The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2006 Final Tournament was held in Switzerland between 11–22 July 2006.

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won the cup after defeating

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3–0 in the final match. Players born after 1 January 1987 were eligible to participate in this competition.

Qualifications

There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament, beginning with the First Qualifying Round. The first 40 teams were drawn into 10 groups. See

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. Top two teams from each group and the five best third-placed team entered in a Second Qualifying Round along with

and

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who automatically qualified. The 28 teams were drawn into 7 groups. See

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. Then, the winners of each group joint hosts Switzerland at the Final Tournament.

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semifinals

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Final

Goalscorers

;7 goals * Elena Danilova ;5 goals *

Marie-Laure Delie Marie-Laure Delie (born 29 January 1988) is a French football player who currently plays for Madrid CFF of the Primera Division. She plays as a striker and is a member of the France women's national football team having made her debut for the ...

;3 goals *

Isabel Kerschowski Isabel Kerschowski (born 22 January 1988) is a German football striker. She currently plays for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and for the German national team. Kerschowski played for Germany at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. International ca ...

;2 goals *

Emma Madsen Emma Rise Madsen (born 18 November 1988) is a Danish former football striker. She played for Brøndby IF of the Elitedivisionen. Club career Until 2008, she played for Skovlunde IF. She played for Brøndby IF since 2009. In 2015 she stopp ...

* Ann-Christin Angel *

Nadine Keßler Nadine Keßler (; born 4 April 1988) is a German retired footballer and current UEFA's head of women's football. She played for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team. Keßler was the recipient of the FIFA World Player of the Year award at ...

* Monique Kerschowski ;1 goal * Kristien Elsen * Nora Coton Pélagie *

Jessica Houara Jessica Lucetta Léone Houara-d'Hommeaux (née Houara) (born 29 September 1987) is a former French football player who played as a midfielder for Paris Saint-Germain, Olympique Lyon and other French clubs, and for the French national team. C ...

Eugénie Le Sommer Eugénie Anne Claudine Le Sommer (born 18 May 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for French club Lyon and the France national team. She primarily plays as a creative attacking midfielder and left winger, but has ...

* Chloé Mazaloubeaud *

Fatmire Bajramaj Fatmire "Lira" Alushi (; born 1 April 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. She placed third in 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or competition, an annual award given to the world's best player. Club career ...

* Anna Blässe *

Friederike Engel Friederike Engel is a German football defender, currently playing for Hamburger SV in the Frauen Bundesliga. She has also played for American Eagles in the NCAA. As an Under-19 international she won the 2006 U-19 European Championship. ...

* Juliane Höfler * Juliane Maier * Amber van der Heijde * Elena Terekhova * Maja Krantz *

Caroline Abbé Caroline Agnès Abbé (born 13 January 1988) is a Swiss football defender. She currently plays for Servette, and for the Switzerland national team as their captain. Career Abbé is a former player of FC Yverdon, with whom she won two Nat ...

* Isabelle Meyer * Maeva Sarrasin

External links

Section at the UEFA web site
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