The UEFA European Women’s Under-17 Championship consists of three distinct stages: two qualifying rounds and an eight-team final tournament.
Qualifying round
The competition begins with one-venue four-team mini-tournaments, although the nations with the highest UEFA coefficient may be given byes to the second qualifying round. The winners and runners-up of the groups go through along with the required number of third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams, to ensure there are 24 sides in the next phase.
Elite round
The 24 teams are drawn into six groups of four teams. The groups are played as one-ve…