2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

Tournament structure

The regulations make up for the following tournament structure:

Venues

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

• 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.

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. The draw of groups was held on 29 April in Oslo.

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

;Tie-breaking If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:

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

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Group A

Ness

Hansen O'Neill Richardson

Naalsund Skinnes Hansen Markussen Jensen

Group B

Blackstenius

Keenan Redondo

García Connolly

Knockout stage

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

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Semifinals

Turmo

Kuijpers

Final

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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)

References

References

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4. (20 November 2012). "2013/14 Women's U19 first qualifying round draw". UEFA.
5. (10 April 2014). "Germany, France out as finals lineup is confirmed". UEFA.
6. (29 April 2014). "England paired with Sweden in Norway finals draw". UEFA.
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8. "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2013/14".
9. (23 July 2014). "Preview: Norway v Spain, Ireland v Netherlands". UEFA.