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
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
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.
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
Winners
Comprehensive team results by tournament (since 2002)
;Legend
* – Champions
* – Runners-up
* – Third place
* – Fourth place
* – 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.
Since 2002, the 3rd/4th-place match has not been played.
Tournament statistics
Top scorers by tournament
Golden Player by tournament
The official website UEFA.com selected a Golden Player Award for certain tournaments.
See also
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FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA), the sport's international governing bo ...
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FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The tournament is held in even-numbered ye ...
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UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, is a European championship football tournament, organized by UEFA, for national teams of women under age seventeen. The tournament was first played out ...
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UEFA Women's Championship
The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro, held every four years, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA confederation. The competition is the women's equivalen ...
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UEFA Women's Champions League
The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA.
The ...
References
External links
UEFA – Women's Under-19 homepageFacts and figures
uefa.com
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UEFA competitions for women's national teams
Under-19 association football competitions
European youth sports competitions
Recurring sporting events established in 1997
1997 establishments in Europe