The 2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 23rd edition 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. Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted the tournament from 27 June to 10 July 2026.
A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.
Qualification
52 (out of 55) UEFA countries entered the qualifying competition, with the host team Bosnia and Herzegovina also participating, although they qualified automatically. Seven teams qualified for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts.
Qualified teams Seven teams qualified for the final tournament along with hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
TeamQualification methodDate of qualificationAppearance(s)Previous best performance Host nation 1stDebut 9th200220181Semi-Finals (2009, 2011, 2016) 3rd200720252Group Stage (2007, 2025) 4th200720231Group Stage (2007, 2009, 2023) 3rd201620231Fifth place (2023) 12th200220252Champions (2012, 2015) 20th200220241Champions (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011) 19th2002202511Champions (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Group stage The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
Tie-breaking criteria for group playThe ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
Points obtained in all group matches; 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 this 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 UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; Drawing of lots.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Goalscorers
Awards The following awards were given after the tournament: Player of the Tournament: Rosalía Domínguez Top Scorer: Alba Cerrato, Ainoa Gómez, Rosalía Domínguez, Emanuela Pfister (3 goals)
Team of the Tournament After the tournament, the Under-19 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.
PositionPlayerGoalkeeper Janne KrummeDefenders Lenelotte Müller Amaya García Paula KlingsporMidfielders Emma Moreno Ainoa Gómez Irune Dorado Emma MemmingerForwards Valentina Pötzl Alba Cerrato Rosalía Domínguez
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