2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

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2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
Tournament details
DatesQualifying round:
16 September – 6 November 2016
Elite round:
10–28 March 2017
Teams53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played126
Goals scored397 (3.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)Republic of Ireland 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.

Format

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.

Tiebreakers

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.

Qualifying round

Draw

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]

Each group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B. For political reasons, Spain and Gibraltar (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.

Groups

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).

Group 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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 Latvia
Lušņickis 15' (o.g.)
Šikanjić 49'
Veips 62' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)
Moldova 0–5 Russia
Report Mironov 2'
Ageyev 31', 63'
Kolesnichenko 58'
Karapuzov 72'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Zbyněk Proske (Czech Republic)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 Moldova
Omerović 28' Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Dominik Ouschan (Austria)
Russia 1–0 Latvia
Kolesnichenko 6' Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)
Russia 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lopatin 13'
Kolesnichenko 49'		 Report Šikanjić 78'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Dominik Ouschan (Austria)
Latvia 2–0 Moldova
Tālbergs 4'
Toņiševs 79'		 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Zbyněk Proske (Czech Republic)

Group 2

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Kazakhstan 0–1 Greece
Report Tsirigotis 55'
Republic of Ireland 5–1 Andorra
Roache 37', 55'
Peppard 53'
Idah 62'
Connolly 79'		 Report Torres 78'
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)
Republic of Ireland 3–1 Kazakhstan
Connolly 49'
Idah 54', 80+3' (pen.)		 Report Kairkenov 55'
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)
Greece 3–0 Andorra
Meliopoulos 8'
Gkargkalatzidis 13', 52' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
Greece 0–1 Republic of Ireland
Report Connolly 21'
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
Andorra 0–2 Kazakhstan
Report
Seidakhmet
24'

Group 3

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Switzerland 2–1 Luxembourg
Del Campo 60'
Burkart 68'		 Report Delgado 34'
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece)
Faroe Islands 2–0 Czech Republic
Giessing 2'
Løkin 45'		 Report
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
Switzerland 3–0 Faroe Islands
Gonzalez 6'
Burkart 29'
Okafor
56'		 Report
Referee: Vilhjálmur Þórarinsson (Iceland)
Czech Republic 2–0 Luxembourg
Šilhan 25'
Korac 64' (o.g.)		 Report
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
Czech Republic 3–3  Switzerland
Šilhan 30', 34' (pen.)
Macháček 65'		 Report
Gonzalez 37'
Burkart 63'
Suter
80+3'
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece)
Luxembourg 2–2 Faroe Islands
Schaus 66', 73' (pen.) Report Jacobsen 40+1', 57'
Referee: Vilhjálmur Þórarinsson (Iceland)

Group 4

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Serbia 3–1 Macedonia
Gavrić 19'
Stuparević 54', 69'		 Report Fazlagikj 80' (pen.)
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Albania 0–1 Italy
Report Merola 62'
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (Israel)
Serbia 2–0 Albania
Djerlek 5' (pen.)
Bosić
13'		 Report
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)
Italy 0–0 Macedonia
Report
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Italy 2–0 Serbia
Merola 52'
Biancu 68'		 Report
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (Israel)
Macedonia 2–1 Albania
Kolevski 54'
Stratorski 63'		 Report Bullari 52'
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)

Group 5

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Slovenia 4–1 Estonia
Prelec 20', 70'
Svetlin 33'
Schweiger 80+4'		 Report Soomre 77'
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
Montenegro 1–2 France
Pešukić 43' Report Adli 49', 60'
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
France 7–0 Estonia
Pau 8', 28' (pen.)
Caqueret 13'
Nlandu 49'
Tattevin 61'
Adli 79', 80+2'		 Report
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Slovenia 2–2 Montenegro
Jakupovič 46' (pen.)
Kurtovič 55'		 Report N. Krsotvić 67'
Rakonjac 77'
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
France 1–1 Slovenia
Gouiri 10' Report Kolobarić 49'
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
Estonia 1–2 Montenegro
Piht 49' Report
Grubac 31'
Rakonjac 80+1' (pen.
)
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Group 6

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Romania 1–2 Austria
Ilie 20' Report Krienzer 33'
Manolache 43' (o.g.)
Stadionul Buftea, Buftea
Referee: Nenad Djokić (Serbia
)
England 2–0 Azerbaijan
Gomes 16'
Sancho 23'		 Report
Stadionul Buftea, Buftea
Referee: Fyodor Zammit (Malta
)
England 3–0 Romania
Foden 2', 13'
Sancho 68' (pen.)		 Report
Stadionul Buftea, Buftea
Referee: Fyodor Zammit (Malta
)
Austria 3–1 Azerbaijan
Aganovic 3'
Schmid 60'
Wunsch 74'		 Report Sadikhov 23'
Stadionul Buftea, Buftea
Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands
)
Austria 2–3 England
Ballo 28', 78' (pen.) Report
Loader 44'
Brewster 65' (pen.
)
Azerbaijan 1–0 Romania
Sadikhov 29' Report
Stadionul Buftea, Buftea
Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands
)

Group 7

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Hungary 3–0 Liechtenstein
Csoboth 20', 58'
Winkler 44'		 Report
Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)
Denmark 0–2 Netherlands
Report
Familio-Castillo 32' (pen.)
Boadu
51'
Referee: Edin Jakupović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Hungary 3–1 Denmark
Szoboszlai 36' (pen.)
Timári 64'
Csoboth 72' (pen.)		 Report Jensen 24'
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov (Russia)
Netherlands 9–0 Liechtenstein
Familio-Castillo 17'
Geertruida 49', 67'
Beck 51' (o.g.)
Redan
80'		 Report
Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)
Netherlands 4–0 Hungary
Familio-Castillo 28' (pen.)
Redan 43'
Boadu
52'		 Report
Referee: Edin Jakupović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Liechtenstein 0–11 Denmark
Report Nartey 2'
Rothmann 7'
Tue 12', 13', 32', 41'
Jensen 26', 64'
Jepsen 30'
Kaastrup 57'
Clement 80+2'
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov (Russia)

Group 8

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Georgia 0–1 Bulgaria
Report Gruev 35' (pen.)
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)
Finland 0–5 Sweden
Report Finndell 27' (pen.)
Mawana 66', 69' (pen.), 77'
Stålheden 73'
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)
Sweden 3–1 Bulgaria
Finndell 46'
Crona 50'
Mawana 69'		 Report Mihaylov 65'
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)
Georgia 0–2 Finland
Report Tolonen 71'
Oksanen 80+3'
Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Republic of Ireland)
Sweden 4–0 Georgia
Vagic 39'
Saebbö 48'
Crona
75'		 Report
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)
Bulgaria 0–1 Finland
Report Ali 55'
Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Republic of Ireland)

Group 9

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
San Marino 0–4 Slovakia
Report Potoma 44'
Murcko 48'
Gerebenits 50'
Saxa 59'
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)
Spain 4–0 Northern Ireland
Gómez 58'
McAleenan 70' (o.g.
)		 Report
Ukraine
)
Spain 3–0 San Marino
Miranda 34'
Córdoba
38'		 Report
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)
Slovakia 4–3 Northern Ireland
Filipiak 11'
Murcko 65', 77', 80+1'		 Report McGinley 22' (pen.), 71'
Chambers 66'
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)
Slovakia 0–6 Spain
Report
Miranda
53'
Ukraine
)
Northern Ireland 2–1 San Marino
Kearney 11', 35' Report Pancotti 40+1'
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)

Group 10

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Scotland 6–0 Malta
Aitchison 18' (pen.), 25'
Middleton 28'
Deas 37'
Rudden 40+1'
Grech 73' (o.g.)		 Report
Referee: Dennis Antamo (Finland)
Wales 0–2 Portugal
Report Camacho 13' (pen.)
Rodrigues 36'
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)
Scotland 1–0 Wales
Ross 80+1' Report
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)
Portugal 5–0 Malta
Simões 31'
Justiniano 40+1'
Costa 50'
Rodrigues 73'
Conceição 80+2' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Dennis Antamo (Finland)
Portugal 0–1 Scotland
Report McInroy 72'
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)
Malta 0–3 Wales
Report Thorpe 9'
Vale 58'
Oddy 70'
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

Group 11

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Belarus 0–1 Cyprus
Report Raounas 55'
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)
Gibraltar 0–2 Belgium
Report Dhaeze 25'
Openda 63'
Pafiako Stadium, Paphos
Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino
)
Belarus 3–1 Gibraltar
Montovio 33' (o.g.)
Muzychenka 52'
Gorbach 78'		 Report Britto 43' (pen.)
Pafiako Stadium, Paphos
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia
)
Belgium 0–1 Cyprus
Report Christodoulou 43'
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)
Belgium 0–0 Belarus
Report
Pafiako Stadium, Paphos
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia
)
Cyprus 2–0 Gibraltar
Katsantonis 32'
Gerolemou 44'		 Report
Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino)

Group 12

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Poland 1–1 Armenia
Skóraś 21' Report Yeghiazaryan 29'
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
Iceland 0–2 Israel
Report Dahan 12'
Brami 69'
Ukraine
)
Poland 2–0 Iceland
Wełniak 11', 78' Report
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)
Israel 2–0 Armenia
Kanaan
64'		 Report
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
Israel 3–1 Poland
Kanaan 50'
Hen
58', 68'		 Report Benedyczak 54'
Ukraine
)
Armenia 3–2 Iceland
Grigoryan 19'
Kurbashyan 36' (pen.), 63'		 Report
Hlynsson 25'
Björnsson
80+3'
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Group 13

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Turkey 2–0 Norway
Babacan 36', 80+4' Report
Ukraine 1–1 Lithuania
Supriaha
60'		 Report Utkus 80+1'
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)
Ukraine 0–1 Turkey
Report Gül 62' (pen.)
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Norway 2–1 Lithuania
Kažukolovas 50' (o.g.)
Kalsaas 71' (pen.)		 Report Vareika 51'
Norway 2–2 Ukraine
Ugland 18'
Strand Larsen 54'		 Report Kashchuk 48'
Titaievskyi 57'
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Lithuania 0–1 Turkey
Report Babacan 80+3'
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)

Ranking of third-placed teams

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tie broken by disciplinary points.[7]
  2. ^ a b Tie broken by disciplinary points.
  3. ^ a b Tie broken by disciplinary points.

Elite round

Draw

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.

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tie broken by disciplinary points.
  2. ^ a b Tie broken by disciplinary points.
  3. ^ a b c Tie broken by disciplinary points.

Groups

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).

Group 1

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Germany 
10–1 Armenia
Arp 70'
Kehr 75'
Majetschak
80+5'		 Report A. Hovhannisyan 30'
Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor Kompleksi – Emir Hotels 2, Manavgat
Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino
)
Finland 1–4 Turkey
Tolonen 57' Report Babacan 17'
Kabak 20'
Y. Akgün 39'
S. Akgün 53'
Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor Kompleksi – Emir Hotels 1, Manavgat
Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales
)
Germany 
6–2 Finland
Malone 28'
Abouchabaka
40', 47'		 Report Tolonen 17', 20'
Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor Kompleksi – Emir Hotels 2, Manavgat
Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia
)
Turkey 6–0 Armenia
Babacan 26'
Adıgüzel 51'
Karaahmet 66'
Güneş
80+1'		 Report
Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor Kompleksi – Emir Hotels 1, Manavgat
Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales
)
Germany
Y. Akgün 53' Report
Arp 14', 45'
Abouchabaka 74' (pen.
)
Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor Kompleksi – Emir Hotels 1, Manavgat
Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia
)
Armenia 0–5 Finland
Report Tolonen 2', 19'
Ahadi 54'
Pellikka 60'
Ali 70'
Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor Kompleksi – Emir Hotels 2, Manavgat
Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino
)

Group 2

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Russia 2–2 Norway
Martynov 64'
Chelidze 80+1'		 Report Hove 36'
Evjen 62'
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
Hungary 0–1 Israel
Report Hen 79'
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
Israel 0–3 Norway
Report Haaland 20', 54'
Kalsaas 38' (pen.)
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
Russia 1–2 Hungary
Prutsev 16' Report Szoboszlai 74', 80+4'
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest
Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland
)
Israel 0–0 Russia
Report
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
Norway 0–1 Hungary
Report Szoboszlai 80+3'
Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)

Group 3

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Greece 0–4 Portugal
Report Neto 8'
Camacho 40'
Embaló 63'
Simões 68'
Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)
Spain 3–1 Poland
Blanco
79'		 Report Kiwior 80+1' (pen.)
Norway
)
Spain 0–1 Greece
Report Lyratzis 74' (pen.)
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
Portugal 3–3 Poland
Camacho 7', 28'
Embaló 78' (pen.)		 Report Sobol 16', 80'
Kiwior 35' (pen.)
Norway
)
Portugal 0–2 Spain
Report Ruiz 18' (pen.)
Díaz 46'
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
Poland 3–0 Greece
Skóraś 11'
Praszelik 36'
Kiwior 64'		 Report
Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)

Group 4

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Serbia 2–1  Switzerland
Stuparević 75'
Pavlović 80+3'		 Report
Gonzalez
11'
Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)
Scotland 6–1 Montenegro
Aitchison 10', 53'
Rudden 18'
McInroy 27'
Middleton 60', 74'		 Report Rakonjac 44'
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)
Switzerland 3–1 Montenegro
Del Campo 80+2', 80+5'
Marchand 80+3'		 Report N. Krsotvić 18'
Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)
Scotland 1–0 Serbia
Middleton 23' Report
Referee: Luis Teixeira (Portugal)
Switzerland 0–1 Scotland
Report Middleton 22' (pen.)
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)
Montenegro 0–1 Serbia
Report Stuparević 57'
Referee: Luis Teixeira (Portugal)

Group 5

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Netherlands 2–0 Belgium
Buitink 25', 41' Report
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
Belarus 0–3 Italy
Report Kean 42', 61'
Merola 73'
Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)
Netherlands 3–2 Belarus
Oosting 16'
El Bouchataoui 46'
Redan 63'		 Report Kirilenko 49', 68'
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)
Italy 1–0 Belgium
Caligara 78' Report
Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)
Italy 1–2 Netherlands
Nicolussi Caviglia 52' Report Redan 8' (pen.)
De la Vega 13'
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
Belgium 1–2 Belarus
Gilis 48' Report Vasilevich 7'
Muzychenka 71'
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)

Group 6

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Sweden 1–2 Ukraine
Dmytruk 78' (o.g.) Report Mashchenko 34'
Snurnitsyn 80+1'
Referee: Aleksandar Vasić (Serbia)
Austria 1–1 France
Schmid 60' Report Pau 32'
Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)
France 3–1 Ukraine
Caqueret 27' (pen.)
Picouleau 43'
Geubbels 73'		 Report Kashchuk 45'
Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)
Sweden 1–3 Austria
Mawana 79' Report Aganovic 44', 80+2'
Schmid 55' (pen.)
Referee: Omar Pashayev (Azerbaijan)
France 2–0 Sweden
Caqueret 55'
Geubbels 65'		 Report
Referee: Aleksandar Vasić (Serbia)
Ukraine 2–1 Austria
Kashchuk 24', 80+3' Report Schmid 15'
Referee: Omar Pashayev (Azerbaijan)

Group 7

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
England 5–3 Czech Republic
Brewster 9', 46'
Foden 11', 66'
Gibbs-White 15'		 Report Majka 37', 47'
Hezoucky 76'
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
Slovenia 0–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
England 4–0 Slovenia
Loader
54'		 Report
Kazakhstan
)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 Czech Republic
Mehanović 10'
Tegeltija 69' (pen.)		 Report Hezoucky 80'
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–1 England
Report Gibson 15'
Gradski stadion, Bijeljina
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands
)
Czech Republic 2–2 Slovenia
Majka 80'
Hezoucky 80+3'		 Report Gregorin 48'
Prelec 70'
Kazakhstan
)

Group 8

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Republic of Ireland 4–0 Faroe Islands
Connolly 9', 23'
Idah 41'
Doherty 43'		 Report
Pafiako Stadium, Paphos
Referee: Jason Lee Barcelo (Gibraltar
)
Slovakia 2–1 Cyprus
Dávidík 4'
Potoma 34'		 Report Toumazou 71'
Albania
)
Republic of Ireland 1–0 Slovakia
McAuley 66' Report
Cyprus 0–0 Faroe Islands
Report
Referee: Jason Lee Barcelo (Gibraltar)
Cyprus 0–2 Republic of Ireland
Report Connolly 40', 80+3'
Faroe Islands 2–1 Slovakia
Jacobsen 28'
Sørensen 45'		 Report Pišoja 54'
Albania
)

Ranking of second-placed teams

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.

Qualified teams

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.

Top goalscorers

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

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals

Source: UEFA.com[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "U17 finals destined for Croatia and England". UEFA. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Seedings for 2016/17 U17 qualifying round". UEFA.com. 30 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2016/17" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. ^ "2016/17 Under-17 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  5. ^ "2016/17 Under-17 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. 3 December 2015.
  6. ^ "2016/17 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  7. ^ a b "Under-17 elite round line-up confirmed". UEFA.com. 7 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Under-17 elite round draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Portugal, Spain rematched in Under-17 elite round". UEFA.com. 13 December 2016.
  10. ^ "2016/17 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Elite round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  11. ^ "Under-17 elite round draw seedings". UEFA.com. 24 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

External links

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