The elite round line-up is set, with 26 teams earning spots alongside Germany and holders Spain in the 23 November draw.

The draw has been made for the 2018/19 UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying round, with 44 teams starting the road to Bulgaria.

Former winners Spain and Poland and past finalists France, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland are among the 27 teams that have advanced from the qualifying round to join holders Germany.

The 2017/18 UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying round runs from 22 September to 24 October with 44 teams beginning their bids to reach Lithuania.

There are 44 teams in the 2017/18 WU17 EURO qualifying round draw at 09:10CET on Friday 11 November, with top seeds Germany and hosts Lithuania excused.

Holders Germany, fellow former champions Poland and best third-placed side Russia are among the 23 teams that have advanced from the qualifying round to join Spain.

The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying round runs until 31 October, with 44 of the 46 entrants beginning their bids to lift the trophy in the Czech Republic.

The draw has been made for the 2016/17 Women's Under-17 qualifying round, involving 44 of the 45 teams aiming to join hosts the Czech Republic in the finals.

Holders Spain have led 22 teams through from the qualifying round to join top seeds Germany and France in the elite round which will decide the finals lineup for Belarus.

The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship season has started with Belarus and Jordan the targets for the 44 sides beginning in the qualifying round.

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.

Andorra make a debut and Armenia and Georgia return as 44 of the record entry of 47 go into the 2015/16 qualifying round draw streamed live on 19 November.

Best third-placed team Romania have completed the 24-strong lineup for the elite round with the draw streamed live on UEFA.com at 12.15CET on 19 November.

Scotland coach Pauline Hamill said her players did "brilliantly" after beating Sweden 3-1 for Group 6 first place as both progressed to the elite round in Croatia.

After a long gap since the 2013/14 final last December, the competition returns with the 2014/15 qualifying round as 40 teams start the race to the finals in Iceland.

The 2013 finals hosts England will face Russia, Moldova and Bulgaria in Group 1 after the 2014/15 UEFA European Women's U17 Championship qualifying round draw in Nyon.

Iceland hosts the second eight-team finals in summer 2015 – and 40 of the 43 sides hoping to join them are in the qualifying round draw streamed live from 09.00CET on 20 November.

Czech Republic beat Scotland 4-0 in a must-win matchday three showdown to clinch pole position by leapfrogging Pauline Hamill's team, who settle for a runners-up spot.

The 2012/13 edition may only have ended last week in Nyon but the new season begins on Tuesday with a whole new format leading to a winter final tournament in England.

The second qualifying round lineup has been completed with the confirmation of Austria, Belgium, Finland, Italy and Poland as the best runners-up joining the group winners.

Formed ten months ago with just 26 eligible players, Montenegro won two from three women's U17 games in their nation's female competitive debut, to coach Zoran Mijovićꞌs pride.