Road to Belarus mapped out for Women's U17s
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
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Andorra's first UEFA women's competition entrants have learned their fate after the draw for the 2015/16 UEFA European Women's U17 Championship qualifying round.
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The first team from Andorra to enter a female international tournament will meet the Republic of Ireland, Turkey and Ukraine after the draw was made for the 2015/16 UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying round. The top two in each group join seeds Germany and France in the elite round; the eventual final tournament in May 2016 in Belarus will be the European qualifier for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan.
Qualifying round draw
Group 1 (15-20 October): Republic of Ireland, Turkey*, Ukraine, Andorra
Group 2 (11-16 October): Austria, Scotland, Kazakhstan*, Latvia
Group 3 (23-28 October): Spain, Greece, Armenia, Portugal*
Group 4 (1-6 October): Poland, England, Estonia*, Croatia
Group 5 (28 September-3 October): Italy, Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia*
Group 6 (29 September-4 October): Belgium*, Czech Republic, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Group 7 (10-15 October): Denmark, Hungary*, Israel, Wales
Group 8 (12-17 October): Sweden, Russia, Slovakia, Romania*
Group 9 (16-21 October): Switzerland, Serbia*, Lithuania, Slovenia
Group 10 (16-21 October): Norway, Netherlands, Moldova, Bulgaria*
Group 11 (22-27 October): Iceland, Finland, Montenegro*, Faroe Islands
*Hosts
Bye to elite round: Germany, France
Bye to finals: Belarus (hosts)
Provisional season calendar
Qualifying round: 28 September-28 October 2015
Elite round draw: 10 December 2015
Elite round: spring 2016
Final tournament draw: tbc
Final tournament: 4-16 May 2016