2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship

The final round of the 15 U-19 Football Championship Women was held in the period from 2 to 14 July 2012 in Turkey. Eight teams came first in a group stage into two groups and then in the knockout system against each other. Game were eligible players who were born on 1 January 1993 or later. It was played in the resort town of Antalya. The title was awarded the Swedish team.

• 4.1 Semi-finals
• 4.2 final

Qualification

Turkey qualified automatically as hosts. The remaining 43 reported national teams were divided into ten groups of four teams each. Germany, France and England were given a wildcard for the second qualifying round as the teams in the top three places in the UEFA rankings. The group winners and runners- automatically reached the second qualifying round. Added to this was the best group third parties. However, only the respective results were used against the group winners and runners- For the determination of the best third. The first qualifying round was held in autumn 2011. The 21 remaining teams plus Germany, France and England were divided in the second qualifying round on six groups of four teams each. The six group winners and best runners qualified for the final tournament in Turkey. The tournaments of the second qualifying round were held in spring 2012. Defending champion Germany failed in the second qualifying round at eventual champions Sweden.

Mode

In the final round of the eight teams formed two groups of four teams each. In the group stage, each team played in the group once against each other. For a victory, there were three points for a draw one point. After completion of the group matches, the group winners and runners-up qualified for the semifinals.

In case of equality of several teams in the group stage of the positions were initially determined based on the greater number of points from the matches. Was this the same, initially, the goal difference and then the number of goals scored was compared in direct encounters. This was crucial for the placements in group B. Would then have been on par still two or more teams, goal difference in all matches and then the number of goals scored in total would have been compared as the next criteria. The final criterion was the Fair Play rankings.

From the semi-finals in the tournament knock-out system was continued. Games that ended tied at the end of normal time, were extended by two times ten minutes. If after extra been found no winner, the decision in the penalty shoot-out would have been looking for. This case did not occur. The regular time for all games was twice 45 minutes.

Preliminary round

The draw for the finals took place in Antalya on 24 April 2012. All times are local time.

Group A

Group B

Final round

All times are local time.

Semifinal

Final

Best scorers

In addition, 13 players came with one goal.

Scorer of the whole competition ( including Qualif. ) Was also the Swede Elin Rubensson with 13 goals.