2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
The 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2022) will be the 13th 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. Bosnia and Herzegovina will host the tournament.[1] A total of eight teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Dates | 3–15 May |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | TBC (in TBC host cities) |
Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the UEFA representatives.
Germany are the defending champions, having won the last tournament held in 2019, with the 2020 and 2021 editions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
Host selection
The timeline of host selection was as follows:[2]
- 11 January 2019: bidding procedure launched
- 28 February 2019: deadline to express interest
- 27 March 2019: Announcement by UEFA that declaration of interest were received from 17 member associations to host one of the UEFA national team youth final tournaments (UEFA European Under-19 Championship, UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, UEFA European Under-17 Championship, UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship) in 2021 and 2022 (although it was not specified which association were interested in which tournament)
- 28 June 2019: Submission of bid dossiers
- 24 September 2019: Selection of successful host associations by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in Ljubljana
For the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, the Faroe Islands and Bosnia and Herzegovina were selected as hosts respectively.[1]
Qualification
The UEFA Executive Committee approved on 18 June 2020 a new qualifying format for the Women's Under-17 and Under-19 Championship starting from 2022.[3] The qualifying competition will be played in two rounds, with teams divided into two leagues, and promotion and relegation between leagues after each round similar to the UEFA Nations League.[4]
A record total of 49 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams will qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts. The draw for round 1 was held on 11 March 2021, 13:30 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5]
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Hosts | 1st | — | Debut |
Venues
To be confirmed.
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from UEFA qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 2022 | |
| TBD | 2022 | |
| TBD | 2022 |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
- "Hosts picked for 2021 and 2022 WU17 EUROs". UEFA.com. 24 September 2019.
- "17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. 27 March 2019.
- "Temporary emergency measures for Financial Fair Play". UEFA.com. 18 June 2019.
- "New format for Women's U17 and Women's U19 EUROs". UEFA.com. 18 June 2020.
- "2021/22 Women's U17 Round 1 draw live on Thursday". UEFA.com. 5 March 2021.