UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship is a 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.

UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

Founded	1997
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	Maximum of 54 (qualifying round) 24 (elite round) 8 (finals)
Current champions	France (5th title)
Most successful team(s)	Germany (6 titles)
Website	Official website
2020 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

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, it is held yearly.[1] The Championship has 3 phases: the qualifying phase open to all eligible nations, the elite phase featuring the group winners and runners-up from the qualifying phase, and the finals phase which is composed of 8 qualifying 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

Since 2002 the finals had eight teams with two groups of four teams, semi-finals and the final.

Results

All finals so far.[2]

Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Losing Semi-Finalists
1998 Details	Two-legged final	Denmark	2–0 / 2–3	France	Germany and  Sweden
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1999 Details	Sweden	Sweden	Round-robin	Germany	Italy	Round-robin	Norway
2000 Details	France	Germany	4–2	Spain	Sweden	Round-robin	France
2001 Details	Norway	Germany	3–2	Norway	Denmark	1–0	Spain
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Losing Semi-Finalists
2002 Details	Sweden	Germany	3–1	France	Denmark and  England
2003 Details	Germany	France	2–0	Norway	England and  Sweden
2004 Details	Finland	Spain	2–1	Germany	Italy and  Russia
2005 Details	Hungary	Russia	2–2 6–5 (pen.)	France	Finland and  Germany
2006 Details	Switzerland	Germany	3–0	France	Denmark and  Russia
2007 Details	Iceland	Germany	2–0 (a.e.t.)	England	France and  Norway
2008 Details	France	Italy	1–0	Norway	Germany and  Sweden
2009 Details	Belarus	England	2–0	Sweden	France and   Switzerland
2010 Details	Macedonia	France	2–1	England	Germany and  Netherlands
2011 Details	Italy	Germany	8–1	Norway	Italy and   Switzerland
2012 Details	Turkey	Sweden	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Spain	Denmark and  Portugal
2013 Details	Wales	France	2–0 (a.e.t.)	England	Finland and  Germany
2014 Details	Norway	Netherlands	1–0	Spain	Norway and  Republic of Ireland
2015 Details	Israel	Sweden	3–1	Spain	France and  Germany
2016 Details	Slovakia	France	2–1	Spain	Netherlands and   Switzerland
2017 Details	Northern Ireland	Spain	3–2	France	Netherlands and  Germany
2018 Details	Switzerland	Spain	1–0	Germany	Norway and  Denmark
2019 Details	Scotland	France	2–1	Germany	Spain and  Netherlands
2020 Details	Georgia	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021 Details	Belarus
2022 Details	Czech Republic

Winners

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Semi-Finalists	Total (Top Four)
Germany	6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)	4 (1999, 2004, 2018, 2019)			7 (1998, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017)	17
France	5 (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019)	5 (1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2017)		1 (2000)	3 (2007, 2009, 2015)	14
Spain	3 (2004, 2017, 2018)	5 (2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)		1 (2001)	1 (2019)	10
Sweden	3 (1999, 2012, 2015)	1 (2009)	1 (2000)		3 (1998, 2003, 2008)	8
England	1 (2009)	3 (2007, 2010, 2013)			2 (2002, 2003)	6
Denmark	1 (1998)		1 (2001)		3 (2002, 2006, 2012)	5
Italy	1 (2008)		1 (1999)		2 (2004, 2011)	4
Netherlands	1 (2014)				4 (2010, 2016, 2017, 2019)	5
Russia	1 (2005)				2 (2004, 2006)	3
Norway		4 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2011)		1 (1999)	2 (2007, 2014)	7
Switzerland					3 (2009, 2011, 2016)	3
Finland					2 (2005, 2013)	2
Portugal					1 (2012)	1
Republic of Ireland					1 (2014)	1
Total	22	22	3	3	36	88

Comprehensive team results by tournament (since 2002)

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)	2020 (8)	Total
Austria								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•		1
Belarus								GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Belgium					GS			•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS		4
Denmark	SF				SF	GS		•	•	•	SF	GS	•	GS	•	•	SF	•		7
England	SF	SF		6th		2nd	GS	1st	2nd	•	GS	2nd	GS	GS	•	5th	•	GS		13
Finland			GS	SF				•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
France	2nd	1st	GS	2nd	2nd	SF	GS	SF	1st	•	•	1st	•	SF	1st	2nd	GS	1st		15
Georgia								•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	1
Germany	1st	GS	2nd	SF	1st	1st	SF	GS	SF	1st	•	SF	•	SF	GS	SF	2nd	2nd		16
Hungary				GS				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Iceland						GS		GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Israel								•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•		1
Italy		GS	SF				1st	•	GS	SF	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•		7
Netherlands		GS			GS			•	SF	GS	•	•	1st	•	SF	SF	GS	SF		9
North Macedonia								•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Northern Ireland								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•		1
Norway	GS	2nd	GS			SF	2nd	GS	•	2nd	•	GS	SF	GS	GS	•	SF	GS		13
Poland						GS		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Portugal								•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Republic of Ireland								•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	•		1
Romania								•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Russia			SF	1st	SF			•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		4
Serbia								•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Scotland				GS			GS	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	•	6th	•	GS		6
Slovakia								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•		1
Spain	GS	GS	1st			GS	GS	•	GS	GS	2nd	•	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	SF		14
Sweden	GS	SF			GS		SF	2nd	•	•	1st	GS	GS	1st	•	•	•	•		9
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

Top scorers by tournament

Year	Player	Goals
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
2019	Melvine Malard	4

Golden Player by tournament

The official website UEFA.com selected a Golden Player Award for certain tournaments.

Year	Player
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

See also

• 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

1. "History of the competition". UEFA. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
2. "European Women's U-18/U-19 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
3. "Women's Under-19 finals in Georgia cancelled". UEFA.com. 1 April 2020.

External links

• UEFA – Women's Under-19 homepage
• Facts and figures, uefa.com