The 2020 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2020) was originally to be held as the 19th edition of the
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 belon ...
(23rd edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth
football
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championship organised by
UEFA
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for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe, before being cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
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.
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
, which were selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, were originally to host the tournament.
A total of eight teams were originally to play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 eligible to participate.
The final tournament was originally scheduled to be played between 21 July to 2 August 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UEFA announced on 1 April 2020 that the tournament had been cancelled.
France
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would have been the defending champions.
Qualification
A total of 49 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Georgia qualifying automatically, the other 48 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: Qualifying round, which takes place in autumn 2019, and Elite round, which takes place in spring 2020.
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
''Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).''
Final draw
The final draw was originally to be held on 22 April 2020 in
Tbilisi
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, Georgia.
The eight teams would be drawn into two groups of four teams. There would be no seeding, except that the hosts Georgia would be assigned to position A1 in the draw.
Venues
To be confirmed.
Squads
Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 39).
Group stage
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.
;Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams are ranked according to
points
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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):
#Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#
Goal difference
Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...
in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
#Goal difference in all group matches;
#Goals scored in all group matches;
#
Penalty shoot-out
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if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
#Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
#UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw;
#Drawing of lots.
All times are local,
GET (
UTC+4
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).
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage,
extra time
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and
penalty shoot-out
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are used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
Semi-finals
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Final
References
External links
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Women's Under-19 Matches: 2020 UEFA.com
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