2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
UEFA Europsko prvenstvo za žene do 19 godina 2026
Tournament details
Host country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cities	Sarajevo; Zenica
Dates	27 June – 10 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venues	4 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	46 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emanuela Pfister; (3 goals)
	← 2025 2027 → All statistics correct as of 4 July 2026.

The 2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship is 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 is hosting the tournament from 27 June to 10 July 2026.^[1]^[2]

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

Qualification

52 (out of 55) UEFA countries entered the qualifying competition, with the host team Bosnia and Herzegovina also participating, although they qualified automatically. Seven teams qualified for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts.

Qualified teams

Seven teams qualified for the final tournament along with hosts Bosnia and 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 advance 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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Knockout stage
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Knockout stage
3	Poland	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

27 June 2026

17:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–5	Germany
	Report	Rintzner 36' Sträßer 49', 57' Memminger 71' Bäcker 90+5'

Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica

Attendance: 706

Referee: Michaela Pachtová (Czech Republic)

27 June 2026

20:00

Sweden	1–0	Poland
Witkowska 83' (o.g.)	Report

Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo

Attendance: 118

Referee: Deborah Bianchi (Italy)

30 June 2026

17:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–5	Sweden
	Report	Bartholdson 17' Andersson Widén 31', 45+3' Golubović 80' (o.g.) Ekberg 83'

Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

Referee: Emily Heaslip (England)

30 June 2026

20:00

Poland	1–1	Germany
Związek 33'	Report	Zimmermann 57'

Koševo City Stadium, Sarajevo

Referee: Miriama Bocková (Slovakia)

3 July 2026

17:00

Poland	5–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Araśniewicz 9', 44' Świrska 21', 73' Witek 82'	Report	Mirković 70'

Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo

Referee: Tatyana Sorokopudova (Kazakhstan)

3 July 2026

17:00

Germany	2–0	Sweden
Portella 12' (pen.) Schneider 64'	Report

Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica

Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Knockout stage
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Knockout stage
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	7	8	−1	4
4	Iceland	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

28 June 2026