2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
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| Majstrovstvá Európy vo futbale žien do 19 rokov 2016 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Slovakia |
| Dates | 19–31 July |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  France (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 55 (3.67 per match) |
| Attendance | 9,902 (660 per match) |
| Top scorer | Marie-Antoinette Katoto (6 goals) |
| Best player | Marie-Antoinette Katoto[1] |
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The 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (19th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the women's under-19 national teams of UEFA member associations. Slovakia, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 19 and 31 July 2016.[2]
A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1997 eligible to participate.
Qualified teams
Venues
The tournament was hosted in four venues:
Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.[4]
Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
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Group stage
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[4]
On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[13]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 28 July – Senec | ||||||
| France | 3 | |||||
| 31 July – Senec | ||||||
 Switzerland | 1 | |||||
| France | 2 | |||||
| 28 July – Senec | ||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||
 Netherlands | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
Final
The final was interrupted after the first half due to heavy rain and the resulting unfit terrain, and the second half began following a two-hour delay.
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
Stephanie Deszathová (playing against Netherlands)
Source: UEFA.com[14]