2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

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2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Mistrovství Evropy ve fotbale žen do 19 let 2022
2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryCzech Republic
Dates27 June – 9 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Spain.svg  Spain (4th title)
Runners-upFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored42 (2.8 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Italy.svg Nicole Arcangeli
(5 goals)
2023

The 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2022) was the 19th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (23rd edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. The Czech Republic hosted the tournament. [1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.

Contents

France were the defending champions, having won the last tournament held in 2019, with the 2020 and 2021 editions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. France was eliminated in the semifinals.

Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows: [2]

For the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, Belarus and Czech Republic were selected as hosts respectively. [1]

Qualification

The UEFA Executive Committee approved on 18 June 2020 a new qualifying format for the Women's Under-17 and Under-19 Championship starting from 2022. [3] The qualifying competition will be played in two rounds, with teams divided into two leagues, and promotion and relegation between leagues after each round similar to the UEFA Nations League. [4]

A record total of 52 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Czech Republic also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams will qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts. The draw for round 1 was held on 11 March 2021, 15:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. [5]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in Under-19 Euro 1
only U-19 era (since 2002)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Hosts24 September 2019 [1] 0 (debut)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Round 2 Group A2 winners12 April 202216 ( 2002 , 2003 , 2004, 2005, 2006 , 2007 , 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 , 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Flag of England.svg  England Round 2 Group A3 winners12 April 202213 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 , 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Round 2 Group A1 winners12 April 20229 ( 2002 , 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012 , 2013, 2014, 2015 )
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Round 2 Group A4 winners16 May 202213 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 , 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Round 2 Group A5 winners12 April 20227 (2003, 2004, 2008 , 2010, 2011 , 2017, 2018)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Round 2 Group A6 winners12 April 202214 (2002, 2003, 2004 , 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 , 2018 , 2019)
Flag of France.svg  France Round 2 Group A7 winners12 April 202215 (2002, 2003 , 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 , 2009, 2010 , 2013 , 2015, 2016 , 2017, 2018, 2019 )
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Final draw

The final draw was held on 18 May 2022, 10:30 CET, at Clarion Congress Hotel in Ostrava, the Czech Republic. [6] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There were no seeding, except that the hosts Czech Republic were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

Frýdek-Místek Karviná Moravskoslezsky kraj in Czech Republic.svg
The Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic


Opava Ostrava
Stadion Stovky Městský Stadion Mestský Fotbalovy Stadion Městský Stadion Stadion Bazaly
Capacity: 2,400Capacity: 4,833Capacity: 7,758Capacity: 15,123Capacity: 10,039
Stadion v Mestskych sadech.jpg Ostrava-Vitkovice stadium.jpg Ostrawa 7176.jpg

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 43.01). [7]

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): [7]

  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

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2). [8]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 321092+77 Knockout stage
2Flag of France.svg  France 312063+35
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 311175+24
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (H)3003012120
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg0–3Flag of France.svg  France
Report
Městský Stadion, Ostrava
Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg3–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
Mestský Fotbalovy Stadion, Opava
Referee: Lizzy van der Helm (Netherlands)

Italy  Flag of Italy.svg2–2Flag of France.svg  France
Report
Stadion Bazaly, Ostrava
Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia)
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg0–5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Mestský Fotbalovy Stadion, Opava
Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland)

Italy  Flag of Italy.svg4–0Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Report
Stadion Stovky, Frýdek-Místek
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)
France  Flag of France.svg1–1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Stadion Bazaly, Ostrava
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 32014516 [lower-alpha 1] Knockout stage
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 320131+26 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 31024403 [lower-alpha 2]
4Flag of England.svg  England 31024513 [lower-alpha 2]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Norway 3, Sweden 0.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Germany 3, England 0.
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report
Stadion Stovky, Frýdek-Místek
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)
England  Flag of England.svg4–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report
Městský Stadion, Karviná
Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland)

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg2–1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report
Městský Stadion, Karviná
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–0Flag of England.svg  England
Report
Stadion Stovky, Frýdek-Místek
Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary)

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report
Mestský Fotbalovy Stadion, Opava
Referee: Lizzy van der Helm (Netherlands)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–0Flag of England.svg  England
Report
Městský Stadion, Karviná
Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary. [9]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 July – Opava
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1
 
9 July – Ostrava
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2
 
6 July – Karviná
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 0
 

Semi-finals

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Uria Soccerball shade.svg51' Report
Mestský Fotbalovy Stadion, Opava
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1–0Flag of France.svg  France
Sévenne Soccerball shade.svg52' (o.g.) Report
Městský Stadion, Karviná
Referee: Lizzy van der Helm (Netherlands)

Final

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg2–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report Omarsdottir Soccerball shade.svg5'
Městský Stadion, Ostrava
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)

Goalscorers

There were 42 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source:

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References

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  2. "17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. 27 March 2019.
  3. "Temporary emergency measures for Financial Fair Play". UEFA.com. 18 June 2019.
  4. "New format for Women's U17 and Women's U19 EUROs". UEFA.com. 18 June 2020.
  5. "2021/22 Women's U19 Round 1 draw live on Thursday". UEFA.com. 5 March 2021.
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  7. 1 2 "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship". UEFA.com.
  8. "Women's U19 Match schedule". Fotbal.cz. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  9. "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship 2021/22". UEFA.com.