The 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the sixth edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. The first matches were played on 3 September 2012.
With the return of Slovakia, who haven't played since the inaugural edition, and U-17 newcomers Montenegro, a new record of 44 participating nations was set.[1] The final tournament was played for the last time in Nyon with four teams. Starting the next edition of the tournament, eight countries will contest the final tournament with the host changing every edition.
Dutch player Vivianne Miedema set a competition record by netting eight goals in a match against Kazakhstan. She also became the tournament's all-time top scorer with 20 goals.[2]
For the first time Belgium and Poland qualified for the final tournament, and also for the first time Germany failed to do so.
Qualification
All 44 teams entered the first qualification round, consisting of 11 groups of 4 teams. The group winners and five best runners-up advanced to the second qualification round. In the second round, there were four groups of four teams and only the group winners advanced to the final tournament. For the first time Poland and Belgium reached the final tournament.
Final round
The four group champions played the knockout stage in the Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland in summer 2013. There will be two semifinals, a third place match and the final.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 25 June 2013 | ||||||
 Belgium | 1 | |||||
| 28 June 2013 | ||||||
 Poland | 3 | |||||
| Poland | 1 | |||||
| 25 June 2013 | ||||||
 Sweden | 0 | |||||
 Spain | 2 (4) | |||||
| Sweden (pen.) | 2 (5) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 28 June 2013 | ||||||
| Belgium | 0 | |||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||
Semifinals
| Belgium | 1–3 | Poland |
|---|---|---|
De Caigny  29' |
Report | Konat 25' Dudek 43'Pajor 67' |
| Spain | 2–2 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| García 26' Torre 75' |
Report | Blackstenius 27' Karlsson 62' |
| Penalties | ||
Perea  Torre Caldentey Guijarro Sánchez  Garrote |
4–5 | Andersson Blackstenius Strömberg Angeldal Björn Holmgren |
Third place match
Final
| 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 European champions |
|---|
 Poland First title |
References
- ^ "Big entry for 2012/13 Women's U17s". UEFA. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "Awesome Miedema leads Netherlands through". UEFA. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
External links
- UEFA.com
- Tournament Regulations
- 2013 tournament Archived 2012-09-03 at the Wayback Machine on soccerway.com
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