# 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2022) was the 19th UEFA European Under-17 Championship (38th 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. Israel was hosting the tournament. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.
Netherlands, having won the title in 2018 and 2019, were the two-times title holders, since the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the title was not awarded.

## Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows:
* 11 January 2019: bidding procedure launched
* 28 February 2019: deadline to express interest
* 27 March 2019: Announcement by UEFA that declaration of interest were received from 17 member associations to host one of the UEFA national team youth final tournaments (UEFA European Under-19 Championship, UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, UEFA European Under-17 Championship, UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship) in 2021 and 2022 (although it was not specified which association were interested in which tournament)
* 28 June 2019: Submission of bid dossiers
* 24 September 2019: Selection of successful host associations by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in Ljubljana
For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, Cyprus and Israel were selected as hosts respectively.

## Qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Israel qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams will compete in the qualifying competition, which will consist of two rounds: Qualifying round, which will take place in autumn 2021, and Elite round, which will take place in spring 2022, to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. The draw for the qualifying round was held on 9 December 2020 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

### Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| Israel | Hosts | 4th | 2018 (group stage) | Group stage (2003, 2005, 2018) |
| Netherlands | Elite round Group 1 winners | 14th | 2019 (champions) | Champions (2011, 2012, 2018, 2019) |
| Denmark | Elite round Group 2 winners | 6th | 2018 (group stage) | Semifinals (2011) |
| Germany | Elite round Group 3 winners | 13th | 2019 (group stage) | Champions (2009) |
| Spain | Elite round Group 4 winners | 14th | 2019 (semifinals) | Champions (2007, 2008, 2017) |
| France | Elite round Group 5 winners | 13th | 2019 (semifinals) | Champions (2004, 2015) |
| Italy | Elite round Group 6 winners | 10th | 2019 (runners-up) | Runners-up (2013, 2018, 2019) |
| Serbia | Elite round Group 7 winners | 8th | 2018 (group stage) | Quarterfinals (2002) |
| Portugal | Elite round Group 8 winners | 9th | 2019 (quarterfinals) | Champions (2003, 2016) |
| Sweden | Elite round Group 2 runners-up | 5th | 2019 (group stage) | Semifinals (2013) |
| Belgium | Elite round Group 4 runners-up | 8th | 2019 (sixth place) | Semifinals (2007, 2015, 2018) |
| Scotland | Elite round Group 3 runners-up | 6th | 2017 (group stage) | Semifinals (2014) |
| Turkey | Elite round Group 7 runners-up | 8th | 2017 (semifinals) | Champions (2005) |
| Poland | Elite round Group 6 runners-up | 3rd | 2012 (semifinals) | Semifinals (2012) |
| Bulgaria | Elite round Group 8 runners-up | 2nd | 2015 (group stage) | Group stage (2015) |
| Luxembourg | Elite round Group 5 runners-up | 2nd | 2006 (group stage) | Group stage (2006) |

#### Notes

    $^1$ The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
    $^2$ Two as Serbia and Montenegro and six as Serbia
    $^3$ As Serbia and Montenegro

### Final draw

The winner and runners-up of Group 6 were not known at the time of the draw.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Seeding |
| 1 | — | Israel (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Host (A1) |
| 2 | 8 | Portugal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | Pot 1 |
| 3 | 3 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | Pot 1 |
| 4 | 5 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Pot 1 |
| 5 | 4 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Pot 1 |
| 6 | 2 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 | Pot 1 |
| 7 | 1 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Pot 1 |
| 8 | 7 | Serbia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Pot 1 |
| 9 | 6 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | A3 |
| 10 | 2 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Pot 2 |
| 11 | 4 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 3 | Pot 2 |
| 12 | 3 | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | Pot 2 |
| 13 | 7 | Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | Pot 2 |
| 14 | 6 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Pot 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Pot 2 |
| 16 | 5 | Luxembourg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Pot 2 |

## Venues

The tournament is hosted in five venues:
2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship venues :
| Netanya | NetanyaRishon LeZionNess ZionaLodRamat Gan | Rishon LeZion |
| Netanya Stadium | NetanyaRishon LeZionNess ZionaLodRamat Gan | Haberfeld Stadium |
| Capacity: 13,567 | NetanyaRishon LeZionNess ZionaLodRamat Gan | Capacity: 6,000 |
| 2 quarter-finals, 2 semi-finals & final | NetanyaRishon LeZionNess ZionaLodRamat Gan | 1 quarter-final & 6 group matches |
| Ness Ziona | Lod | Ramat Gan |
| Ness Ziona Stadium | Lod Municipal Stadium | Ramat Gan Stadium |
| Capacity: 3,025 | Capacity: 3,300 | Capacity: 13,370 |
| 1 quarter-final & 6 group matches | 6 group matches | 6 group matches |

## Match officials

The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:

## Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 31 March 2022.
The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.
* Tie-breaking criteria for group play
* The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:
* Points obtained in all group matches;
* 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 Yellow card: −1 point;Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;Direct red card: −3 points;
* UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
* Drawing of lots.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Israel (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | |
* 1 2 3 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Denmark +1, Portugal 0, Sweden -1.

## Knockout stage

The schedule for the knockout stage was released on 26 April 2022.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 25 May – Rishon LeZion | 25 May – Rishon LeZion | | | |
| Germany | 1 (3) | | | |
| Germany | 1 (3) | 29 May – Netanya | 29 May – Netanya | | |
| France | 1 (4) | 29 May – Netanya | 29 May – Netanya | |
| France | 1 (4) | France | 2 (6) | |
| 26 May – Netanya | 26 May – Netanya | | France | 2 (6) | |
| 26 May – Netanya | 26 May – Netanya | Portugal | 2 (5) | |
| Spain | 1 | Portugal | 2 (5) | |
| Spain | 1 | | | | 1 June – Netanya | 1 June – Netanya |
| Portugal | 2 | | | | 1 June – Netanya | 1 June – Netanya |
| Portugal | 2 | | | | France | 2 |
| 25 May – Netanya | 25 May – Netanya | | | | | France | 2 |
| 25 May – Netanya | 25 May – Netanya | | | | Netherlands | 1 |
| Netherlands | 2 | | | | Netherlands | 1 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 29 May – Netanya | 29 May – Netanya | | | |
| Italy | 1 | 29 May – Netanya | 29 May – Netanya | | | |
| Italy | 1 | Netherlands | 2 (5) | | | |
| 26 May – Ness Ziona | 26 May – Ness Ziona | | Netherlands | 2 (5) | | | |
| 26 May – Ness Ziona | 26 May – Ness Ziona | Serbia | 2 (3) | |
| Denmark | 1 | Serbia | 2 (3) | |
| Serbia | 2 | | | |

### Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals took place on 25 May and 26 May.

### Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on 29 May.

### Final

The final took place on 1 June.

## Goalscorers

There were 101 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.26 goals per match.
5 goals
* Jovan Milošević
4 goals
* Afonso Moreira
* Jardell Kanga
3 goals
* Mathys Tel
* Nelson Weiper
* Jason van Duiven
* João Veloso
2 goals
* Stanis Idumbo-Muzambo
* Zoumana Diallo
* Désiré Doué
* Saël Kumbedi
* Warren Zaïre-Emery
* Sidney Raebiger
* Yan Yusopove
* Yoram Boerhout
* Dean Huijsen
* Gabriel Misehouy
* Jaden Slory
* Ivan Lima
* Rodrigo Ribeiro
* José Rodrigues
* Javier Boñar
* Iker Bravo
* Can Uzun
1 goal
* Jorne Spileers
* Chemsdine Talbi
* Martin Georgiev
* Stefan Traykov
* Elias Hansborg-Sørensen
* Emil Højlund
* Markus Jensen
* Noah Nartey
* Noah Sahsah
* Alexander Simmelhack
* Ayman Aiki
* Naim Byar
* Axel Gueguin
* Tom Saettel
* Tom Bischof
* Arijon Ibrahimović
* Dženan Pejčinović
* Laurin Ulrich
* Paul Wanner
* Karem Zoabi
* Alessandro Bolzan
* Kevin Bruno
* Luca Di Maggio
* Luca Lipani
* Francesco Pio Esposito
* Isaac Babadi
* Antoni Milambo
* Dawid Drachal
* Tommaso Guercio
* Oliwier Sławiński
* Dário Essugo
* Magnus Mackenzie
* Rory Wilson
* Jovan Mijatović
* Jan-Carlo Simić
* Jovan Šljivić
* David Mella
* Dani Rodríguez
* Leonardo de Oliveira
1 own goal
* Luis Gomes (against Denmark)
* João Muniz (against France)
* Magnus Mackenzie (against Denmark)
Source: UEFA