2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The 2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 21st edition (25th in U18 and U19) of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Lithuania hosted the tournament.[2]

2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
2024 m. Europos moterų U-19 futbolo čempionatas
Tournament details
Host countryLithuania Lithuania
Dates14 – 27 July 2024
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (6th title)
Runners-up Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Top scorer(s)Serbia Nina Matejić (5)
Best player(s)Spain Daniela Agote[1]
2023
2025

A total of eight teams were playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.

Spain were the two-time defending champions and successfully defended the title after beating the Netherlands in the final.[3]

Venues

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Lithuania[4]
Jonava Kaunas Marijampolė
Central Stadium of Jonava Darius and Girėnas Stadium Sūduva Stadium
Capacity: 2,580 Capacity: 15,026 Capacity: 6,523

Qualification

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52 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Lithuania also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams would qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts.

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
  Lithuania Hosts 1st Debut
  Spain Round 2 Group A1 winners 17th 2023 (Champions) Champions (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023)
  Republic of Ireland Round 2 Group A2 winners 2nd 2014 (Semi-finals) Semi-finals (2014)
  England Round 2 Group A3 winners 15th 2022 (Group stage) Champions (2009)
  France Round 2 Group A4 winners 18th 2023 (Semi-finals) Champions (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019)
  Serbia Round 2 Group A5 winners 2nd 2012 (Group stage) Group stage (2012)
  Netherlands Round 2 Group A6 winners 11th 2023 (Semi-finals) Champions (2014)
  Germany Round 2 Group A7 winners 19th 2023 (Runners-up) Champions (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)

Squads

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Group stage

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The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 20.01 and 20.02):[citation needed]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to that subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Higher position in the qualification round 2 league ranking


Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   England 3 2 1 0 12 1 +11 7 Knockout stage
2   France 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6
3   Serbia 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
4   Lithuania (H) 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0
Updated to match(es) played on 20 July 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
France  3–1  Serbia
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Referee: Olivia Tschon (Austria)
Lithuania  0–10  England
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Serbia  1–1  England
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Lithuania  0–6  France
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Serbia  4–1  Lithuania
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England  1–0  France
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Knockout stage
2   Spain 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4[a]
3   Germany 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4[a]
4   Republic of Ireland 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Spain 3, Germany 0.
Spain  0–0  Republic of Ireland
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Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)
Netherlands  1–1  Germany
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Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy)

Republic of Ireland  1–2  Germany
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Netherlands  1–0  Spain
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Republic of Ireland  0–2  Netherlands
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Germany  0–2  Spain
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Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[citation needed]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July – Marijampolė
 
 
  England1
 
27 July – Kaunas
 
  Spain3
 
  Spain (a.e.t.)2
 
24 July – Kaunas
 
  Netherlands1
 
  Netherlands2
 
 
  France0
 

Semi-finals

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England  1–3  Spain
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Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)

Netherlands  2–0  France
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Final

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Spain  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands
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Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy)

Goalscorers

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There were 38 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match (as of 21 July 2024).

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

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The following awards were given after the tournament:

Team of the Tournament

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After the tournament, the Under-19 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[6]

Position Player
Goalkeeper   Eunate Astralaga
Defenders   Noemi Bejarano
  Aïcha Camara
  Karlijn Woons
  Cerys Brown
Midfielders   Ainhoa Alguacil
  Jade van Hensbergen
  Landryna Lushimba Bilombi
Forwards   Daniela Agote
  Nina Matejić
  Lotte Keukelaar

References

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  1. ^ a b "Daniela Agote named 2024 Women's Under-19 EURO Player of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  2. ^ UEFA.com. "Women's Under-19". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. ^ UEFA.com. "The official website for European football". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  4. ^ 2024 Women's U19 EURO finals: Lithuania
  5. ^ "2024 Women's U19 EURO top scorer: Matejić". UEFA.com. 27 July 2024.
  6. ^ "2024 Women's Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 30 July 2024.
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