2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

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The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:^[3]

• Qualifying round: The 48 teams were drawn into 12 groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 12 group winners, the 12 runners-up, and the four third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners qualified for the final tournament.

Initially, the elite round would consist of 24 teams, drawn into six groups of four teams, with the six group winners and the runner-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualifying for the final tournament. After the qualifying round draw was held, UEFA decided to expand the elite round from 24 to 28 teams, allowing four more third-placed teams to advance to the elite round.

The schedule of each mini-tournament was as follows (Regulations Article 20.04):^[3]

Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 3 v 2
Rest days (2 days)	—
Matchday 2	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Rest days (2 days)	—
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 3

In the qualifying round and elite round, 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 14.01 and 14.02):^[3]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the four best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):^[3]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points;
5. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

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The draw for the qualifying round was held on 11 November 2016, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[4][5][6]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[7]

• 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Armenia, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff Rank   Switzerland 9.333 —

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  Spain 15.667 1  France 12.500 2  Germany 12.333 3  England 11.667 4  Sweden 10.833 5  Netherlands 10.667 6  Norway 10.333 7  Scotland 9.000 8  Belgium 8.667 9  Denmark 8.500 10  Russia 7.833 11  Finland 7.667 12	Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Austria 7.333 13  Republic of Ireland 7.333 14  Italy 7.000 15  Czech Republic 6.500 16  Portugal 6.500 17  Iceland 4.667 18  Poland 4.500 19  Romania 4.333 20  Serbia 4.167 21  Ukraine 4.000 22  Turkey 4.000 23  Slovenia 3.833 24	Pot C Team Coeff Rank  Croatia 3.833 25  Northern Ireland 3.667 26  Hungary 3.667 27  Azerbaijan 3.500 28  Greece 3.500 29  Belarus 3.333 30  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.333 31  Moldova 2.667 32  Slovakia 2.333 33  Wales 1.667 34  Montenegro 1.333 35  Estonia 1.333 36	Pot D Team Coeff Rank  Faroe Islands 1.333 37  Macedonia 1.333 38  Cyprus 0.667 39  Israel 0.333 40  Albania 0.000 41  Bulgaria 0.000 42  Kazakhstan 0.000 43  Lithuania 0.000 44  Latvia 0.000 45  Georgia 0.000 46  Armenia — 47  Kosovo — 48

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

Andorra

Gibraltar

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malta

San Marino

The qualifying round must be played by 29 October 2017, and on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:^[3][7]

• 11–19 September 2017
• 16–24 October 2017

Times up to 28 October 2017 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Elite round
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	6
3	Kosovo	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
4	Montenegro	3	0	1	2	1	16	−15	1

Note: Iceland were originally to host.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	4
3	Wales	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	Kazakhstan (H)	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	18	2	+16	9	Elite round
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	6	12	−6	3
4	Lithuania (H)	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Elite round
2	Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1	2	6	−4	4
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Albania (H)	3	0	1	2	0	13	−13	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9	Elite round
2	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	Cyprus	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

Matches of the first matchday were postponed from 17 to 18 October due to wildfires in Portugal.^[8]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	32	2	+30	9	Elite round
2	Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	8	8	0	6
3	Latvia	3	1	0	2	2	16	−14	3
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	25	2	+23	9	Elite round
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	19	5	+14	6
3	Faroe Islands	3	1	0	2	4	20	−16	3
4	Moldova (H)	3	0	0	3	0	21	−21	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Elite round
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	6
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	1	11	−10	3
4	Macedonia	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	Bulgaria (H)	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Elite round
2	Turkey	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Armenia	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Elite round
2	Finland (H)	3	1	2	0	12	2	+10	5
3	Israel	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	1	2	2	15	−13	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7	Elite round
2	Russia	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5
3	Greece	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Georgia (H)	3	0	1	2	1	12	−11	1

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

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	12	Greece	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1	Elite round
2	10	Scotland	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
3	11	Israel	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
4	2	Wales	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	1
5	1	Kosovo	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0
6	4	Ukraine	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
7	3	Romania	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9	0
8	5	Northern Ireland	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0
9	9	Belarus	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	0
10	8	Croatia	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0
11	6	Latvia	2	0	0	2	0	16	−16	0
12	7	Faroe Islands	2	0	0	2	0	20	−20	0