2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship explained

Tourney Name:	UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Year:	2011
Other Titles:	Campionato europeo femminile Under-19 di calcio 2011
Country:	Italy
Dates:	30 May – 11 June
Num Teams:	8
Count:	6
Matches:	15
Goals:	54
Top Scorer:	Melissa Bjånesøy (7 goals)
Player:	Ramona Petzelberger
Prevseason:	2010
Nextseason:	2012

The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2011 Final Tournament was held in Italy between 30 May and 11 June 2011.^[1] 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.^[2]

Germany defeated Norway in the final 8–1 to win their sixth title.^[3]

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)	(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)	(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

See main article: article and 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship 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

See main article: article and 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship 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
	Stadio Romeo Galli
	Stadio Enrico Nanni
	Stadio Germano Todoli
	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.^[4]

Group stage

The draw was held on 14 April 2011 at Cervia, Italy.^[5]

Group A

width=175	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

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Group B

width=175	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

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Knockout stage

Semifinals

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Final


NORWAY:
GK	1	Ane Fimreite
DF	2	Anja Sønstevold
DF	3	Ingrid Søndenå
DF	4	Maren Knudsen
FW	14	Ada Hegerberg
DF	6	Maria Thorisdottir
DF	7	Andrine Hegerberg
MF	8	Ina Skaug
FW	10	Melissa Bjånesøy
MF	13	Cathrine Dekkerhus
FW	11	Kristine Hegland (c)
Substitutes:
MF	9	Caroline Hansen
MF	11	Guro Reiten
DF	8	Ida Aardalen
Manager:
Jarl Torske


GERMANY:
GK	1	Lisa Schmitz
DF	5
DF	4
DF	16	Jennifer Cramer
DF	2	Leonie Maier
MF	6
MF	8	Isabella Schmid
FW	7
FW	10	Ramona Petzelberger (c)
DF	3
MF	11	Lena Lotzen
Substitutes:
MF	17	Marie Pyko
FW	15	Ivana Rudelic
MF	18	Anja Hegenauer
Manager:
Maren Meinert