A total of 44 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Iceland qualifying automatically, the other 43 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.

if two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[2] All times were local, WET (UTC±0).

[9] In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).

[2] There was no third place match for this edition of the tournament as it was not used as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (since expansion to eight teams).

Source: UEFA Technical Report[11] Golden player: Stefanie Sanders[12]