# 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-17 football competition played in 2014 and 2015 to determine the seven teams joining Iceland, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament. A total of 43 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.
Each match lasted 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.

## Format

The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:
* Qualifying round: Apart from Germany, France and Spain, which receive byes to the elite round as the three teams with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 40 teams were drawn into 10 groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 10 group winners, the 10 runners-up, and the third-placed team with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
* Elite round: The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The six group winners and the runner-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualified for the final tournament.

### Tiebreakers

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:
* Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
* Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
* Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
* If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
* Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
* Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
* If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (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).
* Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
* Drawing of lots.
To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round and the best runner-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:
* Higher number of points;
* Superior goal difference;
* Higher number of goals scored;
* Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
* Drawing of lots.

## Qualifying round
### Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 20 November 2013 at 09:00 CET (UTC+1).
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:
* 2011 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
* 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
* 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, and two teams from Pot C.
Pot A :
| Pot A TeamCoeffRank  Denmark9.1674  Switzerland8.3335  Sweden8.1676  Poland7.6677  Belgium7.3338  Norway7.3339  Czech Republic7.16710  Republic of Ireland6.33311  Netherlands6.16712  England6.00013 | Pot B TeamCoeffRank  Finland5.66714  Russia5.66715  Scotland5.33316  Italy5.16717  Austria5.00018  Serbia4.50019  Hungary4.33320  Wales4.00021  Turkey4.00022  Slovenia4.00023 | Pot C TeamCoeffRank  Romania3.33324  Bosnia and Herzegovina3.33325  Northern Ireland3.16726  Belarus3.00027  Greece2.33328  Ukraine2.00029  Montenegro2.00030  Bulgaria1.33331  Israel1.33332  Latvia1.00033  Faroe Islands1.00034  Moldova1.00035  Estonia1.00036  Lithuania1.00037  Azerbaijan1.00038  Slovakia1.00039  Croatia0.66740  Kazakhstan0.33341  Macedonia0.00042  Portugal—43 |

#### Notes

* Iceland (Coeff: 1.000) qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.
* Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Cyprus, Georgia, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, and San Marino did not enter.

### Groups

Times up to 25 October 2014 were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times were CET (UTC+1).

#### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Bulgaria (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Moldova | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 | |

#### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 3 | |
| 4 | Estonia (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | |

#### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Hungary (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

#### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Elite round |
| 2 | Serbia (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Elite round |
| 3 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | Elite round |
| 4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | |

#### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Northern Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 | |

#### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Scotland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Croatia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Montenegro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 | |

#### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Belarus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Latvia (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |

#### Group 8

Signe Bruun's eight goals against Kazakhstan equalled a competition record set by Vivianne Miedema against Kazakhstan as well in 2012.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Macedonia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 3 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 | |

#### Group 9

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Faroe Islands (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | |

#### Group 10

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Elite round |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Slovenia (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round which advanced to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 4 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | Elite round |
| 2 | 9 | Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |
| 4 | 10 | Israel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
| 6 | 6 | Croatia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |
| 7 | 7 | Wales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | |
| 8 | 5 | Northern Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |
| 9 | 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | |
| 10 | 8 | Macedonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | |

## Elite round
### Draw

The draw for the elite round was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 19 November 2014 at 12:15 CET (UTC+1).
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Germany, France and Spain, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Seeding |
| 1 | — | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pot A |
| 2 | — | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pot A |
| 3 | — | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pot A |
| 4 | 8 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23 | 9 | Pot A |
| 5 | 2 | Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 9 | Pot A |
| 6 | 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 9 | Pot A |
| 7 | 6 | Scotland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | Pot B |
| 8 | 5 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 9 | Pot B |
| 9 | 7 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Pot B |
| 10 | 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Pot B |
| 11 | 9 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Pot B |
| 12 | 10 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Pot B |
| 13 | 4 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Pot C |
| 14 | 6 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 | Pot C |
| 15 | 8 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | Pot C |
| 16 | 2 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 | Pot C |
| 17 | 7 | Belarus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | Pot C |
| 18 | 1 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | Pot C |
| 19 | 5 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Pot D |
| 20 | 9 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Pot D |
| 21 | 3 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Pot D |
| 22 | 10 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Pot D |
| 23 | 4 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Pot D |
| 24 | 4 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | Pot D |

### Groups

Times up to 28 March 2015 were CET (UTC+1), thereafter times were CEST (UTC+2).

#### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | |
| 3 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Turkey (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |

#### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | |

#### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Italy (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |

#### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Russia (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | |

#### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Austria (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |

#### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Poland (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | |

### Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the best second-placed team from the elite round which qualified for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 2 | Republic of Ireland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Final tournament |
| 2 | 5 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 4 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 6 | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 | 3 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 6 | 1 | Serbia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | |

## Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Iceland | Hosts | 20 March 2012 | 1 (2011) |
| Switzerland | Elite round Group 1 winners | 16 April 2015 | 1 (2012) |
| England | Elite round Group 2 winners | 14 April 2015 | 2 (2008, 2014) |
| Germany | Elite round Group 3 winners | 14 April 2015 | 6 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014) |
| Spain | Elite round Group 4 winners | 27 March 2015 | 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014) |
| Norway | Elite round Group 5 winners | 16 April 2015 | 1 (2009) |
| France | Elite round Group 6 winners | 28 March 2015 | 5 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014) |
| Republic of Ireland | Elite round best runners-up | 14 April 2015 | 1 (2010) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

## Top goalscorers

The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition.

### 10 goals

* Signe Bruun

### 9 goals

* Camille Surdez

### 7 goals

* Georgia Stanway

### 6 goals

* Viktoria Pinther

### 5 goals

* Aino Kröger
* Emilia Ukkonen
* Annamaria Serturini
* Kader Hançar

### 4 goals

* Celien Guns
* Michela Dubcová
* Chloe Kelly
* Jutta Rantala
* Janina Minge
* Stefanie Sanders
* Fenna Kalma
* Klaudia Miłek