2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification
The qualification rounds for the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship were a series of association football matches between national teams to determine the participants to the European Youth Championship. The first matches were played on 2 July 2013.
All times are CEST.
Qualifying round
The qualifying round was played from 2 July to 11 August 2013. Top seeded teams Germany, Spain and France received a bye to the second round. The draw was made on 20 November 2012.Tiebreakers
Tie-breakers between teams with the same number of points are:- Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question
- Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question
- Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question
- Superior goal difference in all group matches
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Group 1
Hosted by Scotland.----
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Group 2
Hosted by Estonia.----
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Group 3
Hosted by Ukraine.----
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Group 4
Hosted by Russia.----
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Group 5
Hosted by Moldova.----
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Group 6
Hosted by Israel.----
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Group 7
Hosted by Slovenia.----
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Group 8
Hosted by Poland.----
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Group 9
Hosted by Bulgaria.----
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Group 10
Hosted by Denmark.----
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Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round, only the results against the top two teams in each group were taken into account.The following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
- higher number of points obtained in these matches
- superior goal difference from these matches
- higher number of goals scored in these matches
- fair play conduct of the teams in all group matches in the qualifying round
- drawing of lots
Elite round
21 teams from the qualifying round are joined by Germany, Spain and France to make it a total of 24 teams. The round consists of six groups with four teams in each group. Group winners and the best second-placed team advance to the final tournament in England. The draw was held on 15 August 2013.Tiebreakers
Tie-breakers between teams with the same number of points are:- Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question
- Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question
- Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question
- Superior goal difference in all group matches
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Group 1
Hosted by Romania.----
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Group 2
Hosted by Austria.----
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Group 3
Hosted by Portugal.----
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Group 4
Hosted by Northern Ireland.----
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Group 5
Hosted by Hungary.----
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Group 6
Hosted by Germany.----
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Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the best runners-up from the elite round, only the results against the top two teams in each group were taken into account.The following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
- higher number of points obtained in these matches
- superior goal difference from these matches
- higher number of goals scored in these matches
- fair play conduct of the teams in all group matches in the elite round
- drawing of lots