# 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
The 2024 [UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-womens-under-17-championship) was the 17th edition of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, an annual competition for national women's under-17 teams in Europe, held in Sweden from 5 to 18 May 2024 and won by Spain, who beat England 4-0 in the final in Malmö.[1](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1aeba3510c90-d0514c721cfa-1000--report-spain-take-title/) It was Spain's fifth title, and the tournament doubled as the European qualifier for the 2024 [FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/fifa-u-17-womens-world-cup) in the [Dominican Republic](https://www.edgepedia.org/dominican-republic).[2](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1af3880f6778-5b5135ce6708-1000--spain-s-title-2024-finals-at-a-glance/) • [3](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028b-1a80e967f13f-3ae910fa49a5-1000--2024-women-s-under-17-euro-all-the-results/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Host country | Sweden, with matches in Malmö and Lund, 5–18 May 2024[3](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028b-1a80e967f13f-3ae910fa49a5-1000--2024-women-s-under-17-euro-all-the-results/) |
| Champions | Spain, winning a fifth title and reaching a record 11th final[2](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1af3880f6778-5b5135ce6708-1000--spain-s-title-2024-finals-at-a-glance/) |
| Final | England 0–4 Spain, Malmö, 18 May 2024[1](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1aeba3510c90-d0514c721cfa-1000--report-spain-take-title/) |
| Runners-up | England, first-time finalists and the ninth different nation to reach the final[2](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1af3880f6778-5b5135ce6708-1000--spain-s-title-2024-finals-at-a-glance/) |
| World Cup qualification | Spain, England, and Poland (who beat France on penalties in the play-off)[3](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028b-1a80e967f13f-3ae910fa49a5-1000--2024-women-s-under-17-euro-all-the-results/) |
| Player of the Tournament | Alba Cerrato (Spain), also Golden Boot with 7 finals goals[4](https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/womens/u17womensworldcup/dominican-republic-2024/articles/uefa-u17-european-championship-roundup-spain-beat-england-final) |
## Format and participants
The final tournament followed a two-stage qualifying competition and brought eight teams to Sweden, split into two groups of four. [Group A](https://www.edgepedia.org/group-a) comprised England, France, Norway, and hosts Sweden; [Group B](https://www.edgepedia.org/group-b) comprised Belgium, Poland, Portugal, and Spain.[3](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028b-1a80e967f13f-3ae910fa49a5-1000--2024-women-s-under-17-euro-all-the-results/)
Because the tournament fell in the same year as the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, it acted as the European qualifier for that global finals, held in the Dominican Republic from 16 October to 3 November 2024.[3](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028b-1a80e967f13f-3ae910fa49a5-1000--2024-women-s-under-17-euro-all-the-results/)
## Group stage
**Group A.** England won the group with a perfect record, beating Norway 3-0, Sweden 5-1, and France 1-0, the last securing first place with a game to spare.[3](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028b-1a80e967f13f-3ae910fa49a5-1000--2024-women-s-under-17-euro-all-the-results/) France finished second, recovering from 2-0 down against Sweden before losing to an 89th-minute goal, then thrashing Norway 8-0; Norway took third with a 2-0 win over Sweden.[5](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/history/2024/)
**Group B.** Spain also won all three games, scoring nine unanswered goals, though none came before the 69th minute: 3-0 against Portugal, 1-0 against Poland thanks to an 87th-minute goal, and 5-0 against Belgium.[5](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/history/2024/) The Poland–Portugal decider for second place ended 1-1, and Poland advanced on goal difference, having only lost 1-0 to Spain, to reach their first semi-final since winning the 2012/13 title.[5](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/history/2024/)
## Knockout stage
Both group winners progressed comfortably in the semi-finals on 15 May. Spain scored six times against France within 31 minutes in an eventual 6-1 win in Lund, while England, who had lost all five of their previous semi-finals, beat Poland 2-0 in Malmö with two first-half goals.[5](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/history/2024/)
The third-place play-off doubled as a World Cup play-off. Poland and France drew 2-2 in Lund, and Poland won 4-2 on penalties, taking Europe's third berth at the World Cup and a debut at the global event.[3](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028b-1a80e967f13f-3ae910fa49a5-1000--2024-women-s-under-17-euro-all-the-results/) • [5](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/history/2024/)
## Final
The final was played in Malmö on Saturday 18 May 2024 between Spain, the reigning world champions, and first-time finalists England under head coach Natalie Henderson.[1](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1aeba3510c90-d0514c721cfa-1000--report-spain-take-title/) • [6](https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2024/May/18/engand-wu17s-spain-euro-final-match-report-20241805) Alba Cerrato broke the deadlock on 41 minutes with her seventh goal of the tournament, and an own goal doubled the advantage in first-half stoppage time for 2-0 at the break.[1](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1aeba3510c90-d0514c721cfa-1000--report-spain-take-title/) • [5](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/history/2024/) Celia Segura, of Barcelona, struck twice in the second half (59 and 67 minutes) to complete the 4-0 win.[1](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1aeba3510c90-d0514c721cfa-1000--report-spain-take-title/)
England's run to the final was their best in the competition to that point, and alongside Spain and Poland they qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic later that year.[6](https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2024/May/18/engand-wu17s-spain-euro-final-match-report-20241805)
## Records and individual honors
Spain's campaign was statistically perfect. They were the first team to win all five games of a WU17 EURO final tournament in regulation time since the group stage was introduced in 2013/14, and the first to go through an entire season with 11 wins out of 11 in regulation time; in 2021/22 Germany had won their first ten games but needed penalties in the final.[2](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1af3880f6778-5b5135ce6708-1000--spain-s-title-2024-finals-at-a-glance/) The title ended a run of two straight final defeats, by Germany in 2022 and France in 2023, in which Spain had also arrived at the final with a perfect record.[5](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/history/2024/)
The victory also extended Spain's structural records: a record 11th final, two ahead of Germany, and a record 13th semi-final, one ahead of Germany, along with an unbroken record of never failing to get past the group stage since 2013/14.[2](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1af3880f6778-5b5135ce6708-1000--spain-s-title-2024-finals-at-a-glance/) Germany, the competition's most successful nation with eight titles, did not take part in the finals, having been pipped in the second qualifying round by France.[2](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1af3880f6778-5b5135ce6708-1000--spain-s-title-2024-finals-at-a-glance/) • [5](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/history/2024/)
**Individual awards.** Alba Cerrato was named Player of the [Tournament](https://www.edgepedia.org/tournament) and won the Golden Boot with seven finals goals; including qualifying she scored 17, ahead of England's Denny Draper on 10.[2](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1af3880f6778-5b5135ce6708-1000--spain-s-title-2024-finals-at-a-glance/) • [4](https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/womens/u17womensworldcup/dominican-republic-2024/articles/uefa-u17-european-championship-roundup-spain-beat-england-final) Celia Segura added five finals goals. The Team of the Tournament included Poland goalkeeper Julia Woźniak, England defenders [Nelly Las](https://www.edgepedia.org/nelly-las) and Cecily Wellesley-Smith, Spain defenders Amaya and Aiara Aguirrezabala, midfielders Weronika Araśniewicz (Poland), Anaïs Ebayilin (France), and Ainoa Gómez (Spain), and forwards Segura, Cerrato, and [Lola Brown](https://www.edgepedia.org/lola-brown) (England).[2](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1af3880f6778-5b5135ce6708-1000--spain-s-title-2024-finals-at-a-glance/)
## Context within the competition
The tournament began in 2007/08, and the 2024 edition came as the European game's youth pipeline was expanding: Spain entered as reigning senior world champions and holders of the [UEFA Women's Nations League](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-womens-nations-league), and their under-17 side carried that strength through the season.[1](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1aeba3510c90-d0514c721cfa-1000--report-spain-take-title/) Spain had also won the previous two FIFA U-17 Women's World Cups, their first in 2018 and a second straight title in 2022, and went to the Dominican Republic 2024 as continental champions.[7](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/history/) • [4](https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/womens/u17womensworldcup/dominican-republic-2024/articles/uefa-u17-european-championship-roundup-spain-beat-england-final) In the all-time table of final tournaments, Spain lead with 14 final-tournament appearances and a 0.798 success percentage through 2025, ahead of Germany on 13 appearances.[8](https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-women-u17.html)
## References
1. [England 0-4 Spain: La Roja land fifth title with emphatic Women's U17 EURO final win, UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1aeba3510c90-d0514c721cfa-1000--report-spain-take-title/)
2. [Spain win 2024 Women's U17 EURO: At a glance, UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028d-1af3880f6778-5b5135ce6708-1000--spain-s-title-2024-finals-at-a-glance/)
3. [2024 Women's Under-17 EURO: All the results, UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/028b-1a80e967f13f-3ae910fa49a5-1000--2024-women-s-under-17-euro-all-the-results/)
4. [Spain beat England to win U-17 EURO, FIFA.com](https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/womens/u17womensworldcup/dominican-republic-2024/articles/uefa-u17-european-championship-roundup-spain-beat-england-final)
5. [No stopping Spain in Sweden, UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/history/2024/)
6. [Report: England WU17 0-4 Spain, England Football](https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2024/May/18/engand-wu17s-spain-euro-final-match-report-20241805)
7. [The story of the Women's U17 EURO, UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/history/)
8. [European Women's U-17 Championship, RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-women-u17.html)
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