2020 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

2020 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 1–8 October 2019 Elite round: Cancelled (7–14 April 2020)[1]
Teams	46 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	72
Goals scored	378 (5.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nikita Tromp (8 goals)
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The 2020 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-19 football competition that was originally to determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Georgia in the 2020 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament,^[2] before being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[1]

Apart from Georgia, 48 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.^[3] Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to participate.

Format

The qualifying competition was planned to consist of two rounds:^[4]

• Qualifying round: The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The twelve group winners, the twelve runners-up, and the four third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group would have advanced to the elite round.
• Elite round (cancelled): The 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group would have been played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners would have qualified for the final tournament.

The schedule of each group was planned as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 20.04):^[4]

Group schedule

Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 3 v 2
Matchday 2	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 3

Tiebreakers

In the qualifying round and planned elite round, teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[4]

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 were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were 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 had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (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. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. UEFA coefficient ranking 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 were discarded. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Article 15.01):^[4]

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

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 23 November 2018, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[3]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[5]

• 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)
• 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2018 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. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, the following pairs of teams could not be drawn in the same group: Russia and Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Armenia, Serbia and Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff. Rank  Georgia 0.333 —

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff. Rank  Spain 33.000 1  France 27.944 2  Germany 26.500 3  Netherlands 21.722 4  Norway 19.333 5  Denmark 18.167 6  Sweden 17.944 7   Switzerland 16.278 8  Italy 15.222 9  England 15.167 10  Scotland 12.611 11  Finland 12.333 12

Pot B Team Coeff. Rank  Belgium 11.667 13  Czech Republic 11.500 14  Austria 11.167 15  Russia 9.833 16  Portugal 9.667 17  Republic of Ireland 9.500 18  Serbia 9.167 19  Poland 9.000 20  Hungary 8.833 21  Iceland 8.667 22  Northern Ireland 8.000 23  Slovakia 7.833 24

Pot C Team Coeff. Rank  Turkey 7.333 25  Slovenia 7.000 26  Ukraine 6.000 27  Azerbaijan 5.667 28  Israel 5.500 29  Greece 5.333 30  Romania 4.833 31  Belarus 4.667 32  Wales 4.500 33  Croatia 4.000 34  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.667 35  Faroe Islands 3.000 36

Pot D Team Coeff. Rank  Moldova 2.333 37  Montenegro 1.667 38  Albania 1.333 39  Latvia 1.000 40  Bulgaria 1.000 41  Estonia 0.333 42  North Macedonia 0.333 43  Cyprus 0.333 44  Kosovo 0.333 45  Lithuania 0.000 46  Kazakhstan 0.000 47  Armenia 0.000 48

Did not enter

Andorra	Gibraltar	Luxembourg
Liechtenstein	Malta	San Marino

Groups

The qualifying round was provisionally scheduled between 27 August and 3 September, or 1 and 8 October 2019.

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	23	0	+23	9	Elite round
2	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
3	Romania	3	1	1	1	4	8	−4	4
4	North Macedonia (H)	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland (H)	3	3	0	0	25	0	+25	9	Elite round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Faroe Islands	3	1	0	2	1	16	−15	3
4	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	18	1	+17	9	Elite round
2	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	16	4	+12	6
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	1	12	−11	3
4	Albania	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Elite round
2	Poland (H)	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6
3	Croatia	3	0	2	1	0	2	−2	2
4	Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	0	9	−9	1

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	26	0	+26	9	Elite round
2	Northern Ireland (H)	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	6
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	3	12	−9	3
4	Moldova	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Elite round
2	Austria (H)	3	2	0	1	8	1	+7	6
3	Israel	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Latvia	3	0	0	3	1	18	−17	0

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	22	0	+22	9	Elite round
2	Iceland (H)	3	2	0	1	13	3	+10	6
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	8	11	−3	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	0	29	−29	0

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Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Elite round
2	Italy (H)	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	Slovenia	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0

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Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	19	1	+18	9	Elite round
2	Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0

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Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	21	1	+20	9	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	1	1	1	16	3	+13	4
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
4	Armenia	3	0	0	3	0	34	−34	0

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Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9	Elite round
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2	6
3	Belarus (H)	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
4	Cyprus	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

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Group 12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	2	1	0	14	0	+14	7	Elite round
2	Hungary	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
3	Turkey (H)	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1
4	Kosovo	3	0	1	2	3	16	−13	1

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Ranking of third-placed teams

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	10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1	Elite round
2	4	Croatia	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
3	1	Romania	2	0	1	1	1	8	−7	1
4	6	Israel	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
5	9	Ukraine	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
6	11	Belarus	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0
7	8	Slovenia	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0
8	12	Turkey	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0
9	7	Greece	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0
10	5	Wales	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12	0[a]
11	3	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12	0[a]
12	2	Faroe Islands	2	0	0	2	0	16	−16	0

Elite round (cancelled)

Draw

The draw for the elite round was held on 29 November 2019, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[6]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying 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. 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.^[7]

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

Groups

The elite round was originally scheduled to be played between 7–14 April 2020. On 12 March 2020, UEFA announced that the elite round had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[8] UEFA announced on 1 April 2020 that the tournament had been cancelled.^[9][10]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Northern Ireland (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Sweden (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Croatia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Portugal (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Poland (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Czech Republic (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Republic of Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Goalscorers

In the qualifying round, there were 378 goals scored in 72 matches, for an average of 5.25 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

References

External links

• Official website
• Women's Under-19 Matches: 2020 Qualifying, UEFA.com