# 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2011 Final Tournament was held in Italy between 30 May and 11 June 2011. Players born after 1 January 1992 were eligible to participate in this competition.
As the final tournament took place in an odd year this tournament serves as the European qualifying tournament for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Germany defeated Norway in the final 8–1 to win their sixth title.

## Tournament structure

| | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | Competition format |
| First qualifying round (44 teams) | 44 teams from associations ranked 2–53 | | 11 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one club, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient |
| Second qualifying round (24 teams) | Germany (top-seed) | 11 group winners and runners-up from 1st qualifying round best group third-place finisher from 1st qualifying round | 6 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one club, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient |
| Final tournament (8 teams) | Italy (hosts) | 6 group winners from 2nd qualifying round best group runners-up from 2nd qualifying round | 2 groups of 4 teams, semi-finals, final |

## Qualifications

There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament.

### First qualifying round

In the first qualifying round 44 teams were drawn into 11 groups. The top two of each group and the best third-place finisher, counting only matches against the top two in the group, advanced.

### Second qualifying round

In the second round the 23 teams from the first qualifying round were joined by top seeds Germany. 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 advance to the final tournament.

## Cities & Stadiums

| Città | Stadio |
| Imola | Stadio Romeo Galli |
| Bellaria – Igea Marina | Stadio Enrico Nanni |
| Cervia | Stadio Germano Todoli |
| Forlì | Stadio Tullo Morgagni |

## Final tournament

The 7 teams advancing from the second qualifying round were joined by host nation Italy. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four with the top two teams of each group advancing to the semi-finals. The draw was made on 14 April 2011.

### Qualified teams

Italy were qualified as hosts. Belgium was best group runner-up in the second qualifying round. The other six teams won their groups.
* Italy
* Belgium
* Germany
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Russia
* Spain
* Switzerland

### Group stage

The draw was held on 14 April 2011 at Cervia, Italy.

#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 |
| Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Italy | Italy | 2 | | | |
| Norway | Norway | 3 | | | |
| Norway | Norway | 3 | Norway | Norway | 1 |
| | | | Germany | Germany | 8 |
| Germany | Germany | 3 | Germany | Germany | 8 |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 1 | | | |

#### Final

| Norway | Germany |
NORWAY: :
| GK | 1 | Ane Fimreite |
| DF | 2 | Anja Sønstevold | 74' |
| DF | 3 | Ingrid Søndenå |
| DF | 4 | Maren Knudsen |
| FW | 14 | Ada Hegerberg | 46' |
| DF | 6 | Maria Thorisdottir |
| DF | 7 | Andrine Hegerberg |
| MF | 8 | Ina Skaug |
| FW | 10 | Melissa Bjånesøy |
| MF | 13 | Cathrine Dekkerhus | 70' |
| FW | 11 | Kristine Hegland (c) |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 9 | Caroline Hansen | 46' |
| MF | 11 | Guro Reiten | 70' |
| DF | 8 | Ida Aardalen | 74' |
| Manager: |||
| Jarl Torske ||||
GERMANY: :
| GK | 1 | Lisa Schmitz |
| DF | 5 | Luisa Wensing |
| DF | 4 | Johanna Elsig |
| DF | 16 | Jennifer Cramer |
| DF | 2 | Leonie Maier |
| MF | 6 | Kathrin Hendrich | 64' |
| MF | 8 | Isabella Schmid |
| FW | 7 | Eunice Beckmann | 63' |
| FW | 10 | Ramona Petzelberger (c) |
| DF | 3 | Carolin Simon | 58' |
| MF | 11 | Lena Lotzen |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 17 | Marie Pyko | 58' |
| FW | 15 | Ivana Rudelic | 63' |
| MF | 18 | Anja Hegenauer | 64' |
| Manager: |||
| Maren Meinert ||||
* MATCH OFFICIALS
* Assistant referees:
* Sian Massey (England)
* Angela Kyriakou (Cyprus)
* Fourth official: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

## Awards

* 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 European champions
* Germany Sixth title

## Goal scorers
### 7 goals

* Melissa Bjånesøy

### 5 goals

* Lena Lotzen

### 3 goals

* Isabella Schmid
* Katia Coppola

### 2 goals

* Maria-Laura Aga
* Eunice Beckmann
* Anja Hegenauer
* Ramona Petzelberger
* Ivana Rudelic
* Lisa Alborghetti
* Kristine Hegland
* Anna Cholovyaga

### 1 goal

* Justine Vanhaevermaet
* Luisa Wensing
* Roberta Filippozzi
* Elisa Lecce
* Cecilia Salvai
* Pia Rijsdijk
* Shanice van de Sanden
* Ada Hegerberg
* Andrine Hegerberg
* Caroline Hansen
* Guro Reiten
* Tatiana Ananyeva
* Nadezhda Koltakova
* Naiara Beristain
* Eseosa Aigbogun
* Cora Canetta
* Nadine Fässler
* Michelle Probst
* Corina Saner

### own goal

* Maren Knudsen (playing against Spain)