2021 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The 2021 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2021) will be the 20th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (24th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Belarus will host the tournament.[1] A total of eight teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate.

2021 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBelarus
DatesJuly/August 2021
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)TBD (in TBD host cities)

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as the UEFA representatives.

Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows:[2]

For the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, Belarus and Czech Republic were selected as hosts respectively.[1]

Qualification
Main article: 2021 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

A total of 50 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Belarus qualifying automatically, the other 49 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[3] The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: Qualifying round, which takes place in autumn 2020, and Elite round, which takes place in spring 2021.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

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

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 BelarusHosts2nd2009Group stage (2009)
TBDElite round Group 1 winners
TBDElite round Group 2 winners
TBDElite round Group 3 winners
TBDElite round Group 4 winners
TBDElite round Group 5 winners
TBDElite round Group 6 winners
TBDElite round Group 7 winners

Venues

To be confirmed.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following four teams from UEFA qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
TBD2021
TBD2021
TBD2021
TBD2021
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "Belarus, Czech Republic to host WU19 EURO in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. 24 September 2019.
  2. "17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. 27 March 2019.
  3. "2020/21 #WU19EURO qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. 12 November 2019.
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