2013 European Women's Under-19 Football Championship

2013 European Women's Under-19 Football Championship
2013 UEFA Under 19 Women's Championship
Number of nations	8  (of 44 applicants)
European champion	France (3rd title)
venue	Wales
Opening game	19th of August 2013
Endgame	August 31, 2013
Games	15th
Gates	40  (⌀: 2.67 per game)
spectator	7,798  (⌀: 520 per game)
Top scorer	Pauline Bremer (6 goals)
yellow cards	28  (⌀: 1.87 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.07 per game)

Llanelli Haverfordwest Carmarthen

2013 venues in Wales

The final round of the 16th European Women's Under-19 Football Championship took place in Wales from 19 to 31 August 2013 . 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, 1994 or later were eligible to play. The game was played in four stadiums, which are located in three cities in Wales. It was the first UEFA tournament in Wales and Wales was able to participate in the finals for the first time. The tournament also served as qualification for the 2014 U-20 World Cup , for which the four semi-finalists qualified.

qualification

Wales automatically qualified to host. The remaining 43 registered national teams were divided into ten groups of four teams each. Germany , France and England received a wild card for the second qualifying round as the teams top three in the UEFA rankings. Austria hosted Group 2 and met Italy, Greece and Kazakhstan. Switzerland hosted Group 10 and met the Netherlands, Romania and Israel.

The group winners and runners-up automatically reached the second qualifying round. In addition there was the best third party. To determine the best third party in the group, however, only the respective results against the group winners and runners-up were used. The first qualifying round took place between October 20 and 25, 2012. The 21 remaining teams plus Germany, France and England were divided into six groups of four teams each in the second qualifying round. The six group winners and the best runner-up qualified for the final tournament in Wales. The tournaments of the 2nd qualifying round were held in April 2013.

mode

At the final round, the eight teams formed two groups of four teams each. In the group stage, each team within the group played once against each other. There were three points for a win and one point for a draw. After the preliminary round matches, the group winners and runners-up qualified for the semi-finals.

If several teams had equal points in the group matches, the positions were initially determined based on the larger number of points from the direct encounters . If this was the same, first the goal difference and then the number of goals scored in the direct matches were compared. If two or more teams were still tied, the next criteria were the goal difference from all games and then the total number of goals scored. The last criterion was the fair play rating , which did not have to be used.

From the semi-finals onwards, the tournament was continued in the knockout system . Games that draw ended after regular time were to ten minutes twice extended . If no winner had been found after extra time, the decision would have been sought on penalties . However, this did not happen. The regular playing time for all games was 45 minutes twice.

Preliminary round

The group draw for the preliminary round took place on May 7, 2013 in Llanelli. All times correspond to local time ( CEST –1 hour).

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	2	1	0	006-000	+6	07th
2.	France	3	2	1	0	006: 100	+5	07th
3.	Denmark	3	1	0	2	002: 600	−4	03
4th	Wales	3	0	0	3	000: 700	−7	00

Mon., August 19, 2013, 2 p.m. in Llanelli Parc y Scarlets
Wales	-	Denmark	0: 1 (0: 0)
Mon., August 19, 2013, 7:00 p.m. in Carmarthen
England	-	France	0-0
Thursday, August 22, 2013, 2 p.m. in Carmarthen
Wales	-	England	0: 3 (0: 0)
Thursday, August 22, 2013, 7:00 p.m. at Llanelli Stebonheath Park
Denmark	-	France	1: 3 (1: 3)
Sun, August 25, 2013, 3:00 p.m. in Haverfordwest
France	-	Wales	3: 0 (2: 0)
Sunday, August 25, 2013, 3 p.m. in Llanelli Parc y Scarlets
England	-	Denmark	3: 0 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	008: 100	+7	07th
2.	Finland	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Norway	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03
4th	Sweden	3	0	1	2	001: 800	−7	01

Mon 19 August 2013, 2:00 p.m. at Llanelli Stebonheath Park
Sweden	-	Finland	1: 1 (1: 0)
Mon., August 19, 2013, 7:00 p.m. in Llanelli Parc y Scarlets
Germany	-	Norway	5: 0 (5: 0)
Thursday, August 22, 2013, 2:00 p.m. in Haverfordwest
Sweden	-	Germany	0: 2 (0: 0)
Thursday, August 22, 2013, 7:00 p.m. in Carmarthen
Finland	-	Norway	1: 0 (0: 0)
Sunday, August 25, 2013, 3:00 p.m. in Llanelli Stebonheath Park
Norway	-	Sweden	5: 0 (1: 0)
Sunday, August 25, 2013, 3 p.m. in Carmarthen
Germany	-	Finland	1: 1 (1: 0)

Final round

All times correspond to local time ( CEST –1 hour).

Semifinals

Wed., August 28, 2013, 12:30 p.m. in Llanelli Parc y Scarlets
Germany	-	France	1: 2 (0: 0)
Wed., August 28, 2013, 7:00 p.m. in Carmarthen
England	-	Finland	4: 0 (3: 0)

final

Sat., August 31, 2013, 3 p.m. in Llanelli Parc y Scarlets
France	-	England	2: 0 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 0)

Best goalscorers

rank	Player	Gates
1	Pauline Bremer	6th
2	Bethany Mead	3
	Sandie Toletti	3
4th	Linda Dallmann	2
	Kadidiatou Diani	2
	Nikoline Frandsen	2
	Synne Jensen	2
	Juliette Kemppi	2
	Clarisse Le Bihan	2
	Nikita Parris	2
	Paige Williams	2

There are also eleven players with one goal each and an own goal by the Swede Louise Högrell.

The top scorer of the overall competition was the Serbian Jovana Damnjanović with 14 goals, which she scored exclusively in qualifying.

Referees

Referees	Assistants	Fourth official
Olga Zadinová	Araksya Saribekyan	Paula Brady
Eleni Lampadariou	Cindy Zeferino de Oliveira	Lorraine Clark
Monika Mularczyk	Sanja Rodjak Karšić
Petra Chudá	Giuliana Guarino
Dilan Deniz Gokcek	Yana Mazanova
Eszter Urban	Svetlana Bilić
	Rocío Puente Pino
	Belinda Brem

The French contingent

After the French had prevailed in the second qualifying round - for which they were directly seeded due to their UEFA coefficient - with three wins against Belgium, Switzerland and Russia, France coach Gilles Eyquem had appointed the following 18 players to the squad of the future European champions :

No.	Surname	birthday	society	Games	Gates
goal
21st	Tanya De Souza	08/18/1994	Juvisy FCF	0	0
1	Solène Durand	11/20/1994	HSC Montpellier	5	0
Defense
3	Marine Dafeur	10/20/1994	FCF Henin-Beaumont	3	0
2	Aurélie Gagnet	12/30/1994	Kansas City FC	4th	0
12	Charlène Gorce	07/18/1994	FF Yzeure AA	3	0
5	Griedge Mbock Bathy	02/26/1995	EA Guingamp	3	0
13	Charlotte Saint-Sans Levacher	05/20/1995	Arras FCF	4th	0
4th	Aïssatou Tounkara	March 16, 1995	Juvisy FCF	4th	0
midfield
6th	Aminata Diallo	04/03/1995	Arras FCF	4th	1
14th	Ghoutia Karchouni	05/29/1995	Paris Saint-Germain	5	0
15th	Claire Lavogez	06/18/1994	HSC Montpellier	4th	1
7th	Faustine Robert	05/18/1994	HSC Montpellier	5	0
10	Sandie Toletti	07/13/1995	HSC Montpellier	5	3
attack
17th	Alexandra Atamaniuk	06/11/1995	AS Saint-Etienne	3	0
11	Léa Declercq	05/12/1995	Paris Saint-Germain	5	1
9	Kadidiatou Diani	04/01/1995	Juvisy FCF	5	2
8th	Clarisse Le Bihan	12/14/1994	EA Guingamp	5	2
18th	Lindsey Thomas	04/27/1995	HSC Montpellier	2	0

The German team

Squad

Trainer Maren Meinert nominated the following squad for the tournament:

No.	Surname	birthday	society	Games	Gates
goal
12	Merle Frohms	01/28/1995	VfL Wolfsburg	1	0	0	0	0
1	Meike Kämper	04/23/1994	FCR 2001 Duisburg	3	0	0	0	0
Defense
4th	Merle Barth	04/21/1994	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	4th	0	0	0	0
2	Marie Christin Becker	05/18/1995	Holstein Kiel	1	0	0	0	0
13	Franziska Broeckl	06/13/1994	FSV Gütersloh 2009	0	0	0	0	0
5	Sarah Romert	12/13/1994	FC Bayern Munich	4th	0	0	0	0
3	Johanna Tietge	04/16/1996	VfL Wolfsburg	4th	1	0	0	0
midfield
16	Silvana Chojnowski	04/17/1994	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	2	0	0	0	0
7th	Annabel Hunter	01/06/1994	BV Cloppenburg	4th	0	0	0	1
8th	Rebecca Knaak	06/23/1996	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	4th	0	0	0	0
6th	Lina Magull	08/15/1994	VfL Wolfsburg	4th	0	0	0	0
11	Theresa Panfil	11/13/1995	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3	0	0	0	1
15th	Daria Streng	05/22/1995	FCR 2001 Duisburg	4th	0	0	0	0
17th	Manjou Wilde	04/19/1995	Werder Bremen	4th	0	0	0	0
attack
9	Pauline Bremer	04/10/1996	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	4th	6th	0	0	1
10	Linda Dallmann	09/02/1994	SGS Essen	4th	2	0	0	0
18th	Fabienne Dongus	05/11/1994	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	3	0	0	0	0
14th	Margarita Gidion	12/18/1994	Sc freiburg	2	0	0	0	0

1st qualifying round

The German team received a bye .

2nd qualifying round

The German team met the teams from Greece , Spain and the Czech Republic in Heidelberg , Viernheim and Walldorf .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0	016: 100	+15	09
2.	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	003: 700	−4	03
3.	Spain	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03
4th	Greece	3	1	0	2	003:130	−10	03

April 4, 2013
Germany	-	Spain	2: 1
Czech Republic	-	Greece	2-0
April 6, 2013
Germany	-	Greece	9-0
Spain	-	Czech Republic	2: 1
April 9, 2013
Czech Republic	-	Germany	0: 5
Greece	-	Spain	3: 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heavy group for Germany. In: uefa.com. UEFA , May 7, 2013, accessed July 23, 2013 . 
2. ↑ goal scorers. In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed August 25, 2013 . 
3. ↑ see the final round list on the website of the French Football Association

Web links

• Information about the tournament on uefa.com
• Tournament details on rsssf.com