The UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship 2014 Final Tournament was held in Norway from 15 to 27 July 2014. The first qualification matches were played on 21 September 2013.

A competition record of 48 participating nations was set. For the first time Albania, Malta and Montenegro enter the competition.

The Netherlands won the final over Spain 1–0.

Tournament structure The regulations make up for the following tournament structure: Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundCompetition format First qualifying round (44 teams)44 teams from associations ranked 4–5311 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient Second qualifying round (24 teams)11 group winners from 1st qualifying round 10 best runners-up from 1st qualifying round6 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient Final tournament (8 teams) (hosts)6 group winners from 2nd qualifying round best group runners-up from 2nd qualifying round2 groups of 4 teams, semi-finals, final

Venues The matches were played in six cities, Ullevaal National Stadium was the final venue."Disse lagene kommer til J19-EM i Norge" (in Norwegian) fotball.no. 11 April 2014. Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (28,000) Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg (4,700) Tønsberg Gressbane, Tønsberg (3,600) Mjøndalen Arena, Mjøndalen (2,100) Strømmen Stadion, Strømmen (1,800) UKI Arena, Jessheim (1,200)

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.

Qualification There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the final tournament.

Qualifying round

In the qualifying round 44 teams were drawn into 11 groups. The group winners and ten best runners-up of each group advance. The draw was held on 20 November 2012.

Elite round

In the elite round the 21 teams from the first qualifying round were joined by top seeds Germany, England and Spain. The 24 teams of this round were drawn into six groups of four teams. The group winners and the runners-up team with the best record against the sides first and third in their group advanced to the final tournament.

Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Method of qualificationAppearance Last appearance Previous best performance 2013 (Group stage) (2001, 2003, 2008, 2011) 2012 (Runners-up) (2004) 2010 (Group stage) (2005, 2008, 2010) 2013 (Group stage) (1999, 2012) 2011 (Group stage) (2006, 2011) 2011 (Group stage) (2010) 2013 (Runners-up) (2009) Debut

Group stage The seven teams advancing from the second qualifying round joined host nation Norway. Ireland qualified as best runners-up. The draw of groups was held on 29 April in Oslo.

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tie-breaking If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied: Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question; Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 7 were applied.

If only two teams were tied (according to criteria 1–7) after having met in the last match of the group stage, their ranking would be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

For the first time in the competition history Ireland has reached the semi-finals. Their semi-final against the Netherlands was a rematch of the pairing in the second qualifying round, which ended in a goalless draw. With a 4–0 win the Netherlands reached the final for the first time.

Semifinals

Final

SPAIN: GK13Sara SerratDF2Celia Jiménez (c)DF3Marta TurmoDF4Garazi MuruaDF5Núria GarroteMF9Maitane LópezMF6Leire Baños MF14Sonia FraileMF16Andrea FalcónFW8María CaldenteyFW12Nahikari GarcíaSubstitutes:GK1Paula CanalsDF10Núria MendozaDF18Paola SoldevilaMF15Ainoa CampoFW7María DíazFW11Sheila GuijarroFW17Alba Redondo Manager:Jorge VildaNETHERLANDS: GK1Jennifer VreugdenhilDF3Dominique JanssenDF4Danique KerkdijkDF5Danielle Kuikstra DF12Lucie AkkermanMF6Kim MourmansMF8Inessa Kaagman (c)MF10Jill Roord FW7Jeslynn KuijpersFW9Vivianne MiedemaFW14Laura Strik Substitutes:GK16Nienke OlthofDF2Cornelia Peels DF15Lauren DellemanMF17Sharon Bruinenberg FW11Lineth BeerensteynFW13Simone Kets FW18Sisca FolkertsmaManager:Andre Koolhof MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Petra Simmerová (Czech Republic) May Moalem (Israel) Fourth official: Marija Kurtes (Germany)

Goalscorers 6 goals Vivianne Miedema

2 goals

Synne Skinnes Hansen Marie Dølvik Markussen Savannah McCarthy Nahikari García Stina Blackstenius

1 goal

Lucinda Michez Claudia Walker Inessa Kaagman Jeslynn Kuijpers Marit Clausen Synne Jensen Lisa Naalsund Megan Connolly Keeva Keenan Clare Shine Zoe Ness Carolina Richardson Caroline Weir Mariona Caldentey Sonia Fraile Alba Redondo Marta Turmo

Own goals Molly Bartrip (playing against Sweden) Dominique Janssen (playing against Scotland) Rachael O'Neill (playing against Netherlands)

References

External links UEFA.com