2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 16 September – 6 November 2016 Elite round: 10–28 March 2017
Teams	53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	397 (3.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aaron Connolly (7 goals)
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The 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-17 football competition that determined the fifteen teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Croatia in the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.^[1]

A total of 53 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to participate. Each match has a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.

The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:^[3]

• Qualifying round: Apart from Germany, which receive a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams are drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the five third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advance to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The eight group winners and the seven runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualify for the final tournament.

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[3]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
5. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
7. If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings are determined by a penalty shoot-out (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).
8. 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);
9. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round and the seven best runners-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 15.01, 15.02 and 15.03):^[3]

1. Higher number of points;
2. Superior goal difference;
3. Higher number of goals scored;
4. 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);
5. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2015, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[4][5]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[6]

• 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B. For political reasons, Spain and Gibraltar (due to the disputed status of Gibraltar), Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff Rank  Croatia 8.500 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff Rank  Germany 12.667 1

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  England 11.667 2  Netherlands 9.667 3  Portugal 9.333 4  Italy 9.167 5  Russia 9.167 6  France 8.667 7  Czech Republic 8.500 8  Austria 8.500 9  Spain 8.167 10  Poland 8.000 11  Scotland 8.000 12  Serbia 7.667 13   Switzerland 7.667 14  Belgium 6.833 15  Republic of Ireland 6.833 16  Ukraine 6.167 17  Sweden 6.000 18  Norway 5.833 19  Georgia 5.667 20  Greece 5.500 21  Slovenia 5.333 22  Hungary 5.167 23  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.000 24  Belarus 4.967 25  Israel 4.833 26  Slovakia 4.333 27

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Turkey 4.333 28  Iceland 4.167 29  Bulgaria 4.000 30  Romania 4.000 31  Northern Ireland 3.833 32  Denmark 3.333 33  Wales 3.167 34  Albania 3.167 35  Estonia 3.167 36  Finland 3.133 37  Latvia 3.000 38  Moldova 2.667 39  Cyprus 2.667 40  Faroe Islands 1.667 41  Azerbaijan 1.500 42  Luxembourg 1.333 43  Macedonia 1.333 44  Armenia 1.000 45  Lithuania 1.000 46  Montenegro 0.333 47  Andorra 0.333 48  San Marino 0.333 49  Gibraltar 0.333 50  Malta 0.000 51  Liechtenstein 0.000 52  Kazakhstan 0.000 53

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

The qualifying round must be played between 1 July and mid-November 2016.^[3]

Times up to 29 October 2016 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Elite round
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Latvia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Moldova (H)	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Elite round
2	Greece	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Andorra (H)	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Elite round
2	Faroe Islands	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Luxembourg (H)	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Elite round
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Macedonia	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Albania	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Elite round
2	Slovenia (H)	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3	5
3	Montenegro	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Elite round
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Romania (H)	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9	Elite round
2	Hungary (H)	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	12	5	+7	3
4	Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	0	23	−23	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Elite round
2	Finland (H)	3	2	0	1	3	5	−2	6
3	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Georgia	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Elite round
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	8	9	−1	6
3	Northern Ireland (H)	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Elite round
2	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	Malta	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cyprus (H)	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Elite round
2	Belarus	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
4	Gibraltar	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel (H)	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Elite round
2	Poland	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Armenia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Iceland	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Elite round
2	Norway	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	Ukraine	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Lithuania (H)	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

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To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.^[7]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	5	Montenegro	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1	Elite round
2	13	Ukraine	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
3	11	Belgium	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
4	3	Czech Republic	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1
5	12	Armenia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1[a]
6	4	Macedonia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1[a]
7	8	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0[b]
8	2	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0[b]
9	10	Wales	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
10	6	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0[c]
11	7	Denmark	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0[c]
12	1	Latvia	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0
13	9	Northern Ireland	2	0	0	2	3	8	−5	0

The draw for the elite round will be held on 13 December 2016, 11:45 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[8][9]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[10] Germany, which received a bye 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. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams (Montenegro, Ukraine, Belgium, Czech Republic, Armenia) could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group.^[11]

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	7	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9
3	9	Spain	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9
4	8	Sweden	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9
5	10	Scotland	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
6	2	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9
7	1	Russia	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
8	6	England	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
9	12	Israel	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Pot B
10	11	Cyprus	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9[a]
11	13	Turkey	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9[a]
12	5	France	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
13	3	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
14	4	Italy	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
15	10	Portugal	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6
16	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
17	2	Greece	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6	Pot C
18	6	Austria	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
19	4	Serbia	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
20	7	Hungary	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
21	9	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	8	9	−1	6
22	8	Finland	3	2	0	1	3	5	−2	6
23	5	Slovenia	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3	5
24	11	Belarus	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
25	11	Belgium	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4	Pot D
26	3	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4[b]
27	5	Montenegro	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4[b]
28	12	Poland	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
29	12	Armenia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4[c]
30	13	Norway	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4[c]
31	3	Faroe Islands	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4[c]
32	13	Ukraine	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

The elite round must be played by the end of March 2017.^[3]

Times up to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	19	4	+15	9	Final tournament
2	Turkey (H)	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	6
3	Finland	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	3
4	Armenia	3	0	0	3	1	21	−20	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6	Final tournament
2	Norway	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	Israel	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4
4	Russia	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Final tournament
2	Portugal (H)	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
3	Poland	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Greece	3	1	0	2	1	7	−6	3

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland (H)	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Final tournament
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Final tournament
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Belgium	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Final tournament
2	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	Austria (H)	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	Sweden	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Final tournament
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Slovenia	3	0	2	1	2	6	−4	2
4	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Final tournament
2	Faroe Islands	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Cyprus (H)	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

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To determine the seven best second-placed teams from the elite round which qualify for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	5	Italy	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3	Final tournament
2	2	Norway	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
3	1	Turkey	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
4	4	Serbia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
5	6	Ukraine	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
6	8	Faroe Islands	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
7	7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
8	3	Portugal	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1

The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1 only U-17 era (since 2002)
Croatia	Hosts	26 January 2015[1]	3 (2005, 2013, 2015)
Germany	Elite round Group 1 winners	25 March 2017	9 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Hungary	Elite round Group 2 winners	26 March 2017	3 (2002, 2003, 2006)
Spain	Elite round Group 3 winners	15 March 2017	10 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016)
Scotland	Elite round Group 4 winners	22 March 2017	4 (2008, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Netherlands	Elite round Group 5 winners	16 March 2017	10 (2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)
France	Elite round Group 6 winners	28 March 2017	10 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016)
England	Elite round Group 7 winners	25 March 2017	11 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Republic of Ireland	Elite round Group 8 winners	17 March 2017	2 (2008, 2015)
Italy	Elite round best seven runners-up	16 March 2017	6 (2003, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Norway	Elite round best seven runners-up	26 March 2017	0 (debut)
Turkey	Elite round best seven runners-up	25 March 2017	6 (2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014)
Serbia	Elite round best seven runners-up	22 March 2017	5 (20022, 20063, 2008, 2011, 2016)
Ukraine	Elite round best seven runners-up	28 March 2017	5 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2016)
Faroe Islands	Elite round best seven runners-up	20 March 2017	0 (debut)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elite round best seven runners-up	28 March 2017	1 (2016)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

² As Yugoslavia

³ As Serbia and Montenegro

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

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

Source: UEFA.com^[12]

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