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Follow the opening day of U17 EURO
The UEFA European Under-17 Championship consists of three distinct stages: the qualifying round, the elite round and the final tournament. The format changed for 2014/15 with the expansion of the final tournament from eight to 16 teams.Qualifying roundThe qualifying round, played in autumn, is made up of 13 groups of four countries playing in one-venue mini-tournaments. The top two from each pool progress alongside the five third-placed sides with the best record against the leading pair in their groups.Elite roundIn the elite round, held in early spring, those 31 qualifiers plus the top seed – given a bye this far – compete i... UEFA.com - News
Women’s U17 EURO: Group B preview
EnglandBest performance: semi-finals 2007/08, 2013/14, 2015/16Qualifying round: Lithuania 14-0, Slovenia 0-1, Russia 1-0 (Group 8 winners)Elite round: Poland 2-0, Germany 2-1, Italy 0-0 (Group 3 winners)Top scorer: Lauren Hemp 5John Griffiths, coach: "What is important is that there are really good teams here. We played Germany in the elite round, it was tough. Ireland, Norway, Germany, Spain – we have played a lot of these teams recently. And when we play teams like Scotland, Wales or in this case Ireland, it is always... UEFA.com - News
WU17 EURO elite round guide
The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship elite round begins on Monday with 24 teams competing for seven berths in the final tournament in the Czech Republic – and with Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium making it a perfect ten appearances at this stage.Elite round groupsGroup 1 (27 March–1 April): Austria, Netherlands*, Slovenia, Switzerland• Slovenia are in the elite round for the first time while Switzerland were overall runners-up in 2015.Group 2 (20–25 March): Norway, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Wales• Bosnia and Herzegovina are hosting the mini-tournament having reached the elit... UEFA.com - News
Women’s EURO finalists in tournament warm-ups
All 16 UEFA Women's EURO 2017 finalists are in action over the next week in one of the three annual friendly tournaments in the Algarve, Cyprus and the United States as they step up their preparations for the Netherlands.Algarve Cup: Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden• A fixture at this time of year since 1994, Canada beat Brazil in last year's final while Norway have four victories, but none since 2004.Group A1 March: Portugal 0-1 Russia, Denmark 0-1 Canada3 March: Russia 1-2 Canada, Portugal 0-6 Denmark6 March: Russia v Denmark, Canada v PortugalGroup B< ... UEFA.com - News
Futsal EURO main round line-up complete
All seven UEFA Futsal EURO 2018 preliminary round groups have been decided, with Georgia, Moldova, Latvia, Albania, France, Montenegro and Denmark through to join the top seeds in April's main round.Denmark were the last country to qualify. Having defeated debutants Kosovo 2-1 earlier on Thursday, the Nordic side were confirmed as Group E winners ahead of their opponents on direct head-to-head by Cyprus's failure to overcome Norway. They progress to main round Group 6 in Kazakhstan.Among the earlier successes were Albania making it through a round for the first time and Moldova earning a berth in a main round group hosted by holders Spain. Latvia topped Group C but were hel... UEFA.com - News
St Petersburg proudly prepares for UEFA EURO 2020
As one of the cradles of Russian football, St Petersburg will be a proud and passionate host of four matches at UEFA EURO 2020, and launched its host city logo on Thursday. ©UEFA.comOn the day that the Russian Football Union (RFS) celebrated its 105th birthday, UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin joined association representatives, St Petersburg's governor Georgi Poltavchenko and local dignitaries at the ceremony, which took place at the historical and impressive First Cadet Corps Manege building in the heart of Russia's northern capital.