2025/26 UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship round 1 draw

The 2025/26 UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship round 1 draw set the groups in both leagues for the mini-tournaments to be held later this year.

Hosts will now be appointed for each mini-tournament, to be played by 2 December, with the exact dates for each group also to be set.

League A includes 28 teams, including defending champions Netherlands and the seven nations promoted from League B after round 2 of the 2024/25 edition this spring.

They were drawn into seven groups. From these single-venue mini-tournaments, the teams finishing fourth will be relegated to League B for 2025/26 round 2, with the other positions deciding seeding for League A in that round.

The 21 teams in League B (including the sides relegated from League A in 2024/25 round 2) will play for promotion to League A in six groups. The group winners and the best runner-up will be promoted. Northern Ireland will take part even though their finals place is assured as hosts.

League A round 2, drawn on 11 December and to be completed by ahead of the 25 March finals draw, will decide the seven teams joining Northern Ireland from 3 to 16 May.

Draw procedure

In round 1, the 49 entrants were split into League A (28 teams) and League B (21 teams) based on the rankings after 2024/25 round 2. In League A, teams were drawn into seven groups of four, while in League B there are three groups of four and three groups of three.

Within each league, teams were allocated to four pots (League A – seven in each from Pots 1 to 4; League B – six in Pots 1, 2 and 3, and three in Pot 4). League B was drawn first, followed by League A.

The draw started with League B and Pot 1 which contained six balls. The drawn teams were assigned to the groups in ascending order from B1 to B6, except if a draw condition applied.

• A first ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group B1;

• A second ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group B2;

• A third ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group B3;

• A fourth ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group B4;

• A fifth ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group B5;

• A sixth ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group B6.

The draw continued with Pot 2 and Pot 3 and followed the same rules as described above for Pot 1.

The draw continued with Pot 4, which contained three balls. The drawn teams were assigned to the groups in ascending order from B1 to B3, except if a draw condition applied.

• A first ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group B1;

• A second ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group B2;

• The third ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group B3.

In League A, the draw started with Pot 1, which contained seven balls. The drawn teams were assigned to the groups in ascending order from A1 to A7, except if a draw condition applied.

• A first ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group A1;

• A second ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group A2;

• A third ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group A3;

• A fourth ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group A4;

• A fifth ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group A5;

• A sixth ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group A6;

• The seventh ball was drawn and the team assigned to Group A7.

The draw continued with Pot 2, Pot 3 and Pot 4 and followed the same rules as described above for Pot 1.

The following 'prohibited team clash' as defined by the UEFA Executive Committee applied for the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship round 1 draw.

• Ukraine (League A, Pot 3) and Belarus (League A, Pot 4)

If a draw condition occurred, the team drawn was allocated to the first available group in numerical order and another team drawn to complete the position left free. Should this have been possible when drawing the last groups, the teams would have been drawn and assigned to the groups.

Round 1 draw: Leagues and seeding pots

LEAGUE A

Pot 1 (Ranked 1 to 7): Netherlands (holders), Poland, France, Norway, Spain, Austria, Italy

Pot 2 (Ranked 8 to 14): Czechia, Portugal, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, Scotland, Finland

Pot 3 (Ranked 15 to 21): Germany, Croatia, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, England, Serbia

Pot 4 (Ranked 22 to 28): Bulgaria*, North Macedonia*, Romania*, Republic of Ireland*, Montenegro*, Belarus*, Andorra*

*Promoted from League B

LEAGUE B

Pot 1 (Ranked 29 to 34): Sweden*, Iceland*, Greece*, Wales*, Türkiye*, Georgia*

Pot 2 (Ranked 35 to 40): Kosovo*, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia

Pot 3 (Ranked 41 to 46): Northern Ireland (finals hosts), Israel, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Moldova, Malta

Pot 4 (Ranked 47 to 49): Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Albania

*Relegated from League A