2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship


The 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. England, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.
A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.
The Netherlands won their third title by beating Italy 4–1 on penalties in the final after a 2–2 draw. Spain were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Belgium in the quarter-finals.

Qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts England qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2017, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2018.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era.
TeamMethod of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
13th2017
7th2017
12th2017
3rd2016
6th2016
4th2017
8th2014
7th2016
12th2017
8th2017
3rd2017
5th2016
3rd2015
3rd2005
2nd2017
11th2017

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Final draw

The final draw was held on 5 April 2018, 17:30 BST, at the St George's Park in Burton, England. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Hosts England were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.

Venues

The tournament took place at six venues across the Midlands and South Yorkshire. England's opening match took place at the Proact Stadium in Chesterfield with the final taking place at the New York Stadium in Rotherham.

Match officials

A total of 8 referees, 12 assistant referees and 4 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
;Referees
;Assistant referees
;Fourth officials
Each national team submitted a squad of 20 players.

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 10 April 2018.
The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.
;Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points, and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings :
  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 ;
  8. Disciplinary points ;
  9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.
All times are local, BST.

Group A


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Group B


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Group C


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Group D


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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

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;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal
;1 own goal
The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament :
;Goalkeeper
;Defenders
;Defensive midfielders
;Attacking midfielders
;Forward