2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification


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The qualification for the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship were a series of association football matches between national teams to determine the participants of the 2014 Final Tournament held in Norway.[1]

All times are CEST (UTC+02:00).

The 48 teams were divided into 11 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament, hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches have been played, the 11 group winners and 10 best runners-up will advance to the Second qualifying round.

The draw was made on 20 November 2012 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon.[2]

Norway qualified as hosts, while England, Spain and Germany received byes to the second round as the sides with the highest coefficients.

The first round matches were played between 21 and 26 September 2013.

Seeding for the pots of the draw was based on the qualifying matches of the past three seasons with some bonus points for final tournament results. The hosts of the eleven mini-tournament groups are annotated with an H.

Tie-breakers between teams with the same number of points are:[1]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question

If now two teams still are tied, reapply tie-breakers 1–3, if this does not break the tie, go on.

  1. Superior goal difference in all group matches
  2. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Austria (H) 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 9
2   Croatia 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3   Azerbaijan 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
4   Israel 3 0 0 3 0 18 −18 0
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Denmark 3 2 1 0 16 2 +14 7
2   Republic of Ireland (H) 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7
3   Greece 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4   Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 0 20 −20 0
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Sweden 3 3 0 0 21 1 +20 9
2   Portugal 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6
3   Estonia 3 1 0 2 2 15 −13 3
4   Lithuania (H) 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Finland (H) 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9
2   Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6
3   Moldova 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
4   Faroe Islands 3 0 1 2 2 11 −9 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Russia 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9
2   Belarus (H) 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3   Wales 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
4   Cyprus 3 0 1 2 4 12 −8 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9
2   Serbia (H) 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
3   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4   Malta 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Poland 3 2 1 0 13 0 +13 7
2   Italy 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
3   Slovenia (H) 3 1 1 1 9 6 +3 4
4   Albania 3 0 0 3 0 20 −20 0
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Scotland 3 3 0 0 29 1 +28 9
2   Romania 3 2 0 1 8 11 −3 6
3   Macedonia (H) 3 1 0 2 4 12 −8 3
4   Georgia 3 0 0 3 5 22 −17 0
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   France 3 3 0 0 14 0 +14 9
2   Iceland 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6
3   Slovakia 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4   Bulgaria (H) 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Belgium 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 9
2   Turkey 3 2 0 1 6 7 −1 6
3   Hungary (H) 3 1 0 2 8 9 −1 3
4   Montenegro 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1    Switzerland 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9
2   Ukraine 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3   Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4   Latvia (H) 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0

Ranking of second-placed teams

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To determine the ten best second-placed teams from the qualifying round, only the results of the second-placed teams against the winners and the third-placed in each group are taken into account.

The following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[1]

  1. higher number of points obtained in these matches
  2. superior goal difference from these matches
  3. higher number of goals scored in these matches
  4. fair play conduct of the teams in all group matches in the second qualifying round
  5. drawing of lots
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 2   Republic of Ireland 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4
2 3   Portugal 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 3
3 9   Iceland 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3
4 4   Czech Republic 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
5 5   Belarus 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
6 11   Ukraine 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
7 6   Serbia 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3
8 1   Croatia 2 1 0 1 3 6 −3 3
9 10   Turkey 2 1 0 1 3 6 −3 3
10 8   Romania 2 1 0 1 3 9 −6 3
11 7   Italy 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2

England, Spain and Germany received byes to the second round as the sides with the highest coefficients. Defending champions France were narrowly eliminated in the second round.

24 team are drawn into six groups of four. The teams then play each other once. After that the group winners and the best runner-up advance to the final tournament.

The draw was held on 20 November 2013 in Nyon.[3] Teams were seeded based on their first round performances. The hosts of the six mini-tournament groups are indicated below in italics.

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D
  Germany
  England
  Spain
  Scotland
  Sweden
  Austria 		  France
   Switzerland
  Russia
  Belgium
  Finland
  Netherlands 		  Denmark
  Poland
  Republic of Ireland
  Portugal
  Czech Republic
  Iceland 		  Croatia
  Ukraine
  Belarus
  Turkey
  Romania
  Serbia

Tie-breakers between teams with the same number of points are:[1]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question

If now two teams still are tied, reapply tie-breakers 1–3, if this does not break the tie, go on.

  1. Superior goal difference in all group matches
  2. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9
2    Switzerland 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3   Portugal (H) 3 1 0 2 11 4 +7 3
4   Belarus 3 0 0 3 0 25 −25 0
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Scotland 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9
2   Russia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3   Croatia (H) 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
4   Iceland 3 0 1 2 4 10 −6 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Sweden 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9
2   France (H) 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
3   Romania 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4   Poland 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Belgium (H) 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9
2   Germany 3 2 0 1 11 2 +9 6
3   Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
4   Ukraine 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Netherlands (H) 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
2   Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
3   Austria 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
4   Turkey 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   England 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9
2   Finland (H) 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
3   Serbia 3 1 0 2 1 6 −5 3
4   Denmark 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1

Ranking of second-placed teams

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To determine the best second-placed team from the qualifying round, only the results of the second-placed teams against the winners and the third-placed in each group are taken into account.

The following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[1]

  1. higher number of points obtained in these matches
  2. superior goal difference from these matches
  3. higher number of goals scored in these matches
  4. fair play conduct of the teams in all group matches in the second qualifying round
  5. drawing of lots

Ireland advanced as best runners-up to the final tournament. Defending champions France and top seeded Germany were eliminated in this stage.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 5   Republic of Ireland 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
2 3   France 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
3 4   Germany 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
4 1    Switzerland 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
5 6   Finland 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
6 2   Russia 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
  1. ^ a b c d e "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship 2013/14" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "2013/14 Women's U19 first qualifying round draw". UEFA. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Holders France to face 2012 winners Sweden". UEFA. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.