedema leads Netherlands through". UEFA. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
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