2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNorthern Ireland
Dates4–17 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venues3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (9th title)
Runners-up France
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored37 (2.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Rachael Adedini
Norway Stine Ariell Solemdal
(3 goals each)
Best playerGermany Mirja Kropp
Best goalkeeperGermany Mirja Kropp
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The 2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 17th 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. Northern Ireland hosted the tournament.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2009 eligible to participate.

The defending champions were the Netherlands, having won their first title by defeating Norway 2–1 in the 2025 final, but were unable to defend their title as they did not qualify for this tournament.

This tournament also acted as UEFA's qualifier for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco, with top five teams qualifying as the UEFA representatives.[2]

Qualification

A total of 50 out of 55 UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Northern Ireland also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams qualified for the final tournament at the end of the qualifiers round 2 to join the hosts.

Team Qualification method Date of qualification Appearance(s) Previous best performance[a]
Total[b] First Last Streak
 Northern Ireland Host nation 26 September 2023 1st Debut
 Germany Round 2 Group A1 winners 5 March 2026 14th 2008 2023 1 Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022)
 England Round 2 Group A2 winners 19 March 2026 10th 2008 2024 1 Runners-up (2024)
 Finland Round 2 Group A3 winners 15 March 2026 3rd 2018 2022 1 Third place (2018)
 France Round 2 Group A4 winners 20 March 2026 12th 2008 2025 5 Champions (2023)
 Norway Round 2 Group A5 winners 18 March 2026 8th 2009 2025 3 Runners-up (2025)
 Spain Round 2 Group A6 winners 7 March 2026 15th 2009 2025 12 Champions (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2024)
 Poland Round 2 Group A7 winners 17 March 2026 6th 2013 2025 4 Champions (2013)

Venues

The tournament was hosted in three venues.[3]

Belfast Coleraine Larne
Windsor Park The Showgrounds Inver Park
Capacity: 18,434 Capacity: 4,843 Capacity: 2,732

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers.

Group stage

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

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:

  1. Points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. 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;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. 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);
  9. Disciplinary points
    • Yellow card: −1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −3 points;
  10. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  11. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Knockout stage and qualification for 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2  Norway 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3  England 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4 Play-off match for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
4  Northern Ireland (H) 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Northern Ireland 0–2 England
Report De Bohan 29', 82'
Attendance: 810
Norway 1–3 Germany
Solemdal 77' Report
  • Giesen 8'
  • Kleemann 62'
  • Putzer 86'
Attendance: 220
Referee: Frederikke Søkjær (Denmark)
Germany 1–0 England
Hebben 13' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 227
Referee: Elena Gobjila (Moldova)
Northern Ireland 0–3 Norway
Report
  • Lundhaug 10'
  • Lund 19'
  • Solemdal 79'
Attendance: 415
Referee: Joanna Vassallo (Malta)
England 1–1 Norway
N'Drin 63' Report Norebø 25'
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)
Germany 0–1 Northern Ireland
Report Havern 77'
Referee: Kristina Kozoroh (Ukraine)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Knockout stage and qualification for 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
3  Poland 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 3 Play-off match for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
4  Finland 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
France 5–0 Poland
  • Motyka 18' (pen.)
  • Adedini 20'
  • Dhalluin 41'
  • Prezelin 45+1'
  • Thomas 86'
 Report
Attendance: 157
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)
Spain 4–0 Finland
  • Aymerich 7'
  • Fernández 14'
  • Cabetas 53'
  • Gálvez 87' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 242
Referee: Kristina Kozoroh (Ukraine)
France 1–0 Spain
Zidi 53' Report
Attendance: 145
Referee: Tjaša Misja (Slovenia)
Finland 0–1 Poland
Report Burzan 43'
Attendance: 178
Referee: Rita Vehapi (Kosovo)
Finland 1–4 France
Ahonen 66' Report
Referee: Joanna Vassallo (Malta)
Poland 1–4 Spain
Burzan 90+3' Report
  • Ferrera 4'
  • Valladares 24'
  • Elaine 39'
  • Chacón 57'
Referee: Rita Vehapi (Kosovo)

Play-off match

The two third-placed teams in each group played a 90-minute play-off match followed by a penalty shoot-out to decide the winners if necessary (no extra time would be played), with the winning team qualifying for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

England 0–2 Poland
Report Burzan 42', 55'

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winners if necessary (no extra time would be played).[4]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 May – Belfast
 
 
 Germany (p)0 (4)
 
17 May – Belfast
 
 Spain0 (3)
 
 Germany1
 
14 May – Belfast
 
 France0
 
 France (p)1 (3)
 
 
 Norway1 (1)
 

Semi-finals

France 1–1 Norway
Motyka 42' Report Solemdal 54'
Penalties
 3–1
  • football with red X Lund
  • football with red X Balmforth
  • football with check mark Melgård
  • football with red X Fedeler
Referee: Elena Gobjila (Moldova)
Germany 0–0 Spain
Report
Penalties
  • Putzer football with check mark
  • Martens football with check mark
  • Dafinger football with check mark
  • Kessler football with check mark
 4–3
  • football with check mark Ohlander
  • football with check mark Fernández
  • football with red X Chacón
  • football with check mark Gálvez
  • football with red X Cabetas
Referee: Tjaša Misja (Slovenia)

Final

Germany 1–0 France
  • Kleemann 29'
 Report
Referee: Frederikke Søkjær (Denmark)

Goalscorers

There were 37 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

  • England Phoebe De Bohan
  • France Léa Motyka
  • Germany Marie Kleemann
  • Poland Zofia Burzan

1 goal

  • England Chelsea N'Drin
  • Finland Hertta Ahonen
  • France Margot Collin
  • France Elise Dhalluin
  • France Diénébou Niakate
  • France Elsa Prezelin
  • France Candince Thomas
  • France Méhisane Zidi
  • Germany Mia Giesen
  • Germany Johanna Hebben
  • Germany Johanna Putzer
  • Northern Ireland Charlotte Havern
  • Norway Isa Lund
  • Norway Davis Lundhaug
  • Norway Sofia Norebø
  • Spain María Aymerich
  • Spain Laia Cabetas
  • Spain Carlota Chacón
  • Spain Rocío Elaine
  • Spain Iraia Fernández
  • Spain Carolina Ferrera
  • Spain Ángela Gálvez
  • Spain Maialen Valladares

Awards

The following awards were given after the tournament:

  • Player of the Tournament: Germany Mirja Kropp[5]
  • Top Scorer(s): France Rachael Adedini, Norway Stine Ariell Solemdal (3 goals)[6]

Team of the Tournament

After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[7]

Position Player
Goalkeeper Germany Mirja Kropp
Defenders Germany Laura Ernst
France Rosie Olando
Germany Muriel Dürr
Spain Iraia Fernández
Midfielders France Odélia Tae
Norway Stine Ariell Solemdal
Germany Johanna Hebben
Forwards France Léa Motyka
France Rachael Adedini
Spain Ángela Gálvez

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
 Germany7 May 20267 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
 France8 May 20264 (2008, 2012, 2022, 2025)
 Norway10 May 20261 (2025)
 Spain11 May 20267 (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024, 2025)
 Poland14 May 20261 (2024)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year.

Notes

  1. ↑ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
  2. ↑ Including this edition

References

  1. ↑ "Northern Ireland and Finland to host Women's U17 EURO in 2026 and 2027". UEFA. 26 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "2026 Women's U17 EURO finals in Northern Ireland: Tournament information". UEFA. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship". UEFA. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Mirja Kropp named 2026 Women's U17 EURO Player of the Tournament". UEFA. 18 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "2026 Women's Under-17 EURO top scorer: Rachael Adedini, Stine Ariell Solemdal finish joint-top". UEFA. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "2026 Women's U17 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 18 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
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