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.
Contents
- Qualifying round
- Tiebreakers
- Group 1
- Group 2
- Group 3
- Group 4
- Group 5
- Group 6
- Group 7
- Group 8
- Group 9
- Group 10
- Ranking of third placed teams
- Elite round
- Ranking of second placed teams
- References
All times are CEST (UTC+02:00).
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
If now two teams still are tied, reapply tie-breakers 1-3, if this does not break the tie, go on.
- Superior goal difference in all group matches
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Group 1
Hosted by Scotland.
Group 2
Hosted by Estonia.
Group 3
Hosted by Ukraine.
Group 4
Hosted by Russia.
Group 5
Hosted by Moldova.
Group 6
Hosted by Israel.
Group 7
Hosted by Slovenia.
Group 8
Hosted by Poland.
Group 9
Hosted by Bulgaria.
Group 10
Hosted by Denmark.
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
If now two teams still are tied, reapply tie-breakers 1-3, if this does not break the tie, go on.
- Superior goal difference in all group matches
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Group 1
Hosted by Romania.
Group 2
Hosted by Austria.
Group 3
Hosted by Portugal.
Group 4
Hosted by Northern Ireland.
Group 5
Hosted by Hungary.
Group 6
Hosted by Germany.
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