UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
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.
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| Founded | 1997 |
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| 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 |
 2020 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship | |
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
All finals so far.[2]
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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 | ||
 Italy |
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 | ||
 Switzerland |
3 (2009, 2011, 2016) | 3 | ||||
 Finland |
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) |
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2014 (8) |
2015 (8) |
2016 (8) |
2017 (8) |
2018 (8) |
2019 (8) |
2020 (8) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||
| Belarus |
GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||||
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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 | |||
| Finland |
GS | SF | • | • | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | ||||||
| France |
2nd | 1st | GS | 2nd | 2nd | SF | GS | SF | 1st | • | • | 1st | • | SF | 1st | 2nd | GS | 1st | 15 | |
| Georgia |
• | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 1 | |||||||
| Germany |
1st | GS | 2nd | SF | 1st | 1st | SF | GS | SF | 1st | • | SF | • | SF | GS | SF | 2nd | 2nd | 16 | |
| Hungary |
GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||||
| Iceland |
GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||||
| Israel |
• | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||
| Italy |
GS | SF | 1st | • | GS | SF | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | 7 | |||||
| Netherlands |
GS | GS | • | SF | GS | • | • | 1st | • | SF | SF | GS | SF | 9 | ||||||
| North Macedonia |
• | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||||
| Northern Ireland |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 | ||||||||
| Norway |
GS | 2nd | GS | SF | 2nd | GS | • | 2nd | • | GS | SF | GS | GS | • | SF | GS | 13 | |||
 Poland |
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 | ||||||||
| Slovakia |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 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 | ||||
| Switzerland |
GS | GS | 5th | GS | SF | • | SF | • | • | • | • | SF | • | GS | • | 8 | ||||
| Turkey |
• | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||||
| Wales |
• | • | • | • | 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 Barbara Müller |
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 | Marie Pollmann |
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 |
See also
References
- "History of the competition". UEFA. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- "European Women's U-18/U-19 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- "Women's Under-19 finals in Georgia cancelled". UEFA.com. 1 April 2020.
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