2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2022) will be the 19th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (23rd edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. The Czech Republic will host the tournament.[1] A total of eight teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.

2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Dates26 June – 9 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)TBD (in 4 host cities)

France are the defending champions, having won the last tournament held in 2019, with the 2020 and 2021 editions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows:[2]

For the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, Belarus and Czech Republic were selected as hosts respectively.[1]

Qualification
Main article: 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

The UEFA Executive Committee approved on 18 June 2020 a new qualifying format for the Women's Under-17 and Under-19 Championship starting from 2022.[3] The qualifying competition will be played in two rounds, with teams divided into two leagues, and promotion and relegation between leagues after each round similar to the UEFA Nations League.[4]

A record total of 52 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Czech Republic also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams will qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts. The draw for round 1 was held on 11 March 2021, 15:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Under-19 Euro1
only U-19 era (since 2002)
 Czech RepublicHosts24 September 2019[1]0 (debut)
 GermanyRound 2 Group A2 winners12 April 202216 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
 EnglandRound 2 Group A3 winners12 April 202213 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 SwedenRound 2 Group A1 winners12 April 20229 (2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
TBDRound 2 Group A4 winnersMay 2022
 ItalyRound 2 Group A5 winners12 April 20227 (2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018)
 SpainRound 2 Group A6 winners12 April 202214 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
 FranceRound 2 Group A7 winners12 April 202215 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Venues

Four cities in Moravia and Silesia regions of Czech Republic, Frýdek-Místek, Karviná, Opava and Ostrava will host the tournament.[6]

References
  1. "Belarus, Czech Republic to host WU19 EURO in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. 24 September 2019.
  2. "17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. 27 March 2019.
  3. "Temporary emergency measures for Financial Fair Play". UEFA.com. 18 June 2019.
  4. "New format for Women's U17 and Women's U19 EUROs". UEFA.com. 18 June 2020.
  5. "2021/22 Women's U19 Round 1 draw live on Thursday". UEFA.com. 5 March 2021.
  6. "2022 Women's U19 EURO finals: Czech Republic". UEFA.com. 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
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