2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 8 September – 31 October 2017 Elite round: 2 April – 11 June 2018
Teams	48 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	114
Goals scored	487 (4.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fenna Kalma (13 goals)
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The 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Switzerland in the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1]

Apart from Switzerland, 48 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Kosovo who entered a competitive women's national team tournament for the first time).^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to participate.

The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:^[3]

• Qualifying round: The 48 teams are drawn into 12 groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 12 group winners, the 12 runners-up, and the four third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advance to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 28 teams are drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners qualify for the final tournament.

Initially the elite round would consist of 24 teams, drawn into six groups of four teams, with the six group winners and the runner-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualifying for the final tournament. After the qualifying round draw was held, UEFA decided to expand the elite round from 24 to 28 teams, allowing four more third-placed teams to advance to the elite round.

The schedule of each mini-tournament is as follows (Regulations Article 20.04):^[3]

Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 3 v 2
Rest days (2 days)	—
Matchday 2	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Rest days (2 days)	—
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 3

In the qualifying round and elite round, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[3]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the four best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):^[3]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points;
5. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 11 November 2016, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[4][5][6]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[7]

• 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Armenia, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff Rank   Switzerland 9.333 —

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  Spain 15.667 1  France 12.500 2  Germany 12.333 3  England 11.667 4  Sweden 10.833 5  Netherlands 10.667 6  Norway 10.333 7  Scotland 9.000 8  Belgium 8.667 9  Denmark 8.500 10  Russia 7.833 11  Finland 7.667 12

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Austria 7.333 13  Republic of Ireland 7.333 14  Italy 7.000 15  Czech Republic 6.500 16  Portugal 6.500 17  Iceland 4.667 18  Poland 4.500 19  Romania 4.333 20  Serbia 4.167 21  Ukraine 4.000 22  Turkey 4.000 23  Slovenia 3.833 24

Pot C Team Coeff Rank  Croatia 3.833 25  Northern Ireland 3.667 26  Hungary 3.667 27  Azerbaijan 3.500 28  Greece 3.500 29  Belarus 3.333 30  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.333 31  Moldova 2.667 32  Slovakia 2.333 33  Wales 1.667 34  Montenegro 1.333 35  Estonia 1.333 36

Pot D Team Coeff Rank  Faroe Islands 1.333 37  Macedonia 1.333 38  Cyprus 0.667 39  Israel 0.333 40  Albania 0.000 41  Bulgaria 0.000 42  Kazakhstan 0.000 43  Lithuania 0.000 44  Latvia 0.000 45  Georgia 0.000 46  Armenia — 47  Kosovo — 48

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

Andorra

Gibraltar

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malta

San Marino

The qualifying round must be played by 29 October 2017, and on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:^[3][7]

• 11–19 September 2017
• 16–24 October 2017

Times up to 28 October 2017 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Elite round
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	6
3	Kosovo	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
4	Montenegro	3	0	1	2	1	16	−15	1

Note: Iceland were originally to host.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	4
3	Wales	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	Kazakhstan (H)	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	18	2	+16	9	Elite round
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	6	12	−6	3
4	Lithuania (H)	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Elite round
2	Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1	2	6	−4	4
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Albania (H)	3	0	1	2	0	13	−13	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9	Elite round
2	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	Cyprus	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

Matches of the first matchday were postponed from 17 to 18 October due to wildfires in Portugal.^[8]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	32	2	+30	9	Elite round
2	Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	8	8	0	6
3	Latvia	3	1	0	2	2	16	−14	3
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	25	2	+23	9	Elite round
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	19	5	+14	6
3	Faroe Islands	3	1	0	2	4	20	−16	3
4	Moldova (H)	3	0	0	3	0	21	−21	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Elite round
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	6
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	1	11	−10	3
4	Macedonia	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	Bulgaria (H)	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Elite round
2	Turkey	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Armenia	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Elite round
2	Finland (H)	3	1	2	0	12	2	+10	5
3	Israel	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	1	2	2	15	−13	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7	Elite round
2	Russia	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5
3	Greece	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Georgia (H)	3	0	1	2	1	12	−11	1

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To determine the four best third-placed teams from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	12	Greece	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1	Elite round
2	10	Scotland	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
3	11	Israel	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
4	2	Wales	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	1
5	1	Kosovo	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0
6	4	Ukraine	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
7	3	Romania	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9	0
8	5	Northern Ireland	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0
9	9	Belarus	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	0
10	8	Croatia	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0
11	6	Latvia	2	0	0	2	0	16	−16	0
12	7	Faroe Islands	2	0	0	2	0	20	−20	0

The draw for the elite round was held on 24 November 2017, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[9][10][11]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[12] Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group.^[13]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	6	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	32	2	+30	9	Pot A
2	7	France	3	3	0	0	25	2	+23	9
3	9	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9
4	4	Spain	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9
5	3	Denmark	3	3	0	0	18	2	+16	9
6	5	Norway	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9
7	2	England	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9
8	1	Germany	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Pot B
9	10	Hungary	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
10	8	Austria	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
11	12	Poland	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7
12	11	Serbia	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
13	7	Italy	3	2	0	1	19	5	+14	6
14	8	Belgium	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	6
15	1	Iceland	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	6	Pot C
16	9	Sweden	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6[a]
17	5	Portugal	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6[a]
18	6	Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	8	8	0	6
19	3	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6
20	11	Finland	3	1	2	0	12	2	+10	5
21	12	Russia	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5
22	2	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	4	Pot D
23	10	Turkey	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
24	2	Wales (Y)	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
25	10	Scotland (Y)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
26	4	Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1	2	6	−4	4
27	12	Greece (Y)	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
28	11	Israel (Y)	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2

The elite round must be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:^[3][10]

• 2–10 April 2018
• 4–12 June 2018

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Final tournament
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Poland (H)	3	1	0	2	6	2	+4	3
4	Greece	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9	Final tournament
2	England	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	6
3	Israel	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1
4	Slovakia (H)	3	0	1	2	0	14	−14	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Final tournament
2	Finland (H)	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Final tournament
2	Turkey	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
3	Austria	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
4	Republic of Ireland (H)	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	13	1	+12	7	Final tournament
2	Sweden	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
3	Hungary (H)	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Final tournament
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Portugal (H)	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	13	4	+9	7	Final tournament
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	7
3	Scotland (H)	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
4	Russia	3	0	1	2	1	14	−13	1

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Women's Under-19 Euro1 only U-19 era (since 2002)
Switzerland	Hosts	26 January 2015[1]	7 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2016)
Norway	Elite round Group 1 winners	11 June 2018	11 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Germany	Elite round Group 2 winners	9 April 2018	14 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
France	Elite round Group 3 winners	10 April 2018	13 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Spain	Elite round Group 4 winners	5 April 2018	12 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Netherlands	Elite round Group 5 winners	10 April 2018	7 (2003, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Denmark	Elite round Group 6 winners	8 April 2018	6 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Italy	Elite round Group 7 winners	8 April 2018	6 (2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2017)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com^[14]

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