The 2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship will be the 23rd 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 ...

, the annual international youth

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championship organised by

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for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe.

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will host the tournament. A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.

Qualification

52 (out of 55) UEFA nations will enter the qualifying competition, with the hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina also competing despite already qualifying automatically. Seven teams will qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts.

Qualified teams

Seven teams will qualify for the final tournament along with hosts Bosnia & Herzegovina. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

References

External links

* {{UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

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Women's Under-19 Championship Under-19 Championship Women's Under-19 Championship International association football competitions hosted by Bosnia and Herzegovina