The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship

UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship is a competition in women's football for European national teams of players under 19 years of age. It is also a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualifying competition...

 2012 Final Tournament will be held in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

between 2 and 14 July 2012. Players born after 1 January 1993 are eligible to participate in this competition.

Tournament structure

The regulations make up for the following tournament structure:

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Competition format
First qualifying round (40 teams)	40 teams from associations ranked 4–53		10 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Second qualifying round (24 teams)	(ranked 1) (ranked 2) (ranked 3)	10 group winners and runner-ups from 1st qualifying round best group third place finisher from 1st qualifying round	6 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Final tournament (8 teams)	(hosts)	6 group winners from 2nd qualifying round best group runners-up from 2nd qualifying round	2 groups of 4 teams, semi-finals, final

First qualifying round

In the first qualifying round 40 teams were drawn into 10 groups. The top two of each group and the best third place finisher, counting only matches against the top two in the group, advanced.

Second qualifying round

In the second round the 21 teams from the first qualifying round were joined by top seeds , and . The 24 teams of this round will be drawn into six groups of four teams. The group winners and the runners-up team with the best record against the sides first and third in their group advance to the final tournament. The draw was held at UEFA head quarters on 15 November 2011.

Final tournament

The 7 teams advancing from the second qualifying round will be joined by host nation . The eight teams will be drawn into two groups of four with the top two teams of each group advancing to the semi-finals.

External links

• Official website at UEFA.com