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2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The 2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship is the 17th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-17 national teams of Europe. Northern Ireland is hosting the tournament. A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2009 eligible to participate.

Qualification
A total of 50 out of 55 UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Northern Ireland also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams qualified for the final tournament at the end of the qualifiers round 2 to join the hosts. ==Venues==
Venues
The tournament is hosted in three venues. ==Squads==
Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers. ==Group stage==
Group stage
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals. Tie-breaking criteria for group play The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows: • Points obtained in all group matches; • Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; • Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; • Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; • 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; • Goal difference in all group matches; • Goals scored in all group matches; • 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); • Disciplinary points • Yellow card: −1 point; • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; • Direct red card: −3 points; • UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; • Drawing of lots. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ==Play-off match==
Play-off match
The two third-placed teams in each group will play a 90-minute play-off match followed by a penalty shoot-out to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be played), with the winning team qualifying for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. ==Knockout stage==
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be played). Bracket Semi-finals Final ==Goalscorers==
Goalscorers
==Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup==
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco. :1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ==Notes==
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