# 2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The 2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2019) was the 12th 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. Bulgaria, which were selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, hosted the tournament from 5 to 17 May 2019.
A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions are permitted per team in each match. Moreover, each match has a regular duration of 90 minutes, instead of 80 minutes in previous seasons.
Germany won their seventh title after beating Netherlands on penalties. Spain were the defending champions and were knocked out from the tournament by Netherlands in the semifinal.

## Qualification

A total of 47 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Albania who entered for the first time), and with the hosts Bulgaria qualifying automatically, the other 46 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 2018, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2019.

### Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| Bulgaria | Hosts | 1st | — | Debut |
| England | Elite round Group 1 winners | 7th | 2018 (fourth place) | Third place (2016) |
| Netherlands | Elite round Group 2 winners | 4th | 2018 (group stage) | Fourth place (2010), Semi-finals (2017) |
| Spain | Elite round Group 3 winners | 10th | 2018 (champions) | Champions (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018) |
| Germany | Elite round Group 4 winners | 11th | 2018 (runners-up) | Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017) |
| Portugal | Elite round Group 5 winners | 2nd | 2014 (group stage) | Group stage (2014) |
| Denmark | Elite round Group 6 winners | 3rd | 2012 (third place) | Third place (2008, 2012) |
| Austria | Elite round Group 7 winners | 2nd | 2014 (group stage) | Group stage (2014) |

### Final draw

The final draw was held on 5 April 2019, 11:30 EEST (UTC+3), at the Flamingo Grand Hotel & Spa in Albena, Bulgaria. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that the hosts Bulgaria were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

## Venues

The tournament would originally be held in four venues, but because the condition of the pitch in Balchik was too poor only three were used:
| Stadium | City | Capacity |
| Albena | Albena | 3,000 |
| Balchik | Balchik | 3,100 |
| Druzhba | Dobrich | 12,500 |
| Kavarna | Kavarna | 5,000 |

## Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 39).

## Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 12 April 2019.
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-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):
* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* 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;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* 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);
* Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
* UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
* Drawing of lots.
All times are local, EEST (UTC+3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head goal difference: Germany +3, Netherlands –1, England –2

## Knockout stage

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

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 May – Kavarna | 14 May – Kavarna |
| Spain | 1 |
| Spain | 1 | 17 May – Albena | 17 May – Albena |
| Netherlands | 3 | 17 May – Albena | 17 May – Albena |
| Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 1 (2) |
| 14 May – Dobrich | 14 May – Dobrich | | Netherlands | 1 (2) |
| 14 May – Dobrich | 14 May – Dobrich | Germany | 1 (3) |
| Germany | 2 | Germany | 1 (3) |
| Portugal | 0 | | |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.
6 goals
* Nikita Tromp
4 goals
* Carlotta Wamser
* Sophie Weidauer
* Silvia Lloris
* Salma Paralluelo
2 goals
* Annabel Schasching
* Katie Robinson
* Lotje de Keijzer
* Iris Stiekema
1 goal
* Christina Edlinger
* Zdravka Parapunova
* Cornelia Kramer
* Freja Storm
* Lucy Johnson
* Keri Matthews
* Emilie Bernhardt
* Lisanne Gräwe
* Marleen Rohde
* Nicole Woldmann
* Samantha Van Diemen
* Maria Alagoa
* Marta Ferreira
* Maria Negrão
* María José Gutiérrez
* Carlota Sanchez
1 own goal
* Vivianne Bessette (against Portugal)

## Team of the tournament

The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament:
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Pauline Nelles | Jana Fernández Ana Tejada Sofia Silva Jule Brand | Dana Foederer Lisanne Gräwe Nikita Tromp | Asuri Martínez Gia Corley Carlotta Wamser |

## International broadcasters
### Television

7 of 15 live matches and highlights will be available on UEFA.com and UEFA.tv YouTube channel for all territories around the world.
Note: Live matches on YouTube are not available in Germany, Republic of Ireland, Israel, the Middle East/North Africa, and the United States.

#### Participating nations

| Country | Broadcaster |
| Bulgaria (host) | BNT |
| Austria | ORF |
| Denmark | DR |
| Denmark | TV2 |
| Germany | Sport1 |
| Netherlands | NOS |
| Portugal | RTP |
| Spain | RTVE |
| United Kingdom | BBC |

#### Non-participating European nations

| Country/Region | Broadcaster |
| Albania | RTSH |
| Andorra | RTVE (Spanish) |
| Andorra | RMC (French) |
| France | RMC (French) |
| Luxembourg | RMC (French) |
| Luxembourg | RTBF (French) |
| Belgium | RTBF (French) |
| Belgium | VRT (Dutch) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Macedonia  Montenegro  Serbia  Slovenia | Sport Klub |
| Belarus | Belteleradio |
| Czech Republic | ČT |
| Faroe Islands | DR |
| Faroe Islands | TV2 |
| Estonia | ERR |
| Finland | Yle |
| Hungary | MTVA |
| Iceland | RÚV |
| Ireland | RTÉ (English) |
| Ireland | TG4 (Irish) |
| Israel | Charlton |
| Italy | RAI |
| San Marino | RAI |
| Vatican City | RAI |
| Kosovo | RTK |
| Latvia | LTV |
| Liechtenstein | SRG SSR |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR |
| Lithuania | LRT |
| Malta | PBS |
| Norway | NRK |
| Norway | TV2 |
| Poland | TVP |
| Romania | TVR |
| Russia | Match TV |
| Slovakia | RTVS |
| Sweden | SVT |
| Sweden | TV4 |
| Ukraine | UA:PBC |

#### Outside Europe

| Country/Regional | Broadcaster |
| China | CCTV |
| Argentina  Bolivia  Chile  Colombia  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  Ecuador  El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Mexico  Nicaragua  Panama  Paraguay  Peru  Puerto Rico  Uruguay  Venezuela | ESPN Univision Deportes (Puerto Rico and USA only) |
| United States | ESPN Univision Deportes (Puerto Rico and USA only) |
| MENA  Algeria  Bahrain  Chad  Comoros  Djibouti  Egypt  Iran  Iraq  Jordan  Kuwait  Lebanon  Libya  Mauritania  Morocco  Oman  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  Somalia  Palestine  Sudan  Syria  Tunisia  United Arab Emirates  Yemen | beIN Sports |

### Radio
#### Participating nations

| Country | Broadcaster |
| Bulgaria (host) | BNR |
| Austria | ORF |
| Denmark | DR |
| Netherlands | NOS |
| Portugal | RTP |
| Spain | RTVE |
| Spain | COPE |
| Spain | SER |
| United Kingdom | BBC |

#### Non-participating European nations

| Country/Region | Broadcaster |
| Albania | RTSH |
| Andorra | RTVE (Spanish) |
| Andorra | COPE (Spanish) |
| Andorra | SER (Spanish) |
| Andorra | Radio France (French) RFI (French) Europe 1 |
| France | Radio France (French) RFI (French) Europe 1 |
| Luxembourg | Radio France (French) RFI (French) Europe 1 |
| Luxembourg | Radio 100,7 (Luxembourgish) |
| Luxembourg | RTBF (French) |
| Belgium | RTBF (French) |
| Belgium | VRT (Dutch) |
| Belarus | Belteleradio |
| Czech Republic | ČR |
| Faroe Islands | DR |
| Estonia | ERR |
| Finland | Yle |
| Hungary | MTVA |
| Iceland | RÚV |
| Ireland | RTÉ (English and Irish) |
| Italy | RAI |
| San Marino | RAI |
| Vatican City | RAI |
| Kosovo | RTK |
| Latvia | LR |
| Liechtenstein | SRG SSR |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR |
| Lithuania | LRT |
| Malta | PBS |
| Norway | NRK |
| Poland | PR |
| Romania | ROR |
| Slovakia | RTVS |
| Sweden | SR |
| Ukraine | UA:PBC |