# 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 14th 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. Estonia was hosting the tournament from May 14 to 26. It was the first women's final tournament to be held in Estonia. A total of eight teams were playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.
Germany were the two-time defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage. In the final, France won their first title by defeating Spain 3–2.

## Qualification

48 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Estonia also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams qualified for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts. The draw for round 1 was held on 31 May 2022, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

### Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| Estonia | Hosts | 1st | Debut | Debut |
| Poland | Round 2 Group A1 winners | 3rd | 2018 (Group stage) | Champions (2013) |
| England | Round 2 Group A2 winners | 8th | 2019 (Group stage) | Third place (2016) |
| Germany | Round 2 Group A3 winners | 13th | 2022 (Champions) | Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022) |
| Switzerland | Round 2 Group A4 winners | 3rd | 2015 (Runners-up) | Runners-up (2015) |
| France | Round 2 Group A5 winners | 9th | 2022 (Third place) | Runners-up (2008, 2011, 2012) |
| Spain | Round 2 Group A6 winners | 12th | 2022 (Runners-up) | Champions (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018) |
| Sweden | Round 2 Group A7 winners | 2nd | 2013 (Runners-up) | Runners-up (2013) |

### Final draw

The final draw was held on 13 April 2023, 09:00 CET, at Lilleküla Stadium in Tallinn, Estonia.

## Venues

| Tallinn | Tallinn | TallinnTartuVõru | Tartu | Võru |
| Kadriorg Stadium | Lilleküla Stadium | TallinnTartuVõru | Tamme Stadium | Võru Stadium |
| Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 14,336 | TallinnTartuVõru | Capacity: 1,638 | Capacity: 1,600 |

## Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 44.01).

## Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

### Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 20.01 and 20.02):
* 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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to that subset of teams;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were 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);
* Higher position in the qualification round 2 league ranking
All times are local, EEST (UTC+3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

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

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Spain | 3 |
| England | 1 | | |
| England | 1 | Spain | 2 |
| | | France | 3 |
| France | 10 | France | 3 |
| Switzerland | 2 | | |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 65 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.
5 goals
* Liana Joseph
* Maeline Mendy
* Vicky López
4 goals
* Michelle Agyemang
* Chancelle Effa Effa
3 goals
* Zuzanna Grzywińska
* Cristina Redondo
* Marisa García
2 goals
* Elisa Rambaud
* Naolia Traoré
* Estrella Merino Gonzalez
* Iman Beney
* Anja Klingenstein
1 goal
* Ava Baker
* Katie Reid
* Mari Ward
* Lou Autin
* Ornella Graziani
* Delice Boboy
* Laila Portella
* Marina Scholz
* Melina Walheim
* Roksana Jagodzińska
* Wiktoria Kuprowska
* Zuzanna Witek
* Iga Witkowska
* Alba Cerrato
* Lorena Cubo
* Ainoa Gómez
* Paula Comendador
* Elena Vázquez
* Leela Egli
* Noemi Ivelj
* Emanuela Pfister
* Nathalie Widmer
1 own goal
* Katie Reid (against Sweden)
Source: UEFA

## Awards

The following awards were given after the tournament:
* Player of the Tournament: Vicky López
* Top Scorer(s): Liana Joseph, Maeline Mendy, Vicky López (5 goals each).

### Team of the Tournament

After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.
| Position | Player |
| Goalkeeper | Alazne Estensoro |
| Defenders | Noemi Bejarano |
| Defenders | Aïcha Camara |
| Defenders | Katie Reid |
| Defenders | Martina González |
| Midfielders | Maeline Mendy |
| Midfielders | Nermyne Ben Khaled |
| Midfielders | Vicky López |
| Forwards | Iman Beney |
| Forwards | Liana Joseph |
| Forwards | Chancelle Effa Effa |