UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
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| Founded | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Region | Europe (UEFA) |
| Number of teams |
54 (qualifiers) 24 (Elite round) 8 (finals) |
| Current champions |
 Netherlands |
| Most successful team(s) |
 Germany (6 titles) |
 2015 tournament | |
The UEFA European 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 2 phases: the qualifying phase open to all eligible nations, 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.
Results
All finals so far.[2]
| 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 |
 Italy |
round-robin |  Norway |
| 2000 Details |
France |
Germany |
4–2 |  Spain |
Sweden |
round-robin | France |
| 2001 Details |
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 |
Italy and  Russia | ||
| 2005 Details |
 Hungary |
Russia |
2–2 (pen. 6–5) |
France |
Finland 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 |
Italy |
1–0 | Norway |
Germany and Sweden | ||
| 2009 Details |
 Belarus |
England |
2–0 | Sweden |
France and Switzerland | ||
| 2010 Details |
 Macedonia |
France |
2–1 | England |
Germany and Netherlands | ||
| 2011 Details |
Italy |
Germany |
8–1 | Norway |
Italy and Switzerland | ||
| 2012 Details |
 Turkey |
Sweden |
1–0 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
Denmark and  Portugal | ||
| 2013 Details |
 Wales |
France |
2–0 (a.e.t.) | England |
Finland and Germany | ||
| 2014 Details |
Norway |
Netherlands |
1–0 | Spain |
 Republic of Ireland and Norway | ||
| 2015 Details |
 Israel |
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| 2016 Details |
 Slovakia |
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| 2017 Details |
 Northern Ireland |
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| 2018 Details |
Switzerland |
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Winners
| Country | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011) | 2 (1999, 2004) | 5 (1998,2005,2008, 2010,2013) | ||
| France |
3 (2003, 2010, 2013) | 4 (1998, 2002, 2005, 2006) | 1 (2000) | 2 (2007,2009) | |
| Sweden |
2 (1999, 2012) | 1 (2009) | 1 (2000) | 3 (1998,2003,2008) | |
| Spain |
1 (2004) | 3 (2000, 2012, 2014) | 1 (2001) | ||
| England |
1 (2009) | 3 (2007, 2010, 2013) | 2 (2002,2003) | ||
| Denmark |
1 (1998) | 1 (2001) | 3 (2002,2006,2012) | ||
| Italy |
1 (2008) | 1 (1999) | 2 (2004,2011) | ||
| Russia |
1 (2005) | 2 (2004,2006) | |||
| Netherlands |
1 (2014) | 1 (2010) | |||
| Norway |
4 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2011) | 1 (1999) | 2 (2007,2014) | ||
| Finland |
2 (2005,2013) | ||||
| Switzerland |
2 (2009,2011) | ||||
| Portugal |
1 (2012) | ||||
| Republic of Ireland |
1 (2014) |
Finals format
Since 2002 the finals had eight teams with two groups of four teams, semi finals and the final.
References
- ↑ "History of the competition". UEFA. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ↑ "European Women's U-18/U-19 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
External links
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