2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	5 September 2007 – 23 May 2008
Teams	40 (qualification) 4 (final round)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	88
Goals scored	424 (4.82 per match)

The 2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the first edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. Germany won the trophy for the first time ever.

Qualification

There were two qualifying rounds, and four teams qualified for the final round, played in Switzerland.

First qualifying round

There were ten groups of four teams each. The ten group winners and best six runners-up advanced to the second qualifying round.

Teams in italics hosted the mini-tournament.

Key to colours in group tables
	Team advances to the second qualifying round
	Team eliminated in this round

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7
Wales	3	1	2	0	14	4	+10	5
Lithuania	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4
Cyprus	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0

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Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
Poland	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
Greece	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

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Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	3	3	0	0	24	2	+22	9
Belgium	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
Faroe Islands	3	1	0	2	2	14	−12	3
Estonia	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

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Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iceland	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9
Slovenia	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
Ukraine	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
Latvia	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

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Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	31	0	+31	9
Denmark	3	2	0	1	30	4	+26	6
Macedonia	3	1	0	2	3	18	−15	3
Armenia	3	0	0	3	1	43	−42	0

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Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	17	2	+15	9
Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9	6
Turkey	3	1	0	2	8	8	0	3
Moldova	3	0	0	3	0	24	−24	0

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Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7
Spain	3	1	2	0	14	2	+12	5
Italy	3	1	1	1	9	6	+3	4
Belarus	3	0	0	3	2	26	−24	0

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Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9
Hungary	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
Northern Ireland	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8	1
Croatia	3	0	1	2	0	10	−10	1

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Group 9

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	24	1	+23	9
Norway	3	2	0	1	22	6	+16	6
Israel	3	1	0	2	1	18	−17	3
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	0	22	−22	0

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Group 10

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	17	1	+16	9
Russia	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Slovakia	3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	3
Georgia	3	0	0	3	0	22	−22	0

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Ranking of group runners-up

Only matches against 1st and 3rd placed teams were used in the ranking.

Grp		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Norway	2	1	0	1	11	6	+5	3
6	Republic of Ireland	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	3
5	Denmark	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	3
3	Belgium	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	3
2	Poland	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
10	Russia	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
8	Hungary	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
1	Wales	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
7	Spain	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
4	Slovenia	2	0	1	1	2	7	–5	1

Second qualifying round

The sixteen qualified teams from the first qualifying round were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The group winners advanced to the final round.

Teams in italics hosted the mini-tournament.

Key to colours in group tables
	Team advances to the final tournament
	Team eliminated in this round

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
Belgium	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

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Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
Scotland	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6
Republic of Ireland	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
Norway	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4	0

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Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9
Poland	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
Sweden	3	0	2	1	3	6	−6	2
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

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Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Finland	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Russia	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
Iceland	3	0	0	3	7	12	−5	0

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Final tournament

The knockout stage was played in Switzerland. The four teams qualified to the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in New Zealand.

	Semi-finals				Final
	20 May 2008
	Germany	1
	Denmark	0
					23 May 2008
					Germany	3
					France	0
					Third place
	20 May 2008			23 May 2008
	England	1		England	1
	France (a.e.t.)	3			Denmark	4

2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 European Champions
Germany First title

External links

• RSSSF.com – results