2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

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2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
2024 m. Europos moterų U-19 futbolo čempionatas
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
Dates14 – 27 July 2024
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Spain.svg  Spain (6th title)
Runners-upFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Top scorer(s) Flag of Serbia.svg Nina Matejić (5)
Best player(s) Flag of Spain.svg 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]

Contents

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: 2,580Capacity: 15,026Capacity: 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.

TeamMethod of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Hosts1stDebut
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Round 2 Group A1 winners17th 2023 (Champions)Champions (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Round 2 Group A2 winners2nd 2014 (Semi-finals)Semi-finals (2014)
Flag of England.svg  England Round 2 Group A3 winners15th 2022 (Group stage)Champions (2009)
Flag of France.svg  France Round 2 Group A4 winners18th 2023 (Semi-finals)Champions (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Round 2 Group A5 winners2nd 2012 (Group stage)Group stage (2012)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Round 2 Group A6 winners11th 2023 (Semi-finals)Champions (2014)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Round 2 Group A7 winners19th 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):[ 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of England.svg  England 3210121+117 Knockout stage
2Flag of France.svg  France 320192+76
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 311165+14
4Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (H)3003120190
Updated to match(es) played on 20 July 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
France  Flag of France.svg3–1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
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Central Stadium of Jonava, Jonava
Referee: Olivia Tschon (Austria)
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg0–10Flag of England.svg  England
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Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg1–1Flag of England.svg  England
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Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg0–6Flag of France.svg  France
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Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg4–1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
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England  Flag of England.svg1–0Flag of France.svg  France
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Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 321041+37 Knockout stage
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 311121+14 [a]
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 31113414 [a]
4Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 30121431
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head result: Germany 0 - 2 Spain
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg0–0Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Report
Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė
Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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Central Stadium of Jonava, Jonava
Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy)

Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg1–2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–0Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
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Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg0–2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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Germany  Flag of Germany.svg0–2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
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Knockout stage

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

Bracket

 
Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
24 July – Marijampolė
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 1
 
27 July – Kaunas
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (a.e.t.)2
 
24 July – Kaunas
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 0
 

Semi-finals

England  Flag of England.svg1–3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė
Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg2–0Flag of France.svg  France
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Final

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg2–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
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]

PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper Flag of Spain.svg Eunate Astralaga
Defenders Flag of Spain.svg Noemi Bejarano
Flag of Spain.svg Aïcha Camara
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Karlijn Woons
Flag of England.svg Cerys Brown
Midfielders Flag of Spain.svg Ainhoa Alguacil
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jade van Hensbergen
Flag of France.svg Landryna Lushimba Bilombi
Forwards Flag of Spain.svg Daniela Agote
Flag of Serbia.svg Nina Matejić
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lotte Keukelaar

References

  1. 1 2 "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.