UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
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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. National under-19 teams whose countries belong to the European governing body UEFA
can register to enter the competition.
The competition began in the 1997–98 season as an under-18 event and became an under-19s event from the 2001–02 season. The Championship has 2 phases: the qualifying phase open to all eligible nations, 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.
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
can register to enter the competition.
The competition began in the 1997–98 season as an under-18 event and became an under-19s event from the 2001–02 season. The Championship has 2 phases: the qualifying phase open to all eligible nations, 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.
Results
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997/98 Details |
two-legged final | 4–3 | ||
| 1998/99 Details |
 Sweden SwedenSweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
2–1 | ||
| 1999/00 Details |
 Early Modern France FranceFrance The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
4–2 | ||
| 2000/01 Details |
 Norway NorwayNorway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
3–2 | ||
| 2001/02 Details |
Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
3–1 | ||
| 2002/03 Details 2003 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2003 Final Tournament was held in Germany between 25 July – 3 August 2003. Players born after 1 January 1984 were eligible to participate in this competition.-Group A:---------------------Group B:--------... |
 Germany GermanyGermany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
2–0 | ||
| 2003/04 Details 2004 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship -Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semifinals:-----Final:-Goalscorers:6 goals Anja Mittag4 goals Annike Krahn Simone Laudehr3 goals Lena Goessling Katharina Griessemer Serena Coppolino Jade Boho Iraia Iturregui2 goals... |
 Finland FinlandFinland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
2–1 | ||
| 2004/05 Details 2005 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship The 2005 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the holding of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Hungary from July 20–31 2005. Russia won this edition of the competition in the final against France.-Participating teams:... |
 Hungary HungaryHungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... |
2–2 Penalties: Penalty shootout (football) A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game... 6–5 |
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| 2005/06 Details 2006 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship -Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semifinals:-----Final:-Goalscorers:7 goals Elena Danilova5 goals Marie-Laure Delie3 goals Isabel Kerschowski2 goals Emma Madsen Ann-Christin Angel Nadine Keßler Monique Kerschowski... |
 Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
3–0 | ||
| 2006/07 Details 2007 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship -Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semifinals:-----Final:-Goalscorers:3 goals Ellen White Marie-Laure Delie Fanndís Friðriksdóttir2 goals Nathalie Bock Stephanie Goddard Isabel Kerschowski Monique Kerschowski Nadine Keßler... |
 Iceland IcelandIceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population... |
2–0 (aet) | ||
| 2007/08 Details 2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship -Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semifinals:---------Final:-Goalscorers:4 goals Marie Pollmann3 goals Toni Duggan Pamela Gueli2 goals Eugénie Le Sommer Stefanie Mirlach Lisa Schwab Cristina Bonometti Alice Parisi... |
Early Modern France France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
1–0 | ||
| 2008/09 Details 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship -Semifinals:---------Final:-Goalscorers:5 goals Sofia Jakobsson4 goals Toni Duggan Solène Barbance3 goals Jordan Nobbs Dzsenifer Marozsan2 goals* Isobel Christiansen* Jade Moore* Jessica Wich* Ana Maria Crnogorcevic1 goal... |
 Belarus BelarusBelarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,... |
2–0 | ||
| 2009/10 Details 2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship -Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semifinals:---------Final:-Goal scorers:4 goals Turid Knaak Lieke Martens3 goals Rebecca Dempster2 goals Lauren Bruton Toni Duggan Amélie Barbetta Léa Le Garrec... |
 Republic of Macedonia MacedoniaRepublic of Macedonia Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991... |
2–1 | ||
| 2010/11 Details 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship -Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semifinals:-----Final:-Goal scorers:7 goals Melissa Bjånesøy5 goals Lena Lotzen3 goals Isabella Schmid Katia Coppola2 goals Maria-Laura Aga Eunice Beckmann Anja Hegenauer... |
 Italy Italy |
8–1 | ||
| 2011/12 Details 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2012 Final Tournament will be held in Turkey between 2 and 14 July 2012. Players born after 1 January 1993 are eligible to participate in this competition.- Tournament structure :... |
 Turkey TurkeyTurkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... |
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| 2012/13 Details |
 Wales WalesWales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²... |
Winners
| Country | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011) | 2 (1999, 2004) | |
| 2 (2003, 2010) | 4 (1998, 2002, 2005, 2006) | |
| 1 (2009) | 2 (2007, 2010) | |
| 1 (2004) | 1 (2000) | |
| 1 (1999) | 1 (2009) | |
| 1 (1998) | ||
| 1 (2005) | ||
| 1 (2008) | ||
| 4 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2011) |