2027 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

2027 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification
Tournament details
DatesRound 1:
28 September – 4 December 2026
Round 2:
Spring 2027
Teams50 (from 1 confederation)
← 2026
2028 →

The 2027 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification is an under-17 women's national football team competition that will determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified host team Finland in the 2027 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament.

Four national teams decided not to participate in the event, and Russia were excluded from the tournament due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, including hosts Finland, 50 teams entered this qualification competition. The Round 1 of the qualification will be played in Autumn 2026, while the Round 2 will be played in Spring 2027. Players born on or after 1 January 2010 were eligible to participate.

Format

The qualification consists of two rounds, both with teams playing in two-tiered leagues. Each round league consists of several groups, which are played as single-round-robin mini-tournaments, with one team from each group selected as the host after the draw.

  • Round 1:
    • League A: 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four. The top three teams from each group will be transferred to Round 2 League A; teams that finished fourth will be relegated to Round 2 League B.
    • League B: 22 teams were drawn into four groups of four and two groups of three. The group winners and the best runner-up team will be promoted to Round 2 League A; the other teams will be transferred to Round 2 League B.
  • Round 2:
    • League A: 28 teams will be drawn into seven groups of four. The group winners will qualify for the final tournament. If Northern Ireland, as the host of the final tournament, wins one of these groups, the best runner-up team will also qualify. Teams that will finish fourth will be relegated to Round 1 League B for the next season.
    • League B: 22 teams will be drawn into six groups of three or four. The group winners and the best runner-up team will be promoted to Round 1 League A for the next season.

Tiebreakers

In a group, 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):[1]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams is still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. 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);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Position in the applicable ranking:
    1. for teams in Round 1, position in the 2025–26 Round 2 league rankings;
    2. for teams in Round 2, position in the Round 1 league rankings.

To determine the best runner-up team in League B, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded, and the following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 18.01 and 18.03):[1]

  1. Points;
  2. Goal difference;
  3. Goals scored;
  4. Disciplinary points;
  5. Position in the applicable ranking:
    1. for teams in Round 1, position in the 2025–26 Round 2 league rankings;
    2. for teams in Round 2, position in the Round 1 league rankings.

Round 1

Draw

The draw for Round 1 was held on 11 June 2026, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2]

The 50 participating teams were split into two Leagues (28 in League A, 22 in League B) according to their final group standings of Round 2 of the 2025–26 competition (Regulations Article 13.01).[1] To determine this ranking, the following criteria were followed:

  1. higher position in the following classification:
    1. Round 2 League A group winners
    2. Round 2 League A group runners-up
    3. Round 2 League A third-placed teams
    4. Teams promoted from Round 2 League B
    5. Teams relegated from Round 2 League A
    6. Round 2 League B runners-up
    7. Round 2 League B third-placed teams
    8. Round 2 League B fourth-placed teams
  2. higher number of points in all mini-tournament matches;
  3. superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
  4. higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
  5. lower disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  6. higher position in the 2024–25 Round 1 league rankings.

Within each League, the teams were allocated to four drawing pots (seven teams per pot in League A; six teams in Pots 1 to 3 and three teams in Pot 4 in League B). Teams in the same pot would be drawn into different groups, with League A consisting of seven groups of four teams, and League B consisting of three groups of four and three groups of three teams.

As decided by the UEFA Executive Committee and the UEFA Emergency Panel, Belarus and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group in League A.[2]

Teams entering League A

The 21 teams of the previous season's Round 2 League A (top three teams in each group) and the seven teams of Round 2 League B (six group winners and the best runner-up) were drawn into seven groups of four teams. The Round 2 League A group winners were automatically seeded into Pot 1, the second- and third-placed teams into Pots 2 and 3, respectively. The previous season's Round 2 League B teams were seeded into Pot 4; their matches against the fourth-placed teams in their group did not count towards this ranking (Regulations Article 13.02).[1]

Pos Gr (Rk) Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1 A5 (1)  Norway 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Pot 1
2 A7 (1)  Poland 3 3 0 0 11 4 +7 9
3 A2 (1)  England 3 3 0 0 6 3 +3 9
4 A6 (1)  Spain 3 2 1 0 15 1 +14 7
5 A3 (1)  Finland 3 2 1 0 11 1 +10 7
6 A1 (1)  Germany 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
7 A4 (1)  France 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
8 A3 (2)  Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Pot 2
9 A1 (2)  Denmark 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
10 A6 (2)  Portugal 3 2 1 0 4 4 0 7
11 A7 (2)  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6
12 A5 (2)  Scotland 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
13 A4 (2)  Austria 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
14 A2 (2)  Croatia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
15 A4 (3)  Iceland 3 1 0 2 6 3 +3 3 Pot 3
16= A2 (3)  Italy 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
16= A1 (3)  Sweden 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
18 A6 (3)  Hungary 3 1 0 2 9 11 −2 3
19 A5 (3)   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
20 A3 (3)  Romania 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
21 A7 (3)  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
22 B3 (1)  Belgium 3 3 0 0 21 0 +21 9 Pot 4
23 B2 (1)  Northern Ireland 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9
24 B1 (1)  Belarus 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6
25= B4 (1)  Kazakhstan 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 4
25= B5 (1)  Ukraine 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 4
27 B6 (1)  Israel 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
28 B5 (2)  Bulgaria 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) round 1 position; 2) points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) position in the applicable rankings.
Teams entering League B

The seven fourth-placed teams of the previous season's Round 2 League A and the 14 non-promoted teams of Round 2 League B were drawn into six groups of three or four teams. The best six fourth-placed teams of Round 2 League A were automatically seeded into Pot 1. The seventh fourth-placed team of Round 2 League A and the runner-up teams of Round 2 League B were seeded into Pot 2. The third- and fourth-placed teams of the previous season's Round 2 League B were seeded into Pots 3 and 4, respectively. The matches of the second- and third-placed teams of Round 2 League B against the fourth-placed teams in their group did not count towards this ranking (Regulations Article 13.02).[1]

Pos Gr (Rk) Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1 A4 (4)  Serbia 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3 Pot 1
2 A2 (4)  Turkey 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
3 A1 (4)  Republic of Ireland 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
4 A5 (4)  Greece 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
5 A7 (4)  Wales 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
6 A3 (4)  Latvia 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
7 A6 (4)  Kosovo 3 0 0 3 3 19 −16 0 Pot 2
8 B2 (2)  North Macedonia 3 2 1 0 3 3 0 7
9 B3 (2)  Faroe Islands 3 2 0 1 10 7 +3 6
10 B1 (2)  Malta 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
11 B6 (2)  Andorra 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3
12 B4 (2)  Moldova 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
13 B1 (3)  Estonia 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6 Pot 3
14 B3 (3)  Slovenia 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
15 B4 (3)  Montenegro 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
16 B2 (3)  Georgia 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
17 B6 (3)  Albania 2 0 1 1 0 4 −4 1
18 B5 (3)  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
19 B2 (4)  Luxembourg 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1 Pot 4
20 B1 (4)  Lithuania 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
21 B3 (4)  Azerbaijan 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0
22 New entry  Armenia — — — — — — — 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) round 1 position; 2) points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) position in the applicable rankings.
Did not enter
  •  Cyprus
  •  Gibraltar
  •  Liechtenstein
  •  San Marino
Banned

League A

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Transfer or relegation
1  Norway (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Round 2 League A
2  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Round 2 League B
First match(es) will be played: 7 October 2026. Source: www.sofascore.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Norway v Northern Ireland
Report
Italy v Austria
Report
Norway v Italy
Report
Austria v Northern Ireland
Report
Austria v Norway
Report
Northern Ireland v Italy
Report

Group A2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Transfer or relegation
1  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Round 2 League A
2  Croatia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Round 2 League B
First match(es) will be played: 2 November 2026. Source: www.sofascore.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Poland v Bulgaria
Report
Slovakia v Croatia
Report
Poland v Slovakia
Report
Croatia v Bulgaria
Report
Croatia v Poland
Report
Bulgaria v Slovakia
Report

Group A3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Transfer or relegation
1  Germany (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Round 2 League A
2  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Round 2 League B
First match(es) will be played: 9 October 2026. Source: www.sofascore.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Germany v Kazakhstan
Report
DFB-Campus, Frankfurt am Main
Iceland v Czech Republic
Report
DFB-Campus, Frankfurt am Main
Germany v Iceland
Report
DFB-Campus, Frankfurt am Main
Czech Republic v Kazakhstan
Report
DFB-Campus, Frankfurt am Main
Czech Republic v Germany
Report
DFB-Campus, Frankfurt am Main
Kazakhstan v Iceland
Report
Sportpark Kelsterbach, Kelsterbach

Group A4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Transfer or relegation
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Round 2 League A
2  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Belgium (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Round 2 League B
First match(es) will be played: 13 November 2026. Source: www.sofascore.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Spain v Belgium
Report
Switzerland v Portugal
Report
Spain v  Switzerland
Report
Portugal v Belgium
Report
Portugal v Spain
Report
Belgium v  Switzerland
Report

Group A5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Transfer or relegation
1  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Round 2 League A
2  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Sweden (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Round 2 League B
First match(es) will be played: 21 October 2026. Source: www.sofascore.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
France v Israel
Report
Sweden v Netherlands
Report
France v Sweden
Report
Netherlands v Israel
Report
Netherlands v France
Report
Israel v Sweden
Report

Group A6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Transfer or relegation
1  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Round 2 League A
2  Scotland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Round 2 League B
First match(es) will be played: 7 October 2026. Source: www.sofascore.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Finland v Ukraine
Report
Romania v Scotland
Report
Finland v Romania
Report
Scotland v Ukraine
Report
Scotland v Finland
Report
Ukraine v Romania
Report

Group A7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Transfer or relegation
1  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Round 2 League A
2  Denmark (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Round 2 League B
First match(es) will be played: 28 November 2026. Source: www.sofascore.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
England v Belarus
Report
Hungary v Denmark
Report
England v Hungary
Report
Denmark v Belarus
Report
Denmark v England
Report
Belarus v Hungary
Report

League B

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group B1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or transfer
1  Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promoted to Round 2 League A
2  Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transferred to Round 2 League B
3  Albania (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 28 September 2026. Source: www.sofascore.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Republic of Ireland v Azerbaijan
Report
Albania v Kosovo
Report
Republic of Ireland v Albania
Report
Kosovo v Azerbaijan
Report
Kosovo v Iceland
Report
Azerbaijan v Albania
Report

Group B2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or transfer
1  Turkey (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promoted to Round 2 League A
2  Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transferred to Round 2 League B
3  Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 26 October 2026. Source: www.sofascore.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Turkey v Armenia
Report
Montenegro v Andorra
Report
Turkey v Montenegro
Report
Andorra v Armenia
Report
Andorra v Turkey
Report
Armenia v Montenegro
Report

Group B3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or transfer
1  Latvia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promoted to Round 2 League A
2  Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transferred to Round 2 League B
3  Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 7 October 2026. Source: www.sofascore.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Latvia v Lithuania
Report
Estonia v Faroe Islands
Report
Latvia v Estonia
Report
Faroe Islands v Lithuania
Report
Faroe Islands v Latvia
Report
Lithuania v Estonia
Report

Group B4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or transfer
1  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promoted to Round 2 League A
2  North Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transferred to Round 2 League B
3  Georgia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 25 October 2026. Source: www.sofascore.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Wales v Luxembourg
Report
Georgia v North Macedonia
Report
Wales v Georgia
Report
North Macedonia v Luxembourg
Report
North Macedonia v Wales
Report
Luxembourg v Georgia
Report

Group B5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or transfer
1  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promoted to Round 2 League A
2  Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transferred to Round 2 League B
3  Slovenia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 November 2026. Source: www.sofascore.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Moldova v Slovenia
Report
Greece v Moldova
Report
Slovenia v Greece
Report

Group B6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or transfer
1  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promoted to Round 2 League A
2  Malta (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transferred to Round 2 League B
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 29 October 2026. Source: www.sofascore.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Serbia v Malta
Report
Bosnia and Herzegovina v Serbia
Report
Malta v Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report

Notes

  1. 1 2 CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 25 October 2025, and CET (UTC+1) for dates thereafter.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2025/26". documents.uefa.com. UEFA. 1 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 "2026/27 UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship round 1 draw". web.archive.org. UEFA. www.uefa.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2026.
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