2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification


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The qualification rounds for the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship were a series of association football matches between national teams to determine the participants to the European Youth Championship.[1] The first matches were played on 2 July 2013.

All times are CEST (UTC+02:00).

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Competition format
Qualifying round
(40 teams)
  • 40 teams from associations ranked 3–53
10 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Elite round
(24 teams)
  • 10 group winners and runners-up from qualifying round
  • 1 best third-place finisher from qualifying round
6 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Final tournament
(8 teams)
  • 6 group winners from elite round
  • 1 best runner-up from elite round
2 groups of 4 teams, semi-finals, final

The qualifying round was played from 2 July to 11 August 2013. Top seeded teams Germany, Spain and France received a bye to the second round. The draw was made on 20 November 2012.[2]

Tie-breakers between teams with the same number of points are:[1]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question

If now two teams still are tied, reapply tie-breakers 1–3, if this does not break the tie, go on.

  1. Superior goal difference in all group matches
  2. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots

Hosted by Scotland.[3]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 18 4 +14 6
  Scotland 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
  Northern Ireland 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 6
  Montenegro 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0


Hosted by Estonia.[4]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Norway 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 9
  Romania 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
  Croatia 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
  Estonia 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0


Hosted by Ukraine.[5]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Finland 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
  Slovakia 3 0 2 1 5 9 −4 2
  Ukraine 3 0 1 2 4 10 −6 1


Hosted by Russia.[6]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Russia 3 3 0 0 3 0 +3 9
  Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1 13 2 +11 6
  Turkey 3 1 0 2 3 2 +1 3
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0


Hosted by Moldova.[7]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Hungary 3 2 1 0 15 2 +13 7
  Iceland 3 2 1 0 13 2 +11 7
  Moldova 3 0 1 2 1 12 −11 1
  Latvia 3 0 1 2 1 14 −13 1


Hosted by Israel.[8]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9
  Portugal 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
  Serbia 3 1 0 2 1 6 −5 3
  Israel 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0


Hosted by Slovenia.[9]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Belgium 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9
  Belarus 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
  Slovenia 3 1 0 2 11 9 +2 3
  Lithuania 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0


Hosted by Poland.[10]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Austria 3 3 0 0 18 0 +18 9
  Poland 3 2 0 1 14 1 +13 6
  Azerbaijan 3 1 0 2 2 12 −10 3
  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0


Hosted by Bulgaria.[11]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 3 3 0 0 21 1 +20 9
   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 19 5 +14 6
  Bulgaria 3 1 0 2 2 17 −15 3
  Macedonia 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0


Hosted by Denmark.[18]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Denmark 3 2 1 0 18 3 +15 7
  Greece 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
  Wales 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
  Faroe Islands 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0


Ranking of third-placed teams

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To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round, only the results against the top two teams in each group were taken into account.

The following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[1]

  1. higher number of points obtained in these matches
  2. superior goal difference from these matches
  3. higher number of goals scored in these matches
  4. fair play conduct of the teams in all group matches in the qualifying round
  5. drawing of lots
Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Northern Ireland 2 1 0 1 5 8 −3 3
3   Slovakia 2 0 1 1 2 6 −4 1
4   Turkey 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
6   Serbia 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
2   Croatia 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
7   Slovenia 2 0 0 2 3 9 −6 0
10   Wales 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0
5   Moldova 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
8   Azerbaijan 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0
9   Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 0 16 −16 0

21 teams from the qualifying round are joined by Germany, Spain and France to make it a total of 24 teams.[19] The round consists of six groups with four teams in each group. Group winners and the best second-placed team advance to the final tournament in England. The draw was held on 15 August 2013.[20]

Tie-breakers between teams with the same number of points are:[1]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question

If now two teams still are tied, reapply tie-breakers 1–3, if this does not break the tie, go on.

  1. Superior goal difference in all group matches
  2. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots

Hosted by Romania.[21]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Spain 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 9
  Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
  Iceland 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
  Romania 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0


Hosted by Austria.[22]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Austria 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 9
  Greece 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
  Russia 3 1 1 1 5 8 −3 4
  Belarus 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0


Hosted by Portugal.[23]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
  Portugal 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
  Denmark 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1


Hosted by Northern Ireland.[24]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  France 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9
  Sweden 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
  Poland 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
  Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0


Hosted by Hungary.[25]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Scotland 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
  Norway 3 2 0 1 13 4 +9 6
  Finland 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
  Hungary 3 1 0 2 5 13 −8 3


Hosted by Germany.[26]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 7
  Belgium 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
   Switzerland 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1


Ranking of second-placed teams

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To determine the best runners-up from the elite round, only the results against the top two teams in each group were taken into account.

The following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[1]

  1. higher number of points obtained in these matches
  2. superior goal difference from these matches
  3. higher number of goals scored in these matches
  4. fair play conduct of the teams in all group matches in the elite round
  5. drawing of lots
Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3   Portugal 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
5   Norway 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
1   Republic of Ireland 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
6   Belgium 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
4   Sweden 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
2   Greece 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1