2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as 2018 UEFA Under-17 Euro) was the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (36th 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. England, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.[1]

2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEngland
Dates4–20 May 2018
Teams16
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (3rd title)
Runners-up Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored73 (2.35 per match)
Top scorer(s) Yorbe Vertessen
Edoardo Vergani
(4 goals each)

A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.

The Netherlands won their third title by beating Italy 4–1 on penalties in the final after a 2–2 draw.[2] Spain were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Belgium in the quarter-finals.

Qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Kosovo who entered for the first time), and with the hosts England qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.[3] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2017, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2018.[4]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.[5]

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

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 EnglandHosts13th2017 (runners-up)Champions (2010, 2014)
 SerbiaElite round Group 1 winners7th2017 (group stage)Quarter-finals (2002)
 SpainElite round Group 1 runners-up12th2017 (champions)Champions (2007, 2008, 2017)
 SwedenElite round Group 2 winners3rd2016 (quarter-finals)Semi-finals (2013)
 BelgiumElite round Group 2 runners-up[^]6th2016 (quarter-finals)Semi-finals (2007, 2015)
 Republic of IrelandElite round Group 3 winners4th2017 (quarter-finals)Quarter-finals (2017)
  SwitzerlandElite round Group 4 winners8th2014 (group stage)Champions (2002)
 PortugalElite round Group 4 runners-up[^]7th2016 (champions)Champions (2003, 2016)
 NetherlandsElite round Group 5 winners12th2017 (quarter-finals)Champions (2011, 2012)
 ItalyElite round Group 5 runners-up[^]8th2017 (group stage)Runners-up (2013)
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaElite round Group 6 winners3rd2017 (group stage)Group stage (2016, 2017)
 DenmarkElite round Group 6 runners-up[^]5th2016 (group stage)Semi-finals (2011)
 SloveniaElite round Group 7 winners3rd2015 (group stage)Group stage (2012, 2015)
 IsraelElite round Group 7 runners-up[^]3rd2005 (group stage)Group stage (2003, 2005)
 NorwayElite round Group 8 winners2nd2017 (group stage)Group stage (2017)
 GermanyElite round Group 8 runners-up[^]11th2017 (semi-finals)Champions (2009)
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 5 April 2018, 17:30 BST (UTC+1), at the St George's Park in Burton, England.[6] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Hosts England 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.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1  England (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Host (A1)
2 3  Republic of Ireland 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Pot 1
3 5  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
4 1  Serbia 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
5 8  Norway 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
6 7  Slovenia 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
7 4   Switzerland 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7
8 6  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
9 2  Sweden 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5 Pot 2
10 4  Portugal 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Pot 2
11 7  Israel 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
12 6  Denmark 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6[lower-alpha 1]
13 5  Italy 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6[lower-alpha 1]
14 1  Spain 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
15 8  Germany 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
16 2  Belgium 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 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.
Notes:
  1. Ranked by disciplinary points (Denmark: 4 pts; Italy: 6 pts).

Venues

The tournament took place at six venues across the Midlands and South Yorkshire. England's opening match took place at the Proact Stadium in Chesterfield with the final taking place at the New York Stadium in Rotherham.

RotherhamChesterfieldWalsall
New York StadiumProact StadiumBescot Stadium
Capacity: 12,023Capacity: 10,504Capacity: 11,300
BurtonLoughborough
Pirelli StadiumSt George's ParkLoughborough University Stadium
Capacity: 6,912Capacity: 1,500Capacity: 3,300

Match officials

A total of 8 referees, 12 assistant referees and 4 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[7]

Squads

Each national team submitted a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 40).[4]

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 10 April 2018.[8]

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

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):[4]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. 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);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, BST (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6[lower-alpha 1] Knockout stage
2  England (H) 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6[lower-alpha 1]
3   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6[lower-alpha 1]
4  Israel 3 0 0 3 1 7 6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Italy 2–0 Switzerland, England 2–1 Italy, Switzerland 1–0 England. Head-to-head standings:
    • Italy: 3 pts, +1 GD
    • England: 3 pts, 0 GD
    • Switzerland: 3 pts, −1 GD
Italy 2–0  Switzerland
  • Greco  22'
  • Vergani  64'
Report
Referee: Zbyněk Proske (Czech Republic)
England 2–1 Israel
Report
  • Lugassy  40+1' (pen.)
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Switzerland  3–0 Israel
Report
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
England 2–1 Italy
Report
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)

Switzerland  1–0 England
Report
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)
Israel 0–2 Italy
Report
Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Knockout stage
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Portugal 3 1 1 1 4 1 +3 4
4  Slovenia 3 0 0 3 0 8 8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Portugal 0–0 Norway
Report
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
Slovenia 0–2 Sweden
Report

Norway 2–1 Sweden
  • Rekdal  39', 69'
Report
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)
Slovenia 0–4 Portugal
Report
Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)

Norway 2–0 Slovenia
  • Cornic  32'
  • Aga  38'
Report
Sweden 1–0 Portugal
Report
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Knockout stage
2  Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 0 2 3 8 5 3
4  Denmark 3 0 0 3 2 5 3 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Denmark 2–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
Republic of Ireland 0–2 Belgium
Report
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)

Republic of Ireland 1–0 Denmark
Report
Referee: Zbynek Proske (Czech Republic)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–4 Belgium
Report
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 Republic of Ireland
Report
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
Belgium 1–0 Denmark
Report
Referee: Zbyněk Proske (Czech Republic)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Knockout stage
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 4 8 4 3
4  Serbia 3 0 0 3 0 6 6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Germany 0–3 Netherlands
Report
Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)
Serbia 0–1 Spain
Report
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

Serbia 0–3 Germany
Report
Netherlands 2–0 Spain
Report
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Netherlands 2–0 Serbia
Report
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
Spain 5–1 Germany
  • García  2'
  • Mortimer  15'
  • Baena  46'
  • Touaizi  65'
  • Gutiérrez  79'
Report
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 May – Rotherham
 
 
 Italy1
 
17 May – Rotherham
 
 Sweden0
 
 Italy2
 
14 May – Walsall
 
 Belgium1
 
 Belgium2
 
20 May – Rotherham
 
 Spain1
 
 Italy2 (1)
 
13 May – Burton
 
 Netherlands (p)2 (4)
 
 Norway0
 
17 May – Chesterfield
 
 England2
 
 England0 (5)
 
14 May – Chesterfield
 
 Netherlands (p)0 (6)
 
 Netherlands (p)1 (5)
 
 
 Republic of Ireland1 (4)
 

Quarter-finals

Italy 1–0 Sweden
  • Vergani  4'
Report
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Norway 0–2 England
Report
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

Belgium 2–1 Spain
Report

Netherlands 1–1 Republic of Ireland
Report
Penalties
5–4

Semi-finals

Italy 2–1 Belgium
Report
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)

England 0–0 Netherlands
Report
Penalties
5–6
Attendance: 7,952
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

Final

Italy 2–2 Netherlands
Report
Penalties
1–4
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Stefan Rankić (playing against Belgium)
  • Eric García (playing against Germany)
  • Arnau Tenas (playing against Netherlands)

Source: UEFA.com[9]

Team of the tournament

The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament (previously a squad of 18 players were selected):[10]

Goalkeeper
  • Luca Ashby-Hammond
Defenders
Defensive midfielders
Attacking midfielders
Forward

References

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