2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

A total of 47 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Albania who entered for the first time), and with the hosts Bulgaria qualifying automatically, the other 46 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2018, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2019. Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the final tournament. Final draw The final draw was held on 5 April 2019, 11:30 EEST (UTC+3), at the Flamingo Grand Hotel & Spa in Albena, Bulgaria. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that the hosts Bulgaria were assigned to position A1 in the draw. ==Venues==

The tournament would originally be held in four venues, but because the condition of the pitch in Balchik was too poor only three were used: ==Squads==

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 39). ==Group stage==

The final tournament schedule was announced on 12 April 2019. The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals. ;Tiebreakers In the group stage, 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 17.01 and 17.02): • 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 (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); • UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; • Drawing of lots. All times are local, EEST (UTC+3). Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played). Bracket Semi-finals ---- Final ==Goalscorers==

The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament: == International broadcasters ==

Television 7 of 15 live matches and highlights will be available on UEFA.com and UEFA.tv YouTube channel for all territories around the world. Note: Live matches on YouTube are not available in Germany, Republic of Ireland, Israel, the Middle East/North Africa, and the United States. Participating nations Non-participating European nations Outside Europe Radio Participating nations Non-participating European nations == References ==