2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 28 August – 9 October 2018 Elite round: 3–9 April 2019
Teams	50 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	114
Goals scored	508 (4.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sjoeke Nüsken (12 goals)
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The 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Scotland in the 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1]

Apart from Scotland, 50 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions are permitted per team in each match.^[3]

The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:^[4]

• Qualifying round: Apart from Spain and France, which received byes to the elite round as the teams with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 48 teams were drawn into 12 groups of four teams. Each group played a single round-robin, with one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 12 group winners, the 12 runners-up, and the two third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
• Elite round: 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group played a single round-robin, with one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners qualified for the final tournament.

For the qualifying round and elite round, 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 to be applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[4]

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 this 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. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the two best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Article 15.01):^[4]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points;
5. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 24 November 2017, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[5][6][7]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following (a four-year window was used instead of the previous three-year window):^[8]

• 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff Rank  Scotland 16.111 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff Rank  Spain 31.833 1  France 26.000 2

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  Netherlands 24.833 3  Germany 21.833 4  Sweden 20.111 5  Norway 19.000 6  England 16.167 7   Switzerland 15.444 8  Belgium 14.167 9  Republic of Ireland 13.889 10  Denmark 13.833 11  Finland 12.667 12  Italy 12.444 13  Russia 11.000 14

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Austria 11.000 15  Czech Republic 10.333 16  Portugal 10.167 17  Poland 8.667 18  Northern Ireland 8.000 19  Serbia 8.167 20  Iceland 7.833 21  Turkey 7.167 22  Ukraine 7.000 23  Hungary 6.833 24  Slovenia 6.667 25  Slovakia 6.667 26

Pot C Team Coeff Rank  Romania 6.333 27  Belarus 5.667 28  Croatia 5.333 29  Azerbaijan 5.000 30  Greece 5.000 31  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.333 32  Israel 4.000 33  Wales 2.667 34  Moldova 2.667 35  Faroe Islands 2.333 36  Montenegro 1.333 37  Estonia 1.333 38

Pot D Team Coeff Rank  Macedonia 1.333 39  Bulgaria 1.000 40  Albania 1.000 41  Cyprus 0.667 42  Malta 0.667 43  Georgia 0.000 44  Lithuania 0.000 45  Kazakhstan 0.000 46  Latvia 0.000 47  Armenia 0.000 48  Liechtenstein — 49  Kosovo — 50

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

Andorra

Gibraltar

Luxembourg

San Marino

The qualifying round must be played by 28 October 2018, and on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:^[8][7]

• 27 August – 4 September 2018
• 1–9 October 2018

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	21	0	+21	9	Elite round
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	12	5	+7	6
3	Malta	3	0	1	2	1	15	−14	1
4	Croatia (H)	3	0	1	2	0	14	−14	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9	Elite round
2	Turkey (H)	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Cyprus	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Elite round
2	Sweden (H)	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	Israel	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	1	24	−23	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	22	0	+22	9	Elite round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	1	0	2	1	12	−11	3
4	Georgia	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9	Elite round
2	Hungary (H)	3	2	0	1	15	7	+8	6
3	Macedonia	3	1	0	2	4	15	−11	3
4	Moldova	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9	Elite round
2	Serbia	3	1	1	1	15	5	+10	4
3	Greece	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Liechtenstein (H)	3	0	0	3	0	29	−29	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	9	Elite round
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Latvia	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1
4	Montenegro	3	0	1	2	1	12	−11	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Elite round
2	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Lithuania (H)	3	1	0	2	1	9	−8	3
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	34	0	+34	9	Elite round
2	Northern Ireland (H)	3	1	1	1	7	8	−1	4
3	Kosovo	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	2	33	−31	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9	Elite round
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Albania	3	1	0	2	3	14	−11	3
4	Belarus	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Elite round
2	Portugal	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Bulgaria (H)	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Elite round
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	8	5	+3	3
4	Armenia (H)	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

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To determine the two best third-placed teams from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	6	Greece	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1	Elite round
2	11	Bulgaria	2	0	1	1	2	6	−4	1
3	9	Kosovo	2	0	1	1	0	6	−6	1
4	3	Israel	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0
5	12	Wales	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0
6	2	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0
7	7	Latvia	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0
8	8	Lithuania	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0
9	4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12	0
10	10	Albania	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0
11	1	Malta	2	0	0	2	1	15	−14	0
12	5	Macedonia	2	0	0	2	0	14	−14	0

The draw for the elite round was held on 23 November 2018, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[9][10][11]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[12] Spain and France, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	—	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	9	Germany	3	3	0	0	34	0	+34	9
4	4	Norway	3	3	0	0	22	0	+22	9
5	1	England	3	3	0	0	21	0	+21	9
6	5	Finland	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9[a]
7	10	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9[a]
8	6	Denmark	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9[a]	Pot B
9	2	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9
10	3	Slovenia	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9
11	7	Austria	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	9
12	8	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9
13	12	Iceland	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9
14	11	Italy	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
15	5	Hungary	3	2	0	1	15	7	+8	6	Pot C
16	1	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	12	5	+7	6
17	3	Sweden	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
18	4	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
19	7	Russia	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
20	12	Belgium	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
21	8	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
22	10	Poland	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6	Pot D
23	2	Turkey	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6
24	6	Serbia	3	1	1	1	15	5	+10	4
25	11	Portugal	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
26	6	Greece (Y)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
27	9	Northern Ireland	3	1	1	1	7	8	−1	4
28	11	Bulgaria (Y)	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4

The elite round is scheduled to be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:

• 1–9 April 2019
• 10–18 June 2019

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7	Final tournament
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
3	Austria	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Greece	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (H)	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Final tournament
2	Finland	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Poland	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Final tournament
2	Iceland	3	1	1	1	9	4	+5	4
3	Russia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Final tournament
2	Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Serbia	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1
4	Hungary	3	0	1	2	1	12	−11	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway (H)	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Final tournament
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	5	15	−10	3
4	Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Final tournament
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	6
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	2	1	0	12	0	+12	7	Final tournament
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

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The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Women's Under-19 Euro1 only U-19 era (since 2002)
Scotland	Hosts	9 December 2016[1]	5 (2005, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2017)
Germany	Elite round Group 1 winners	9 April 2019	15 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Belgium	Elite round Group 2 winners	9 April 2019	1 (2014)
Netherlands	Elite round Group 3 winners	9 April 2019	8 (2003, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Spain	Elite round Group 4 winners	9 April 2019	13 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Norway	Elite round Group 5 winners	9 April 2019	12 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)
England	Elite round Group 6 winners	9 April 2019	12 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017)
France	Elite round Group 7 winners	9 April 2019	14 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

In the qualifying round there were 360 goals scored in 72 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.

In the elite round there were 148 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.52 goals per match.

In total there were 508 goals scored in 114 matches, for an average of 4.46 goals per match.

12 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com^[13]

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