Abel Ruiz is the joint-top scorer in the history of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship.The Barcelona player, who helped Spain to win the title at England's expense on Friday night, has scored 16 goals in the competition since he made his debut at home to Andorra – a match in which he found the net – in a qualifying round fixture in October 2015.
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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
USA Vs. Mexico: How Rafa Marquez Ended Columbus Curse In World Cup Qualifying
Like the country it represents, the United States men’s soccer team entered a world of uncertainty this week. Unlike the U.S. nation itself, we can blame Mexico for the change in mood. Team USA lost 2-1 to Mexico on Friday at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Rafael Marquez scored the winning goal in the 89th minute to consign the U.S. its first home loss in FIFA World Cup qualifying in 15 years. Conversely, Mexico notched its first road World Cup qualifying win over its archrival since 1972. While “El Tri” has kicked off its final round of World Cup qualifying with a bang, team USA has stumbled into an iffy future ahead of
UEFA Futsal EURO 2018 qualifying draw
Holders Spain will play 2016 semi-finalists Serbia after the UEFA Futsal EURO 2018 qualifying draw was made, with Kosovo and Germany included for the first time.Preliminary round draw: 23 January–1 February 2017Group A: Georgia (hosts), Switzerland, Israel, ScotlandGroup B: Greece, Moldova, Wales (hosts), San MarinoGroup C: Latvia (hosts), Armenia, Estonia, Germany Group D: England, Bulgaria (hosts), Albania, MaltaGroup E: Norway, Denmark, Cyprus (hosts), Kosovo
Under-21 qualifying deciders live
The 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship features a qualifying group stage and a play-off round to determine which 11 teams join hosts Poland in the final tournament.Qualifying group stageTeams are split into nine groups – seven of six sides and two of five – and play each other on a home-and-away basis. The nine group winners qualify automatically. The four runners-up with the best record against the nations first, third, fourth and fifth in their sections advance to the play-offs.Play-offsThe two play-off ties are contested according to the knockout system. The team that scores the greater aggregate of goals proceeds to... UEFA.com - News
LIVE: Women’s Champions League round of 32
The UEFA Women's Champions League comprises a qualifying group stage, four rounds of two-legged knockout ties and a one-off final.Qualifying roundThe lower-ranked champion clubs compete in four-team, one-venue mini-tournaments hosted by one of the participants.Knockout phaseThe qualifying round winners join the teams given a bye past that stage in the round of 32. From here on the competition consists of two-legged knockout ties, continuing with the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals played over two legs. If scores are level after 90 or 120 minutes of the second leg, the team with the most away goals wins, otherwise a pena... UEFA.com - News
Sweden qualify for Women’s EURO: who can join them
The last UEFA Women's EURO 2017 qualifying group stage games are beiong played and on Thursday, Sweden joined the seven teams previously confirmed of places in the Netherlands with seven to join them by Tuesday and two more to be confirmed in October's play-off. We explains who needs what to book qualification regardless of results in other groups.Qualified: Netherlands (hosts), Germany (holders), England, France, Norway, Spain, Sweden, SwitzerlandConfirmed at least play-off: Iceland, Scotland, Romania, Denmark, Russia, Belgium, AustriaCan still qualify: Finland, Portugal, Italy, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland•... UEFA.com - News