2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
The 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2019) was the 18th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (22nd edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Scotland, which were selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, was the host of the tournament, which took place from 16 to 28 July 2019. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1  January 2000 eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions are permitted per team in each match. Similar to the previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the UEFA representatives. However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled. France defeated Germany 2–1  in the final to claim its fifth title. Spain were the defending champions, but lost 1–3 to France in the semi-finals after extra-time. Qualification. A total of 51 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Liechtenstein who entered a competitive women's national team tournament for the first time), and with the hosts Scotland qualifying automatically, the other 50 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2018, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2019 . Qualified teams. The following teams qualified for the final tournament. "Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002)." Final draw. The final draw was held on 16 April 2019, 12:00 BST (), at Barras Art and Design in Glasgow, Scotland. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that the hosts Scotland were assigned to position A1 in the draw. Venues. The tournament was held in four venues: Squads. Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 39). Group stage. The final tournament schedule was announced  on 26 April 2019. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In the group stage, teams are 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 are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02): All times are local, BST (). Knockout stage. In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary . Team of the tournament. The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament: Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The following four teams from UEFA would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup before the tournament was cancelled. International Broadcasters. Television. Up to all 16 live matches and highlights are available on UEFA.tv for all territories around the world. Note : Live matches on UEFA.tv is not available in UK (Scotland as host, England as participants, and both non-participants (NI and Wales)) (matches not shown on BBC  only), France, Germany, Israel, MENA, and USA.