2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
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| Mistrzostwa Europy U-19 w Piłce Nożnej Kobiet 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Poland |
| Dates | 15–27 June |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (7th title) |
| Runners-up |  France |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 47 (3.13 per match) |
| Attendance | 9,713 (648 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Liana Joseph (4 goals) |
| Best player | Maeline Mendy |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 22nd edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. It was held in Poland, after the original host Belarus was stripped from hosting rights due to the country's involvement of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1][2]
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 five teams of the tournament would qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland as the UEFA representatives besides Poland who automatically qualified as hosts. If Poland finished in the top four, the team that ranked fifth and sixth in the final stage would also qualify.
A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.
| Poland[3] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mielec | Stalowa Wola | |
| Stadium Mielec | Stadium Stalowa Wola | |
| Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 3,764 | |
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| Rzeszów | Tarnobrzeg | |
| Stadium Rzeszów | Stadium Tarnobrzeg | |
| Capacity: 15,026 | Capacity: 3,770 | |
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Qualification
51 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Poland also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams would qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts.
Qualified teams
Seven teams qualified for the final tournament along with hosts Poland.
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Poland | Hosts | 2nd | 2007 (Group stage) | Group stage (2007) |
 Netherlands | Round 2 Group A1 winners | 13th | 2024 (Runners-up) | Champions (2014) |
 Portugal | Round 2 Group A2 winners | 2nd | 2012 (Semi-finals) | Semi-finals (2012) |
 England | Round 2 Group A3 winners | 16th | 2024 (Semi-finals) | Champions (2009) |
 Italy | Round 2 Group A4 winners | 9th | 2022 (Group stage) | Champions (2008) |
| Spain | Round 2 Group A5 winners | 18th | 2024 (Champions) | Champions (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024) |
| France | Round 2 Group A6 winners | 19th | 2024 (Semi-finals) | Champions (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019) |
 Sweden | Round 2 best runners-up | 14th | 2022 (Semi-finals) | Champions (1999, 2012, 2015) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Squads
Group stage
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.[5]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 24 June | ||||||
| France (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||
| 27 June | ||||||
| Portugal | 3 | |||||
| France | 0 | |||||
| 24 June | ||||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||
| Spain (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||
| Italy | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
Final
Goalscorers
There were 47 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Liv Rademaker (against England)
Iara Lobo (against England)
Awards
The following awards were given after the tournament:
- Player of the Tournament:
Maeline Mendy - Top Scorer: Liana Joseph (4 goals)
Team of the Tournament
After the tournament, the Under-19 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[7]
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Laia López |
| Defenders | Noemi Bejarano |
| Aïcha Camara | |
| Azzurra Gallo | |
| Olivia Rademaker | |
| Midfielders | Clara Serrajordi |
| Irune Dorado | |
| Maeline Mendy | |
| Forwards | Daniela Agote |
| Liana Joseph | |
| Ornella Graziani |