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2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryScotland
Dates16–28 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (5th title)
Runners-up Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored49 (3.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Melvine Malard
(4 goals)
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International football competition

The 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2019) was the 18th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (22nd edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Scotland, which were selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, was the host of the tournament, which took place from 16 to 28 July 2019.

A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions are permitted per team in each match.

Similar to the previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the UEFA representatives. However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.

France defeated Germany 2–1 in the final to claim its fifth title. Spain were the defending champions, but lost 1–3 to France in the semi-finals after extra-time.

Qualification

Main article: 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

A total of 51 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Liechtenstein who entered a competitive women's national team tournament for the first time), and with the hosts Scotland qualifying automatically, the other 50 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2018, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2019.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Scotland Hosts 6th 2017 (group stage) Group stage (2005, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2017)
 Germany Elite round Group 1 winners 16th 2018 (runners-up) Champions (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)
 Belgium Elite round Group 2 winners 2nd 2014 (group stage) Group stage (2014)
 Netherlands Elite round Group 3 winners 9th 2018 (group stage) Champions (2014)
 Spain Elite round Group 4 winners 14th 2018 (champions) Champions (2004, 2017, 2018)
 Norway Elite round Group 5 winners 13th 2018 (semi-finals) Runners-up (2003, 2008, 2011)
 England Elite round Group 6 winners 13th 2017 (group stage) Champions (2009)
 France Elite round Group 7 winners 15th 2018 (group stage) Champions (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016)

Final draw

The final draw was held on 16 April 2019, 12:00 BST (UTC+1), at Barras Art and Design in Glasgow, Scotland. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that the hosts Scotland were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

The tournament was held in four venues:

Paisley 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship is located in ScotlandPerthPerthPaisleyPaisleyGlasgowGlasgowStirlingStirling Perth
St Mirren Park McDiarmid Park
Capacity: 7,937 Capacity: 10,696
3 group matches, semi-final, final 3 group matches, potential play-off
Glasgow Stirling
Firhill Stadium Forthbank Stadium
Capacity: 10,102 Capacity: 3,798
3 group matches, semi-final 3 group matches

Squads

Main article: 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 39).

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 26 April 2019.

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, BST (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7 Knockout stage and
2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6
3  Norway 3 1 1 1 7 8 −1 4
4  Scotland 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Norway 0–5 Netherlands
Report Smits 2', 44'
Van de Velde 5'
Leuchter 43'
Van de Westeringh 69'
Firhill Stadium, GlasgowReferee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
Scotland 1–2 France
Craig 81' Report Baltimore 60'
Feller 90+1'
St Mirren Park, PaisleyReferee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
Netherlands 1–3 France
Van de Velde 7' Report Feller 5'
Malard 85', 90+3'
St Mirren Park, PaisleyReferee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
Scotland 0–4 Norway
Report Bragstad 21'
Jøsendal 24'
Olsen 45'
Nygård 45+3'
Firhill Stadium, GlasgowReferee: Maria Marotta (Italy)
Netherlands 4–0 Scotland
Wilms 8'
Olislagers 33'
Doorn 81', 90'		 Report
St Mirren Park, PaisleyReferee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)
France 3–3 Norway
Azzaro 9'
Becho 34'
Malard 77'		 Report Bragstad 12', 40'
Hørte 89'
Firhill Stadium, GlasgowReferee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Knockout stage and
2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  Spain 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
3  England 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
4  Belgium 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Spain 2–0 Belgium
Pina 56' (pen.)
Aleixandri 65'		 Report
Forthbank Stadium, StirlingReferee: Maria Marotta (Italy)
England 1–2 Germany
Naz 90+2' Report Kössler 12'
Krumbiegel 32'
McDiarmid Park, PerthReferee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)
England 0–1 Spain
Report Carmona 22'
Forthbank Stadium, StirlingReferee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)
Belgium 0–5 Germany
Report Anyomi 35', 58'
Krumbiegel 41'
Kössler 53'
Ebert 81'
McDiarmid Park, PerthReferee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
Belgium 0–1 England
Report Salmon 26'
McDiarmid Park, PerthReferee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
Germany 0–0 Spain
Report
Forthbank Stadium, StirlingReferee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 25 July – Paisley
 
  France (a.e.t.)3
 28 July – Paisley
  Spain1
  France2
 25 July – Glasgow
  Germany1
  Germany3
 
  Netherlands1
 

Semi-finals

Germany 3–1 Netherlands
Kössler 19'
Müller 81' (pen.)
Martinez 89'		 Report Baijings 61'
Firhill Stadium, GlasgowAttendance: 301Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)
France 3–1 (a.e.t.) Spain
Malard 104'
Becho 110', 114'		 Report Del Castillo 120'
St Mirren Park, PaisleyReferee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

Final

France 2–1 Germany
Baltimore 13'
Lakrar 73'		 Report Anyomi 6'
St Mirren Park, PaisleyAttendance: 1,135Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)

Goalscorers

There were 49 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.27 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Team of the tournament

The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament:

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Substitutes
France Justine Lerond

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following four teams from UEFA would have qualified for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup before the tournament was cancelled.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
 Germany 19 July 2019 9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Spain 19 July 2019 3 (2004, 2016, 2018)
 France 22 July 2019 7 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Netherlands 22 July 2019 1 (2018)
Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

International Broadcasters

Television

Up to all 16 live matches and highlights are available on UEFA.tv for all territories around the world.

Note : Live matches on UEFA.tv is not available in UK (Scotland as host, England as participants, and both non-participants (NI and Wales)) (matches not shown on BBC only), France, Germany, Israel, MENA, and USA.

Participating nations

Country Broadcaster
 Scotland (host) BBC
 England
 Belgium VRT (Dutch)
RTBF (French)
 France L'Équipe
 Germany Sport1
 Netherlands NOS
 Norway NRK
 Spain RTVE

Non-participating European nations

Country/Region Broadcaster
 Albania RTSH
 Andorra RTVE (Spanish)
L'Équipe (French)
 Luxembourg
RTBF (French)
VRT (Dutch)
 Armenia APMTV
 Austria ORF
 Belarus Belteleradio
Sport Klub
 Bulgaria BNT
 Czech Republic ČT
 Denmark DR
 Faroe Islands
 Estonia ERR
 Finland Yle
 Hungary MTVA
 Iceland RÚV
 Ireland RTÉ
 Israel Charlton
 Italy RAI
 San Marino
 Vatican City
 Kosovo RTK
 Latvia LTV
 Liechtenstein SRG SSR
 Switzerland
 Lithuania LRT
 Malta PBS
 Northern Ireland BBC
 Poland TVP
 Portugal RTP
 Romania TVR
 Russia Match TV
 Slovakia RTVS
 Sweden SVT
 Turkey TRT
 Ukraine UA:PBC
 Wales BBC

Outside Europe

Country/Regional Broadcaster
 China CCTV
 United States
beIN Sports
 Iran Varzesh TV Farsi

Radio

Participating nations

Country Broadcaster
 United Kingdom (host) BBC
 Belgium VRT (Dutch)
RTBF (French)
 Germany Sport1
 Netherlands NOS
 Norway NRK
 Spain RTVE

Non-participating European nations

Country/Region Broadcaster
 Albania RTSH
 Andorra RTVE (Spanish)
 Armenia HR
 Austria ORF
 Belarus Belteleradio
 Bulgaria BNR
 Czech Republic ČR
 Denmark DR
 Faroe Islands
 Estonia ERR
 Finland Yle
 Hungary MTVA
 Iceland RÚV
 Ireland RTÉ
 Italy RAI
 San Marino
 Vatican City
 Kosovo RTK
 Latvia LR
 Liechtenstein SRG SSR
 Switzerland
 Lithuania LRT
 Luxembourg VRT (Dutch)
RTBF (French)
 Malta PBS
 Poland PR
 Portugal RTP
 Romania RR
 Slovakia RTVS
 Sweden SR
 Turkey TRT
 Ukraine UA:PBC

Outside Europe

Country/Regional Broadcaster
 China CRI
Latin American countries
 United States

References

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  2. "2018/19 UEFA Women's calendar" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
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  8. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, 2018/19" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  9. "Women's Under-19 EURO finals draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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  14. "Where to watch Women's Under-19 EURO". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

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