2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Host country Switzerland Dates 20–23 May Teams 4 Champions Germany (1st title) Runners-up France Third place Denmark Fourth place England Matches played 88 Goals scored 424 (4.82 per match)
International football competition
The 2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the first edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship . Germany won the trophy for the first time ever.
Qualification
There were two qualifying rounds, and four teams qualified for the final round, played in Switzerland .
First qualifying round
There were ten groups of four teams each. The ten group winners and best six runners-up advanced to the second qualifying round.
Teams in italics hosted the mini-tournament.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Ranking of group runners-up
Only matches against 1st and 3rd placed teams were used in the ranking.
Second qualifying round
The sixteen qualified teams from the first qualifying round were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The group winners advanced to the final round.
Teams in italics hosted the mini-tournament.
Key to colours in group tables
Team advances to the final tournament
Team eliminated in this round
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Final tournament
2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship teams and final tournament performance The knockout stage was played in Switzerland . The four teams qualified to the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in New Zealand .
2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 European champions
Germany
External links
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