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2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

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2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Mistrovství Evropy ve fotbale žen do 19 let 2022
Tournament details
Host countryCzech Republic
Dates27 June – 9 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (4th title)
Runners-up Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored42 (2.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Nicole Arcangeli
(5 goals)
2023

The 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2022) was the 19th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (23rd edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. The Czech Republic hosted the tournament.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.

France were the defending champions, having won the last tournament held in 2019, with the 2020 and 2021 editions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. France was eliminated in the semifinals.

Host selection

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The timeline of host selection was as follows:[2]

For the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, Belarus and Czech Republic were selected as hosts respectively.[1]

Qualification

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The UEFA Executive Committee approved on 18 June 2020 a new qualifying format for the Women's Under-17 and Under-19 Championship starting from 2022.[3] The qualifying competition will be played in two rounds, with teams divided into two leagues, and promotion and relegation between leagues after each round similar to the UEFA Nations League.[4]

A record total of 52 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Czech Republic also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams will qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts. The draw for round 1 was held on 11 March 2021, 15:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5]

Qualified teams

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Under-19 Euro1
only U-19 era (since 2002)
 Czech Republic Hosts 24 September 2019[1] 0 (debut)
 Germany Round 2 Group A2 winners 12 April 2022 16 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
 England Round 2 Group A3 winners 12 April 2022 13 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Sweden Round 2 Group A1 winners 12 April 2022 9 (2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
 Norway Round 2 Group A4 winners 16 May 2022 13 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
 Italy Round 2 Group A5 winners 12 April 2022 7 (2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018)
 Spain Round 2 Group A6 winners 12 April 2022 14 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
 France Round 2 Group A7 winners 12 April 2022 15 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Final draw

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The final draw was held on 18 May 2022, 10:30 CET, at Clarion Congress Hotel in Ostrava, the Czech Republic.[6] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There were no seeding, except that the hosts Czech Republic were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

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Frýdek-Místek Karviná
The Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic


Opava Ostrava
Stadion Stovky Městský Stadion Mestský Fotbalovy Stadion Městský Stadion Stadion Bazaly
Capacity: 2,400 Capacity: 4,833 Capacity: 7,758 Capacity: 15,123 Capacity: 10,039

Squads

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Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 43.01).[7]

Group stage

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

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, 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 applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 20.01 and 20.02):[7]

  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 that 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. Higher position in the qualification round 2 league ranking

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).[8]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7 Knockout stage
2  France 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3 5
3  Italy 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
4  Czech Republic (H) 3 0 0 3 0 12 −12 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Czech Republic 0–3 France
Report
Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary)
Spain 3–1 Italy
Report
Referee: Lizzy van der Helm (Netherlands)

Italy 2–2 France
Report
Stadion Bazaly, Ostrava
Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia)
Czech Republic 0–5 Spain
Report
Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland)

Italy 4–0 Czech Republic
Report
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)
France 1–1 Spain
Report
Stadion Bazaly, Ostrava
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6[a] Knockout stage
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6[a]
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3[b]
4  England 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3[b]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Norway 3, Sweden 0.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Germany 3, England 0.
Sweden 2–0 Germany
Report
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)
England 4–1 Norway
Report
Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland)

Norway 2–1 Germany
Report
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)
Sweden 1–0 England
Report
Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary)

Norway 1–0 Sweden
Report
Referee: Lizzy van der Helm (Netherlands)
Germany 3–0 England
Report
Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.[9]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 July – Opava
 
 
 Spain1
 
9 July – Ostrava
 
 Sweden0
 
 Spain2
 
6 July – Karviná
 
 Norway1
 
 Norway1
 
 
 France0
 

Semi-finals

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Spain 1–0 Sweden
Uria 51' Report
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

Norway 1–0 France
Sévenne 52' (o.g.) Report
Referee: Lizzy van der Helm (Netherlands)

Final

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Spain 2–1 Norway
Report Omarsdottir 5'
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)

Goalscorers

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There were 42 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Belarus, Czech Republic to host WU19 EURO in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. 24 September 2019.
  2. ^ "17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Temporary emergency measures for Financial Fair Play". UEFA.com. 18 June 2019.
  4. ^ "New format for Women's U17 and Women's U19 EUROs". UEFA.com. 18 June 2020.
  5. ^ "2021/22 Women's U19 Round 1 draw live on Thursday". UEFA.com. 5 March 2021.
  6. ^ "2022 Women's U19 EURO finals draw: Wednesday". UEFA.com.
  7. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship". UEFA.com.
  8. ^ "Women's U19 Match schedule". Fotbal.cz. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship 2021/22". UEFA.com.
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