2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	13–18 September 2014 (qualifying round) 4–9 April 2015 (elite round)
Teams	47 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	102
Goals scored	454 (4.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stina Blackstenius (14 goals)
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The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-19 football competition played in 2014 and 2015 to determine the seven teams joining Israel, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1] A total of 47 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.

The final tournament also acted as the UEFA qualifier for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea, with the four semi-finalists qualifying.^[2]

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

• Qualifying round: Apart from Germany, England and France, which received byes to the elite round as the three teams with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 44 teams were drawn into 11 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 11 group winners and the 10 runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 24 teams were drawn into six 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 six group winners and the runner-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualified for the final tournament.

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:^[3]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament, 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 mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

To determine the ten best runners-up from the qualifying round and the best runner-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:^[3]

1. Higher number of points;
2. Superior goal difference;
3. Higher number of goals scored;
4. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
5. Drawing of lots.

The draw for the qualifying round was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 20 November 2013 at 10:45 CET (UTC+1).^[4][5]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[6]

• 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2013 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.

Bye to elite round

Team	Coeff	Rank
Germany	13.667	1
England	12.667	2
France	12.000	3

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  Norway 10.500 4  Denmark 10.333 5  Sweden 10.167 6  Spain 10.000 7  Italy 8.667 8  Finland 8.500 9   Switzerland 8.333 10  Belgium 8.233 11  Portugal 7.000 12  Czech Republic 7.000 13  Netherlands 7.000 14	Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Iceland 6.833 15  Scotland 6.667 16  Austria 6.500 17  Serbia 6.333 18  Russia 6.000 19  Republic of Ireland 6.000 20  Wales 5.167 21  Romania 5.167 22  Northern Ireland 4.833 23  Ukraine 4.333 24  Hungary 4.333 25
Pot C Team Coeff Rank  Poland 4.167 26  Greece 4.000 27  Turkey 3.833 28  Croatia 3.500 29  Slovenia 3.333 30  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.000 31  Macedonia 2.000 32  Cyprus 1.333 33  Slovakia 1.333 34  Moldova 1.333 35  Faroe Islands 1.333 36	Pot D Team Coeff Rank  Lithuania 1.200 37  Bulgaria 1.000 38  Belarus 0.333 39  Estonia 0.333 40  Kazakhstan 0.000 41  Latvia 0.000 42  Azerbaijan 0.000 43  Georgia 0.000 44  Albania — 45  Malta — 46  Montenegro — 47

Notes

• Israel (Coeff: 1.000) qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.
• Andorra, Armenia, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and San Marino did not enter.

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	23	1	+22	9	Elite round
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3
4	Lithuania (H)	3	0	0	3	2	25	−23	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Elite round
2	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	Azerbaijan (H)	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1
4	Cyprus	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	14	0	+14	7	Elite round
2	Scotland	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
4	Albania (H)	3	0	0	3	0	24	−24	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Elite round
2	Turkey (H)	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4
3	Wales	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	2	17	−15	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	21	1	+20	9	Elite round
2	Serbia (H)	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	6
3	Faroe Islands	3	1	0	2	5	14	−9	3
4	Latvia	3	0	0	3	1	18	−17	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	3	3	0	0	20	1	+19	9	Elite round
2	Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
3	Moldova	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	8	1	+7	6	Elite round
2	Romania	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	Malta	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Elite round
2	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	15	1	+14	6
3	Macedonia	3	0	1	2	2	15	−13	1
4	Belarus	3	0	1	2	2	17	−15	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6
3	Hungary (H)	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	3
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland (H)	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Elite round
2	Northern Ireland	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	8	5	+3	3
4	Georgia	3	0	0	3	0	23	−23	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Elite round
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	7	10	−3	3
4	Bulgaria (H)	3	0	0	3	2	24	−22	0

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

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	3	Scotland	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Elite round
2	7	Romania	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
3	8	Portugal	2	1	0	1	9	1	+8	3
4	5	Serbia	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	3
5	11	Austria	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
6	1	Iceland	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
7	2	Ukraine	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
8	10	Northern Ireland	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3
9	9	Slovenia	2	1	0	1	1	4	−3	3
10	4	Turkey	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
11	6	Republic of Ireland	2	0	1	1	2	6	−4	1

The draw for the elite round was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 19 November 2014 at 11:30 CET (UTC+1).^[7][8]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[9][10] Germany, England and France, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group.^[11]

Before the draw UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Ukraine and Russia could not be drawn in the same group due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.^[11]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	—	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	—	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	Spain	3	3	0	0	23	1	+22	9
5	5	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	21	1	+20	9
6	6	Sweden	3	3	0	0	20	1	+19	9
7	11	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Pot B
8	10	Finland	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9[a]
9	8	Russia	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9[a]
10	4	Italy	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9
11	2	Denmark	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9
12	9	Belgium	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
13	3	Norway	3	2	1	0	14	0	+14	7	Pot C
14	3	Scotland	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
15	8	Portugal	3	2	0	1	15	1	+14	6
16	11	Austria	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9	6
17	1	Iceland	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
18	7	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	8	1	+7	6
19	5	Serbia	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	6	Pot D
20	10	Northern Ireland	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
21	2	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
22	9	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6
23	7	Romania	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
24	4	Turkey	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Final tournament
2	Portugal (H)	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
3	Finland	3	0	2	1	3	9	−6	2
4	Turkey	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Final tournament
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
3	Austria	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Serbia (H)	3	0	0	3	5	13	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Final tournament
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Iceland	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	14	4	+10	7	Final tournament
2	Norway	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Northern Ireland (H)	3	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0

In the 4 April game between England and Norway, the referee Marija Kurtes disallowed a penalty for England in the 90+6th minute (Norway were leading 2–1 at that time) due to encroachment, but instead of the penalty being retaken, which should have happened under the laws of the game, a free kick to Norway was awarded. England appealed the decision after the match and UEFA ruled that the match was to be replayed starting from the penalty kick.^[12][13] The match was replayed on 9 April 2015, 22:45 CEST (after the third round of matches was completed earlier in the day), with the same players who were on the field at the time of the penalty but under a different referee, Kateryna Zora (as the original referee had been sent home due to the error).^[14][15] England converted the penalty to tie the match at 2–2, and this remained the final score.^[16]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	0	18	1	+17	9	Final tournament
2	Belgium	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	4
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

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

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To determine the best second-placed team from the elite round which qualified for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	4	Norway	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Final tournament
2	6	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	6	1	+5	3
3	3	Russia	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
4	2	Italy	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
5	5	Belgium	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1
6	1	Portugal	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.^[17]

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1 only U-19 era (since 2002)
Israel	Hosts	20 March 2012	0 (debut)
Spain	Elite round Group 1 winners	6 April 2015	9 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)
Sweden	Elite round Group 2 winners	9 April 2015	8 (2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014)
France	Elite round Group 3 winners	9 April 2015	10 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)
England	Elite round Group 4 winners	9 April 2015	10 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Germany	Elite round Group 5 winners	9 April 2015	11 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Denmark	Elite round Group 6 winners	9 April 2015	5 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013)
Norway	Elite round best runners-up	9 April 2015	9 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition.^[18]

14 goals

• Stina Blackstenius

9 goals

• Jill Roord

8 goals

• Andrea Falcón

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

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