The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship or simply UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, is a competition in women's football for European national teams of players under 19 years of age. National under-19 teams whose countries belong to the European governing body

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can register to enter the competition. In odd years the tournament is also a

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qualifying competition. The tournament began in the 1997–98 season as an under-18 event and became an under-19s event from the 2001–02 season, it is held yearly. The Championship has 3 phases: the qualifying phase open to all eligible nations, the elite phase featuring the group winners and runners-up from the qualifying phase, 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.

Finals format

Since 2002 the finals had eight teams with two groups of four teams, semi-finals and the final.

Results

Winners

Comprehensive team results by tournament (since 2002)

;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Semifinals *GS – Group Stage *5th – Fifth place (played in 2005 and 2017) *6th – Sixth place (played in 2005 and 2017) * – Did not qualify * – Did not enter / Withdrew *q – Qualified for upcoming tournament * — Hosts For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown. Since 2002, the 3rd/4th-place match has not been played.

Tournament statistics

Top scorers by tournament

Golden Player by tournament

The official website UEFA.com selected a Golden Player Award for certain tournaments.

References

External links

UEFA – Women's Under-19 homepageFacts and figures
uefa.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Uefa Women's Under-19 Championship UEFA competitions for women's national teams Under-19 association football competitions European youth sports competitions Recurring sporting events established in 1997 1997 establishments in Europe