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The 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 15th 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. Sweden hosted the tournament from 5 to 18 May. The matches were played in Malmö and Lund. Eight matches were played in Malmö IP, Malmö and eight matches were played in Klostergårdens IP, Lund.[2][3] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.
| U17-Europamästerskapet i fotboll för damer 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Sweden |
| Dates | 5–18 May |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  England |
| Third place |  Poland |
| Fourth place |  France |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 55 (3.44 per match) |
| Attendance | 8,897 (556 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Alba Cerrato (7 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Alba Cerrato[1] |
← 2023 2025 → | |
In the 2023 final, France won their first title by defeating Spain 3–2.
This tournament also acted as UEFA's qualifier for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic, with the winners, runners-up, and third-placed teams qualifying as the UEFA representatives.
50 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Sweden also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams qualified for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts. The draw for round 1 was held on 31 May 2022, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4]
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sweden | Hosts | 3rd | 2023 (Group stage) | Runners-up (2013) |
 Portugal | Round 2 Group A2 winners | 3rd | 2019 (Semi-finals) | Semi-finals (2019) |
 Belgium | Round 2 Group A3 winners | 2nd | 2013 (Fourth place) | Fourth place (2013) |
| England | Round 2 Group A6 winners | 9th | 2023 (Semi-finals) | Third place (2016), Semi-finals (2023) |
 Norway | Round 2 Group A4 winners | 6th | 2022 (Group stage) | Fourth place (2009, 2016), Semi-finals (2017) |
| Poland | Round 2 Group A7 winners | 4th | 2023 (Group stage) | Champions (2013) |
| Spain | Round 2 Group A5 winners | 13th | 2023 (Runners-up) | Champions (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018) |
| France | Round 2 Group A1 winners | 10th | 2023 (Champions) | Champions (2023) |
Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 44.01).[5]
The venues for the 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship were Malmö IP, located in Sweden's third biggest city Malmö and Klostergårdens IP, located in Lund.
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The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
- Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 20.01 and 20.02):[5]
- 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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to that subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (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);
- Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- Higher position in the qualification round 2 league ranking
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | France |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Norway |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sweden (H) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Poland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Portugal |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Belgium |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).[5]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 15 May - Malmö | ||||||
| England | 2 | |||||
| 18 May - Malmö | ||||||
| Poland | 0 | |||||
| England | 0 | |||||
| 15 May - Lund | ||||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||
| Spain | 6 | |||||
| France | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 18 May - Lund | ||||||
| Poland (p) | 2 (4) | |||||
| France | 2 (2) | |||||
Semi-finals
The winners qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The losers entered the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off.
Third place play-off
The winner qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Final
There were 55 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.44 goals per match.
7 goals
Alba Cerrato
5 goals
- Celia Segura
4 goals
Rachael Adedini
3 goals
Isabella Fisher- Justine Rouquet
- Lua Calo
- Ainoa Gómez
2 goals
- Lola Brown
- Mymithye Bironien
Oliwia Związek
Felicia Schröder
1 goal
- Laila Harbert
- Vera Jones
- Omotara Junaid
- Jane Oboavwoduo
- Erica Parkinson
- Niamh Peacock
- Auryane Abdourahim
- Célia Chabod
- Anaïs Ebayilin
- Lina Gay
- Djenna-Léna Tene
Elle Ulstein- Weronika Araśniewicz
- Oliwia Łapińska
Mélanie Florentino- Joana Valente
- Fabienne Bartholdson
1 own goal
- Rachel Maltby (against Spain)
- Alice Broman (against Norway)
Source: UEFA
The following awards were given after the tournament:
- Player of the Tournament: Alba Cerrato[1]
- Top Scorer(s): Alba Cerrato (7 goals)
Team of the Tournament
After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[22]
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Julia Woźniak |
| Defenders | Nelly Las |
| Cecily Wellesley-Smith | |
| Amaya García | |
| Aiara Agirrezabala | |
| Midfielders | Weronika Araśniewicz |
| Anaïs Ebayilin | |
| Ainoa Gómez | |
| Forwards | Celia Segura |
| Alba Cerrato | |
| Lola Brown |
The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic.
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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