UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Founded	1997
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	Maximum of 54 (qualifying round); 24 (elite round); 8 (finals)
Current champions	France (5th title)
Most successful team(s)	Germany (6 titles)
Website	Official website
	2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship or simply UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, is a competition in women's football for European national teams of players under 19 years of age. National under-19 teams whose countries belong to the European governing body UEFA can register to enter the competition.

In odd years the tournament is also a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualifying competition. The tournament began in the 1997–98 season as an under-18 event and became an under-19s event from the 2001–02 season, it is held yearly.^[1] The Championship has 3 phases: the qualifying phase open to all eligible nations, the elite phase featuring the group winners and runners-up from the qualifying phase, and the finals phase which is composed of 8 qualifying teams. The finals themselves are composed of two groups of four teams; each team plays the others in the group. The winner of each group after the 3 matches plays the runner-up of the opposing group in a semi-final, with the winner contesting the final.

Finals format[]

Since 2002 the finals had eight teams with two groups of four teams, semi-finals and the final.

Results[]

Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Losing Semi-Finalists
1998 Details	Two-legged final	Denmark	2–0 / 2–3	France	Germany and Sweden
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1999 Details	Sweden	Sweden	Round-robin	Germany		Round-robin	Norway
2000	France	Germany	4–2	Spain	Sweden	Round-robin	France
2001	Norway	Germany	3–2	Norway	Denmark	1–0	Spain
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Losing Semi-Finalists
2002 Details	Sweden	Germany	3–1	France	Denmark and England
2003 Details	Germany	France	2–0	Norway	England and Sweden
2004 Details	Finland	Spain	2–1	Germany	and Russia
2005 Details	Hungary	Russia	2–2 6–5 (pen.)	France	and Germany
2006 Details	Switzerland	Germany	3–0	France	Denmark and Russia
2007 Details	Iceland	Germany	2–0 (a.e.t.)	England	France and Norway
2008 Details	France		1–0	Norway	Germany and Sweden
2009 Details	Belarus	England	2–0	Sweden	France and
2010 Details	Macedonia	France	2–1	England	Germany and Netherlands
2011 Details	Italy	Germany	8–1	Norway	and
2012 Details	Turkey	Sweden	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Spain	Denmark and Portugal
2013 Details	Wales	France	2–0 (a.e.t.)	England	and Germany
2014 Details	Norway	Netherlands	1–0	Spain	Norway and Republic of Ireland
2015 Details	Israel	Sweden	3–1	Spain	France and Germany
2016 Details	Slovakia	France	2–1	Spain	Netherlands and
2017 Details	Northern Ireland	Spain	3–2	France	Netherlands and Germany
2018 Details	Switzerland	Spain	1–0	Germany	Norway and Denmark
2019 Details	Scotland	France	2–1	Germany	Spain and Netherlands
2020 Details	Georgia	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[2]
2021 Details	Belarus	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[3]
2022 Details	Czech Republic
2023	Belgium
2024	Lithuania
2025	Belarus

Winners[]

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Semi-Finalists	Total (Top Four)
Germany	6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)	4 (1999, 2004, 2018, 2019)			7 (1998, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017)	17
France	5 (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019)	5 (1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2017)		1 (2000)	3 (2007, 2009, 2015)	14
Spain	3 (2004, 2017, 2018)	5 (2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)		1 (2001)	1 (2019)	10
Sweden	3 (1999, 2012, 2015)	1 (2009)	1 (2000)		3 (1998, 2003, 2008)	8
England	1 (2009)	3 (2007, 2010, 2013)			2 (2002, 2003)	6
Denmark	1 (1998)		1 (2001)		3 (2002, 2006, 2012)	5
	1 (2008)		1 (1999)		2 (2004, 2011)	4
Netherlands	1 (2014)				4 (2010, 2016, 2017, 2019)	5
Russia	1 (2005)				2 (2004, 2006)	3
Norway		4 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2011)		1 (1999)	2 (2007, 2014)	7
					3 (2009, 2011, 2016)	3
					2 (2005, 2013)	2
Portugal					1 (2012)	1
Republic of Ireland					1 (2014)	1
Total	22	22	3	3	36	88

Comprehensive team results by tournament (since 2002)[]

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Semifinals
GS – Group Stage
5th – Fifth place (played in 2005 and 2017)
6th – Sixth place (played in 2005 and 2017)
• – Did not qualify
× – Did not enter / Withdrew
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2002 (8)	2003 (8)	2004 (8)	2005 (8)	2006 (8)	2007 (8)	2008 (8)	2009 (8)	2010 (8)	2011 (8)	2012 (8)	2013 (8)	2014 (8)	2015 (8)	2016 (8)	2017 (8)	2018 (8)	2019 (8)	2020 (8)	Total
								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•		1
								GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
					GS			•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS		4
Denmark	SF				SF	GS		•	•	•	SF	GS	•	GS	•	•	SF	•		7
England	SF	SF		6th		2nd	GS	1st	2nd	•	GS	2nd	GS	GS	•	5th	•	GS		13
			GS	SF				•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
France	2nd	1st	GS	2nd	2nd	SF	GS	SF	1st	•	•	1st	•	SF	1st	2nd	GS	1st		15
								•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	1
Germany	1st	GS	2nd	SF	1st	1st	SF	GS	SF	1st	•	SF	•	SF	GS	SF	2nd	2nd		16
				GS				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
						GS		GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Israel								•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•		1
		GS	SF				1st	•	GS	SF	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•		7
Netherlands		GS			GS			•	SF	GS	•	•	1st	•	SF	SF	GS	SF		9
								•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Northern Ireland								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•		1
Norway	GS	2nd	GS			SF	2nd	GS	•	2nd	•	GS	SF	GS	GS	•	SF	GS		13
						GS		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Portugal								•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Republic of Ireland								•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	•		1
Romania								•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Russia			SF	1st	SF			•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		4
Scotland				GS			GS	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	•	6th	•	GS		6
Serbia								•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•		1
Spain	GS	GS	1st			GS	GS	•	GS	GS	2nd	•	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	SF		14
Sweden	GS	SF			GS		SF	2nd	•	•	1st	GS	GS	1st	•	•	•	•		9
	GS		GS	5th	GS			SF	•	SF	•	•	•	•	SF	•	GS	•		8
Turkey								•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
								•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1

Since 2002, the 3rd/4th-place match has not been played.

Tournament statistics[]

Top scorers by tournament[]

Year	Player	Goals
2002	Claire Morel	4
2003	Shelley Thompson	4
2004	Anja Mittag	6
2005	Elena Danilova	9
2006	Elena Danilova	7
2007	Marie-Laure Delie Fanndís Friðriksdóttir Ellen White	3
2008		4
2009	Sofia Jakobsson	5
2010	Turid Knaak Lieke Martens	4
2011	Melissa Bjånesøy	7
2012	Elin Rubensson	5
2013	Pauline Bremer	6
2014	Vivianne Miedema	6
2015	Stina Blackstenius	6
2016	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	6
2017	Patricia Guijarro	5
2019	Melvine Malard	4

Golden Player by tournament[]

The official website UEFA.com selected a Golden Player Award for certain tournaments.

Year	Player
2002	Viola Odebrecht
2003	Sarah Bouhaddi
2004	Anja Mittag
2005	Elena Danilova
2006	Isabel & Monique Kerschowski
2007	Fern Whelan
2008	Sara Gama
2009	Ramona Bachmann
2010	Nataša Andonova
2011	Ramona Petzelberger
2012	Elin Rubensson
2013	Sandie Toletti
2014	Vivianne Miedema
2015	Stina Blackstenius
2016	Marie-Antoinette Katoto
2017	Patricia Guijarro

References[]

^ "History of the competition". UEFA. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
^ "Women's Under-19 finals in Georgia cancelled". UEFA.com. 1 April 2020.
^ "2020/21 Women's U19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 23 February 2021.

External links[]

UEFA – Women's Under-19 homepage
Facts and figures, uefa.com

[1] "History of the competition". UEFA. Retrieved 6 June 2011.

[2] "Women's Under-19 finals in Georgia cancelled". UEFA.com. 1 April 2020.

[3] "2020/21 Women's U19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 23 February 2021.

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v t UEFA Women's Under-18 and Under-19 Championships
Under-18 era	Denmark/France 1998 Sweden 1999
Under-19 era	Sweden 2002 Germany 2003 Finland 2004 Hungary 2005 Switzerland 2006 Iceland 2007 France 2008 Belarus 2009 Macedonia 2010 Italy 2011 Turkey 2012 Wales 2013 Norway 2014 Israel 2015 Slovakia 2016 Northern Ireland 2017 Switzerland 2018 Scotland 2019 ~~Georgia 2020~~ ~~Belarus 2021~~ Czech Republic 2022
Qualifications	2003 2010 (First, Second) 2011 (First, Second) 2012 (First, Second) 2013 (First, Second) 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ~~2021~~ 2022
Squads	2002 2018 2019 2020 2021

v t FIFA U-19 and U-20 Women's World Cup
Tournaments	Canada 2002 Thailand 2004 Russia 2006 Chile 2008 Germany 2010 Japan 2012 Canada 2014 Papua New Guinea 2016 France 2018 ~~Costa Rica and Panama 2020~~ Costa Rica 2022
Squads	2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

v t International women's association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Rankings Player of the Year The Best FIFA Women's Player
Worldwide	FIFA Women's World Cup U-20 U-17
Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional ASEAN EAFF SAFF WAFF, CAFA Intercontinental (Arab)
Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional CECAFA COSAFA UNAF WAFU A WAFU B UNIFFAC Intercontinental (Arab)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF W Championship U-20 U-17 W Gold Cup Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17
Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-19 U-16 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Europe	UEFA Women's Euro U-19 U-17
Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup
Games	Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games Indian Ocean Island Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Island Games
Invitationals	Aisha Buhari Cup Albena Cup Algarve Cup Aphrodite Women Cup Arnold Clark Cup Australia Cup Balaton Cup Baltic Cup Brazil Cup Chungua Cup Cyprus Women's Cup European Competition ('69,'79) FFA Cup of Nations Four Nations Tournament FIFA Invitation Tournament Istria Cup Kirin Challenge Cup Malta International Matchworld Cup Mundialito Nordic Championship Our Game Tournament Peace Queen Cup Pinatar Cup SheBelieves Cup Sud Ladies Cup Tournament of Nations Tournoi de France Turkish Women's Cup Valais Cup Women's World Cup ('70,'71) Yongchuan International Tournament
Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football