# 2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2008 Final Tournament was held in France between 7–19 July 2008. Players born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in this competition.

## Qualification

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

## Final tournament
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Italy | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Norway | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Germany | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Sweden | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| England | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Scotland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 |

### Knockout stage

| Semifinals – July 16 | Semifinals – July 16 | Semifinals – July 16 | National Championship – July 19 | National Championship – July 19 | National Championship – July 19 |
| 1A | Italy | 4 | | | |
| 2B | Sweden | 0 | | | |
| 2B | Sweden | 0 | Italy | Italy | 1 |
| | | | Norway | Norway | 0 |
| 1B | Germany | 1 (2) | Norway | Norway | 0 |
| 2A | Norway | 1 (4) | | | |

#### Final

| Italy | Norway |
ITALY: :
| GK | 12 | Sara Penzo |
| DF | 15 | Eleonora Bussu |
| DF | 3 | Sara Gama (c) |
| DF | 6 | Francesca Sampietro |
| DF | 2 | Diletta Crespi | | 65' |
| MF | 8 | Alessandra Barreca |
| MF | 10 | Alice Parisi |
| MF | 4 | Silvia Pisano |
| FW | 11 | Pamela Gueli | 43' | 72' |
| FW | 9 | Sabrina Marchese | 44' | 46' |
| MF | 7 | Cristina Bonometti |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 16 | Laura Fusetti | 74' | 46' |
| DF | 13 | Michela Rodella | | 65' |
| FW | 7 | Tatiana Bonetti | | 72' |
| Manager: |||
| Corrado Corradini ||||
NORWAY: :
| GK | 1 | Ingrid Thorbjørnsen |
| DF | 5 | Gunhild Herregården |
| DF | 7 | Maren Mjelde (c) |
| DF | 3 | Caroline Walde |
| DF | 2 | Astrid Ree | 82' |
| MF | 11 | June Tårnes | 58' |
| MF | 16 | Kathrine Andresen | 76' |
| MF | 8 | Ingrid Moe Wold |
| FW | 9 | Ingvild Isaksen |
| FW | 10 | Ida Elise Enget |
| FW | 13 | Hege Hansen |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | 17 | Ingrid Ryland | 58' |
| MF | 6 | Maritha Eide | 76' |
| FW | 15 | Cathrine Dyngvold | 82' |
| Manager: |||
| Jarl Torske ||||
* MATCH OFFICIALS
* Assistant referees:
* Tonja Paavola (Finland)
* Judit Kulcsár (Hungary)
* Fourth official: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

## Awards

* 2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 champions
* Italy First title

## Goalscorers
### 4 goals

* Marie Pollmann

### 3 goals

* Toni Duggan
* Pamela Gueli

### 2 goals

* Eugénie Le Sommer
* Stefanie Mirlach
* Lisa Schwab
* Cristina Bonometti
* Alice Parisi

### 1 goal

* Jordan Nobbs
* Joana Flaviano
* Sara González
* Silvia Meseguer
* Rocío Ruiz
* Julie Machart
* Marina Hegering
* Kim Kulig
* Selina Wagner
* Alessandra Barreca
* Tatiana Bonetti
* Ida Elise Enget
* Hege Hansen
* Gunhild Herregården
* Maren Mjelde
* Ruesha Littlejohn
* Christie Murray
* Louise Fors
* Sofia Jakobsson
* Emmelie Konradsson
* Sara Sjöstedt