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2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (18th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual European youth football competition contested by the women's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Israel hosted the tournament.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to participate in this competition.

2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
אליפות אירופה בכדורגל נשים עד גיל 19 - 2015
Tournament details
Host countryIsrael
Dates15–27 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (3rd title)
Runners-up Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored39 (2.6 per match)
Attendance18,603 (1,240 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden Stina Blackstenius (6 goals)
Best player(s)Sweden Stina Blackstenius
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Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The four semi-finalists qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the UEFA representatives.[2]

Qualification

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Main article: 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Israel qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2014, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2015.[3]

Qualified teams

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[4][5]

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

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
  Israel Hosts 1st Debut Debut
  Spain Elite round Group 1 winners 10th 2014 Champions (2004)
  Sweden Elite round Group 2 winners 9th 2014 Champions (2012)
  France Elite round Group 3 winners 11th 2013 Champions (2003, 2010, 2013)
  England Elite round Group 4 winners 11th 2014 Champions (2009)
  Norway Elite round Group 4 runners-up[^] 10th 2014 Runners-up (2003, 2008, 2011)
  Germany Elite round Group 5 winners 12th 2013 Champions (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)
  Denmark Elite round Group 6 winners 6th 2013 Semi-finals (2002, 2006, 2012)

Notes

  1. ^
    The best runners-up among all six elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

Final draw

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The final draw was held in Haifa, Israel on 20 May 2015, 20:15 IDT (UTC+3).[6][7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There were no seeding except that the hosts Israel were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

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The matches were played at four venues in four host cities.[8]

Netanya
Rishon LeZion
Netanya Stadium Haberfeld Stadium
Capacity: 13,610 Capacity: 6,000
   
Lod Ramla
Lod Municipal Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 2,000
   

Squads

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Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.[3]

Sweden

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Match officials

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A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[10]

Group stage

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Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Tiebreakers

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:[3]

  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 had 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, IDT (UTC+3).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2   Sweden 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6
3   Denmark 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
4   Israel (H) 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
France  1–0  Denmark
Léger   49' Report
Attendance: 400[10]
Referee: Ana Minić (Serbia)
Israel  0–3  Sweden
Report Björn   22'
Blackstenius   28', 72'
Attendance: 2,500[10]
Referee: Rhona Daly (Republic of Ireland)
Sweden  1–0  Denmark
Angeldal   35' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 250[10]
Referee: Lorraine Clark (Scotland)
Israel  0–4  France
Report Matéo   10'
Carage   26'
Gathrat   63'
Léger   90'
Attendance: 2,630[10]
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
Denmark  2–1  Israel
Sørensen   33', 60' Report Avital   22'
Attendance: 2,300[10]
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)
Sweden  0–1  France
Report Andersson   5' (o.g.)
Attendance: 600[10]
Referee: Rhona Daly (Republic of Ireland)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6[a] Advance to knockout stage
2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2   Spain 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6[a]
3   Norway 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
4   England 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked by head-to-head result (Germany 1–0 Spain)
England  1–2  Germany
George   30' Report Ehegötz   25'
Knaak   87'
Attendance: 300[10]
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
Spain  4–0  Norway
Redondo   22', 83'
Nahikari   26'
Garrote   38'		 Report
Attendance: 180[10]
Referee: Esther Azzopardi (Malta)
England  1–3  Spain
Flint   9' Report Garrote   54'
Redondo   82'
Gálvez   90'
Attendance: 300[10]
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)
Germany  0–2  Norway
Report Fjelldal   5'
Knaak   33' (o.g.)
Attendance: 200[10]
Referee: Ana Minić (Serbia)
Norway  0–0  England
Report
Attendance: 200[10]
Referee: Esther Azzopardi (Malta)
Germany  1–0  Spain
Gálvez   39' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 400[10]
Referee: Lorraine Clark (Scotland)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[3]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July – Lod
 
 
  France1 (4)
 
27 July – Netanya
 
  Spain (p)1 (5)
 
  Spain1
 
24 July – Netanya
 
  Sweden3
 
  Germany3 (2)
 
 
  Sweden (p)3 (4)
 

Semi-finals

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Germany  3–3 (a.e.t.)  Sweden
Knaak   12'
Ehegötz   58'
Gier   78'		 Report Almqvist   21'
Blackstenius   44', 88'
Penalties
Knaak  
Gier  
Rauch  
Gaugigl  		 2–4   Angeldal
  Björn
  Blackstenius
  Blomqvist
Attendance: 680[10]
Referee: Esther Azzopardi (Malta)
France  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Spain
Léger   36' Report Falcón   42'
Penalties
Greboval  
Lahmari  
Karchaoui  
Romanelli  
Léger  		 4–5   Domínguez
  Hernández
  Ortega
  Beltrán
  García
Attendance: 433[10]
Referee: Rhona Daly (Republic of Ireland)

Final

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Spain  1–3  Sweden
Hernández   81' Report Blackstenius   28', 36'
Angeldal   89'
Attendance: 7,230[10]
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Goalscorers

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6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Source: UEFA.com[11]

Team of the tournament

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Source: UEFA.com[12]

Golden player:   Stina Blackstenius[13]

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

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The following four teams from UEFA qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[14]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  Sweden 18 July 2015 1 (2010)
  Spain 21 July 2015 1 (2004)
  France 18 July 2015 5 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014)
  Germany 21 July 2015 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "Norway, Israel, Slovakia to host Women's U19s". UEFA.com. 20 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, 2014/15" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. ^ "England and Norway complete finals lineup". UEFA.com. 9 April 2015.
  5. ^ "2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship programme" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. ^ "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
  7. ^ "Finalists learn fate in Women's Under-19 draw". UEFA.com. 20 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Venue guide". UEFA.com.
  9. ^ Petersson, Martin (27 July 2015). "EM-guide: Här är guldhjältarna bakom Sveriges F19-succé" [Euros guide: Here are the golden heroes behind Sweden's U19-success] (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "UEFA Technical Report – Results". UEFA.com.
  11. ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  12. ^ "Official WU19 EURO squad of the tournament". UEFA. 29 July 2015.
  13. ^ "Golden Player – Stina Blackstenius". UEFA.com.
  14. ^ "Germany, Spain complete European foursome". FIFA.com. 21 July 2015. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016.
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