2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

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.

2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

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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[1]
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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

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

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

• Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (28,000)
• Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg (4,700)
• Tønsberg Gressbane, Tønsberg (3,600)
• Mjøndalen Arena, Mjøndalen (2,100)
• Strømmen Stadion, Strømmen (1,800)
• UKI Arena, Jessheim (1,200)

Qualification

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

Qualifying round

Main article: 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification § Qualifying round

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

Main article: 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification § Elite round

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

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]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
3. 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.

4. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
5. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
6. Respect Fair play ranking of the teams in question (final tournament);
7. 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

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

19:00

Norway	0–0	Netherlands
	Report

Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg

Referee: Zuzana Kováčová (Slovakia)

15 July 2014

19:00

Belgium	0–2	Scotland
	Report	Weir 10' Ness 40'

Strømmen Stadion, Strømmen

Referee: Séverine Zinck (France)

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18 July 2014

19:00

Norway	2–1	Belgium
Markussen 18' Hansen 58'	Report	Michez 64'

Tønsberg Gressbane, Tønsberg

Referee: Sofia Karagiorgi (Cyprus)

18 July 2014

19:00

Netherlands	3–2	Scotland
Miedema 9', 24' O'Neill 19' (o.g.)	Report	Janssen 65' (o.g.) Richardson 70'

UKI Arena, Jessheim

Referee: Karolina Radzik-Johan (Poland)

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21 July 2014

19:00

Scotland	0–5	Norway
	Report	Clausen 10' Naalsund 15' Skinnes Hansen 34' Markussen 72' Jensen 89'

Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg

Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

21 July 2014

19:00

Netherlands	1–0	Belgium
Kaagman 41'	Report

Mjøndalen Arena, Mjøndalen

Referee: Marija Kurtes (Germany)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	9
Spain	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
Sweden	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
England	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

15 July 2014

19:00

England	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Bartrip 60' (o.g.) Blackstenius 75'

Tønsberg Gressbane, Tønsberg

Referee: Sofia Karagiorgi (Cyprus)

15 July 2014

19:00

Republic of Ireland	1–0	Spain
Shine 54'	Report

UKI Arena, Jessheim

Referee: Karolina Radzik-Johan (Poland)

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18 July 2014

19:00

England	1–2	Republic of Ireland
Walker 36'	Report	McCarthy 57' Keenan 86'

Mjøndalen Arena, Mjøndalen

Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

18 July 2014

19:00

Sweden	0–2	Spain
	Report	García 42' Redondo 79'

Strømmen Stadion, Strømmen

Referee: Marija Kurtes (Germany)

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21 July 2014

19:00

Spain	2–0	England
Fraile 58' García 79'	Report

Strømmen Stadion, Strömmen

Referee: Séverine Zinck (France)

21 July 2014

19:00

Sweden	1–2	Republic of Ireland
Blackstenius 8'	Report	McCarthy 21' Connolly 80'

UKI Arena, Jessheim

Referee: Zuzana Kovacova (Slovakia)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.^[7][8]

For the first time in the competition history Ireland has reached the semi-finals.^[9] Their semi-final against the Netherlands was a rematch of the pairing in the second qualifying round, which ended in a goalless draw. With a 4–0 win the Netherlands reached the final for the first time.

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 July
	Norway	0
					27 July
	Spain	2
					Spain	0
	24 July
					Netherlands	1
	Republic of Ireland	0
	Netherlands	4

Semifinals

24 July 2014

18:00

Norway	0–2	Spain
	Report	Caldentey 71' Turmo 90+4'

UKI Arena, Jessheim

Referee: Zuzana Kováčová (Slovakia)

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24 July 2014

19:00

Republic of Ireland	0–4	Netherlands
	Report	Miedema 5', 48', 55' Kuijpers 34'

Mjøndalen Arena, Mjøndalen

Referee: Marija Kurtes (Germany)

Final

27 July 2014

18:00

Spain	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Miedema 21'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Referee: Zuzana Kováčová (Slovakia)

Spain

Netherlands

SPAIN: GK 13 Sara Serrat DF 2 Celia Jiménez (c) DF 3 Marta Turmo DF 4 Garazi Murua DF 5 Núria Garrote MF 9 Maitane López MF 6 Leire Baños  66' MF 14 Sonia Fraile FW 8 María Caldentey FW 12 Nahikari García MF 16 Andrea Falcón Substitutes: FW 17 Alba Redondo  66' Manager: Jorge Vilda

NETHERLANDS: GK 1 Jennifer Vreugdenhil DF 3 Dominique Janssen DF 4 Danique Kerkdijk DF 7 Jeslynn Kuijpers DF 8 Inessa Kaagman (c) DF 12 Lucie Akkerman MF 5 Danielle Kuikstra  78' MF 10 Jill Roord  46' FW 6 Kim Mourmans FW 9 Vivianne Miedema FW 14 Laura Strik  61' Substitutes: MF 17 Sharon Bruinenberg  46' FW 13 Simone Kets  61' DF 2 Cornelia Peels  78' Manager: Andre Koolhof

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Petra Simmerová (Czech Republic) May Moalem (Israel) Fourth official: Marija Kurtes (Germany)

2014 UEFA Women's U-19 European champions
Netherlands First title

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Vivianne Miedema

2 goals

• Synne Skinnes Hansen
• Marie Dølvik Markussen
• Savannah McCarthy
• Nahikari García
• Stina Blackstenius

1 goal

• Lucinda Michez
• Claudia Walker
• Inessa Kaagman
• Jeslynn Kuijpers
• Marit Clausen
• Synne Jensen
• Lisa Naalsund
• Megan Connolly
• Keeva Keenan
• Clare Shine
• Zoe Ness
• Carolina Richardson
• Caroline Weir
• Mariona Caldentey
• Sonia Fraile
• Alba Redondo
• Marta Turmo

Own goals

• Molly Bartrip (playing against Sweden)
• Dominique Janssen (playing against Scotland)
• Rachael O'Neill (playing against Netherlands)