# 2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The 2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 21st edition (25th in U18 and U19) of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Lithuania hosted the tournament.
A total of eight teams were playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.
Spain were the two-time defending champions and successfully defended the title after beating the Netherlands in the final.

## Venues

Lithuania :
| Jonava | Kaunas | Marijampolė |
| Central Stadium of Jonava | Darius and Girėnas Stadium | Sūduva Stadium |
| Capacity: 2,580 | Capacity: 15,026 | Capacity: 6,523 |
| JonavaKaunasMarijampolė |||

## Qualification

52 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Lithuania also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams would qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts.

### Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| Lithuania | Hosts | 1st | Debut | Debut |
| Spain | Round 2 Group A1 winners | 17th | 2023 (Champions) | Champions (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023) |
| Republic of Ireland | Round 2 Group A2 winners | 2nd | 2014 (Semi-finals) | Semi-finals (2014) |
| England | Round 2 Group A3 winners | 15th | 2022 (Group stage) | Champions (2009) |
| France | Round 2 Group A4 winners | 18th | 2023 (Semi-finals) | Champions (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019) |
| Serbia | Round 2 Group A5 winners | 2nd | 2012 (Group stage) | Group stage (2012) |
| Netherlands | Round 2 Group A6 winners | 11th | 2023 (Semi-finals) | Champions (2014) |
| Germany | Round 2 Group A7 winners | 19th | 2023 (Runners-up) | Champions (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011) |

## Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

### Tiebreakers

In the group stage, 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 20.01 and 20.02):
* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* If more than two teams were 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 that subset of teams;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* 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);
* Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
* Higher position in the qualification round 2 league ranking

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Lithuania (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: Germany 0 - 2 Spain

## Knockout stage

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

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 July – Marijampolė | 24 July – Marijampolė |
| England | 1 |
| England | 1 | 27 July – Kaunas | 27 July – Kaunas |
| Spain | 3 | 27 July – Kaunas | 27 July – Kaunas |
| Spain | 3 | Spain (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| 24 July – Kaunas | 24 July – Kaunas | | Spain (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| 24 July – Kaunas | 24 July – Kaunas | Netherlands | 1 |
| Netherlands | 2 | Netherlands | 1 |
| France | 0 | | |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 38 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match (as of 21 July 2024).
5 goals
* Nina Matejić
4 goals
* Poppy Pritchard
* Camille Robillard
3 goals
* Michelle Agyemang
2 goals
* Paula Comendador
* Mia Enderby
* Karlijn Woons
1 goal
* Madison Earl
* Vivienne Lia
* Lexi Potter
* Katy Watson
* Nermyne Ben Khaled
* Charline Coutel
* Landryna Lushimba Bilombi
* Fanny Rossi
* Wassa Sangare
* Melina Krüger
* Laila Portella
* Leonie Schetter
* Lia O'Leary
* Karolina Jasaityte
* Hanna Huizenga
* Lotte Keukelaar
* Danique Tolhoek
* Mirte Van Koppen
* Milica Babić
* Daniela Agote
* Daniela Arques
* Noemí Bejarano

## Awards

The following awards were given after the tournament:
* Player of the Tournament: Daniela Agote
* Top Scorer: Nina Matejić (5 goals)

### Team of the Tournament

After the tournament, the Under-19 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.
| Position | Player |
| Goalkeeper | Eunate Astralaga |
| Defenders | Noemi Bejarano |
| Defenders | Aïcha Camara |
| Defenders | Karlijn Woons |
| Defenders | Cerys Brown |
| Midfielders | Ainhoa Alguacil |
| Midfielders | Jade van Hensbergen |
| Midfielders | Landryna Lushimba Bilombi |
| Forwards | Daniela Agote |
| Forwards | Nina Matejić |
| Forwards | Lotte Keukelaar |