2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
2024 m. Europos moterų U-19 futbolo čempionatas
Tournament details
Host country 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) Nina Matejić (5)
Best player(s) Daniela Agote[1]
2023
2025

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]

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

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

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

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

Group stage

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):

  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

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
  • Robillard 66'
  • Rossi 83'
  • Sangare 90+2'
Report
Referee: Olivia Tschon (Austria)
Lithuania 0–10 England
Report
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)

Serbia 1–1 England
Report
Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)
Lithuania 0–6 France
Report
  • Robillard 19', 30', 40'
  • Coutel 45'
  • Lushimba Bilombi 64'
  • Ben Khaled 90' (pen.)
Referee: Réka Molnár (Hungary)

Serbia 4–1 Lithuania
Report
  • Jasaitytė 14'
Referee: Anastasia Mylopoulou (Greece)
England 1–0 France
Report
Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)

Group B

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 result: Germany 0-2 Spain
Spain 0–0 Republic of Ireland
Report
Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)
Netherlands 1–1 Germany
  • Huizenga 90'
Report
  • Krüger 75'
Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy)

Republic of Ireland 1–2 Germany
  • O'Leary 32'
Report
  • Schetter 71'
  • Portella 77'
Referee: Anastasia Mylopoulou (Greece)
Netherlands 1–0 Spain
Report
Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)

Republic of Ireland 0–2 Netherlands
Report
  • Woons 18'
  • Van Koppen 61'
Referee: Olivia Tschon (Austria)
Germany 0–2 Spain
Report
Referee: Réka Molnár (Hungary)

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

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

Semi-finals

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

Netherlands 2–0 France
Report
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)

Final

Spain 2–1 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
  • Marisa 6'
  • Eguiguren 118'
Report
Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy)

Goalscorers

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

The following awards were given after the tournament:

Team of the Tournament

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

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