2019 Women's U-19 European Football Championship

2019 Women's U-19 European Football Championship
UEFA Under 19 Women's Championship 2019
Number of nations	8  (of 51 applicants)
European champion	France (5th title)
venue	Scotland
Opening game	16th July 2019
Endgame	28th July 2019
Games	15th
Gates	49  (⌀: 3.27 per game)
Top scorer	Melvine Malard (4 goals)

The finals of the 22nd European Women's Under-19 Football Championship took place in Scotland from July 16-28, 2019 . The country was chosen as the host by UEFA on December 9, 2016, the first ever women's tournament. The defending champions were the Spaniards. Players born on January 1, 2000 or later were eligible to play. The tournament also served as European qualification for the 2020 Women's U-20 World Cup , for which the four semi-finalists could qualify.

qualification

1 round

Scotland automatically qualified to host. France and Spain received a wild card for the 2nd qualifying round. The other 48 registered national teams - including a women's team from Liechtenstein for the first time - were divided into twelve groups of four teams each.

The games were played in the form of mini-tournaments between August 27 and October 9, 2018. The group winners and runners-up as well as the two best thirds in the group qualified for the second round.

Germany played in Group 9 in Northern Ireland and prevailed with three straight wins against the hosts, Estonia and Kosovo, the 21-0 win against Estonia being the highest win for a German women's national team. Austria had home rights in Group 7 and prevailed with three wins against Russia, Latvia and Montenegro. Switzerland was able to prevail in Group 2 with three wins against hosts Turkey, Azerbaijan and Cyprus. The Liechtensteiners could not use the home advantage in group 6 and lost all games without a goal against Denmark, Serbia and Greece.

Elite round

For the draw on November 23, the teams were divided into four pots according to the results of the first round, the teams with bye tickets from the first round were assigned to Pot A. Group winners and runners-up, who had already played against each other in the first round, could not meet again. The seven group winners qualified for the finals.

The draw resulted in the following groups (order according to final placement, teams marked with "*" were hosts):

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7
Germany *	Belgium *	Netherlands *	Spain *	Norway *	England *	France *
Czech Republic	Finland	Iceland	Ireland	Denmark	Italy	Slovenia
Austria	Switzerland	Russia	Serbia	Ukraine	Sweden	Portugal
Greece	Poland	Bulgaria	Hungary	Northern Ireland	Turkey	Slovakia

At the drawing, Germany and Austria were drawn from Group 1 together with Greece and the Czech Republic. With two wins and a draw in the last game against Austria, the German team qualified for the final round, Austria and Switzerland were eliminated in third place with one win, one draw and one defeat.

The best scorer in the qualification was Sjoeke Nüsken with 12 goals.

Attendees

Scotland (hosts) Germany (winner group 1) Belgium (Winner Group 2) Netherlands (winner group 3)

Spain (Winner Group 4) Norway (winner group 5) England (Winner Group 6) France (Winner Group 7)

Venues

The final round took place in four stages in four cities. Paisley and Glasgow are close together.

Glasgow	Stirling	Glasgow Stirling Perth Paisley Venues of the U-19 European Women's Championship 2019
Firhill Stadium	Forthbank Stadium
Capacity: 10,102	Capacity: 3,808
Perth	Paisley
McDiarmid Park	St. Mirren Park
Capacity: 10,673	Capacity: 8,023

Group stage

draw

The group draw took place in Glasgow on April 16, 2019 . The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams each, there was no seeding list, only Scotland was the host and head of group A.

mode

The preliminary round was held in two groups of four teams each. The group winners and runners-up qualified for the semi-finals and the U-20 World Cup 2020.

If two or more teams in the same group had the same number of points at the end of the group matches, the placement was determined according to the following criteria in this order:

a. higher number of points from direct encounters between the teams in question;

b. better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams in question;

c. higher number of goals scored from direct encounters between the teams in question;

d. if, after applying criteria a) to c), several teams still occupied the same place, criteria a) to c) were reapplied, but only to the head-to-head meetings between the teams in question, in order to determine their final ranking. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria e) to i) were applied;

e. better goal difference from all group games; (This then applied to the placement of Germany and Spain in group B, so that the other criteria did not have to be applied)

f. higher number of goals scored from all group games;

G. lower total number of penalty points based on the yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion after two yellow cards in one game = 3 points);

H. better placement in the coefficient rankings used for the qualifying round draw;

i. Drawing of lots.

If two teams had met in the last group match with the same number of points and the same goal difference and the same number of goals, and the game in question ended in a draw, the final placement of the two teams would have been determined by a penalty shoot-out, provided that no other team was involved same group would have had the same number of points after all group matches have been completed. If more than two teams had the same number of points, the above criteria would have applied. Both cases did not occur.

For the first time, the coaches had the opportunity to replace five players in regular time. Of these, u. a. the Netherlands and Norway in the first game use.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	2	1	0	008: 500	+3	07th
2.	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	010: 300	+7	06th
3.	Norway	3	1	1	1	007: 800	−1	04th
4th	Scotland	3	0	0	3	001:100	−9	00

16 July 2019, 5:00 p.m. in Glasgow, Firhill Stadium
Norway	-	Netherlands	0: 5 (0: 4)
July 16, 2019 at 8:30 p.m. in Paisley, St. Mirren Park
Scotland	-	France	1: 2 (0: 0)
July 19, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. in Paisley, St. Mirren Park
Netherlands	-	France	1: 3 (1: 1)
19 July 2019, 7:15 pm in Glasgow, Firhill Stadium
Scotland	-	Norway	0: 4 (0: 4)
July 22, 2019, 7:15 pm in Paisley, St. Mirren Park
Netherlands	-	Scotland	4: 0 (2: 0)
22 July 2019, 7:15 pm in Glasgow, Firhill Stadium
France	-	Norway	3: 3 (2: 2)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	007: 100	+6	07th
2.	Spain	3	2	1	0	003-000	+3	07th
3.	England	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	03
4th	Belgium	3	0	0	3	000: 800	−8	00

16 July 2019, 5:00 p.m. in Stirling, Forthbank
Spain	-	Belgium	2: 0 (1: 0)
July 16, 2019 at 8:30 p.m. in Perth, McDiarmid Park
England	-	Germany	1: 2 (0: 2)
19 July 2019, 5:00 p.m. in Stirling, Forthbank
England	-	Spain	0: 1 (0: 1)
July 19, 2019, 8:30 p.m. in Perth, McDiarmid Park
Belgium	-	Germany	0: 5 (0: 2)
July 22, 2019, 5:00 p.m. in Perth, McDiarmid Park
Belgium	-	England	0: 1 (0: 1)
July 22, 2019, 5:00 p.m. in Stirling, Forthbank
Germany	-	Spain	0-0

Final round

mode

If a semi-final match and / or the final ended after the end of regular time without a winner, this was extended by 15 times. If there was still no winner after that, this would have been determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Semifinals

Games will take place at 5:00 PM in Glasgow and 8:30 PM in Paisley and will be allocated after the group stage.

25 July 2019 at 5:00 p.m. in Glasgow, Firhill Stadium
Germany	-	Netherlands	3: 1 (1: 0)
July 25, 2019 at 8:30 p.m. in Paisley, St. Mirren Park
France	-	Spain	3: 1 a.d. (0: 0, 0: 0)

Endgame

France		Germany
	July 28, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. in Paisley, St. Mirren Park Result: 2: 1 (1: 1) Spectators: 1135 Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia )   Match report
	Justine Lerond • Lisa Martinez , Emeline Saint-Georges , Maëlle Lakrar , Manon Revelli • Julie Dufour , Chloé Philippe , Carla Polito (63rd Margaux Le Mouël ) • Melvine Malard , Naomie Feller (63rd Vicki Becho ), Sandy Baltimore Trainers: Gilles Eyquem	Wiebke Willebrandt • Lisann Kaut (78th Anna Aehling ), Lisa Ebert , Sophia Kleinherne , Laura Donhauser • Marie Müller , Leonie Köster • Christin Meyer (75th Shekiera Martinez ), Melissa Kössler , Gina-Maria Chmielinski • Nicole Anyomi Trainer: Maren Meinert
	1: 1 Baltimore (13th) 2: 1 Licorice (73rd)	0: 1 Nicole Anyomi (6th)
	Philippe (90th + 3 ')
		200th and last international match for Maren Meinert as coach of U-19 and U-20 national teams

Best goalscorers

Listed below are the top goalscorers in the finals.

rank	Player	Gates
1	Melvine Malard	4th
2	Nicole Anyomi	3
	Melissa Kössler	3
	Vicki Becho	3
	Emilie Bragstad	3
6th	Sandy Baltimore	2
	Paulina Käte Krumbiegel	2
	Naomie Feller	2
	Lisa Doorn	2
	Joëlle Smits	2
	Jonna van de Velde	2

Web links

• Information about the tournament on uefa.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Paul Saffer: The elite round of the WU19-EURO starts on Wednesday. In: uefa.com. UEFA, November 23, 2018, accessed April 26, 2019 . 
2. ↑ uefa.com: UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship in figures
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