2017 WU19 EURO: Northern Ireland
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
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The 2016/17 WU19 EURO takes place in Northern Ireland, the first female finals to be held there.
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Northern Ireland will host the eight-team 2017 WU19 EURO final tournament.
Forty-four of the 48 entrants begin their campaigns this autumn in the qualifying round, with the group winners plus the ten runners-up with the best record against the teams first and third in their section advancing to the elite round. There they will join seeds France, England and Germany, with matches provisionally in spring 2017. Seven teams will eventually qualify for the finals to join Northern Ireland.
Group 1 (15–20 September): Norway, Romania, Poland*, Armenia
Group 2 (18–23 October): Republic of Ireland, Italy, Wales, FYR Macedonia*
Group 3 (20–25 October): Belgium, Austria, Belarus*, Lithuania
Group 4 (14–19 September): Scotland, Serbia, Cyprus, Albania*
Group 5 (8–13 September): Russia, Slovenia*, Greece, Israel
Group 6 (15–20 September): Finland*, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan
Group 7 (18–23 October): Sweden, Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Georgia
Group 8 (15–20 September): Spain, Ukraine, Azerbaijan*, Latvia
Group 9 (18–23 October): Switzerland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia*
Group 10 (19–24 October): Netherlands, Turkey, Moldova, Bulgaria*
Group 11 (20–25 October): Denmark, Hungary, Slovakia, Montenegro*
*Hosts