2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as 2018 UEFA Under-17 Euro) was the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (36th 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. England, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.
A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.
The Netherlands won their third title by beating Italy 4–1 on penalties in the final after a 2–2 draw. Spain were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Belgium in the quarter-finals.
Qualification
All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Kosovo who entered for the first time), and with the hosts England qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2017, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2018.
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
Notes
Final draw
The final draw was held on 5 April 2018, 17:30 BST (UTC+1), at the St George's Park in Burton, England. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Hosts England were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.
Venues
The tournament took place at six venues across the Midlands and South Yorkshire. England's opening match took place at the Proact Stadium in Chesterfield with the final taking place at the New York Stadium in Rotherham.
Match officials
A total of 8 referees, 12 assistant referees and 4 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
Referees
Tihomir Pejin
Zbynek Proske
Juri Frischer
Robert Harvey
Vilhjálmur Alvar Thórarinsson
Dennis Higler
Horațiu Feșnic
Halil Umut Meler
Assistant referees
Robert Steinacher
Rza Mammadov
Georgi Doynov
Dan Petur Pauli Højgaard
Levan Todria
Chasan Koula
Péter Kóbor
Yuriy Tikhonyuk
Vytis Snarskis
Vladislav Lifciu
Douglas Potter
Volodymyr Vysotskyi
Fourth officials
Robert Hennessy
Keith Kennedy
Tim Marshall
Bryn Markham-Jones
Squads
Each national team submitted a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 40).
Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 10 April 2018.
The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-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, BST (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Goalscorers
4 goals
Yorbe Vertessen
Edoardo Vergani
3 goals
Brian Brobbey
Daishawn Redan
Troy Parrott
Felix Mambimbi
2 goals
Jamie Yayi Mpie
Malik Memišević
Tommy Doyle
Leon Dajaku
Manu Emmanuel Gyabuaa
Alessio Riccardi
Thomas Rekdal
Álex Baena
Eric García
Fredrik Hammar
1 goal
Jérémy Doku
Gabriel Lemoine
Sekou Sidibe
Nemanja Nikolić
Nikolas Dyhr
Andreas Kirkeby
Xavier Amaechi
Arvin Appiah
Matty Daly
Bobby Duncan
Can Bozdogan
Dan Lugassy
Jean Freddi Greco
Samuele Ricci
Crysencio Summerville
Jurriën Timber
Liam van Gelderen
Oscar Aga
Leo Cornic
Félix Correia
Gonçalo Ramos
Eduardo Ribeiro
Bernardo Silva
Adam Idah
Miguel Gutiérrez
Nils Mortimer
Nabil Touaizi
Benjamin Nygren
Rasmus Wikström
Tician Tushi
1 own goal
Stefan Rankić (playing against Belgium)
Eric García (playing against Germany)
Arnau Tenas (playing against Netherlands)
Team of the tournament
The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament (previously a squad of 18 players were selected):
Goalkeeper
Luca Ashby-Hammond
Defenders
Nicolò Armini
Ismael Armenteros
Harald Martin Hauso
Liam van Gelderen
Defensive midfielders
Wouter Burger
Iván Morante
Attacking midfielders
Xavier Amaechi
Yorbe Vertessen
Mohammed Ihattaren
Forward
Alessio Riccardi
References
External links
UEFA Under-17 history: 2017/18
2017/18 final tournament: England, UEFA.com
2018
Under-17 Championship
2018 Uefa European Under-17 Championship
2017–18 in English football
2018 in youth association football
May 2018 sports events in Europe