2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

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2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
אליפות אירופה בכדורגל נשים עד גיל 19 - 2015
Tournament details
Host countryIsrael
Dates15–27 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored39 (2.6 per match)
Attendance18,603 (1,240 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Sweden.svg Stina Blackstenius (6 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Sweden.svg Stina Blackstenius
2014
2016

The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (18th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual European youth football competition contested by the women's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Israel hosted the tournament. [1] Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to participate in this competition.

Contents

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The four semi-finalists qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the UEFA representatives. [2]

Qualification

A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Israel qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2014, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2015. [3]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. [4] [5]

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

TeamMethod of qualificationFinals appearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Hosts1stDebutDebut
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Elite round Group 1 winners10th 2014 Champions (2004)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Elite round Group 2 winners9th 2014 Champions (2012)
Flag of France.svg  France Elite round Group 3 winners11th 2013 Champions (2003, 2010, 2013)
Flag of England.svg  England Elite round Group 4 winners11th 2014 Champions (2009)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Elite round Group 4 runners-up [^] 10th 2014 Runners-up (2003, 2008, 2011)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Elite round Group 5 winners12th 2013 Champions (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Elite round Group 6 winners6th 2013 Semi-finals (2002, 2006, 2012)

Notes

  1. ^
    The best runners-up among all six elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

Final draw

The final draw was held in Haifa, Israel on 20 May 2015, 20:15 IDT (UTC+3). [6] [7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There were no seeding except that the hosts Israel were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

The matches were played at four venues in four host cities. [8]

Netanya Rishon LeZion
Netanya Stadium Haberfeld Stadium
Capacity: 13,610Capacity: 6,000
Netanya-Stadium 33.JPG Haberfeld Stadium18.jpg
Lod Ramla
Lod Municipal Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 3,000Capacity: 2,000
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Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players. [3]

Sweden

Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament. [10]

Group stage

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Tiebreakers

if two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: [3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (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. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, IDT (UTC+3).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of France.svg  France 330060+69Advance to knockout stage
2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 320141+36
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 31022313
4Flag of Israel.svg  Israel (H)30031980
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
France  Flag of France.svg1–0Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Léger Soccerball shade.svg49' Report
Netanya Stadium, Netanya
Attendance: 400 [10]
Referee: Ana Minić (Serbia)
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg0–3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report Björn Soccerball shade.svg22'
Blackstenius Soccerball shade.svg28', 72'
Lod Municipal Stadium, Lod
Attendance: 2,500 [10]
Referee: Rhona Daly (Republic of Ireland)

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–0Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Angeldal Soccerball shade.svg35' (pen.) Report
Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 250 [10]
Referee: Lorraine Clark (Scotland)
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg0–4Flag of France.svg  France
Report Matéo Soccerball shade.svg10'
Carage Soccerball shade.svg26'
Gathrat Soccerball shade.svg63'
Léger Soccerball shade.svg90'
Netanya Stadium, Netanya
Attendance: 2,630 [10]
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Sørensen Soccerball shade.svg33', 60' Report Avital Soccerball shade.svg22'
Lod Municipal Stadium, Lod
Attendance: 2,300 [10]
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0–1Flag of France.svg  France
Report Andersson Soccerball shade.svg5' (o.g.)
Netanya Stadium, Netanya
Attendance: 600 [10]
Referee: Rhona Daly (Republic of Ireland)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 32013306 [a] Advance to knockout stage
2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 320172+56 [a]
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 31112424
4Flag of England.svg  England 30122531
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Ranked by head-to-head result (Germany 1–0 Spain)
England  Flag of England.svg1–2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
George Soccerball shade.svg30' Report Ehegötz Soccerball shade.svg25'
Knaak Soccerball shade.svg87'
Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 300 [10]
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg4–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Redondo Soccerball shade.svg22', 83'
Nahikari Soccerball shade.svg26'
Garrote Soccerball shade.svg38'
Report
Ramla Municipal Stadium, Ramla
Attendance: 180 [10]
Referee: Esther Azzopardi (Malta)

England  Flag of England.svg1–3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flint Soccerball shade.svg9' Report Garrote Soccerball shade.svg54'
Redondo Soccerball shade.svg82'
Gálvez Soccerball shade.svg90'
Ramla Municipal Stadium, Ramla
Attendance: 300 [10]
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg0–2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report Fjelldal Soccerball shade.svg5'
Knaak Soccerball shade.svg33' (o.g.)
Lod Municipal Stadium, Lod
Attendance: 200 [10]
Referee: Ana Minić (Serbia)

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg0–0Flag of England.svg  England
Report
Ramla Municipal Stadium, Ramla
Attendance: 200 [10]
Referee: Esther Azzopardi (Malta)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–0Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Gálvez Soccerball shade.svg39' (o.g.) Report
Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 400 [10]
Referee: Lorraine Clark (Scotland)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. [3]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July – Lod
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 1 (4)
 
27 July – Netanya
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (p)1 (5)
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1
 
24 July – Netanya
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3 (2)
 
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (p)3 (4)
 

Semi-finals

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–3 (a.e.t.)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Knaak Soccerball shade.svg12'
Ehegötz Soccerball shade.svg58'
Gier Soccerball shade.svg78'
Report Almqvist Soccerball shade.svg21'
Blackstenius Soccerball shade.svg44', 88'
Penalties
Knaak Soccerball shad check.svg
Gier Soccerball shade cross.svg
Rauch Soccerball shade cross.svg
Gaugigl Soccerball shad check.svg
2–4Soccerball shad check.svg Angeldal
Soccerball shad check.svg Björn
Soccerball shad check.svg Blackstenius
Soccerball shad check.svg Blomqvist
Netanya Stadium, Netanya
Attendance: 680 [10]
Referee: Esther Azzopardi (Malta)

Final

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1–3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Hernández Soccerball shade.svg81' Report Blackstenius Soccerball shade.svg28', 36'
Angeldal Soccerball shade.svg89'
Netanya Stadium, Netanya
Attendance: 7,230 [10]
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Goalscorers

6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Source: UEFA.com [11]

Team of the tournament

Source: UEFA.com [12]

Golden player: Flag of Sweden.svg Stina Blackstenius [13]

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following four teams from UEFA qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [14]

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament 1
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18 July 20151 (2010)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 21 July 20151 (2004)
Flag of France.svg  France 18 July 20155 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 21 July 20157 (2002, 2004 , 2006, 2008, 2010 , 2012, 2014 )
1Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

  1. "Norway, Israel, Slovakia to host Women's U19s". UEFA.com. 20 March 2012.
  2. "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, 2014/15" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. "England and Norway complete finals lineup". UEFA.com. 9 April 2015.
  5. "2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship programme" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
  7. "Finalists learn fate in Women's Under-19 draw". UEFA.com. 20 May 2015.
  8. "Venue guide". UEFA.com.
  9. Petersson, Martin (27 July 2015). "EM-guide: Här är guldhjältarna bakom Sveriges F19-succé" [Euros guide: Here are the golden heroes behind Sweden's U19-success] (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "UEFA Technical Report – Results". UEFA.com.
  11. "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  12. "Official WU19 EURO squad of the tournament". UEFA. 29 July 2015.
  13. "Golden Player – Stina Blackstenius". UEFA.com.
  14. "Germany, Spain complete European foursome". FIFA.com. 21 July 2015. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016.