2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
2024 m. Europos moterų U-19 futbolo čempionatas
Tournament details
Host country	Lithuania
Dates	14 – 27 July 2024
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (6th title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Top scorer(s)	Nina Matejić (5)
Best player(s)	Daniela Agote^[1]
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International football competition

The 2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 21st edition (25th in U18 and U19) of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Lithuania hosted the tournament.^[2]

A total of eight teams were playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.

Spain were the two-time defending champions and successfully defended the title after beating the Netherlands in the final.^[3]

Venues

Lithuania^[4]
Jonava	Kaunas	Marijampolė
Central Stadium of Jonava	Darius and Girėnas Stadium	Sūduva Stadium
Capacity: 2,580	Capacity: 15,026	Capacity: 6,523
Jonava Kaunas Marijampolė

Qualification

52 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Lithuania also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams would qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Lithuania	Hosts	1st	Debut
Spain	Round 2 Group A1 winners	17th	2023 (Champions)	Champions (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023)
Republic of Ireland	Round 2 Group A2 winners	2nd	2014 (Semi-finals)	Semi-finals (2014)
England	Round 2 Group A3 winners	15th	2022 (Group stage)	Champions (2009)
France	Round 2 Group A4 winners	18th	2023 (Semi-finals)	Champions (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019)
Serbia	Round 2 Group A5 winners	2nd	2012 (Group stage)	Group stage (2012)
Netherlands	Round 2 Group A6 winners	11th	2023 (Semi-finals)	Champions (2014)
Germany	Round 2 Group A7 winners	19th	2023 (Runners-up)	Champions (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)

Squads

Group stage

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):^{[citation needed]}

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
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;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
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);
Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
Higher position in the qualification round 2 league ranking

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7	Knockout stage
2	France	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6	Knockout stage
3	Serbia	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
4	Lithuania (H)	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

Updated to match(es) played on 20 July 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

14 July 2024 (2024-07-14)