2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

[tetsujin1979]

Squad announced for round 1 of qualification for next years tournament(to be held in Northern Ireland), where Ireland will face Belgium, France, and Germany
https://www.fai.ie/latest/wu17-squad-selected-uefa-euro-round-1-qualifiers/

The U17s have lost every game in the first round of qualification for the last two tournaments

uefa.com Women's Under-17
(https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/)2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UEFA_Women%27s_Under-17_Championship)
2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UEFA_Women's_Under-17_Championship_qualification)
2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification Round 1 Group A2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UEFA_Women%27s_Under-17_Championship_qualification#Group_A2)
2026 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification Round 2 Group A1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UEFA_Women%27s_Under-17_Championship_qualification#Group_A1_2)

[tetsujin1979]

Lost the group opener 2-0 against France - https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/match/2045110--france-vs-republic-of-ireland/ - but won the second game against Belgium 4-0 - https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/match/2045134--belgium-vs-republic-of-ireland/ - with Ciara Milton scoring a hat trick

Final game against Germany is kicking off at 12, live text commentary on uefa.com here - https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/match/2045157--republic-of-ireland-vs-germany/

Incidentally, that win against Belgium is the U17s first win in the first qualifying round in three years, since beating Finland and Northern Ireland in the first round of qualifying for the 2023 tournament - seven games in the first round since then, including the France game, and seven losses.

[tetsujin1979]

Lost 2-0 to Germany, but the win against Belgium was enough to qualify for the second round
Ireland are seeded third for the draw this Thursday
https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/029c-1e6a41bb4551-cd50c9d691be-1000--women-s-u17-euro-round-2-draw/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UEFA_Women%27s_Under-17_Championship_qualification#Round_2

Finishing bottom of the group in Round 2 would relegate the team to League B in the first round of next year's competition

[tetsujin1979]

Drawn into group A1 in the second round with Denmark, Germany, and Sweden
https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/029c-1e6a41bb4551-cd50c9d691be-1000--women-s-under-17-euro-round-2-draw/

Cripes