UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship round 1 report

Round 1 of the 2024/25 UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship has concluded, deciding promotion and relegation between the leagues for round 2 in spring.

League A consisted of 28 teams, including holders Spain and the seven sides promoted from League B after round 2 of the 2023/24 edition. The Faroe Islands are taking part in qualifying, although their finals place is assured as hosts.

The teams competed in seven groups, played as single-venue mini-tournaments; sides finishing fourth (including the Faroe Islands) have been relegated to League B for round 2, with the other positions deciding League A seeding for that round.

Spain topped their group after two added-time goals in their final game earned a 3-3 draw with Austria, stretching their unbeaten run in qualifying to 50 matches, going back to April 2012. However, Spain's streak of 28 qualifying wins in a row since April 2017 was ended.

The 21 teams in League B for round 1 included sides relegated from League A in 2023/24 round 2. They competed for promotion to League A in six groups, three of four sides and the three of three. The group winners and runners-up with the best record against the teams first and third in their section (Georgia) are also promoted.

The seven teams joining the Faroe Islands in the 2025 finals from 4 to 17 May will be decided by round 2, drawn at 09:00 CET on 6 December and to be completed by 23 March, with the seven League A group winners to qualify. The tournament will also act as qualifying for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco.

League A

• The teams finishing fourth are relegated to League A for round 2.

Group A1
Remain in in League A for round 2: Switzerland, Portugal*, Wales
Transfer to League B: Slovenia

Group A2 
Remain in in League A for round 2:Germany, Belgium*, Türkiye
Transfer to League B: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group A3
Remain in League A for round 2: England*, Czechia, Netherlands
Transfer to League B: Faroe Islands (finals hosts)

Group A4
Remain in in League A for round 2: Scotland*, Poland, Iceland
Transfer to League B: Northern Ireland

Group A5 
Remain in in League A for round 2: Italy, France, Croatia*
Transfer to League B: Bulgaria

Group A6
Remain in in League A for round 2: Spain (holders)*, Austria, DenmarkTransfer to League B: Republic of Ireland

Group A7
Remain in in League A for round 2: Norway*, Finland, Greece
Transfer to League B: Belarus

League B

• The group winners and the runners-up with the best record against the teams finishing first and third in their group (Georgia) are promoted to League A for round 2.

Group B1
Promoted to League A for round 2: Slovakia*, Georgia
Also in group: Latvia, Montenegro

Group B2 
Promoted to League A for round 2: Ukraine
Also in group: Romania, Moldova, Malta*

Group B3
Promoted to League A for round 2: Hungary*
Also in group: North Macedonia, Lithuania, Andorra

Group B4
Promoted to League A for round 2: Kosovo
Also in group: Albania*, Israel

Group B5
Promoted to League A for round 2: Serbia
Also in group: Luxembourg*, Azerbaijan

Group B6
Promoted to League A for round 2: Sweden*
Remain in League B: Estonia, Kazakhstan

*Mini-tournament hosts

• Spain won the title for the fifth time in Sweden in May.
• Germany have a record eight titles, while other past champions are France and Poland.
• England were 2023/24 runners-up with France and Poland losing in the semi-finals and Belgium, Norway, Poland and hosts Sweden also in the group stage.
• The Faroe Islands, as hosts, will make their finals debut; their nation competed at the men's U17 finals in 2017.
• Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Slovenia were promoted from League B in 2023/24 round 2.
• Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden and Ukraine were relegated from League A in 2023/24 round 2.