2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
U19-EM i fotball for kvinner 2014
Tournament details
Host country	Norway
Dates	15–27 July
Teams	8
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	36 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Vivianne Miedema ; (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Vivianne Miedema
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The UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship 2014 Final Tournament was held in Norway from 15 to 27 July 2014. The first qualification matches were played on 21 September 2013.

A competition record of 48 participating nations was set. For the first time Albania, Malta and Montenegro enter the competition.^[2]

The Netherlands won the final over Spain 1–0.

Tournament structure edit

The regulations make up for the following tournament structure:

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Competition format
First qualifying round (44 teams)	44 teams from associations ranked 4–53		11 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Second qualifying round (24 teams)	Germany England Spain	11 group winners from 1st qualifying round 10 best runners-up from 1st qualifying round	6 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Final tournament (8 teams)	Norway (hosts)	6 group winners from 2nd qualifying round best group runners-up from 2nd qualifying round	2 groups of 4 teams, semi-finals, final

Venues edit

The matches were played in six cities, Ullevaal National Stadium was the final venue.^[3]

Qualification edit

There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the final tournament.

Qualifying round edit

In the qualifying round 44 teams were drawn into 11 groups. The group winners and ten best runners-up of each group advance. The draw was held on 20 November 2012.^[4]

Elite round edit

In the elite round the 21 teams from the first qualifying round were joined by top seeds Germany, England and Spain. The 24 teams of this round were drawn into six groups of four teams. The group winners and the runners-up team with the best record against the sides first and third in their group advanced to the final tournament.

Group stage edit

The seven teams advancing from the second qualifying round joined host nation Norway. Ireland qualified as best runners-up.^[5] The draw of groups was held on 29 April in Oslo.^[6]

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.^[7]

Tie-breaking

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:^[8]

Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between 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 matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 7 were applied.

Superior goal difference in all group matches;
Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
Respect Fair play ranking of the teams in question (final tournament);
Drawing of lots.

If only two teams were tied (according to criteria 1–7) after having met in the last match of the group stage, their ranking would be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Group A edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Scotland	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
Belgium	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

15 July 2014