UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Founded 1997
Region Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams 54 (qualifiers)
24 (Elite round)
8 (finals)
Current champions  Sweden (3rd title)
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.

Finals format

Since 2002 the finals had eight teams with two groups of four teams, semi finals and 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
Sweden
Round-robin
Germany

Italy
Round-robin
Norway
2000
Details
France France
Germany
4–2
Spain

Sweden
Round-robin
France
2001
Details
Norway Norway
Germany
3–2
Norway

Denmark
1–0
Spain
Year Host Winner Score Runner-up Losing Semi-Finalists
2002
Details
Sweden Sweden
Germany
3–1
France
 Denmark and  England
2003
Details
Germany Germany
France
2–0
Norway
 England and  Sweden
2004
Details
Finland Finland
Spain
2–1
Germany
 Italy and  Russia
2005
Details
Hungary Hungary
Russia
2–2
6–5 (pen.)

France
 Finland and  Germany
2006
Details
Switzerland Switzerland
Germany
3–0
France
 Denmark and  Russia
2007
Details
Iceland Iceland
Germany
2–0 (a.e.t.)
England
 France and  Norway
2008
Details
France France
Italy
1–0
Norway
 Germany and  Sweden
2009
Details
Belarus Belarus
England
2–0
Sweden
 France and   Switzerland
2010
Details
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia
France
2–1
England
 Germany and  Netherlands
2011
Details
Italy Italy
Germany
8–1
Norway
 Italy and   Switzerland
2012
Details
Turkey Turkey
Sweden
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Spain
 Denmark and  Portugal
2013
Details
Wales Wales
France
2–0 (a.e.t.)
England
 Finland and  Germany
2014
Details
Norway Norway
Netherlands
1–0
Spain
 Republic of Ireland and  Norway
2015
Details
Israel Israel
Sweden
3–1
Spain
 France and  Germany
2016
Details
Slovakia Slovakia
2017
Details
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
2018
Details
Switzerland Switzerland

Winners

Country Winners Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place Semi-Finalists
 Germany 6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011) 2 (1999, 2004) 6 (1998, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015)
 France 3 (2003, 2010, 2013) 4 (1998, 2002, 2005, 2006) 1 (2000) 3 (2007, 2009, 2015)
 Sweden 3 (1999, 2012, 2015) 1 (2009) 1 (2000) 3 (1998, 2003, 2008)
 Spain 1 (2004) 4 (2000, 2012, 2014, 2015) 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)

Tournament statistics

Top scorers by tournament

Year Player Goals
2002 France Claire Morel
Germany Barbara Müller
4
2003 Germany Shelley Thompson 4
2004 Germany Anja Mittag 6
2005 Russia Elena Danilova 9
2006 Russia Elena Danilova 7
2007 France Marie-Laure Delie
Iceland Fanndís Friðriksdóttir
England Ellen White
3
2008 Germany Marie Pollmann 4
2009 Sweden Sofia Jakobsson 5
2010 Germany Turid Knaak
Netherlands Lieke Martens
4
2011 Norway Melissa Bjånesøy 7
2012 Sweden Elin Rubensson 5
2013 Germany Pauline Bremer 6
2014 Netherlands Vivianne Miedema 6
2015 Sweden Stina Blackstenius 6

Golden Player by tournament

Since the 2002 edition, the Golden Player Award has been given to the most valuable player of the tournament.[3]

Year Player
2002 Germany Viola Odebrecht
2003 France Sarah Bouhaddi
2004 Germany Anja Mittag
2005 Russia Elena Danilova
2006 Germany Isabel & Monique Kerschowski
2007 England Fern Whelan
2008 Italy Sara Gama
2009 Switzerland Ramona Bachmann
2010 Republic of Macedonia Nataša Andonova
2011 Germany Ramona Petzelberger
2012 Sweden Elin Rubensson
2013 France Sandie Toletti
2014 Netherlands Vivianne Miedema
2015 Sweden Stina Blackstenius

References

  1. "History of the competition". UEFA. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  2. "European Women's U-18/U-19 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. History

External links

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