Germany will start their defence of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship when the 2006/07 edition begins on Tuesday. Germany face neighbours Nine of the eleven first qualifying round groups get under way that day, with all 44 contenders for a place alongside Iceland next summer taking part in the opening stage. Germany will face mini-tournament hosts F.Y.R. Macedonia, Austria and Georgia in Group 4, while 2006 runners-up France play fellow summer qualifiers Sweden plus the Faroe Islands and Kazakhstan. Turkey are back in the competition after two seasons' absence and will stage a group involving the last pair of finals hosts, Hungary and Switzerland. There is now an extra rest day between the second and third matches in all qualifying groups. New format The top two from each section will progress to the second qualifying round along with the two third-placed teams with the best records against the winners and runners-up in their pools. Those 24 sides will be drawn into six groups of four ahead of next April's second qualifying round, with only the section winners and best runners-up entering the final tournament - which will also act as a qualifying round for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup - to be played in Iceland between 18-29 July. UEFA European Women's U19 Championship First qualifying round Group 1 (26 September-1 October) Sweden* (indicates group hosts) France Faroe Islands Kazakhstan Group 2 (26 September-1 October) Poland* Spain Armenia Latvia Group 3 (26 September-1 October) England Belgium Estonia* Greece Group 4 (26 September-1 October) Germany Austria F.Y.R. Macedonia* Georgia Group 5 (26 September-1 October) Norway Netherlands Lithuania* Croatia Group 6 (26 September-1 October) Switzerland Portugal Turkey* Hungary Group 7 (26 September-1 October) Ukraine Wales Moldova* Romania Group 8 (3-8 October) Serbia Denmark Azerbaijan* Northern Ireland Group 9 (13-18 October) Scotland Russia Slovenia* Israel Group 10 (26 September-1 October) Republic of Ireland Italy Slovakia* Bulgaria Group 11 (26 September-1 October) Czech Republic Finland Bosnia-Herzegovina* Belarus http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WUnder19/news/Kind=1/newsId=444606.html
Results : Group 4 Austria - Georgia 10-0 Group 5 Norway - Lithuania 9-1 Group 6 Switzerland- Turkey 5-0 Group 10 Rep of Ireland - Slovakia 4-0 Italy - Bulgaria 6-0
Complete results from yetserday : 26/09/06 Grp 10 Republic of Ireland 4 - 0 Slovakia 26/09/06 Grp 10 Italy 6 - 0 Bulgaria 26/09/06 Grp 5 Norway 9 - 1 Lithuania 26/09/06 Grp 7 Wales 5 - 0 Romania 26/09/06 Grp 1 Sweden 7 - 0 Faroe Islands 26/09/06 Grp 4 Germany 7 - 0 F.Y.R. Macedonia 26/09/06 Grp 4 Austria 10 - 0 Georgia 26/09/06 Grp 6 Switzerland 5 - 0 Turkey 26/09/06 Grp 2 Poland 2 - 0 Armenia 26/09/06 Grp 2 Spain 14 - 0 Latvia 26/09/06 Grp 7 Ukraine 5 - 1 Moldova 26/09/06 Grp 11 Czech Republic 6 - 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina 26/09/06 Grp 11 Finland 4 - 1 Belarus 26/09/06 Grp 3 Belgium 1 - 0 Greece 26/09/06 Grp 5 Netherlands 8 - 1 Croatia 26/09/06 Grp 1 France 11 - 0 Kazakhstan 26/09/06 Grp 6 Portugal 1 - 3 Hungary 26/09/06 Grp 3 England 8 - 0 Estonia http://www.uefa.com/competitions/wunder19/FixturesResults/index.html
Some matches from yesterday : Croatia- Norway 0-6 Lithuania- Netherlands 0-7 Switzerland- Hungary 3-0 Sweden - Kazakhstan 7-0 Faroe Islands - France 0-7 England - Greece 2-0
28/09/06 Grp 10 Republic of Ireland 5 - 1 Bulgaria 28/09/06 Grp 10 Slovakia 0 - 5 Italy 28/09/06 Grp 5 Lithuania 0 - 7 Netherlands 28/09/06 Grp 7 Ukraine 1 - 1 Romania 28/09/06 Grp 1 Sweden 7 - 0 Kazakhstan 28/09/06 Grp 1 Faroe Islands 0 - 7 France 28/09/06 Grp 4 Germany 18 - 0 Georgia 28/09/06 Grp 4 F.Y.R. Macedonia 1 - 7 Austria 28/09/06 Grp 6 Switzerland 3 - 0 Hungary 28/09/06 Grp 2 Poland 7 - 0 Latvia 28/09/06 Grp 2 Armenia 0 - 3 Spain 28/09/06 Grp 7 Moldova 0 - 10 Wales 28/09/06 Grp 11 Czech Republic 3 - 1 Belarus 28/09/06 Grp 11 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 - 8 Finland 28/09/06 Grp 3 England 2 - 0 Greece 28/09/06 Grp 5 Norway 6 - 0 Croatia 28/09/06 Grp 6 Turkey 0 - 0 Portugal 28/09/06 Grp 3 Estonia 0 - 9 Belgium
Sixteen of the 24 places in the 2006/07 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship second qualifying round have been filled after Matchday 2 in nine of the eleven first-stage groups - with holders Germany naturally leading the way. Record win Maren Meinert's team trailed Austria on goal difference after one game but they now lead Group 4 after an 18-0 victory against Georgia, the biggest win ever achieved by Germany in any UEFA national team competition. Isabel Kerschowski, one of the heroes of their 2006 final win against France, led the way again with four goals, a tally matched by substitute Maxine Mittendorf. Austria defeated F.Y.R. Macedonia 7-1 to join Germany in the next stage and the two meet for first place when the main tranche of pools conclude on Sunday, an extra 24 houts rest having been introduced this season between Matchdays 2 and 3. France through France themselves are safely through, after following an 11-0 win against Kazakhstan with a 7-0 defeat of the Faroe Islands. Sweden also advanced in Group 1 as they put seven past Kazakhstan. France and Sweden are former European champions at youth level, and the other ex-winners in action, Spain, also will compete for a place in Iceland after they defeated Armenia 3-0 and are joined in progressing from Group 2 by Poland, who overcame Latvia 7-0. Familiar names win Spain did not qualify for the 2006 finals in Switzerland, but Belgium made their bow there and are through again this time. They top Group 3 after overcoming Estonia 9-0, but England left it late to join them with two late goals against Greece. The Netherlands, also qualifiers last time, lead Group 5 after a 7-0 win against Lithuania, one goal more than Norway managed versus Croatia. Finland, hoping for a finals return after a year away, secured their place with an 8-0 win against Bosnia-Herzegovina as the Czech Republic defeated 2009 hosts Belarus 3-1, having come from behind. The other pool with two qualifiers know is Group 10; Italy won 5-0 against Slovakia and the Republic of Ireland beat Bulgaria 5-1. Up for grabs In two groups, however, one place remains up for grabs. Switzerland will definitely top Group 6 after a 3-0 win against Hungary in the meeting of the last two finals hosts. However, Hungary won their first game against Portugal and could go through with a draw against group hosts Turkey on Sunday after the two first-day losers drew 0-0 to get off the mark. The only other tied game was in Group 7, where Ukraine and Romania finished level at 1-1. Ukraine defeated Moldova on the first day and now play Wales, who having already overcome Romania secured their passage with a 10-0 triumph against Moldova, who cannot now finish in the top two. Final matches After Sunday's games, the two third-place finishers with the best record against will have hopes of competing in the next round. However, they will still have to wait for the two remaining pools to finish - Group 8, containing hosts Azerbaijan, 2006 semi-finalists Denmark, Serbia and Northern Ireland runs from 3-8 October, while Group 9 in Slovenia, also containing 2005 winners Russia, Scotland and Israel, begins five days after the previous mini-tournament ends. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WUnder19/news/Kind=1/newsId=462776.html
Interesting to see that Maren is coaching Germany's U19 National Team. I just thought I would mention too that another former World Cup Champion and star player in the WUSA, Hege Riise, is the assistant coach of Norway's U19 National Team.
Norway scored three times in the first 19 minutes of their match against the Netherlands and won 4-2 to secure the top spot in Group 5.
Hi! Any chance to find the results somewhere? I am searching for Wales - Ukraine, Latvia - Armenia and Estonia - Greece,but without success. Thanks in advance
Denmark and Serbia both secured their places in the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship second qualifying round with a match to spare today - and their wins in Group 8 also mean progress for Portugal. Duo through On Tuesday in the Azerbaijan mini-tournament, the tenth of eleven first qualifying round pools, 2006 semi-finalists Denmark defeated Northern Ireland 4-0 and Serbia overcame the hosts 2-0. Then today Serbia scored three without reply against Northern Ireland while Henrik Lehm's side came from behind to beat Azerbaijan 3-1, as the home team ended with nine players. Portuguese joy Those results not only ensured Denmark and Serbia would move a step close to reaching the Icelandic-hosted finals, but also confirmed that Portugal would go through as they now know that their Group 6 results will mean they will be one of the two best third-placed teams as neither Northern Ireland nor Azerbaijan can better their results against the top two from their pool, and indeed both are out regardless of the score when they meet on Sunday. Denmark need only draw with Serbia that day to pip their rivals to first place, while Romania - currently holding the second best record of the third-placed teams - must until Group 9 has been played between hosts Slovenia, former winners Russia, Scotland and Israel from 13-18 October. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WUnder19/news/Kind=1/newsId=464518.html
saw the german u-20 side play in russia.... this is not a good crop of kids for germany, even with meinert coaching them.. nice skill, but painfully exploited with speed.... interesting to see who emerges from this group to the next level
true. i thought they would have beaten the u.s. in that (quarter final?) game but you are right. the question is whether france or one of the other euro powers can exploit them with speed.
03/10/06 Grp 8 Denmark 4 - 0 Northern Ireland 03/10/06 Grp 8 Serbia 2 - 0 Azerbaijan 05/10/06 Grp 8 Serbia 3 - 0 Northern Ireland 05/10/06 Grp 8 Azerbaijan 1 - 3 Denmark 08/10/06 Grp 8 Denmark 5 - 0 Serbia 08/10/06 Grp 8 Northern Ireland 3 - 1 Azerbaijan Denmark and Serbia qualified.
13/10/06 Grp 9 Scotland 6 - 1 Slovenia 13/10/06 Grp 9 Russia 2 - 0 Israel 15/10/06 Grp 9 Scotland 6 - 3 Israel 15/10/06 Grp 9 Slovenia 0 - 1 Russia 18/10/06 Grp 9 Russia 15:30 Scotland 18/10/06 Grp 9 Israel 15:30 Slovenia Russia and Scotland already qualified. Romania also qualified .
The 2006/07 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship second qualifying round lineup has been completed with the progress of Scotland and Russia from Group 9. Final three Twenty-one of the 24 places had been completed before the final of the eleven pools kicked off, and wins against Slovenia and Israel ensured the progress of Scotland and Russia. There was good news today too for Romania who were confirmed as the second-best third-placed team in the round, from Portugal who also qualify. Among the successful teams are holders Germany, 2005/06 runners-up France, all the other six qualifiers from that tournament - Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands - plus the other former champions, 2003/04 winners Spain. Draw procedure The teams will be split into six groups of four in the second qualifying round draw on Tuesday 5 December in Nyon. All six group winners plus the best runners-up after the round is played in April will join hosts Iceland in the finals from 18-29 July. As for the nations now eliminated, they can look forward to the 2007/08 first qualifying round draw on Monday 19 February in Nyon, when there will also be a similar procedure for the new UEFA European Women's U17 Championship. That season's U19 finals will be in France. The teams to qualify are (winners/runners-up): Group 1: France, Sweden Group 2: Spain, Poland Group 3: England, Belgium Group 4: Germany (holders), Austria Group 5: Norway, Netherlands Group 6: Switzerland, Hungary Group 7: Wales, Ukraine Group 8: Denmark, Serbia Group 9: Scotland, Russia Group 10: Republic of Ireland, Italy Group 11: Finland, Czech Republic Best third-place: Portugal (Group 6), Romania (Group 7) http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WUnder19/news/Kind=1/newsId=465830.html
Second qualifing round: Group 1 England Czech Republic Austria Ukraine Group 2 France Republic of Ireland Netherlands Portugal Group 3 Germany Scotland Sweden Hungary Group 4 Norway Denmark Belgium Romania Group 5 Wales Poland Finland Russia Group 6 Spain Switzerland Italy Serbia
I don't get this. What the %$# is the difference between U19 and U20? One year cannot possibly make a difference in skill level. Did some FIFA official see a 19 year-old play a 20 year-old and decide that the overpowering strength of the latter was simply cruel, and the two must be immediately separated? This makes no sense to me.
IIRC, FIFA changed it from a U19 to U20 tourney so that it would fall in line with the men's (same ages for tournaments). If there were any other reasons, I haven't heard of them.
Yesterday: France - Netherlands 4-0 http://www.fff.fr/selections/fem18ans/actualite/370390.shtml Ireland - Portugal 1-0 http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1929
Today : Czech rep - Ukraine 1-1 Romania - Denmark 0-7 Scotland - Hungary 3-3 Italy - Spain 1-1 Switzerland - Serbia 5-0 Finland - Russia 0-0 Wales - Poland 0-4
Certainly a surprising result, but Norwegian coach Jarl Torske seems to think that Belgium is a very good team, and that Denmark, Norway and Belgium will all be fighting for the victory in this group. - Ikke overrasket over Belgia