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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
Majstrovstvá Európy vo futbale žien do 19 rokov 2016
Tournament details
Host countrySlovakia
Dates19–31 July
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)France Marie-Antoinette Katoto (6 goals)
Best player(s)France Marie-Antoinette Katoto[1]
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A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1997 eligible to participate.

Qualification

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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

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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

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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

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The tournament was hosted in four venues:

Squads

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

Match officials

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

Group stage

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6[a] Knockout stage
2   Netherlands 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6[a]
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) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: France 3, Netherlands 0.
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'
Matéo   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

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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
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
Falcón   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'
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'
Attendance: 576[10]
Referee: Eszter Urbán (Hungary)

Knockout stage

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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

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

Semi-finals

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France  3–1   Switzerland
Matéo   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

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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

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6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com[14]

Team of the Tournament

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Source: UEFA Technical Report[10]

References

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  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. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "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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