2003 European Women's Under-19 Football Championship

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2003 European Women's Under-19 Football Championship
2003 UEFA Under 19 Women's Championship
Number of nations 8  (of 37 applicants)
European champion FranceFrance France (1st title)
venue GermanyGermany Germany
Opening game July 25, 2003
Endgame August 3, 2003
Games 15th
Gates 53  (⌀: 3.53 per game)
Top scorer GermanyGermany Shelley Thompson (4 goals)

The sixth U-19 European football championship for women was held in Germany from July 25 to August 3, 2003 . France won the tournament by beating Norway 2-0 . It was the first success for the French women. Defending champion Germany dropped out after the group stage, Austria and Switzerland could not qualify for the finals. The top scorer was Shelley Thompson from Germany.

qualification

There were three group phases, with the four group winners of the third group phase and the three best runners-up qualifying for the final round. Host Germany was automatically qualified. The Austrian selection failed in the first group stage, while Switzerland was eliminated in the third round.

Venues

The preliminary round was held in Taucha , Markranstädt , Markkleeberg , Borna , Grimma , Regis-Breitingen , Machern , Wurzen and Zwenkau .

The semi-finals were played in Grimma and Markranstädt, while the final took place in the Alfred Kunze Sportpark in Leipzig .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. EnglandEngland England  3  2  0  1 005: 800  −3 06th
 2. SwedenSweden Sweden  3  1  1  1 006: 600  ± 0 04th
 3. ItalyItaly Italy  3  1  1  1 006: 600  ± 0 04th
 4th GermanyGermany Germany  3  1  0  2 007: 400  +3 03
July 25, 2003 in Taucha
Germany - Italy 0: 2 (0: 2)
July 25, 2003 in Markranstädt
Sweden - England 1: 2 (0: 1)
July 27, 2003 in Leipzig
Germany - Sweden 1: 2 (0: 1)
July 27, 2003 in Markkleeberg
Italy - England 1: 3 (1: 2)
July 29, 2003 in Torgau
Germany - England 6: 0 (4: 0)
July 29, 2003 in Borna
Italy - Sweden 3: 3 (1: 0), 1: 4 i. E.

Host Germany disappointed in their first group matches and were eliminated early after losing to Sweden and Italy. The 6-0 victory over the already qualified English women was only statistical.

The game between Italy and Sweden was only decided on penalties, as both teams were tied on points and goals. The Swedes finally prevailed 4: 1.

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. NorwayNorway Norway  3  2  1  0 006: 400  +2 07th
 2. FranceFrance France  3  1  1  1 006: 600  ± 0 04th
 3. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  3  1  0  2 004: 500  −1 03
 4th SpainSpain Spain  3  1  0  2 005: 600  −1 03
July 25, 2003 in Grimma
Norway - France 2: 2 (0: 1)
July 25, 2003 in Regis-Breitingen
Netherlands - Spain 2: 1 (0: 1)
July 27, 2003 in Schkeuditz
Norway - Netherlands 2: 1 (1: 1)
July 27, 2003 in Wurzen
France - Spain 2: 3 (0: 2)
July 29, 2003 in Machern
Spain - Norway 1: 2 (1: 0)
July 29, 2003 in Zwenkau
France - Netherlands 2: 1 (1: 1)

Final round

Semifinals

In the first semifinals, the French selection won 2-0 against England with goals from Cécilia Josserand in the 12th and Nonna Debonne in the 89th minute and reached the final for the second time in a row.

In the second encounter, the Swedes took the lead 2-0 with two goals from Nilla Fischer, but Norway scored the next goal in the 71st minute before they scored 2-2 in stoppage time. Norway won the penalty shoot-out 4-2.

August 1, 2003 Markranstädt EnglandEngland England - FranceFrance France 0: 2 (0: 1)
August 1, 2003 Grimma NorwayNorway Norway - SwedenSweden Sweden 2: 2 n.V., 4: 2 i. E.

final

In the final, France and Norway faced each other again, the French win 2-0 thanks to goals from Amélie Coquet (18th minute) and Lilas Traïkia (46th minute).

August 3, 2003 Leipzig FranceFrance France - NorwayNorway Norway 2: 0 (1: 0)

The French EM squad was made up as follows (number of appearances and hits in brackets):

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ after the article "Que sont devenues les Championnes d'Europe U19 de 2003?" At footofeminin.fr