[2] A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate.

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India as the UEFA representatives.

This was decreased from the previous six teams, as FIFA decided to give one of the slots originally reserved for UEFA to the Oceania Football Confederation starting from 2017.

[3] Spain won their third title by beating England 4–1 on penalties in the final after a 2–2 draw, and both teams were joined by Germany, Turkey, France as UEFA qualifiers for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):[5] All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

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