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2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2023) was the 20th UEFA European Under-17 Championship (39th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Hungary hosted the tournament.[2] A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2023-es U17-es labdarúgó-Európa-bajnokság
Tournament details
Host countryHungary
Dates17 May – 2 June
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)7 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (4th title)
Runners-up France
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored105 (3.39 per match)
Attendance27,854 (899 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Paris Brunner
Germany Robert Ramsak
Spain Marc Guiu
Spain Lamine Yamal
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Germany Paris Brunner[1]
← 2022
2024 →

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as the UEFA representatives.

France, having won the title in 2022, entered as the title holders, but would lose in the final to Germany, who won their fourth title.

Host selection

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  • 19 April 2021: Selection of successful host associations by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in Montreux

For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2023 and 2024, Hungary and Cyprus were selected as hosts respectively.[2]

Qualification

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Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Hungary qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2022, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2023, to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
  Hungary Hosts 6th 2019 (Fifth place) Fifth place (2019)
  Serbia Elite round Group 1 winners 9th2 2022 (Semi-finals) Semi-finals (2022)
  Wales Elite round Group 2 winners 1st Debut
  Netherlands Elite round Group 3 winners 15th 2022 (Runners-up) Champions (2011, 2012, 2018, 2019)
  Spain Elite round Group 4 winners 15th 2022 (Quarter-finals) Champions (2007, 2008, 2017)
  Portugal Elite round Group 5 winners 10th 2022 (Semi-finals) Champions (2003, 2016)
  Republic of Ireland Elite round Group 6 winners 6th 2019 (Group stage) Quarter-finals (2017, 2018)
  Croatia Elite round Group 7 winners 5th 2017 (Group stage) Fourth place (2005)
  France Elite round Group 8 winners 14th 2022 (Champions) Champions (2004, 2015, 2022)
  Scotland Elite round Group 2 runners-up1 7th 2022 (Group stage) Semi-finals (2014)
  England Elite round Group 3 runners-up1 15th 2019 (Group stage) Champions (2010, 2014)
  Germany Elite round Group 4 runners-up1 14th 2022 (Quarter-finals) Champions (2009)
  Poland Elite round Group 5 runners-up1 4th 2022 (Group stage) Semi-finals (2012)
  Italy Elite round Group 6 runners-up1 11th 2022 (Quarter-finals) Runners-up (2013, 2018, 2019)
  Slovenia Elite round Group 7 runners-up1 4th 2018 (Group stage) Group stage (2012, 2015, 2018)
   Switzerland Elite round Group 8 runners-up1 9th 2018 (Group stage) Champions (2002)
Notes
1 The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
2 Two as Serbia and Montenegro and seven as Serbia

Final draw

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The final draw was made on 3 April 2023 at Ensana Thermal Margaret Island Health Spa Hotel, Budapest.[3]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1 —   Hungary (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Host (A1)
2 8   France 3 3 0 0 8 2 6 9 Pot 1
3 5   Portugal 3 3 0 0 5 0 5 9
4 6   Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 8 4 4 7
5 4   Spain 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 7
6 3   Netherlands 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 7
7 7   Croatia 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 7
8 1   Serbia 3 2 0 1 9 2 7 6
9 2   Wales 3 1 2 0 7 5 2 5 A3
10 6   Italy 3 2 1 0 7 3 4 7 Pot 2
11 4   Germany 3 2 0 1 12 5 7 6
12 5   Poland 3 2 0 1 6 1 5 6
13 3   England 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 6
14 8    Switzerland 3 1 1 1 7 5 2 4
15 7   Slovenia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
16 2   Scotland 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts

Venues

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The tournament was hosted in 7 venues.[4]

Debrecen Balmazújváros Budaörs
Nagyerdei Stadion Városi Sportpálya Árok utcai pálya
Capacity: 20,340 Capacity: 2,435 Capacity: 1,204
4 group games 4 group games, 1 quarter-final 3 group games, World Cup play-off
     
Budapest
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Capacity: 5,322
4 group games, 1 quarter-final, final
 
Telki Debrecen Felcsút
Telki Training Centre DEAC Stadion Pancho Aréna
Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 1,500 Capacity: 3,816
2 group games, 1 quarter-final 4 group games, 1 quarter-final 3 group games, 2 semi-finals
     

Match officials

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The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:

Squads

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Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads

Group stage

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The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.

All times are local CEST (UTC 2).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Poland 3 2 0 1 10 7 3 6 Knockout stage
2   Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1 8 7 1 6
3   Hungary (H) 3 1 0 2 8 9 −1 3
4   Wales 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Poland  5–1  Republic of Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 412
Hungary  3–0  Wales
 Report
Attendance: 3,480
Republic of Ireland  3–0  Wales
 Report
Attendance: 714
Hungary  3–5  Poland
 Report
Attendance: 2,921
Republic of Ireland  4–2  Hungary
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Attendance: 2,577
Wales  3–0  Poland
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Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs
Attendance: 318

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 7 Knockout stage
2   Serbia 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3   Italy 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4   Slovenia 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Serbia  2–4  Slovenia
 Report
Telki Training Centre, Telki
Attendance: 308
Italy  1–2  Spain
 Report
Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs
Attendance: 1,060
Spain  3–1  Slovenia
 Report
Attendance: 917
Serbia  2–0  Italy
 Report
Attendance: 574
Spain  1–1  Serbia
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Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs
Attendance: 815
Slovenia  0–3  Italy
Report
Telki Training Centre, Telki
Attendance: 181

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 3 3 0 0 10 1 9 9 Knockout stage
2   France 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3   Portugal 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4
4   Scotland 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Scotland  1–3  France
 Report
Attendance: 298
Portugal  0–4  Germany
Report
Attendance: 409
Portugal  2–1  Scotland
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Attendance: 575
France  1–3  Germany
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Attendance: 765
France  1–1  Portugal
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Attendance: 507
Germany  3–0  Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 348

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   England 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 7 Knockout stage
2    Switzerland 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7
3   Croatia 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
4   Netherlands 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Switzerland  2–0  Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 411
Croatia  0–1  England
Report
Attendance: 700
Croatia  1–2   Switzerland
 Report
Attendance: 710
Netherlands  1–4  England
 Report
Attendance: 611
Netherlands  1–1  Croatia
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Attendance: 458
England  0–0   Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 427

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 May – Telki
 
 
  Poland3
 
30 May – Felcsút
 
  Serbia2
 
  Poland3
 
27 May – Debrecen
 
  Germany5
 
  Germany (p)1 (3)
 
2 June – Budapest
 
   Switzerland1 (2)
 
  Germany0 (5)
 
27 May – Budapest
 
  France0 (4)
 
  Spain3
 
30 May – Felcsút
 
  Republic of Ireland0
 
  Spain1
 
27 May – Balmazújváros
 
  France3 World Cup play-off
 
  England0
 
30 May – Budaörs
 
  France1
 
  England4
 
 
   Switzerland2
 

Quarter-finals

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Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists entered the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.

Poland  3–2  Serbia
 Report
Telki Training Centre, Telki
Attendance: 288
Germany  1–1   Switzerland
 Report
Penalties
 3–2
Attendance: 243
Spain  3–0  Republic of Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 893
England  0–1  France
Report
Attendance: 411

Ranking of losing quarter-finalists

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To determine the two best losing quarter-finalists which entered the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off, the losing quarter-finalists were ranked by the following criteria (Regulations Article 16.06):

  1. Position in the group stage (i.e., group winners ahead of group runners-up);
  2. Results in the group stage (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
  3. Results in the quarter-finals (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
  4. Disciplinary points in the group stage and quarter-finals combined;
  5. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  6. Drawing of lots.
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1   England 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 7 FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off
2 D2    Switzerland 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7
3 A2   Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1 8 7 1 6
4 B2   Serbia 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
Source: UEFA

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off

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Winner qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

England  4–2   Switzerland
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Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs
Attendance: 138

Semi-finals

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Poland  3–5  Germany
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Attendance: 627
Spain  1–3  France
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Attendance: 879

Final

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Germany  0–0  France
Report
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 4,017

Goalscorers

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There were 111 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.58 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Team of the Tournament

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After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[6]

Position Player
Goalkeeper   Max Schmitt
Defenders   Eric da Silva Moreira
  Finn Jeltsch
  Ishé Samuels-Smith
  Nhoa Sangui
Midfielders   Noah Darvich
  Fayssal Harchaoui
  Saïmon Bouabré
Forwards   Lamine Yamal
  Marc Guiu
  Paris Brunner

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

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The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
  Poland 27 May 2023 2 (1993, 1999)
  Germany 27 May 2023 10 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
  Spain 27 May 2023 10 (1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2019)
  France 27 May 2023 7 (1987, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
  England 30 May 2023 4 (2007, 2011, 2015, 2017)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ a b "2023: Paris Brunner". UEFA.com. 10 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Hungary, Cyprus to host U17 EURO in 2023, 2024". UEFA. 19 April 2021.
  3. ^ "2023 U17 EURO finals draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 April 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 U17 EURO finals in Hungary: Tournament information". uefa.com. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 Under-17 EURO: Top scorers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 Jun 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 Under-17 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2023.
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