2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

Summary

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,[1] which took place from 16 to 28 July 2019.[2]

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)
2018

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.[3]

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.[4] However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.[5]

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.[6]

Qualification edit

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.[7] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2018, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2019.[8]

Qualified teams edit

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 edit

The final draw was held on 16 April 2019, 12:00 BST (UTC+1), at Barras Art and Design in Glasgow, Scotland.[9] 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 edit

The tournament was held in four venues:

Paisley
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 edit

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 39).[8]

Group stage edit

The final tournament schedule was announced on 26 April 2019.[10]

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):[8]

  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 edit

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'
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
Scotland  1–2  France
Craig   81' Report Baltimore   60'
Feller   90+1'
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

Netherlands  1–3  France
Van de Velde   7' Report Feller   5'
Malard   85', 90+3'
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
Scotland  0–4  Norway
Report Bragstad   21'
Jøsendal   24'
Olsen   45'
Nygård   45+3'
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)

Netherlands  4–0  Scotland
Wilms   8'
Olislagers   33'
Doorn   81', 90'
Report
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)
France  3–3  Norway
Azzaro   9'
Becho   34'
Malard   77'
Report Bragstad   12', 40'
Hørte   89'

Group B edit

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
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)
England  1–2  Germany
Naz   90+2' Report Kössler   12'
Krumbiegel   32'

England  0–1  Spain
Report Carmona   22'
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)
Belgium  0–5  Germany
Report Anyomi   35', 58'
Krumbiegel   41'
Kössler   53'
Ebert   81'
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

Belgium  0–1  England
Report Salmon   26'
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
Germany  0–0  Spain
Report
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

Knockout stage edit

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[8]

Bracket edit

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

Semi-finals edit

Germany  3–1  Netherlands
Kössler   19'
Müller   81' (pen.)
Martinez   89'
Report Baijings   61'
Attendance: 301
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)

France  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Spain
Malard   104'
Becho   110', 114'
Report Del Castillo   120'
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

Final edit

France  2–1  Germany
Baltimore   13'
Lakrar   73'
Report Anyomi   6'
Attendance: 1,135

Goalscorers edit

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 edit

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

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Substitutes
  Justine Lerond

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

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 Cup1
  Germany 19 July 2019[12] 9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Spain 19 July 2019[12] 3 (2004, 2016, 2018)
  France 22 July 2019[13] 7 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Netherlands 22 July 2019[13] 1 (2018)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

International Broadcasters edit

Television edit

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.[14]

Participating nations edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Radio edit

Participating nations edit

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

Non-participating European nations edit

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 edit

Country/Regional Broadcaster
  China CRI
  United States

References edit

  1. ^ "Scotland and Georgia to host Women's U19 finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 December 2016.
  2. ^ "2018/19 UEFA Women's calendar" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  3. ^ "Amendments to football's Laws of the Game in various UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". FIFA.com. 17 November 2020.
  6. ^ "France win 2019 #WU19EURO: at a glance". UEFA.com. 28 July 2019.
  7. ^ "2018/19 Women's U19 EURO qualifying round draw pots". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 November 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d "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.
  10. ^ "2019 #WU19EURO finals schedule". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  11. ^ UEFA.com. "2019 Women's U19 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  12. ^ a b "Spain and Germany qualify for world finals". FIFA.com. FIFA.com. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  13. ^ a b "France, Netherlands complete European quartet". FIFA.com. FIFA.com. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Where to watch Women's Under-19 EURO". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • 2019 #WU19EURO finals: Scotland, UEFA.com