2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Wales
Dates	19–31 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (3rd title)
Runners-up	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	40 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	7,798 (520 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pauline Bremer ; (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Sandie Toletti
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The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2013 Final Tournament was held in Wales between 19 and 31 August 2013. Players born after 1 January 1994 were eligible to participate in this competition.

It was the first time Wales played in the final tournament. The tournament also qualified four teams to the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, with England, Finland, France and Germany claiming Europe's four places by reaching the semi-finals.^[1]

Tournament structure

The regulations make up for the following tournament structure:

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Competition format
First qualifying round (40 teams)	40 teams from associations ranked 4–53		10 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Second qualifying round (24 teams)	Germany (ranked 1) France (ranked 2) England (ranked 3)	10 group winners and runners-up from 1st qualifying round best group third-place finisher from 1st qualifying round	6 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Final tournament (8 teams)	Wales (hosts)	6 group winners from 2nd qualifying round best group runners-up from 2nd qualifying round	2 groups of 4 teams, semi-finals, final The four semifinalists qualify for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Venues

Llanelli (2)

Haverfordwest

Carmarthen

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Venues map

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli (capacity 14,870)
Bridge Meadow Stadium, Haverfordwest (2,000)
Stebonheath Park, Llanelli (1,005)
Richmond Park, Carmarthen (1,000)

Qualifications

There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament.

First qualifying round

In the first qualifying round 40 teams were drawn into 10 groups. The top two of each group and the best third-place finisher, counting only matches against the top two in the group, advanced. The draw for this round was made on 15 November 2011.^[2]

Second qualifying round

In the second round the 21 teams from the first qualifying round were joined by top seeds Germany, France and England. The 24 teams of this round were drawn into six groups of four teams. The group winners and the runners-up team with the best record against the sides first and third in their group advanced to the final tournament.

Match officials

UEFA named six referees and eight assistant referees to officiate matches at the final tournament. Additionally, two referees from the host nation were chosen as fourth officials.^[3]

Referees

Olga Zadinová (Czech Republic)
Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)
Eszter Urbán (Hungary)
Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
Petra Chudá (Slovakia)
Dilan Deniz Gökçek (Turkey)

Assistant referees

Araksya Saribekyan (Armenia)
Cindy Zeferino de Oliveira (Austria)
Sanja Rodjak Karšić (Croatia)
Giuliana Guarino (Italy)
Yana Mazanova (Russia)
Svetlana Bilić (Serbia)
Rocío Puente Pino (Spain)
Belinda Brem (Switzerland)

Fourth officials

Paula Brady (Ireland)
Lorraine Clark (Scotland)

Group stage

The 7 teams advancing from the second qualifying round were joined by host nation Wales. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four with the top two teams of each group advancing to the semifinals.^[4] The draw for the final tournament took place at Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli on 7 May 2013.^[5]

All kick-off times are local (WEST)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7
France	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Denmark	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
Wales	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

19 August 2013