2008 European Women's U-19 Football Championship

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2008 European Women's U-19 Football Championship
2008 UEFA Under 19 Women's Championship
Number of nations 8  (of 45 applicants)
European champion ItalyItaly Italy (1st title)
venue FranceFrance France
Opening game July 7, 2008
Endgame July 19, 2008
Games 15th
Gates 41  (⌀: 2.73 per game)
Top scorer GermanyGermany Marie Pollmann (4 goals)

The finals of the 11th U-19 European Women's Football Championship took place in France from July 7th to 19th, 2008 . This was the second time that France had hosted the tournament since 2000. Eight teams competed against each other first in a group stage in two groups and then in the knockout system . Players born on January 1, 1989 or later were eligible to play.

For the first time the title went to Italy . The Italians beat Norway 1-0 in the final . Defending champions Germany failed in the semifinals after penalty shoot-out against Norway. But the Germans provided the top scorer in Marie Pollmann , who scored four goals.

qualification

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France was automatically qualified to host. The remaining 44 registered national teams were divided into eleven groups of four teams each. The group winners and runners-up automatically reached the second qualifying round. There were also the two best thirds in the group. In order to determine the best third party in the group, only the respective results against the group winners and runners-up were used. The first qualifying round was held in autumn 2007.

The 24 remaining teams were divided into six groups of four teams each in the second qualifying round. The six group winners and the best group runner-up qualified for the final tournament in France. The tournaments of the 2nd qualifying round were held between April 24th and 29th, 2008.

Attendees

The following eight teams had qualified for the tournament:

Group A FranceFrance France (host) ItalyItaly Italy NorwayNorway Norway SpainSpain Spain
Group B GermanyGermany Germany (defending champion) EnglandEngland England ScotlandScotland Scotland SwedenSweden Sweden

Venues

The 15 games of the tournament were played in the cities of Amboise , Avoine , Blois , Romorantin-Lanthenay , Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire , Tours and Vineuil . With the exception of Vineuil, these were the venues for the 2004 U-17 European Junior Championship . Host France played in Blois. A semi-final also took place there. The second semi-final and the final were played in Tours.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Points
 1. ItalyItaly Italy  3  2  0  1 004: 400 06th
 2. NorwayNorway Norway  3  1  1  1 003: 300 04th
 3. FranceFrance France  3  1  1  1 003: 400 04th
 4th SpainSpain Spain  3  1  0  2 004: 300 03
July 7, 2008, Romorantin-Lanthenay
Italy - Norway 1: 0 (0: 0)
July 7, 2008, Blois
France - Spain 1: 0 (1: 0)
July 10, 2008, Amboise
Spain - Norway 1: 2 (0: 0)
July 10, 2008, Blois
France - Italy 1: 3 (0: 1)
July 13, 2008, Romorantin-Lanthenay
Norway - France 1: 1 (1: 0)
July 13, 2008, Veneuil
Spain - Italy 3: 0 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Points
 1. GermanyGermany Germany  3  2  1  0 010: 100 07th
 2. SwedenSweden Sweden  3  1  2  0 004: 300 05
 3. EnglandEngland England  3  1  1  1 004: 400 04th
 4th ScotlandScotland Scotland  3  0  0  3 002:120 00
July 7, 2008, Amboise
Sweden - Scotland 2: 1 (0: 0)
July 7, 2008, Avoine
Germany - England 2: 0 (1: 0)
July 10, 2008, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Sweden - Germany 1: 1 (1: 1)
July 10, 2008, Avoine
Scotland - England 1: 3 (1: 2)
July 13, 2008, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
England - Sweden 1: 1 (1: 0)
July 13, 2008, Amboise
Scotland - Germany 0: 7 (0: 5)

Final round

Semifinals

July 16, 2008 Blois Italy - Sweden 4: 0 (1: 0)
July 16, 2008 Tours Germany - Norway 1: 1 n.V. (1: 0), 2: 4 i. E.

final

July 19, 2008 Tours Italy - Norway 1: 0 (0: 0)

The German team

Squad

National coach Maren Meinert nominated the following squad for the 2008 U-19 European Football Championship for women :

No. Surname birthday society Games Gates Red card.svg Yellow Red Card.svg Yellow card.svg
goal
1  Jana Burmeister 03/06/1989 FF USV Jena 1 0 0 0 0
12  Desirée Schumann 02/06/1990 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 3 0 0 0 0
Defense
2  Laura Brosius 01/08/1990 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 1 0 0 0 0
3  Stephanie Bunte 02/14/1989 FC Gutersloh 2000 3 0 0 0 0
14th  Verena Faisst 05/22/1989 Sc freiburg 3 0 0 0 0
5  Josephine Henning 09/08/1989 1. FC Saarbrücken 4th 0 0 0 0
16  Vanessa Martini 09/26/1989 FCR 2001 Duisburg 3 0 0 0 0
4th  Stefanie Mirlach April 18, 1990 Bayern Munich 4th 2 0 0 0
midfield
17th  Marisa Ewers 02/24/1989 Hamburger SV 2 0 0 0 0
6th  Marina Hegering April 17, 1990 FCR 2001 Duisburg 4th 1 0 0 0
8th  Kim Kulig 04/09/1990 VfL Sindelfingen 4th 1 0 0 0
15th  Julia Simic 05/14/1989 Bayern Munich 4th 0 0 0 0
10  Francesca Weber 01/28/1989 SG Essen-Schönebeck 4th 0 0 0 0
attack
7th  Eve Chandraratne 06/20/1989 VfL Sindelfingen 2 0 0 0 1
9  Marie Pollmann 09/13/1989 Herford SV 4th 4th 0 0 0
13  Lisa Schwab 05/30/1989 1. FC Saarbrücken 3 2 0 0 0
18th  Selina Wagner 10/06/1990 1. FC Saarbrücken 4th 1 0 0 0
11  Jessica Wich 07/14/1990 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 3 0 0 0 0

1st qualifying round

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Points
 1. GermanyGermany Germany  3  3  0  0 025: 000 09
 2. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic  3  2  0  1 007: 900 06th
 3. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales  3  1  0  2 004:100 03
 4th North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Macedonia  3  0  0  3 001:160 00

All matches in Strumica ( Macedonia ).

September 27, 2007
Germany - Czech Republic 6-0
Wales - Macedonia 2-0
September 29, 2007
Germany - Macedonia 12: 0
Wales - Czech Republic 2: 3
October 2, 2007
Germany - Wales 7-0
Czech Republic - Macedonia 4: 1

Without conceding a goal, the newly formed German team became group winners. The most successful scorer was Kim Kulig with six goals ahead of Julia Simic with five goals. Lisa Schwab scored a hat trick against the hosts within five minutes .

2nd qualifying round

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Points
 1. GermanyGermany Germany  3  3  0  0 014: 300 09
 2. RussiaRussia Russia  3  1  0  2 007: 900 03
 3. HungaryHungary Hungary  3  1  0  2 003: 500 03
 4th RomaniaRomania Romania  3  1  0  2 003:100 03

All matches in Mogoșoaia ( Romania ).

April 24, 2008
Germany - Russia 8: 3
Hungary - Romania 2: 3
April 26, 2008
Germany - Romania 4-0
Russia - Hungary 0: 1
April 29
Hungary - Germany 0: 2
Romania - Russia 0: 4

The goals for Germany were scored by Kim Kulig (4), Marie Pollmann and Lisa Schwab (3 each) as well as Eve Chandaratne , Stefanie Mirlach and Jessica Wich . There was also an own goal by the Russian team. Marie Pollmann scored a hat trick within ten minutes in the opening game against Russia .

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