2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2022) will be the 15th 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. Bosnia and Herzegovina will host the tournament.[1] A total of eight teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.

2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBosnia and Herzegovina
DatesMay 2022
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)TBC (in TBC host cities)

Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the UEFA representatives.

Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows:[2]

For the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, the Faroe Islands and Bosnia and Herzegovina were selected as hosts respectively.[1]

Qualification

The UEFA Executive Committee approved on 18 June 2020 a new qualifying format for the Women's Under-17 and Under-19 Championship starting from 2022.[3] The qualifying competition will be played in two rounds, with teams divided into two leagues, and promotion and relegation between leagues after each round similar to the UEFA Nations League.[4]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaHosts1st (may qualify in 2021)Debut

Venues

To be confirmed.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from UEFA qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
TBD2022
TBD2022
TBD2022
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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