2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySweden
DatesCancelled
Original schedule:
9–22 May
Revised schedule:
4–10 October
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
← 2019

The 2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2020) was originally to be held as 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, before being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Sweden, which were selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, were originally to host the tournament.[2] A total of eight teams were originally to play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.

The final tournament was originally scheduled to be played between 9–22 May 2020.[3][4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UEFA announced on 1 April 2020 that the tournament had been postponed until further notice.[5] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the final tournament had been rescheduled to 4–10 October 2020, and would be played in straight knock-out format, consisting of the quarter-finals, semi-finals, final, and the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off.[6] However, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the tournament had been cancelled.[7][1][8] However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.[9]

Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament would act as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament would qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in India as the UEFA representatives.[10] With the cancellation of the tournament, the UEFA Executive Committee nominated the three teams with the highest coefficient ranking for the qualifying draw, Spain, Germany and England, as the UEFA representatives.[7]

Germany were to be the defending champions.

  1. ^ a b "2020 Women's U17 finals cancelled". UEFA.com. 13 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Women's U17s set for Bulgaria and Sweden". UEFA.com. 9 December 2016.
  3. ^ "2019/20 UEFA Women's calendar" (PDF). UEFA.com. UEFA.
  4. ^ "Women's U17 qualifying round report". UEFA.com. 28 October 2019.
  5. ^ "UEFA postpones all June national team matches". UEFA.com. 1 April 2020.
  6. ^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b "UEFA postpones youth national team competitions". UEFA.com. 13 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". FIFA.com. 17 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.