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.
A total of eight teams played 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.
Venues Lithuania2024 Women's U19 EURO finals: Lithuania Jonava Kaunas Marijampolė Central Stadium of Jonava Darius and Girėnas Stadium Sūduva Stadium Capacity: 2,580 Capacity: 15,026 Capacity: 6,523
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 qualificationAppearance Last appearance Previous best performance Debut 2023 (Champions) (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023) 2014 (Semi-finals) (2014) 2022 (Group stage) (2009) 2023 (Semi-finals) (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019) 2012 (Group stage) (2012) 2023 (Semi-finals) (2014) 2023 (Runners-up) (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): 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
Group B
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Goalscorers
Awards The following awards were given after the tournament: Player of the Tournament: Daniela Agote Top Scorer: Nina Matejić (5 goals)
Team of the Tournament After the tournament, the Under-19 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.
PositionPlayerGoalkeeper Eunate AstralagaDefenders Noemí Bejarano Aïcha Camara Karlijn Woons Cerys BrownMidfielders Ainhoa Alguacil Jade van Hensbergen Landryna Lushimba BilombiForwards Daniela Agote Nina Matejić Lotte Keukelaar
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