2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 27 September – 1 November 2017 Elite round: 7–28 March 2018
Teams	54 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	343 (2.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adam Idah (8 goals)
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The 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-17 football competition that determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts England in the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.^[1]

Apart from England, all remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Kosovo who entered for the first time).^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2001 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.

The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:^[3]

• Qualifying round: Apart from Germany and Portugal, which receive byes to the elite round as the teams 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 four 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.

The schedule of each mini-tournament is as follows (Regulations Article 20.04):^[3]

Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 3 v 2
Rest days (2 days)	—
Matchday 2	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Rest days (2 days)	—
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 3

In the qualifying round and elite round, 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 14.01 and 14.02):^[3]

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 are 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. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the four 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. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points;
5. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 13 December 2016, 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]

• 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine, Spain and Gibraltar, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff Rank  England 12.167 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff Rank  Germany 14.667 1  Portugal 11.167 2

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  Netherlands 10.667 3  Spain 10.000 4  France 10.000 5  Scotland 9.000 6  Austria 8.833 7  Russia 8.667 8  Italy 8.500 9  Czech Republic 8.500 10  Serbia 8.333 11  Belgium 8.333 12  Poland 7.833 13  Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.000 14  Republic of Ireland 6.833 15

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Croatia 6.500 16  Greece 6.333 17  Ukraine 6.167 18   Switzerland 6.167 19  Sweden 5.500 20  Denmark 5.500 21  Slovenia 5.333 22  Turkey 5.167 23  Iceland 5.000 24  Romania 5.000 25  Wales 4.833 26  Georgia 4.833 27  Slovakia 4.833 28

Pot C Team Coeff Rank  Israel 4.833 29  Bulgaria 3.667 30  Norway 3.500 31  Belarus 3.500 32  Latvia 3.000 33  Estonia 3.000 34  Cyprus 3.000 35  Hungary 2.667 36  Northern Ireland 2.667 37  Finland 2.500 38  Albania 2.500 39  Lithuania 2.000 40  Moldova 2.000 41

Pot D Team Coeff Rank  Macedonia 1.667 42  Montenegro 1.500 43  Azerbaijan 1.500 44  Armenia 1.333 45  Luxembourg 1.333 46  Faroe Islands 1.333 47  Liechtenstein 1.000 48  San Marino 0.333 49  Gibraltar 0.333 50  Andorra 0.000 51  Malta 0.000 52  Kazakhstan 0.000 53  Kosovo — 54

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

The qualifying round must be played by 19 November 2017.^[3][6]

Times up to 28 October 2017 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Elite round
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	1	8	−7	3
4	Malta (H)	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Elite round
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
3	Albania (H)	3	1	0	2	5	2	+3	3
4	Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Elite round
2	Czech Republic (H)	3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	4
3	Turkey	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
4	Armenia	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland (H)	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Elite round
2	Iceland	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia (H)	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9	Elite round
2	Greece	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	11	3	+8	3
4	Gibraltar	3	0	0	3	0	23	−23	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Belarus (H)	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Elite round
2	Denmark	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
3	Andorra	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Estonia (H)	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5[a]	Elite round
2	Slovakia	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5[a]
3	Macedonia (H)	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5[a]
4	Moldova	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Elite round
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Kosovo	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Elite round
2	Romania (H)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Lithuania	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Luxembourg	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Elite round
2	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	3	13	−10	3
4	Bulgaria (H)	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	1	2	0	11	2	+9	5
3	Cyprus (H)	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	4
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	0	22	−22	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Elite round
2	Georgia (H)	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Latvia	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Montenegro	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

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To determine the four 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.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	8	Macedonia	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	Elite round
2	12	Cyprus	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1[a]
3	3	Turkey	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1[a]
4	5	Norway	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0[b]
5	7	Andorra	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0[b]
6	13	Latvia	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0[c]
7	2	Albania	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0[c]
8	6	Belarus	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0[d]
9	10	Lithuania	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0[d]
10	4	Russia	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
11	9	Wales	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
12	1	Northern Ireland	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0
13	11	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	1	12	−11	0

The draw for the elite round was held on 6 December 2017, 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.^[10] Germany and Portugal, which received byes 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 could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round 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	—	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	11	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9
4	5	Serbia	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9
5	6	France	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9
6	1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
7	3	Israel	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9[a]
8	13	Italy	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9[a]
9	9	Hungary	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Pot B
10	10	Austria	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
11	12	Poland	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7
12	2	Croatia	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
13	4	Finland	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
14	2	Spain	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7[b]
15	7	Scotland	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7[b]
16	4	Iceland	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
17	7	Denmark	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Pot C
18	11	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
19	5	Greece	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
20	9	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
21	1	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
22	6	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6[c]
23	13	Georgia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6[c]
24	12	Sweden	3	1	2	0	11	2	+9	5
25	8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5	Pot D
26	8	Slovakia	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
27	8	Macedonia (Y)	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
28	3	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	4
29	12	Cyprus (Y)	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	4
30	3	Turkey (Y)	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
31	10	Romania	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
32	5	Norway (Y)	3	1	0	2	11	3	+8	3

The elite round must be played by the end of March 2018.^[3][9]

Times up to 24 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Final tournament
2	Spain	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Ukraine	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2
4	Czech Republic (H)	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

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The Serbia v Ukraine match was completed with a score of 1–2 before a default victory was awarded to Serbia due to participation of disqualified Ukrainian players Mykola Yarosh and Roman Bodnia.^[12][13]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5	Final tournament
2	Belgium	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Cyprus	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Croatia (H)	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Final tournament
2	Georgia	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	4
3	Poland (H)	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Macedonia	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Final tournament
2	Portugal (H)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	Finland	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Final tournament
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Turkey	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Iceland	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6[a]	Final tournament
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6[a]
3	France	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	Austria (H)	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Final tournament
2	Israel	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Hungary (H)	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Final tournament
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	Greece (H)	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3[a]
4	Scotland	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3[a]

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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	8	Germany	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Final tournament
2	4	Portugal	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
3	6	Denmark	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3[a]
4	5	Italy	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3[a]
5	7	Israel	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3
6	1	Spain	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
7	2	Belgium	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
8	3	Georgia	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Under-17 Euro1 only U-17 era (since 2002)
England	Hosts	26 January 2015[1]	12 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Serbia	Elite round Group 1 winners	27 March 2018	6 (20022, 20063, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2017)
Sweden	Elite round Group 2 winners	15 March 2018	2 (2013, 2016)
Republic of Ireland	Elite round Group 3 winners	24 March 2018	3 (2008, 2015, 2017)
Switzerland	Elite round Group 4 winners	18 March 2018	7 (2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014)
Netherlands	Elite round Group 5 winners	13 March 2018	11 (2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elite round Group 6 winners	27 March 2018	2 (2016, 2017)
Slovenia	Elite round Group 7 winners	28 March 2018	2 (2012, 2015)
Norway	Elite round Group 8 winners	27 March 2018	1 (2017)
Germany	Elite round best seven runners-up	27 March 2018	10 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Portugal	Elite round best seven runners-up	18 March 2018	6 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2016)
Denmark	Elite round best seven runners-up	27 March 2018	4 (2002, 2003, 2011, 2016)
Italy	Elite round best seven runners-up	15 March 2018	7 (2003, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Israel	Elite round best seven runners-up	28 March 2018	2 (2003, 2005)
Spain	Elite round best seven runners-up	27 March 2018	11 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Belgium	Elite round best seven runners-up	27 March 2018	5 (2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

² As Yugoslavia

³ As Serbia and Montenegro

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com^[14]

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