UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

Organising body	UEFA
Founded	1997
Region	Europe
Number of teams	Maximum of 55 (Qualifying rounds) 8 (Finals)
Current champions	Spain (6th title)
Most successful team(s)	Germany  Spain (6 titles each)
Website	Official website: https://www.uefa.com/womensunder19

The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship or simply UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, is an annual competition in women's football for European national teams of players under 19 years of age. National under-19 teams whose countries belong to the European governing body UEFA can register to enter the competition.

In odd years the tournament is also a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualifying competition. The tournament began in the 1997–98 season as an under-18 event and became an under-19s event from the 2001–02 season. The Championship has three phases: two qualifying rounds open to all eligible nations and the finals phase which is composed of 8 qualified teams. The finals themselves are composed of two groups of four teams; each team plays the others in the group. The winner of each group after the 3 matches plays the runner-up of the opposing group in a semi-final, with the winner contesting the final.

Finals format

Since 2002 the finals had eight teams with two groups of four teams, semi-finals and the final.

Results

Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third place match
			Champions	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1998	Two-legged final	Denmark	2–0 / 2–3	France	Germany and  Sweden
2	1999	Sweden	Sweden	Round-robin	Germany	Italy	Round-robin	Norway
3	2000	France	Germany	4–2	Spain	Sweden	Round-robin	France
4	2001	Norway	Germany	3–2	Norway	Denmark	1–0	Spain
5	2002	Sweden	Germany	3–1	France	Denmark and  England
6	2003	Germany	France	2–0	Norway	England and  Sweden
7	2004	Finland	Spain	2–1	Germany	Italy and  Russia
8	2005	Hungary	Russia	2–2 6–5 (pen.)	France	Finland and  Germany
9	2006	Switzerland	Germany	3–0	France	Denmark and  Russia
10	2007	Iceland	Germany	2–0 (aet)	England	France and  Norway
11	2008	France	Italy	1–0	Norway	Germany and  Sweden
12	2009	Belarus	England	2–0	Sweden	France and  Switzerland
13	2010	Macedonia	France	2–1	England	Germany and  Netherlands
14	2011	Italy	Germany	8–1	Norway	Italy and  Switzerland
15	2012	Turkey	Sweden	1–0 (aet)	Spain	Denmark and  Portugal
16	2013	Wales	France	2–0 (aet)	England	Finland and  Germany
17	2014	Norway	Netherlands	1–0	Spain	Norway and  Republic of Ireland
18	2015	Israel	Sweden	3–1	Spain	France and  Germany
19	2016	Slovakia	France	2–1	Spain	Netherlands and  Switzerland
20	2017	Northern Ireland	Spain	3–2	France	Germany and  Netherlands
21	2018	Switzerland	Spain	1–0	Germany	Denmark and  Norway
22	2019	Scotland	France	2–1	Germany	Netherlands and  Spain
-	2020	Georgia	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
-	2021	Belarus	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
23	2022	Czech Republic	Spain	2–1	Norway	Sweden and  France
24	2023	Belgium	Spain	0–0 3–2 (pen.)	Germany	Netherlands and  France
25	2024	Lithuania	Spain	2–1 (aet)	Netherlands	England and  France
26	2025	Poland
27	2026	Bosnia and Herzegovina
28	2027	Hungary

Notes

Winners

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Semi-Finalists	Total (Top Four)
Germany	6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)	5 (1999, 2004, 2018, 2019, 2023)			7 (1998, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017)	18
Spain	6 (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024)	5 (2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)		1 (2001)	1 (2019)	13
France	5 (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019)	5 (1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2017)		1 (2000)	5 (2007, 2009, 2015, 2022, 2023)	16
Sweden	3 (1999, 2012, 2015)	1 (2009)	1 (2000)		4 (1998, 2003, 2008, 2022)	9
England	1 (2009)	3 (2007, 2010, 2013)			2 (2002, 2003)	6
Denmark	1 (1998)		1 (2001)		4 (2002, 2006, 2012, 2018)	6
Italy	1 (2008)		1 (1999)		2 (2004, 2011)	4
Netherlands	1 (2014)	1 (2024)			5 (2010, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023)	7
Russia	1 (2005)				2 (2004, 2006)	3
Norway		5 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2022)		1 (1999)	3 (2007, 2014, 2018)	9
Switzerland					3 (2009, 2011, 2016)	3
Finland					2 (2005, 2013)	2
Portugal					1 (2012)	1
Republic of Ireland					1 (2014)	1
Total	24	24	3	3	42	96

Comprehensive team results by tournament (since 2002)

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• SF – Semifinals
• GS – Group Stage
• 5th – Fifth place (played in 2005 and 2017)
• 6th – Sixth place (played in 2005 and 2017)
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2002 (8)	2003 (8)	2004 (8)	2005 (8)	2006 (8)	2007 (8)	2008 (8)	2009 (8)	2010 (8)	2011 (8)	2012 (8)	2013 (8)	2014 (8)	2015 (8)	2016 (8)	2017 (8)	2018 (8)	2019 (8)	2022 (8)	2023 (8)	2024 (8)	Total
Austria								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	5th	•	2
Belarus								GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	1
Belgium					GS			•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	5
Czech Republic								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	2
Denmark	SF				SF	GS		•	•	•	SF	GS	•	GS	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	7
England	SF	SF		6th		2nd	GS	1st	2nd	•	GS	2nd	GS	GS	•	5th	•	GS	GS	•	q	15
Finland			GS	SF				•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
France	2nd	1st	GS	2nd	2nd	SF	GS	SF	1st	•	•	1st	•	SF	1st	2nd	GS	1st	SF	SF	q	18
Germany	1st	GS	2nd	SF	1st	1st	SF	GS	SF	1st	•	SF	•	SF	GS	SF	2nd	2nd	GS	2nd	q	19
Hungary				GS				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Iceland						GS		GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	•	3
Israel								•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Italy		GS	SF				1st	•	GS	SF	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	GS	•	•	8
Lithuania								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	1
Netherlands		GS			GS			•	SF	GS	•	•	1st	•	SF	SF	GS	SF	•	SF	q	11
North Macedonia								•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Northern Ireland								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	1
Norway	GS	2nd	GS			SF	2nd	GS	•	2nd	•	GS	SF	GS	GS	•	SF	GS	2nd	•	•	14
Poland						GS		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Portugal								•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Republic of Ireland								•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	2
Romania								•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Russia			SF	1st	SF			•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	4
Scotland				GS			GS	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	•	6th	•	GS	•	•	•	6
Serbia								•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	2
Slovakia								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Spain	GS	GS	1st			GS	GS	•	GS	GS	2nd	•	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	SF	1st	1st	q	17
Sweden	GS	SF			GS		SF	2nd	•	•	1st	GS	GS	1st	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	10
Switzerland	GS		GS	5th	GS			SF	•	SF	•	•	•	•	SF	•	GS	•	•	•	•	8
Turkey								•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Wales								•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1

Since 2002, the 3rd/4th-place match has not been played.

Tournament statistics

Top scorers by tournament

Year	Player	Goals
2002	Claire Morel Barbara Müller	4
2003	Shelley Thompson	4
2004	Anja Mittag	6
2005	Elena Danilova	9
2006	Elena Danilova	7
2007	Marie-Laure Delie Fanndís Friðriksdóttir Ellen White	3
2008	Marie Pollmann	4
2009	Sofia Jakobsson	5
2010	Turid Knaak Lieke Martens	4
2011	Melissa Bjånesøy	7
2012	Elin Rubensson	5
2013	Pauline Bremer	6
2014	Vivianne Miedema	6
2015	Stina Blackstenius	6
2016	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	6
2017	Patricia Guijarro	5
2018	Dajan Hashemi Paulina Krumbiegel Lynn Wilms Andrea Norheim Olga Carmona Alisha Lehmann Géraldine Reuteler	2
2019	Melvine Malard	4
2022	Nicole Arcangeli	5
2023	Louna Ribadeira	4
2024	Nina Matejić	5

Player of the Tournament

The official website UEFA.com selected a Golden Player or Player of the Tournament for certain tournaments.

Year	Player
2002	Viola Odebrecht
2003	Sarah Bouhaddi
2004	Anja Mittag
2005	Elena Danilova
2006	Isabel & Monique Kerschowski
2007	Fern Whelan
2008	Sara Gama
2009	Ramona Bachmann
2010	Nataša Andonova
2011	Ramona Petzelberger
2012	Elin Rubensson
2013	Sandie Toletti
2014	Vivianne Miedema
2015	Stina Blackstenius
2016	Marie-Antoinette Katoto
2017	Patricia Guijarro
2018	–
2019	–
2022	–
2023	Louna Ribadeira
2024	Daniela Agote

See also

In Spanish: Campeonato Europeo Femenino Sub-19 de la UEFA para niños

• FIFA Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
• UEFA Women's Championship
• UEFA Women's Champions League