2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (35th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Croatia, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.[2]

2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
UEFA U-17 Europsko prvenstvo 2017.
Tournament details
Host countryCroatia
Dates3–19 May 2017
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)7 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (9th title)
Runners-up England
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored99 (3.09 per match)
Attendance43,063 (1,346 per match)
Top scorer(s) Amine Gouiri (8 goals)
Best player(s) Jadon Sancho[1]

A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India as the UEFA representatives. This was decreased from the previous six teams, as FIFA decided to give one of the slots originally reserved for UEFA to the Oceania Football Confederation starting from 2017.[3]

Spain won their third title by beating England 4–1 on penalties in the final after a 2–2 draw, and both teams were joined by Germany, Turkey, France as UEFA qualifiers for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Portugal were the defending champions, but failed to qualify.

Qualification
Main article: 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

All 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Croatia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.[4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017.[5]

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[6][7]

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 CroatiaHosts4th2015Fourth place (2005)
 GermanyElite round Group 1 winners10th2016Champions (2009)
 TurkeyElite round Group 1 runners-up[^]7th2014Champions (2005)
 HungaryElite round Group 2 winners4th2006Group stage (2002, 2003, 2006)
 NorwayElite round Group 2 runners-up[^]1st—Debut
 SpainElite round Group 3 winners11th2016Champions (2007, 2008)
 ScotlandElite round Group 4 winners5th2016Semi-finals (2014)
 SerbiaElite round Group 4 runners-up[^]6th2016Quarter-finals (2002)
 NetherlandsElite round Group 5 winners11th2016Champions (2011, 2012)
 ItalyElite round Group 5 runners-up[^]7th2016Runners-up (2013)
 FranceElite round Group 6 winners11th2016Champions (2004, 2015)
 UkraineElite round Group 6 runners-up[^]6th2016Group stage (2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2016)
 EnglandElite round Group 7 winners12th2016Champions (2010, 2014)
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaElite round Group 7 runners-up[^]2nd2016Group stage (2016)
 Republic of IrelandElite round Group 8 winners3rd2015Group stage (2008, 2015)
 Faroe IslandsElite round Group 8 runners-up[^]1st—Debut
Notes
  1. ^
    The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

Final draw

The final draw was held on 3 April 2017, 18:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Panorama Zagreb Hotel in Zagreb, Croatia.[8][9] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Hosts Croatia were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.[10]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1 —  Croatia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Host (A1)
2 1  Germany 3 3 0 0 19 4 +15 9 Pot 1
3 7  England 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9
4 4  Scotland 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9
5 8  Republic of Ireland 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9
6 5  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9
7 6  France 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
8 3  Spain 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
9 2  Hungary 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6 Pot 2
10 1  Turkey 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6 Pot 2
11 5  Italy 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
12 4  Serbia 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
13 6  Ukraine 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
14 2  Norway 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
15 7  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
16 8  Faroe Islands 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
(H) Host.

Venues

At first, it was announced that eight stadiums would host the competition, each of those being in Istria and Primorje. Later, that was changed.

Rijeka and Kostrena were the only hosts that were planned at first with new hosts being Varaždin, Zaprešić, Velika Gorica and two in Croatian capital Zagreb – in boroughs Sesvete and Lučko. The final would be played in Varaždin.

VaraždinVelika GoricaRijeka
Stadion VarteksStadion RadnikStadion Rujevica
Capacity: 10,800Capacity: 8,000Capacity: 6,134
ZaprešićKostrenaZagreb
Stadion ŠRC ZaprešićStadion ŽuknicaStadion Lučko (Lučko)Stadion sv. Josipa Radnika (Sesvete)
Capacity: 5,228Capacity: 3,000Capacity: 1,500Capacity: 1,200

Match officials

A total of 9 referees, 12 assistant referees and 3 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[11]

Squads
Main article: 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads

Each national team submitted a squad of 18 players.[5]

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 7 April 2017.[12]

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

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):[5]

  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 have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings are determined by a penalty shoot-out (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. 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. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).[13]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Knockout stage
2  Turkey 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3  Italy 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Croatia (H) 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Turkey 2–3 Spain
Güneş  5'
Karaahmet  11'		 Report S. Gómez  24'
Ruiz  33' (pen.)
Morey  72'
Attendance: 300[11]
Referee: Dominik Ouschan (Austria)
Croatia 0–1 Italy
Report Kean  78'
Attendance: 4,092[11]
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Croatia 1–4 Turkey
Marin  67' Report Karaahmet  18'
Gül  49'
Kabak  69'
Akgün  80'
Attendance: 1,004[11]
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)
Spain 3–1 Italy
S. Gómez  36'
Ruiz  68' (pen.), 80'		 Report Caviglia  80+2'
Attendance: 744[11]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Spain 1–1 Croatia
Blanco  80+1' Report Čolina  56'
Stadion Žuknica, Kostrena
Attendance: 1,121[11]
Italy 1–2 Turkey
Pellegri  15' Report Karaahmet  5'
Babacan  74'
Attendance: 700[11]
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Knockout stage
2  France 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6
3  Scotland 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4  Faroe Islands 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Scotland 2–0 Faroe Islands
Cameron  59'
Aitchison  68'		 Report
Attendance: 511[11]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Hungary 3–2 France
Csoboth  38', 41'
Bencze  52'		 Report Gouiri  36', 80+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 892[11]
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)
France 7–0 Faroe Islands
Gouiri  1', 10', 33'
Caqueret  4', 46'
Picouleau  15'
Adli  54'		 Report
Attendance: 712[11]
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
Scotland 1–1 Hungary
Rudden  30' Report Szerető  52'
Attendance: 677[11]
France 2–1 Scotland
Gouiri  35', 80' Report Rudden  42'
Attendance: 511[11]
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)
Faroe Islands 0–4 Hungary
Report Torvund  24'
Szoboszlai  26', 48'
Edmundsson  29' (o.g.)
Attendance: 409[11]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Knockout stage
2  Republic of Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 3
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4  Serbia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Germany 5–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mai  2'
Keitel  16'
Arp  50', 51', 62'		 Report
Stadion Žuknica, Kostrena
Attendance: 1,192[11]
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)
Serbia 1–0 Republic of Ireland
Gavrić  72' Report
Stadion Žuknica, Kostrena
Attendance: 482[11]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Germany 3–1 Serbia
Abouchabaka  7' (pen.)
Yeboah  39'
Majetschak  61'		 Report Stuparević  75' (pen.)
Stadion Žuknica, Kostrena
Attendance: 587[11]
Referee: Dominik Ouschan (Austria)
Republic of Ireland 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Roache  7'
Idah  29' (pen.)		 Report Vještica  13'
Stadion Žuknica, Kostrena
Attendance: 500[11]
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Republic of Ireland 0–7 Germany
Report Abouchabaka  8'
Arp  15', 45', 49'
O'Connor  21' (o.g.)
Awuku  73'
Hottmann  76'
Attendance: 434[11]
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 Serbia
Imamović  80' Report
Stadion Žuknica, Kostrena
Attendance: 504[11]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
3  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4  Norway 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Netherlands 1–0 Ukraine
El Bouchataoui  61' Report
Stadion sv. Josipa Radnika, Zagreb
Attendance: 881[11]
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
Norway 1–3 England
Guehi  8' (o.g.) Report Brewster  10', 35'
Foden  78'
Attendance: 713[11]
England 4–0 Ukraine
McEachran  20'
Brewster  32'
Sancho  36'
Barlow  69'		 Report
Stadion sv. Josipa Radnika, Zagreb
Attendance: 663[11]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Netherlands 2–2 Norway
Aboukhlal  11'
El Bouchataoui  80+2' (pen.)		 Report Larsen  50'
Stenevik  55'
Attendance: 699[11]
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)
England 3–0 Netherlands
Sancho  23', 48' (pen.)
Hudson-Odoi  80'		 Report
Attendance: 1,054[11]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Ukraine 2–0 Norway
Kashchuk  78'
Kholod  80+1'		 Report
Stadion sv. Josipa Radnika, Zagreb
Attendance: 719[11]
Referee: Dominik Ouschan (Austria)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).[5]

As part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out,[14] a different sequence of taking penalties, known as "ABBA", that mirrors the serving sequence in a tennis tiebreak would be used if a penalty shoot-out was needed (team A kicks first, team B kicks second):[15]

Original sequence
AB AB AB AB AB (sudden death starts) AB AB etc.
Trial sequence
AB BA AB BA AB (sudden death starts) BA AB etc.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
12 May – Varaždin
 
 
 Spain3
 
16 May – Varaždin
 
 France1
 
 Spain (p)0 (4)
 
13 May – Zaprešić
 
 Germany0 (2)
 
 Germany2
 
19 May – Varaždin
 
 Netherlands1
 
 Spain (p)2 (4)
 
12 May – Velika Gorica
 
 England2 (1)
 
 Hungary0
 
16 May – Zaprešić
 
 Turkey1
 
 Turkey1
 
13 May – Velika Gorica
 
 England2 World Cup play-off
 
 England1
 
16 May – Zagreb
 
 Republic of Ireland0
 
 Hungary0
 
 
 France1
 

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists entered the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.

Hungary 0–1 Turkey
Report Csonka  20' (o.g.)
Attendance: 897[11]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Spain 3–1 France
Morey  17'
Ruiz  35' (pen.)
S. Gómez  56'		 Report Gouiri  9'
Attendance: 5,163[11]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
England 1–0 Republic of Ireland
Sancho  13' Report
Attendance: 879[11]
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)
Germany 2–1 Netherlands
Abouchabaka  66'
Arp  79'		 Report Aboukhlal  40+1'
Attendance: 1,013[11]

Ranking of losing quarter-finalists

To determine the two best losing quarter-finalists which enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off, the losing quarter-finalists are ranked by the following criteria (Regulations Article 16.06):[5]

  1. Higher position in the group stage (i.e., group winners ahead of group runners-up);
  2. Better results in the group stage (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
  3. Better results in the quarter-finals (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
  4. Lower disciplinary points in the group stage and quarter-finals combined;
  5. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
  6. Drawing of lots.
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1  Hungary 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off
2 B2  France 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6
3 D2  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
4 C2  Republic of Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 3
Source: UEFA

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off

Winner qualified for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Hungary 0–1 France
Report Gouiri  26'
Stadion sv. Josipa Radnika, Zagreb
Attendance: 950[11]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

Semi-finals
Turkey 1–2 England
Kesgin  40+13' Report Hudson-Odoi  11'
Sancho  37'
Attendance: 1,292[11]
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Spain 0–0 Germany
Report
Penalties
Ruiz
Morey
Segovia
Chust
Guillamón 		4–2 Majetschak
Arp
Mai
Keitel
Attendance: 4,581[11]
Referee: Dominik Ouschan (Austria)

Final
Spain 2–2 England
Morey  38'
Díaz  80+6'		 Report Hudson-Odoi  18'
Foden  58'
Penalties
Ruiz
Morey
S. Gómez
Chust 		4–1 Barlow
Brewster
Latibeaudiere
Attendance: 8,187[11]
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)

Goalscorers

There were 99 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.09 goals per match.

9 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com[17]

Team of the Tournament

Source: UEFA Technical Report[18]

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[19][20][21]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Spain12 May 20178 (1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009)
 England13 May 20173 (2007, 2011, 2015)
 Turkey12 May 20172 (2005, 2009)
 Germany13 May 20179 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
 France16 May 20175 (1987, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Notes
  1. UEFA considers Amine Gouiri to have scored eight goals in the final tournament, as his goal in the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off is not considered part of the final tournament tally.[16]

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