2014 European Women's Under-19 Football Championship

2014 European Women's Under-19 Football Championship
UEFA Under 19 Women's Championship 2014
Number of nations	8  (of 48 applicants)
European champion	Netherlands (1st title)
venue	Norway
Opening game	15th July 2014
Endgame	July 27, 2014
Games	15th
Gates	36  (⌀: 2.4 per game)
Top scorer	Vivianne Miedema (6 goals)
yellow cards	22  (⌀: 1.47 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.07 per game)

Oslo Sarpsborg Tonsberg Mjøndalen Streams Jessheim

Venues 2014 in Norway

The finals of the 17th European Women's Under-19 Football Championship took place in Norway in July 2014 . 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, 1995 or later were eligible to play. For the first time Albania, Malta and Montenegro took part in the qualification. Ireland was able to qualify for the finals for the first time. The tournament winners were the Dutch women for the first time, who received a new cup that replaces the old, smaller cup after 12 years.

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 .

From the semi-finals onwards, the tournament was continued in the knockout system . Games that draw ended after regular time would be to ten minutes twice extended Service. If no winner had been found after extra time, the decision would have been sought on penalties . Neither was necessary, however, as all games were decided in regular time. The regular playing time for all games was 45 minutes twice.

qualification

Norway was automatically qualified to host. The remaining 47 registered national teams were divided into eleven groups of four teams each on November 20, 2012. Germany , England and Spain received a wildcard for the second qualifying round as the teams top three in the UEFA rankings.

The games took place between September 21 and 26, 2013. Austria hosted Group 1 and won it with three wins (8-0 against Israel, 2-0 against Azerbaijan and 5-0 against Croatia). Switzerland was also successful in Group 11 (3-1 against Northern Ireland, 8-0 against Latvia and 2-0 against Ukraine). The group winners and the 10 best runners-up in the group automatically reached the second qualifying round (elite round), which was held in April 2014. The 21 teams plus Germany, England and Spain were divided into six groups of four teams each for the second qualifying round. The six group winners and the best runner-up qualify for the final tournament in Norway.

In the elite round, which was drawn in Nyon on November 20, 2013 , Germany met Belgium, the Czech Republic and the Ukraine in Group 4. At the end of the elite round, Germany came in second. A 4-1 win against the Czech Republic, a 7-0 win against Ukraine and a 1-0 defeat against Belgium were not enough to win the group or qualify as the best runner-up in the group for the finals. The same thing happened with Switzerland in Group 1 with two wins (5-0 against Belarus and 2-1 against Portugal) and a 0-1 defeat against hosts Spain. In Group 5 Austria had only scored one point (1: 1 against Turkey), after two defeats against Ireland (0: 1) and the Netherlands (1: 4). The French defending champions were also eliminated early.

Final tournament

All times correspond to local time .

Preliminary round

The group draw for the preliminary round took place in Oslo on April 29th.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	3	2	1	0	007: 100	+6	07th
2.	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	07th
3.	Scotland	3	1	0	2	004: 800	−4	03
4th	Belgium	3	0	0	3	001: 500	−4	00

Tuesday, July 15, 2014, 7:00 p.m. in Sarpsborg
Norway	-	Netherlands	0-0
Tuesday, July 15, 2014, 7:00 p.m. in Strømmen
Belgium	-	Scotland	0: 2 (0: 2)
Friday, July 18, 2014, 7:00 p.m. in Tønsberg
Norway	-	Belgium	2: 1 (1: 0)
Friday, July 18, 2014, 7:00 p.m. in Jessheim
Netherlands	-	Scotland	3: 2 (3: 0)
Mon., July 21, 2014, 7 p.m. in Sarpsborg
Scotland	-	Norway	0: 5 (0: 3)
Mon., July 21, 2014, 7:00 p.m. in Mjøndalen
Netherlands	-	Belgium	1: 0 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ireland	3	3	0	0	005: 200	+3	09
2.	Spain	3	2	0	1	004: 100	+3	06th
3.	Sweden	3	1	0	2	003: 400	−1	03
4th	England	3	0	0	3	001: 600	−5	00

Tuesday, July 15, 2014, 7 p.m. in Tønsberg
England	-	Sweden	0: 2 (0: 0)
Tuesday, July 15, 2014, 7:00 p.m. in Jessheim
Ireland	-	Spain	1: 0 (0: 0)
Friday, July 18, 2014, 7:00 p.m. in Mjøndalen
England	-	Ireland	1: 2 (1: 0)
Friday, July 18, 2014, 7:00 p.m. in Strømmen
Sweden	-	Spain	0: 2 (0: 1)
Mon., July 21, 2014, 7 p.m. in Strømmen
Spain	-	England	2: 0 (0: 0)
Mon., July 21, 2014, 7:00 p.m. in Jessheim
Sweden	-	Ireland	1: 2 (1: 1)

Semifinals

Thursday, July 24, 2014, 6:00 p.m. in Jessheim
Norway	-	Spain	0: 2 (0: 0)
Thursday, July 24, 2014, 7 p.m. in Mjøndalen
Ireland	-	Netherlands	0: 4 (0: 2)

final

Sun., July 27, 2014, 6 p.m. in Oslo
Spain	-	Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 1)

Best goalscorers

rank	Player	Gates
1	Vivianne Miedema	6th
2	Stina Blackstenius	2
	Nahikari García	2
	Marie Dølvik Markussen	2
	Savannah McCarthy	2
	Synne Skinnes Hansen	2

There are also 17 players, each with one goal and three own goals, scored by Dominique Janssen (Netherlands), Fiona Brown (Scotland) and Molly Bartrip (England).

The top scorer of the overall competition was the Swede Stina Blackstenius with 12 goals, 10 in the qualification and 2 in the final round.

Referees

Referees	Assistants	Fourth official
Sofia Karagiorgi	Mathilde Abildgaard	Monica Larsen
Zuzana Kováčová	Olga Almeida	Marte Sørø
Marija Kurtes	Elena Karas
Anastasia Pustovoytova	Ekaterina Kurochkina
Karolina Radzik-Johan	May Moalem
Séverine Zinck	Jana Sashchina
	Petra Simmerová
	Rúna Stefánsdóttir

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New trophy for U19 women presented. In: uefa.com. UEFA , November 20, 2013, accessed November 21, 2013 . 
2. ↑ England meets Sweden in Norway. In: uefa.com. UEFA , April 29, 2014, accessed June 4, 2014 . 
3. ↑ goal scorers. In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed July 28, 2014 . 

Web links

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