2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

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]

2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Slovakia
Dates19–31 July 2016
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (4th title)
Runners-up Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored55 (3.67 per match)
Attendance9,902 (660 per match)
Top scorer(s) Marie-Antoinette Katoto (6 goals)
Best player(s) Marie-Antoinette Katoto[1]

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

Qualification
Main article: 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship 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
 SlovakiaHosts1st—Debut
 GermanyElite round Group 1 winners13th2015Champions (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)
 AustriaElite round Group 2 winners1st—Debut
 NetherlandsElite round Group 3 winners6th2014Champions (2014)
 SpainElite round Group 4 winners11th2015Champions (2004)
 FranceElite round Group 5 winners12th2015Champions (2003, 2010, 2013)
  SwitzerlandElite round Group 6 winners7th2011Semi-finals (2009, 2011)
 NorwayElite round Group 6 runners-up[^]11th2015Runners-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.

Group stage
Results of teams participating at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 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.
Slovakia 0–6 Netherlands
Report Folkertsma  23' (pen.)
Roord  37', 57', 74'
Deszathová  40' (o.g.)
Hendriks  69'
Attendance: 1,023[10]
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
France 0–1 Norway
Report Jørgensen  36'
Attendance: 520[10]
Referee: Eszter Urbán (Hungary)
Netherlands 1–0 Norway
Folkertsma  56' Report
Attendance: 426[10]
Referee: Lois Otte (Belgium)
Slovakia 0–6 France
Report Katoto  49', 53', 68'
Mateo  51'
Morroni  65'
D. Cascarino  90'
Attendance: 1,300[10]
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)
Norway 0–0
Abandoned		 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 1,230[10]
Referee: Linn Andersson (Sweden)

The match was abandoned after 50 minutes with the score 0–0 after heavy rain made the pitch unplayable.[11] 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.[12]

Netherlands 1–2 France
Roord  60' Report Katoto  18'
Geyoro  24' (pen.)
Attendance: 350[10]
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
Spain 1–0 Germany
N. García  62' Report
OMS ARENA Senica, Senica
Attendance: 591[10]
Referee: Linn Andersson (Sweden)
Austria 0–4  Switzerland
Report Zehnder  19', 88'
Mégroz  60'
Jenzer  77'
Attendance: 317[10]
Referee: Lois Otte (Belgium)
Spain 4–0 Austria
Sánchez  5', 29'
L. García  69'
Bonmati  83' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 483[10]
Referee: Tania Fernandes Morais (Luxembourg)
Germany 2–4  Switzerland
Sanders  3'
Freigang  70'		 Report Mégroz  6'
Surdez  64', 72'
Zehnder  90+1'
OMS ARENA Senica, Senica
Attendance: 503[10]
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Switzerland  0–5 Spain
Report N. García  15', 47'
Hernández  36'
L. García  52', 74'
Attendance: 384[10]
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)
Germany 3–1 Austria
Ehegötz  43'
Freigang  58'
Sanders  73'		 Report Feric  84'
OMS ARENA Senica, Senica
Attendance: 576[10]
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.[13]

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

Semi-finals
France 3–1  Switzerland
Mateo  46', 54'
Katoto  50'		 Report Reuteler  44'
Attendance: 657[10]
Referee: Lois Otte (Belgium)
Spain 4–3 Netherlands
Hernández  25', 68', 81'
Cazalla  73'		 Report Admiraal  22'
Roord  59'
Hendriks  84'
Attendance: 518[10]
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.

France 2–1 Spain
Geyoro  36'
Katoto  66'		 Report L. García  84'
Attendance: 1,024[10]
Referee: Eszter Urbán (Hungary)

Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Stephanie Deszathová (playing against Netherlands)

Source: UEFA.com[14]

Team of the Tournament

Source: UEFA Technical Report[10]

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. "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. "Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  11. "@UEFAWomensEURO". Twitter. 25 July 2016.
  12. "Norway v Slovakia abandoned after heavy rain". UEFA.com. 25 July 2015.
  13. "FIFA Executive Committee approves key priorities to restore trust in FIFA". UEFA. 2 May 2016.
  14. "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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