The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2012 Final Tournament was held in Antalya, Turkey between 2 and 14 July 2012. Players born after 1 January 1993 were eligible to participate in this competition.
Tournament structure The regulations make up for the following tournament structure: Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundCompetition format First qualifying round (40 teams)40 teams from associations ranked 4–5310 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient Second qualifying round (24 teams) (ranked 1) (ranked 2) (ranked 3)10 group winners and runners-up from 1st qualifying round best group third-place finisher from 1st qualifying round6 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient Final tournament (8 teams) (hosts)6 group winners from 2nd qualifying round best group runners-up from 2nd qualifying round2 groups of 4 teams, semi-finals, final
Qualifications There are two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament.
First qualifying round
In the first qualifying round 40 teams were drawn into 10 groups. The top two of each group and the best third-place finisher, counting only matches against the top two in the group, advanced.
Second qualifying round
In the second round the 21 teams from the first qualifying round were joined by top seeds Germany, France and England . The 24 teams of this round will be 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 advance to the final tournament. The draw was held at UEFA headquarters on 15 November 2011.
Final tournament The 7 teams advancing from the second qualifying round will be joined by host nation Turkey. The eight teams will be drawn into two groups of four with the top two teams of each group advancing to the semi-finals. Denmark qualified as best runners-up in the second qualifying round. Germany, having been the only team to participate in all final tournaments so far, missed out on qualification for the first time. The draw took place on 24 April in Antalya, Turkey.
Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts330030+3931111104302112−12301213−21
Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts321070+77321061+57301205−51301218−71
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
Final
SWEDEN: GK1Jessica HöglanderMF3Amanda Ilestedt (c)DF4Jennie NordinDF5Magdalena EricssonMF6Therése Boström MF7Petra AnderssonFW8Malin DiazFW9Pauline Hammarlund FW10Elin RubenssonDF13Hanna GlasMF16Lina Hurtig Substitutes:FW11Jonna Andersson FW14Fridolina Rolfö MF15Julia Wahlberg Manager:Calle BarrlingSPAIN: GK1Dolores GallardoDF2Idaira RodríguezDF4Ivana AndrésDF5Andrea PereiraMF6Nagore CalderónMF7Gema Gili FW9Raquel Pinel MF10Amanda Sampedro MF11Alexia Putellas (c) DF17Raquel CarreñoMF18Virginia TorrecillaSubstitutes:MF12Nelly Maestro MF16Ana Troyano MF8Marina García Manager:Ángel Vilda MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Michelle O'Neill (Republic of Ireland) Anne Cheron (Belgium) Fourth official: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
Statistics
Goalscorers 5 goals Elin Rubensson
2 goals Raquel Pinel Virginia Torrecilla Malin Diaz
1 goal
Camilla Andersen Christina Bovbjerg Anna Fisker Karoline Smidt Nielsen Micas Mara Bâtea Marija Ilić Ivana Andrés Nagore Calderón Alexia Putellas Amanda Sampedro Pauline Hammarlund
Own goals Stine Pedersen (playing against Sweden) Andreea Corduneanu (playing against Turkey) Jasna Djordjević (playing against Sweden)
References
External links Official website at UEFA.com