2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification explained

Tourney Name:UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification
Year:2015
Dates:13–18 September 2014 (qualifying round)
4–9 April 2015 (elite round)
Num Teams:47
Confederations:1
Matches:102
Goals:454
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-19 football competition played in 2014 and 2015 to determine the seven teams joining Israel, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament.[1] A total of 47 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.

The final tournament also acted as the UEFA qualifier for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea, with the four semi-finalists qualifying.[2]

Format

The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:[3]

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
  5. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
  7. If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (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).
  8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

To determine the ten best runners-up from the qualifying round and the best runner-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:[3]

  1. Higher number of points;
  2. Superior goal difference;
  3. Higher number of goals scored;
  4. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  5. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 20 November 2013 at 10:45 CET (UTC+1).[4] [5]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[6]

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D.

+Bye to elite round
width=190Team !
13.667 1
12.667 2
12.000 3
+Pot A
width=190Team !
10.500 4
10.333 5
10.167 6
10.000 7
8.667 8
8.500 9
8.333 10
8.233 11
7.000 12
7.000 13
7.000 14
+Pot B
width=190Team !
6.833 15
6.667 16
6.500 17
6.333 18
6.000 19
6.000 20
5.167 21
5.167 22
4.833 23
4.333 24
4.333 25
+Pot C
width=190Team !
4.167 26
4.000 27
3.833 28
3.500 29
3.333 30
2.000 31
2.000 32
1.333 33
1.333 34
1.333 35
1.333 36
+Pot D
width=190Team !
1.200 37
1.000 38
0.333 39
0.333 40
0.000 41
0.000 42
0.000 43
0.000 44
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— 46
— 47
Notes

Groups

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7

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Group 8

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Group 9

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Group 10

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Group 11

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Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the ten best second-placed teams from the qualifying round which advanced to the elite round, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account.

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 19 November 2014 at 11:30 CET (UTC+1).[7] [8]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.[9] [10] Germany, England and France, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group.[11]

Before the draw UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Ukraine and Russia could not be drawn in the same group due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.[11]

Groups

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

In the 4 April game between England and Norway, the referee Marija Kurtes disallowed a penalty for England in the 90+6th minute (Norway were leading 2–1 at that time) due to encroachment, but instead of the penalty being retaken, which should have happened under the laws of the game, a free kick to Norway was awarded. England appealed the decision after the match and UEFA ruled that the match was to be replayed starting from the penalty kick.[12] [13] The match was replayed on 9 April 2015, 22:45 CEST (after the third round of matches was completed earlier in the day), with the same players who were on the field at the time of the penalty but under a different referee, Kateryna Zora (as the original referee had been sent home due to the error).[14] [15] England converted the penalty to tie the match at 2–2, and this remained the final score.[16] --------

Group 5

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Group 6

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Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the best second-placed team from the elite round which qualified for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[17]

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1
only U-19 era (since 2002)
Hosts 0 (debut)
Elite round Group 1 winners 9 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)
Elite round Group 2 winners 8 (2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Elite round Group 3 winners (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)
Elite round Group 4 winners (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Elite round Group 5 winners (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Elite round Group 6 winners 5 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013)
9 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Top goalscorers

The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition.[18]

14 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norway, Israel, Slovakia to host Women's U19s. UEFA.com. 20 March 2012.
  2. Web site: Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140712053521/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/38/35/13/circularno.1428-decisionstakenbythefifaexecutivecommitteeconcerningwomenscompetitions2016%5fneutral.pdf. dead. July 12, 2014. FIFA. 23 June 2014.
  3. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, 2014/15. UEFA.com. PDF.
  4. Web site: 2014/15 qualifying round draw. UEFA.com.
  5. Web site: Draw made for the 2014/15 WU19 qualifying. UEFA. 20 November 2013. 20 November 2013.
  6. Web site: 2014/15 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship Qualifying round draw coefficient ranking list. UEFA.com. 13 November 2013.
  7. Web site: 2014/15 elite round draw. UEFA.com.
  8. Web site: Spain handed tough elite round assignment. UEFA. 19 November 2014. 19 November 2014.
  9. Web site: 2014/15 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship Elite round draw procedure. UEFA.com. 3 November 2014.
  10. Web site: 2014/15 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship Elite round draw coefficient ranking list. UEFA.com. 3 November 2014.
  11. Web site: Seedings set for live elite round draw. UEFA. 5 November 2014. 3 November 2014.
  12. Web site: UEFA decision gives England U19 new hope . shekicks.net . 9 April 2015 . 9 April 2015 . 25 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161225033531/http://shekicks.net/news/view/11564 . dead .
  13. Web site: Spain book finals place in Israel . uefa.com . 6 April 2015 . 9 April 2015 . We originally wrote that Norway had qualified but on 8 April the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) announced that Norway's game against England on 4 April will be replayed from the minute a penalty kick was awarded to England, who were 2-1 down at the time..
  14. Web site: England women U19s face crucial penalty against Norway. BBC Sport. 9 April 2015.
  15. News: Leah Williamson keeps her nerve to send England Under-19s to finals . . 9 April 2015 . 27 July 2021.
  16. Web site: England women: Leah Williamson scores unique penalty for U19s. BBC Sport. 9 April 2015.
  17. Web site: England and Norway complete finals lineup. UEFA.com. 9 April 2015.
  18. Web site: Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals. UEFA.com. 9 April 2015.

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