2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

Host countryBosnia and Herzegovina

Dates27 June–10 July

Teams8 (from 1 confederation)

2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
UEFA Europsko prvenstvo za žene do 19 godina 2026
Tournament details
Host country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates	27 June–10 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship will be the 23rd 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. Bosnia and Herzegovina will host the tournament.^[1]^[2]

A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.

52 (out of 55) UEFA nations will enter the qualifying competition, with the hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina also competing despite already qualifying automatically. Seven teams will qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts.

Qualified teams

Seven teams will qualify for the final tournament along with hosts Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	Appearance(s)				Previous best performance^[a]
Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	Total	First	Last	Streak	Previous best performance^[a]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Host nation	26 September 2023	1st	Debut
Switzerland	Round 2 Group A1 winners	15 April 2026	9th	2002	2018	1	Semi-Finals (2009, 2011, 2016)
Poland	Round 2 Group A2 winners	18 April 2026	3rd	2007	2025	2	Group Stage (2007, 2025)
Iceland	Round 2 Group A3 winners	15 April 2026	4th	2007	2023	1	Group Stage (2007, 2009, 2023)
Austria	Round 2 Group A4 winners	16 April 2026	3rd	2016	2023	1	Fifth place (2023)
Sweden	Round 2 Group A5 winners	17 April 2026	12th	2002	2025	2	Champions (2012, 2015)
Germany	Round 2 Group A6 winners	16 April 2026	20th	2002	2024	1	Champions (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)
Spain	Round 2 Group A7 winners	18 April 2026	19th	2002	2025	11	Champions (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches; Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; 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; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; 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); Disciplinary points Yellow card: −1 point; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −3 points; UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	Knockout stage
2	Poland	Knockout stage
3	Sweden
4	Germany

First match(es) will be played: Summer 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Austria	Knockout stage
2	Spain	Knockout stage
3	Switzerland
4	Iceland

First match(es) will be played: Summer 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

v t e UEFA Women's Under-18 and Under-19 Championships
Under-18 era	Denmark / France 1998 Sweden 1999 France 2000 Norway 2001
Under-19 era	Sweden 2002 Germany 2003 Finland 2004 Hungary 2005 Switzerland 2006 Iceland 2007 France 2008 Belarus 2009 Macedonia 2010 Italy 2011 Turkey 2012 Wales 2013 Norway 2014 Israel 2015 Slovakia 2016 Northern Ireland 2017 Switzerland 2018 Scotland 2019 ~~Georgia 2020~~ ~~Belarus 2021~~ Czech Republic 2022 Belgium 2023 Lithuania 2024 Poland 2025 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2026 Hungary 2027 Portugal 2028 Italy 2029
Qualifications	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 (First, Second) 2011 (First, Second) 2012 (First, Second) 2013 (First, Second) 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e 2025–26 in European women's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '25 '26 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '25 '26 Faroe Islands '25 '26 Finland '25 '26 France Georgia '25 '26 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '25 '26 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '25 '26 Kosovo Latvia '25 '26 Lithuania '25 '26 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland '25 '26 Norway '25 '26 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '25 '26 Romania Russia '25 '26 San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '25 '26 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Croatia Denmark England France Germany Greece Iceland '25 '26 Italy Gibraltar Moldova Netherlands Norway '25 '26 Portugal Scotland Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Wales
League cups	England France Italy Portugal Scotland Wales
Supercups	France Germany Italy Spain
UEFA competitions	Women's Champions League qualifying rounds league phase knockout phase final Europa Cup qualifying rounds knockout phase final
International competitions	European qualifying tournament for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup League A League B League C 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League Promotion/relegation Finals Final 2026 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2026 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification

2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

Qualified teams

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Notes

References

External links

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