2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	30 May – 11 June
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Germany (6th title)
Runners-up	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	54 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Melissa Bjånesøy (7 goals)
Best player	Ramona Petzelberger

The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2011 Final Tournament was held in Italy between 30 May and 11 June 2011.^[1] Players born after 1 January 1992 were eligible to participate in this competition.

As the final tournament took place in an odd year this tournament serves as the European qualifying tournament for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[2]

Germany defeated Norway in the final 8−1 to win their sixth title.^[3]

Tournament structure

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Competition format
First qualifying round (44 teams)	44 teams from associations ranked 2–53		11 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one club, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Second qualifying round (24 teams)	Germany (top-seed)	11 group winners and runners-up from 1st qualifying round best group third-place finisher from 1st qualifying round	6 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one club, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Final tournament (8 teams)	Italy (hosts)	6 group winners from 2nd qualifying round best group runners-up from 2nd qualifying round	2 groups of 4 teams, semi-finals, final

Qualifications

There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament.

First qualifying round

In the first qualifying round 44 teams were drawn into 11 groups. The top two of each group and the best third-place finisher, counting only matches against the top two in the group, advanced.

Second qualifying round

In the second round the 23 teams from the first qualifying round were joined by top seeds Germany. The 24 teams of this round were drawn into six groups of four teams. The group winners and the runners-up team with the best record against the sides first and third in their group advance to the final tournament.

Final tournament

The 7 teams advancing from the second qualifying round were joined by host nation Italy. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four with the top two teams of each group advancing to the semi-finals. The draw was made on 14 April 2011.

Qualified teams

Italy were qualified as hosts. Belgium was best group runner-up in the second qualifying round. The other six teams won their groups.^[4]

Group Stage

The draw was held on 14 April 2011 at Cervia, Italy.^[5]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
Russia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Belgium	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Italy v Russia

30 May 2011
17:00

Italy	2 − 1	Russia
Coppola 3' Alborghetti 53'	Report	Koltakova 13'

Stadio Romeo Galli, Imola
Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (Portugal)

Switzerland v Belgium

30 May 2011
17:00

Switzerland	4 − 1	Belgium
Aigbogun 23' Saner 35' Probst 89' Fässler 90+3'	Report	Aga 58'

Stadio Enrico Nanni, Bellaria
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

Italy v Switzerland

2 June 2011
17:00

Italy	1 − 0	Switzerland
Coppola 84'	Report

Stadio Germano Todoli, Cervia
Referee: Lilach Asulin (Israel)

Russia v Belgium

2 June 2011
17:00

Russia	3 − 1	Belgium
Cholovyaga 22', 62' Ananyeva 64'	Report	Vanhaevermaet 36'

Stadio Tullo Morgagni, Forlì
Referee: Séverine Zinck (France)

Belgium v Italy

5 June 2011
17:00

Belgium	1 − 3	Italy
Aga 30'	Report	Salvai 64' Filippozzi 67' Alborghetti 69'

Stadio Enrico Nanni, Bellaria
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Russia v Switzerland

5 June 2011
17:00

Russia	0 − 0	Switzerland
	Report

Stadio Germano Todoli, Cervia
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Norway	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
Netherlands	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
Spain	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Germany v Norway

30 May 2011
17:00

Germany	3 − 1	Norway
Schmid 26' Lotzen 45+1' Hegenauer 90+3'	Report	Bjånesøy 35'

Stadio Germano Todoli, Cervia
Referee: Séverine Zinck (France)

Spain v Netherlands

30 May 2011
17:00

Spain	1 − 1	Netherlands
Beristain 11'	Report	Rijsdijk 49'

Stadio Tullo Morgagni, Forlì
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Germany v Spain

2 June 2011
17:00

Germany	1 − 0	Spain
Beckmann 57'	Report

Stadio Enrico Nanni, Bellaria
Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (Portugal)

Norway v Netherlands

2 June 2011
17:00

Norway	3 − 0	Netherlands
Bjånesøy 6', 57' Hegland 39'	Report

Stadio Romeo Galli, Imola
Referee: Morag Pirie (Scotland)

Netherlands v Germany

5 June 2011
17:00

Netherlands	1 − 2	Germany
van de Sanden 58'	Report	Lotzen 67' Rudelic 90+1'

Stadio Romeo Galli, Imola
Referee: Lilach Asulin (Israel)

Norway v Spain

5 June 2011
17:00

Norway	5 − 1	Spain
Bjånesøy 7', 90' An. Hegerberg 33' Hegland 45+1' Reiten 85'	Report	Knudsen 61' (o.g.)

Stadio Tullo Morgagni, Forlì
Referee: Morag Pirie (Scotland)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final


Italy	2

Norway	3
		Norway	1

		Germany	8
Germany	3

Switzerland	1

Semifinals

Italy v Norway

8 June 2011
17:00

Italy	2 − 3	Norway
Lecce 22' Coppola 49'	Report	Bjånesøy 12' Hegerberg 48' Hansen 65'

Stadio Enrico Nanni, Bellaria
Referee: Séverine Zinck (France)

Germany v Switzerland

8 June 2011
20:00

Germany	3 − 1	Switzerland
Petzelberger 20' Beckmann 54' Lotzen 84'	Report	Canetta 38'

Stadio Romeo Galli, Imola
Referee: Morag Pirie (Scotland)

Final

Norway v Germany

11 June 2011
20:30

Norway	1 − 8	Germany
Bjånesøy 72'	Report	Wensing 29' Schmid 50', 79' Lotzen 55', 60' Petzelberger 58' Rudelic 70' Hegenauer 88'

Stadio Romeo Galli, Imola
Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (Portugal)

Norway

Germany


NORWAY:
GK	1	Ane Fimreite
DF	2	Anja Sønstevold	74'
DF	3	Ingrid Søndenå
DF	4	Maren Knudsen
FW	14	Ada Hegerberg	46'
DF	6	Maria Thorisdottir
DF	7	Andrine Hegerberg
MF	8	Ina Skaug
FW	10	Melissa Bjånesøy
MF	13	Cathrine Dekkerhus	70'
FW	11	Kristine Hegland (c)
Substitutes:
MF	9	Caroline Hansen	46'
MF	11	Guro Reiten	70'
DF	8	Ida Aardalen	74'
Manager:
Jarl Torske


GERMANY:
GK	1	Lisa Schmitz
DF	5	Luisa Wensing
DF	4	Johanna Elsig
DF	16	Jennifer Cramer
DF	2	Leonie Maier
MF	6	Kathrin Hendrich	64'
MF	8	Isabella Schmid
FW	7	Eunice Beckmann	63'
FW	10	Ramona Petzelberger (c)
DF	3	Carolin Simon	58'
MF	11	Lena Lotzen
Substitutes:
MF	17	Marie Pyko	58'
FW	15	Ivana Rudelic	63'
MF	18	Anja Hegenauer	64'
Manager:
Maren Meinert

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- Sian Massey (England)
- Angela Kyriakou (Cyprus)
Fourth official: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

Awards

2011 UEFA Women's U-19 European Champions
Germany Sixth title

Goal scorers

7 goals

Melissa Bjånesøy

5 goals

Lena Lotzen

3 goals

Isabella Schmid
Katia Coppola

2 goals

Ramona Petzelberger
Ivana Rudelic
Lisa Alborghetti

1 goal

Justine Vanhaevermaet
Luisa Wensing
Roberta Filippozzi
Elisa Lecce
Cecilia Salvai
Pia Rijsdijk

Eseosa Aigbogun
Cora Canetta
Nadine Fässler
Michelle Probst
Corina Saner

own goal

Maren Knudsen (playing against Spain)

References

↑ "Next season: Italy". UEFA. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
↑ "2011 Regulations" (PDF). UEFA. p. 1. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
↑ "Germany overwhelm Norway to take U19 title". UEFA. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
↑ "Women's U19 finals lineup complete". UEFA. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
↑ "Women's Under-19 finals draw". UEFA. 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2011-04-14.

External links

Official website at UEFA.com

UEFA Women's Under-18 and Under-19 Championships
Under-18 era	Denmark/France 1998 Sweden 1999 France 2000 Norway 2001
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
Qualifications	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 (First, Second) 2011 (First, Second) 2012 (First, Second) 2013 (First, Second) 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
Qualified teams	Argentina Brazil Canada China PR Germany Ghana Italy Japan Mexico New Zealand Nigeria North Korea Norway South Korea Switzerland United States
Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

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