2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Slovakia
Dates 19–31 July 2016
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  France (4th title)
Runners-up  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 55 (3.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) France Marie-Antoinette Katoto (6 goals)
Best player France Marie-Antoinette Katoto[1]

The 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (19th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the women's under-19 national teams of UEFA member associations. Slovakia, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 19 and 31 July 2016.[2]

A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1997 eligible to participate.

Qualification

The national teams from 47 UEFA member associations entered the competition. With Slovakia automatically qualified as hosts, the other 46 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[3] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016.[4]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:[5]

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Slovakia Hosts 1st — Debut
 Germany Elite round Group 1 winners 13th 2015 Champions (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)
 Austria Elite round Group 2 winners 1st — Debut
 Netherlands Elite round Group 3 winners 6th 2014 Champions (2014)
 Spain Elite round Group 4 winners 11th 2015 Champions (2004)
 France Elite round Group 5 winners 12th 2015 Champions (2003, 2010, 2013)
  Switzerland Elite round Group 6 winners 7th 2011 Semi-finals (2009, 2011)
 Norway Elite round Group 6 runners-up[^] 11th 2015 Runners-up (2003, 2008, 2011)
Notes
  1. ^ The best runners-up among all six elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

Final draw

The final draw was held on 24 May 2016, 10:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Hotel Gate One in Bratislava, Slovakia.[6] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Slovakia were assigned to position A1 in the draw.[7]

Venues

The tournament was hosted in four venues:

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.[4]

Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.

Referees
Assistant referees
Fourth officials

Group stage

Results of teams participating at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 1 June 2016.[8]

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[4]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. If only two teams have the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (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).
  8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CEST (UTC+2).[9]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6 Knockout stage
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
3  Norway 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
4  Slovakia (H) 3 0 1 2 0 12 −12 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)
17:00
Slovakia  0–6  Netherlands
Report Folkertsma  23' (pen.)
Roord  37', 57', 74'
Deszathová  40' (o.g.)
Hendriks  69'
NTC Senec, Senec
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)
18:00
France  0–1  Norway
Report Jørgensen  36'
Štadión FC ViOn, Zlaté Moravce
Referee: Eszter Urbán (Hungary)

22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)
18:00
Netherlands  1–0  Norway
Folkertsma  56' Report

22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)
19:00
Slovakia  0–6  France
Report Katoto  49', 53', 68'
Mateo  51'
Morroni  65'
D. Cascarino  90'
NTC Senec, Senec
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)

25 July 2016 (2016-07-25)
17:00
Norway  0–0
Abandoned 		 Slovakia
Report
Štadión FC ViOn, Zlaté Moravce
Referee: Linn Andersson (Sweden)

The match was abandoned after 50 minutes with the score 0–0 after heavy rain made the pitch unplayable.[10] With France beating the Netherlands 2–1 elsewhere in the final round of group games, neither Norway nor Slovakia could have finished in the top two and reached the semi-finals. The match was therefore not concluded and the result stands at 0–0.[11]

25 July 2016 (2016-07-25)
17:00
Netherlands  1–2  France
Roord  60' Report Katoto  18'
Geyoro  24' (pen.)
NTC Senec, Senec
Referee: Tania Fernandes Morais (Luxembourg)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Knockout stage
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1 6
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4  Austria 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)
18:00
Spain  1–0  Germany
N. García  62' Report
OMS ARENA Senica, Senica
Referee: Linn Andersson (Sweden)

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)
18:00
Austria  0–4   Switzerland
Report Zehnder  19', 88'
Mégroz  60'
Jenzer  77'
Stadium Myjava, Myjava
Referee: Lois Otte (Belgium)

22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)
18:00
Spain  4–0  Austria
Sánchez  5', 29'
L. García  69'
Bonmati  83' (pen.)		 Report
Stadium Myjava, Myjava
Referee: Tania Fernandes Morais (Luxembourg)

22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)
18:00
Germany  2–4   Switzerland
Sanders  3'
Freigang  70'		 Report Mégroz  6'
Surdez  64', 72'
Zehnder  90+1'
OMS ARENA Senica, Senica
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

25 July 2016 (2016-07-25)
18:00
Switzerland   0–5  Spain
Report N. García  15', 47'
Hernández  36'
L. García  52', 74'
Stadium Myjava, Myjava
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)

25 July 2016 (2016-07-25)
18:00
Germany  3–1  Austria
Ehegötz  43'
Freigang  58'
Sanders  73'		 Report Feric  84'
OMS ARENA Senica, Senica
Referee: Eszter Urbán (Hungary)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[4]

On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[12]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 July – Senec
 
 
 France3
 
31 July – Senec
 
  Switzerland1
 
 France2
 
28 July – Senec
 
 Spain1
 
 Spain4
 
 
 Netherlands3
 

Semi-finals

28 July 2016 (2016-07-28)
16:00
France  3–1   Switzerland
Mateo  46', 54'
Katoto  50'		 Report Reuteler  44'
NTC Senec, Senec
Referee: Lois Otte (Belgium)

28 July 2016 (2016-07-28)
20:30
Spain  4–3  Netherlands
Hernández  25', 68', 81'
Cazalla  73'		 Report Admiraal  22'
Roord  59'
Hendriks  84'
NTC Senec, Senec
Referee: Linn Andersson (Sweden)

Final

The final was interrupted after the first half due to heavy rain and the resulting unfit terrain, and the second half began following a two-hour delay.

31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)
19:00
France  2–1  Spain
Geyoro  36'
Katoto  66'		 Report L. García  84'
NTC Senec, Senec
Referee: Eszter Urbán (Hungary)

Goalscorers

6 goals
  • France Marie-Antoinette Katoto
5 goals
4 goals
  • Spain Lucía García
  • Spain Sandra Hernández
3 goals
2 goals
  • France Grace Geyoro
  • Germany Laura Freigang
  • Germany Stefanie Sanders
  • Netherlands Sippie Folkertsma
  • Netherlands Michelle Hendriks
  • Spain Andrea Sánchez
  • Switzerland Naomi Mégroz
  • Switzerland Camille Surdez
1 goal
  • Austria Ivana Feric
  • France Delphine Cascarino
  • France Perle Morroni
  • Germany Nina Ehegötz
  • Netherlands Suzanne Admiraal
  • Norway Katrine W. Jørgensen
  • Spain Aitana Bonmati
  • Spain Marta Cazalla
  • Switzerland Lara Jenzer
  • Switzerland Géraldine Reuteler
1 own goal
  • Slovakia Stephanie Deszathová (playing against Netherlands)

Source: UEFA.com[13]

References

  1. ↑ "2016: Marie-Antoinette Katoto". UEFA.com.
  2. ↑ "Norway, Israel, Slovakia to host Women's U19s". UEFA.com. 20 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Entries set for 2015/16 qualifying round". UEFA.com. 23 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  5. ↑ "WU19 EURO lineup complete as elite round ends". UEFA.com. 11 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
  7. ↑ "Draw sets tough task for Women's U19 hosts". UEFA.com. 24 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Women's U19 finals schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. 1 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Final Match Schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  10. ↑ "@UEFAWomensEURO". Twitter. 25 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "Norway v Slovakia abandoned after heavy rain". UEFA.com. 25 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "FIFA Executive Committee approves key priorities to restore trust in FIFA". UEFA. 2 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

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