The 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (19th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the women's under-19 national teams of UEFA member associations. Slovakia, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 19 and 31 July 2016.[2]
A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1997 eligible to participate.
Qualification
The national teams from 47 UEFA member associations entered the competition. With Slovakia automatically qualified as hosts, the other 46 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[3] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016.[4]
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:[5]
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
| Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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 Slovakia |
Hosts | 1st | — | Debut |
 Germany |
Elite round Group 1 winners | 13th | 2015 | Champions (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011) |
 Austria |
Elite round Group 2 winners | 1st | — | Debut |
 Netherlands |
Elite round Group 3 winners | 6th | 2014 | Champions (2014) |
 Spain |
Elite round Group 4 winners | 11th | 2015 | Champions (2004) |
 France |
Elite round Group 5 winners | 12th | 2015 | Champions (2003, 2010, 2013) |
 Switzerland |
Elite round Group 6 winners | 7th | 2011 | Semi-finals (2009, 2011) |
 Norway |
Elite round Group 6 runners-up[^] | 11th | 2015 | Runners-up (2003, 2008, 2011) |
- Notes
- ^ The best runners-up among all six elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
Final draw
The final draw was held on 24 May 2016, 10:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Hotel Gate One in Bratislava, Slovakia.[6] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Slovakia were assigned to position A1 in the draw.[7]
Venues
The tournament was hosted in four venues:
Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.[4]
Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
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Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 1 June 2016.[8]
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
- Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). 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:[4]
- Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- 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;
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- If only two teams have 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).
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
All times were local, CEST (UTC+2).[9]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | France
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Netherlands
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Norway
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Slovakia (H)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 0–6 | Netherlands |
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| Report | Folkertsma  23' (pen.)Roord 37', 57', 74'Deszathová 40' (o.g.)Hendriks 69' |
| Netherlands | 1–0 | Norway |
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| Folkertsma 56' |
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The match was abandoned after 50 minutes with the score 0–0 after heavy rain made the pitch unplayable.[11] With France beating the Netherlands 2–1 elsewhere in the final round of group games, neither Norway nor Slovakia could have finished in the top two and reached the semi-finals. The match was therefore not concluded and the result stands at 0–0.[12]
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Switzerland
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Germany
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Austria
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[4]
On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[13]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 28 July – Senec | ||||||
| France | 3 | |||||
| 31 July – Senec | ||||||
| Switzerland | 1 | |||||
| France | 2 | |||||
| 28 July – Senec | ||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
Final
The final was interrupted after the first half due to heavy rain and the resulting unfit terrain, and the second half began following a two-hour delay.
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
- Stephanie Deszathová (playing against Netherlands)
Source: UEFA.com[14]
Team of the Tournament
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Source: UEFA Technical Report[10]
References
- ^ "2016: Marie-Antoinette Katoto". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Norway, Israel, Slovakia to host Women's U19s". UEFA.com. 20 March 2012.
- ^ "Entries set for 2015/16 qualifying round". UEFA.com. 23 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ "WU19 EURO lineup complete as elite round ends". UEFA.com. 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Draw sets tough task for Women's U19 hosts". UEFA.com. 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Women's U19 finals schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Final Match Schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ "@UEFAWomensEURO". Twitter. 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Norway v Slovakia abandoned after heavy rain". UEFA.com. 25 July 2015.
- ^ "FIFA Executive Committee approves key priorities to restore trust in FIFA". UEFA. 2 May 2016.
- ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.