2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

UEFA Europsko prvenstvo za žene do 19 godina 2026
Tournament details
Host country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates	27 June–10 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship will be the 23rd edition 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. Bosnia and Herzegovina will host the tournament. ^{[1] [2]}

A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.

Qualification

Main article: 2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

52 (out of 55) UEFA nations will enter the qualifying competition, with the hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina also competing despite already qualifying automatically. Seven teams will qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts.

Qualified teams

Seven teams will qualify for the final tournament along with hosts Bosnia & Herzegovina.

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

Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	Appearance(s)				Previous best performance [a]
			Total	First	Last	Streak
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Host nation	26 September 2023	1st	Debut
Switzerland	Round 2 Group A1 winners	15 April 2026	9th	2002	2018	1	Semi-Finals (2009, 2011, 2016)
Poland	Round 2 Group A2 winners	18 April 2026	3rd	2007	2025	2	Group Stage (2007, 2025)
Iceland	Round 2 Group A3 winners	15 April 2026	4th	2007	2023	1	Group Stage (2007, 2009, 2023)
Austria	Round 2 Group A4 winners	16 April 2026	3rd	2016	2023	1	Fifth place (2023)
Sweden	Round 2 Group A5 winners	17 April 2026	12th	2002	2025	2	Champions (2012, 2015)
Germany	Round 2 Group A6 winners	16 April 2026	20th	2002	2024	1	Champions (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)
Spain	Round 2 Group A7 winners	18 April 2026	19th	2002	2025	11	Champions (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches; Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage); Disciplinary points Yellow card: −1 point; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −3 points; UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; Drawing of lots.

All times are local CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: Summer 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: Summer 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Notes

1. Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.

References

1. "Bosnia & Herzegovina and Hungary to Host Women's U19 EURO in 2026 and 2027". UEFA.com.
2. UEFA.com. "Women's Under-19". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

External links

• Official website