UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Organising body | UEFA |
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Founded | 1997 |
Region | Europe |
Number of teams | Maximum of 55 (Qualifying rounds) 8 (Finals) |
Current champions | Spain (6th title) |
Most successful team(s) | Germany Spain (6 titles each) |
Website | uefa.com/womensunder19 |
2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship |
The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship or simply UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, is an annual competition in women's football for European national teams of players under 19 years of age. National under-19 teams whose countries belong to the European governing body UEFA can register to enter the competition.
In odd years the tournament is also a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualifying competition. The tournament began in the 1997–98 season as an under-18 event and became an under-19s event from the 2001–02 season.[1] The Championship has three phases: two qualifying rounds open to all eligible nations and the finals phase which is composed of 8 qualified teams. The finals themselves are composed of two groups of four teams; each team plays the others in the group. The winner of each group after the 3 matches plays the runner-up of the opposing group in a semi-final, with the winner contesting the final.
Finals format
[edit]Since 2002 the finals had eight teams with two groups of four teams, semi-finals and the final.
Results
[edit]Notes
- ^ Belarus were originally appointed as hosts of the 2025 tournament, but were stripped of their hosting rights on 4 April 2023 due to their country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]
Winners
[edit]Country | Winners | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place | Semi-Finalists | Total (Top Four) |
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Germany | 6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011) | 5 (1999, 2004, 2018, 2019, 2023) | 7 (1998, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017) | 18 | ||
Spain | 6 (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024) | 5 (2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016) | 1 (2001) | 1 (2019) | 13 | |
France | 5 (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019) | 5 (1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2017) | 1 (2000) | 6 (2007, 2009, 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024) | 17 | |
Sweden | 3 (1999, 2012, 2015) | 1 (2009) | 1 (2000) | 4 (1998, 2003, 2008, 2022) | 9 | |
England | 1 (2009) | 3 (2007, 2010, 2013) | 3 (2002, 2003, 2024) | 7 | ||
Netherlands | 1 (2014) | 1 (2024) | 5 (2010, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023) | 7 | ||
Denmark | 1 (1998) | 1 (2001) | 4 (2002, 2006, 2012, 2018) | 6 | ||
Italy | 1 (2008) | 1 (1999) | 2 (2004, 2011) | 4 | ||
Russia | 1 (2005) | 2 (2004, 2006) | 3 | |||
Norway | 5 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2022) | 1 (1999) | 3 (2007, 2014, 2018) | 9 | ||
Switzerland | 3 (2009, 2011, 2016) | 3 | ||||
Finland | 2 (2005, 2013) | 2 | ||||
Portugal | 1 (2012) | 1 | ||||
Republic of Ireland | 1 (2014) | 1 | ||||
Total | 25 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 100 |
Comprehensive team results by tournament (since 2002)
[edit]- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- SF – Semifinals
- GS – Group Stage
- 5th – Fifth place (played in 2005 and 2017)
- 6th – Sixth place (played in 2005 and 2017)
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter / Withdrew
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Hosts
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Team | 2002 (8) | 2003 (8) | 2004 (8) | 2005 (8) | 2006 (8) | 2007 (8) | 2008 (8) | 2009 (8) | 2010 (8) | 2011 (8) | 2012 (8) | 2013 (8) | 2014 (8) | 2015 (8) | 2016 (8) | 2017 (8) | 2018 (8) | 2019 (8) | 2022 (8) | 2023 (8) | 2024 (8) | 2025 (8) | Total |
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Austria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | 2 | ||||||||
Belarus | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | 1 | ||||||||
Belgium | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | • | 5 | |||||||
Czech Republic | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | 2 | ||||||||
Denmark | SF | SF | GS | • | • | • | SF | GS | • | GS | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | 7 | |||||
England | SF | SF | 6th | 2nd | GS | 1st | 2nd | • | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | • | 5th | • | GS | GS | • | SF | 15 | |||
Finland | GS | SF | • | • | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | ||||||
France | 2nd | 1st | GS | 2nd | 2nd | SF | GS | SF | 1st | • | • | 1st | • | SF | 1st | 2nd | GS | 1st | SF | SF | SF | 18 | |
Germany | 1st | GS | 2nd | SF | 1st | 1st | SF | GS | SF | 1st | • | SF | • | SF | GS | SF | 2nd | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | 19 | |
Hungary | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||||
Iceland | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | 3 | |||||||
Israel | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||
Italy | GS | SF | 1st | • | GS | SF | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | 8 | |||||
Lithuania | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 1 | ||||||||
Netherlands | GS | GS | • | SF | GS | • | • | 1st | • | SF | SF | GS | SF | • | SF | 2nd | 11 | ||||||
North Macedonia | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||
Northern Ireland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||
Norway | GS | 2nd | GS | SF | 2nd | GS | • | 2nd | • | GS | SF | GS | GS | • | SF | GS | 2nd | • | • | 14 | |||
Poland | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 2 | ||||||
Portugal | • | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||
Republic of Ireland | • | • | • | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 2 | ||||||||
Romania | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||
Russia | SF | 1st | SF | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | 4 | ||||
Scotland | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 6th | • | GS | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||
Serbia | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 2 | ||||||||
Slovakia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||
Spain | GS | GS | 1st | GS | GS | • | GS | GS | 2nd | • | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | SF | 1st | 1st | 1st | 17 | |||
Sweden | GS | SF | GS | SF | 2nd | • | • | 1st | GS | GS | 1st | • | • | • | • | SF | • | • | 10 | ||||
Switzerland | GS | GS | 5th | GS | SF | • | SF | • | • | • | • | SF | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 8 | ||||
Turkey | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||
Wales | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Since 2002, the 3rd/4th-place match has not been played.
Tournament statistics
[edit]Top scorers by tournament
[edit]Year | Player | Goals |
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2002 | Claire Morel Barbara Müller | 4 |
2003 | Shelley Thompson | 4 |
2004 | Anja Mittag | 6 |
2005 | Elena Danilova | 9 |
2006 | Elena Danilova | 7 |
2007 | Marie-Laure Delie Fanndís Friðriksdóttir Ellen White | 3 |
2008 | Marie Pollmann | 4 |
2009 | Sofia Jakobsson | 5 |
2010 | Turid Knaak Lieke Martens | 4 |
2011 | Melissa Bjånesøy | 7 |
2012 | Elin Rubensson | 5 |
2013 | Pauline Bremer | 6 |
2014 | Vivianne Miedema | 6 |
2015 | Stina Blackstenius | 6 |
2016 | Marie-Antoinette Katoto | 6 |
2017 | Patricia Guijarro | 5 |
2018 | Dajan Hashemi Paulina Krumbiegel Lynn Wilms Andrea Norheim Olga Carmona Alisha Lehmann Géraldine Reuteler | 2 |
2019 | Melvine Malard | 4 |
2022 | Nicole Arcangeli | 5 |
2023 | Louna Ribadeira | 4 |
2024 | Nina Matejić | 5 |
Player of the Tournament
[edit]The official website UEFA.com selected a Golden Player or Player of the Tournament for certain tournaments.
Year | Player |
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2002 | Viola Odebrecht |
2003 | Sarah Bouhaddi |
2004 | Anja Mittag |
2005 | Elena Danilova |
2006 | Isabel & Monique Kerschowski |
2007 | Fern Whelan |
2008 | Sara Gama |
2009 | Ramona Bachmann |
2010 | Nataša Andonova |
2011 | Ramona Petzelberger |
2012 | Elin Rubensson |
2013 | Sandie Toletti |
2014 | Vivianne Miedema |
2015 | Stina Blackstenius |
2016 | Marie-Antoinette Katoto |
2017 | Patricia Guijarro |
2018 | – |
2019 | – |
2022 | – |
2023 | Louna Ribadeira |
2024 | Daniela Agote |
See also
[edit]- FIFA Women's World Cup
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
- UEFA Women's Championship
- UEFA Women's Champions League
References
[edit]- ^ "History of the competition". UEFA. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ "Women's Under-19 finals in Georgia cancelled". UEFA.com. 1 April 2020.
- ^ "2020/21 Women's U19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 23 February 2021.
- ^ "UEFA holds off on banning Belarus despite EU pressure". France 24. Lisbon. Agence France-Presse. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facts and figures, uefa.com