UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Organising bodyUEFA
Founded1997
RegionEurope
Number of teamsMaximum of 55
(Qualifying rounds)
8 (Finals)
Current champions Spain (5th title)
Most successful team(s) Germany (6 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship or simply UEFA 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.

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 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

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

Results

Edition Year Host Final Third place match
Champions Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 1998 Two-legged final
Denmark
2–0 / 2–3
France
 Germany and  Sweden
2 1999  Sweden
Sweden
Round-robin
Germany

Italy
Round-robin
Norway
3 2000  France
Germany
4–2
Spain

Sweden
Round-robin
France
4 2001  Norway
Germany
3–2
Norway

Denmark
1–0
Spain
5 2002  Sweden
Germany
3–1
France
 Denmark and  England
6 2003  Germany
France
2–0
Norway
 England and  Sweden
7 2004  Finland
Spain
2–1
Germany
 Italy and  Russia
8 2005  Hungary
Russia
2–2
6–5 (pen.)

France
 Finland and  Germany
9 2006   Switzerland
Germany
3–0
France
 Denmark and  Russia
10 2007  Iceland
Germany
2–0 (a.e.t.)
England
 France and  Norway
11 2008  France
Italy
1–0
Norway
 Germany and  Sweden
12 2009  Belarus
England
2–0
Sweden
 France and   Switzerland
13 2010  Macedonia
France
2–1
England
 Germany and  Netherlands
14 2011  Italy
Germany
8–1
Norway
 Italy and   Switzerland
15 2012  Turkey
Sweden
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Spain
 Denmark and  Portugal
16 2013  Wales
France
2–0 (a.e.t.)
England
 Finland and  Germany
17 2014  Norway
Netherlands
1–0
Spain
 Norway and  Republic of Ireland
18 2015  Israel
Sweden
3–1
Spain
 France and  Germany
19 2016  Slovakia
France
2–1
Spain
 Netherlands and   Switzerland
20 2017  Northern Ireland
Spain
3–2
France
 Germany and  Netherlands
21 2018   Switzerland
Spain
1–0
Germany
 Denmark and  Norway
22 2019  Scotland
France
2–1
Germany
 Netherlands and  Spain
- 2020  Georgia Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2]
- 2021  Belarus Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3]
23 2022  Czech Republic
Spain
2–1
Norway
 France and  Sweden
24 2023  Belgium
Spain
0–0
3–2 (pen.)

Germany
 France and  Netherlands
25 2024  Lithuania
26 2025  Poland[lower-alpha 1]
27 2026  Bosnia and Herzegovina
28 2027  Hungary

Notes

  1. 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

Country Winners Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place Semi-Finalists Total (Top Four)
 Germany 6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011) 5 (1999, 2004, 2018, 2019, 2023) 7 (1998, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017) 18
 France 5 (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019) 5 (1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2017) 1 (2000) 5 (2007, 2009, 2015, 2022, 2023) 16
 Spain 5 (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023) 5 (2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016) 1 (2001) 1 (2019) 12
 Sweden 3 (1999, 2012, 2015) 1 (2009) 1 (2000) 4 (1998, 2003, 2008, 2022) 9
 England 1 (2009) 3 (2007, 2010, 2013) 2 (2002, 2003) 6
 Denmark 1 (1998) 1 (2001) 4 (2002, 2006, 2012, 2018) 6
 Italy 1 (2008) 1 (1999) 2 (2004, 2011) 4
 Netherlands 1 (2014) 5 (2010, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023) 6
 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
Total2424334296

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
Sweden
(8)
2003
Germany
(8)
2004
Finland
(8)
2005
Hungary
(8)
2006
Switzerland
(8)
2007
Iceland
(8)
2008
France
(8)
2009
Belarus
(8)
2010
North Macedonia
(8)
2011
Italy
(8)
2012
Turkey
(8)
2013
Wales
(8)
2014
Norway
(8)
2015
Israel
(8)
2016
Slovakia
(8)
2017
Northern Ireland
(8)
2018
Switzerland
(8)
2019
Scotland
(8)
2022
Czech Republic
(8)
2023
Belgium
(8)
2024
Lithuania
(8)
Total
 Austria GS GS 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 14
 Finland GS SF SF 3
 France 2nd 1st GS 2nd 2nd SF GS SF 1st 1st SF 1st 2nd GS 1st SF SF 17
 Germany 1st GS 2nd SF 1st 1st SF GS SF 1st SF SF GS SF 2nd 2nd GS 2nd 18
 Hungary GS 1
 Iceland GS GS GS 3
 Israel GS 1
 Italy GS SF 1st GS SF GS GS GS 8
 Lithuania q 1
 Netherlands GS GS SF GS 1st SF SF GS SF SF 10
 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 1
 Portugal SF 1
 Republic of Ireland SF 1
 Romania GS 1
 Russia SF 1st SF GS × × × 4
 Scotland GS GS GS GS 6th GS 6
 Serbia GS 1
 Slovakia GS 1
 Spain GS GS 1st GS GS GS GS 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st SF 1st 1st 16
 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

Top scorers by tournament

Year Player Goals
2002 France Claire Morel
Germany Barbara Müller
4
2003 Germany Shelley Thompson 4
2004 Germany Anja Mittag 6
2005 Russia Elena Danilova 9
2006 Russia Elena Danilova 7
2007 France Marie-Laure Delie
Iceland Fanndís Friðriksdóttir
England Ellen White
3
2008 Germany Marie Pollmann 4
2009 Sweden Sofia Jakobsson 5
2010 Germany Turid Knaak
Netherlands Lieke Martens
4
2011 Norway Melissa Bjånesøy 7
2012 Sweden Elin Rubensson 5
2013 Germany Pauline Bremer 6
2014 Netherlands Vivianne Miedema 6
2015 Sweden Stina Blackstenius 6
2016 France Marie-Antoinette Katoto 6
2017 Spain Patricia Guijarro 5
2018 Denmark Dajan Hashemi
Germany Paulina Krumbiegel
Netherlands Lynn Wilms
Denmark Andrea Norheim
Spain Olga Carmona
Switzerland Alisha Lehmann
Switzerland Géraldine Reuteler
2
2019 France Melvine Malard 4
2022 Italy Nicole Arcangeli 5
2023 France Louna Ribadeira 4

Player of the Tournament

The official website UEFA.com selected a Golden Player or Player of the Tournament for certain tournaments.

Year Player
2002 Germany Viola Odebrecht
2003 France Sarah Bouhaddi
2004 Germany Anja Mittag
2005 Russia Elena Danilova
2006 Germany Isabel & Monique Kerschowski
2007 England Fern Whelan
2008 Italy Sara Gama
2009 Switzerland Ramona Bachmann
2010 North Macedonia Nataša Andonova
2011 Germany Ramona Petzelberger
2012 Sweden Elin Rubensson
2013 France Sandie Toletti
2014 Netherlands Vivianne Miedema
2015 Sweden Stina Blackstenius
2016 France Marie-Antoinette Katoto
2017 Spain Patricia Guijarro
2018 -
2019 -
2022 -
2023 France Louna Ribadeira

See also

References

  1. "History of the competition". UEFA. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  2. "Women's Under-19 finals in Georgia cancelled". UEFA.com. 1 April 2020.
  3. "2020/21 Women's U19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 23 February 2021.
  4. "UEFA holds off on banning Belarus despite EU pressure". France 24. Lisbon. Agence France-Presse. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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