The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship or simply UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, is an annual competition in women's football for European national teams of players under 19 years of age. National under-19 teams whose countries belong to the European governing body UEFA can register to enter the competition.
In odd years the tournament is also a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualifying competition. The tournament began in the 1997–98 season as an under-18 event and became an under-19s event from the 2001–02 season. The Championship has three phases: two qualifying rounds open to all eligible nations and the finals phase which is composed of 8 qualified teams. The finals themselves are composed of two groups of four teams; each team plays the others in the group. The winner of each group after the 3 matches plays the runner-up of the opposing group in a semi-final, with the winner contesting the final.
Finals format
Since 2002 the finals had eight teams with two groups of four teams, semi-finals and the final.
Results
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan=2 width=3%|Edition
!rowspan=2 width="8%" style="background: #D0E6FF;"|Year
!rowspan=2 width="15%" style="background: #D0E6FF;"|Host
!colspan=3 style="background: #D0E6FF;"|Final
!colspan=3 style="background: #D0E6FF;"|Third place match
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
!width="15%"|Champions
!width="10%"|Score
!width="15%"|Runner-up
!width=15%|Third place
!width=10%|Score
!width=15%|Fourth place
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|1
|1998
|<small>Two-legged final</small>
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|2–0<br>2–3<br>(4–3 agg.)
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|colspan="3"| and
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2
|1999
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|Round-robin
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|
|Round-robin
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|3
|2000
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|4–2
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|
|Round-robin
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|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|4
|2001
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|3–2
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|1–0
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|5
|2002
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|3–1
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|colspan="3"| and
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|6
|2003
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|2–0
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|colspan="3"| and
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|7
|2004
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|
|2–1
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|colspan="3"| and
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|8
|2005
|
|
|2–2<br/>6–5 (pen.)
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|colspan="3"| and
|-
|9
|2006
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|
|3–0
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|colspan="3"| and
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|10
|2007
|
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|2–0
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|colspan="3"| and
|-
|11
|2008
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|
|1–0
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|colspan="3"| and
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|12
|2009
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|
|2–0
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|colspan="3"| and
|-
|13
|2010
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|
|2–1
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|colspan="3"| and
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|14
|2011
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|
|8–1
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|colspan="3"| and
|-
|15
|2012
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|1–0
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|colspan="3"| and
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|16
|2013
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|2–0
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|colspan="3"| and
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|17
|2014
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|
|1–0
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|colspan="3"| and
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|18
|2015
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|3–1
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|colspan="3"| and
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|19
|2016
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|2–1
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|colspan="3"| and
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|20
|2017
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|
|3–2
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|colspan="3"| and
|-
|21
|2018
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|1–0
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|colspan="3"| and
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|22
|2019
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|2–1
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|colspan="3"| and
|-
| -
|2020
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|colspan="6"|Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
| -
|2021
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| colspan="6"|Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
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|23
|2022
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|2–1
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|colspan="3"| and
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|24
|2023
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|0–0<br/>3–2 (pen.)
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|colspan="3"| and
|-
|25
|2024
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|2–1
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|colspan="3"| and
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|26
|2025
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|4–0
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|colspan="3"| and
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|27
|2026
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|colspan="3"|
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|28
|2027
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|colspan="3"|
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|29
|2028
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|colspan="3"|
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|30
|2029
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|colspan="3"|
|}
Notes
Teams reaching the top four
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=15%|Country
!width=22%|Winners
!width=22%|Runners-up
!width=9%|Third place
!width=9%|Fourth place
!width=22%|Semi-finalists
!Total (top four)
|-
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|bgcolor=gold|7 (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
|bgcolor=silver|5 (2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)
|
|bgcolor=#9acdff|1 (2001)
|bgcolor=#81c846|1 (2019)
|align=center|14
|-
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|bgcolor=gold|6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011)
|bgcolor=silver|5 (1999, 2004, 2018, 2019, 2023)
|
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|bgcolor=#81c846|7 (1998, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017)
|align=center|18
|-
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|bgcolor=gold|5 (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019)
|bgcolor=silver|6 (1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2017, 2025)
|
|bgcolor=#9acdff|1 (2000)
|bgcolor=#81c846|6 (2007, 2009, 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024)
|align=center|18
|-
|
|bgcolor=gold|3 (1999, 2012, 2015)
|bgcolor=silver|1 (2009)
|bgcolor=a67d3d|1 (2000)
|
|bgcolor=#81c846|4 (1998, 2003, 2008, 2022)
|align=center|9
|-
|
|bgcolor=gold|1 (2009)
|bgcolor=silver|3 (2007, 2010, 2013)
|
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|bgcolor=#81c846|3 (2002, 2003, 2024)
|align=center|7
|-
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|bgcolor=gold|1 (2014)
|bgcolor=silver|1 (2024)
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|bgcolor=#81c846|5 (2010, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023)
|align=center|7
|-
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|bgcolor=gold|1 (1998)
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|bgcolor=a67d3d|1 (2001)
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|bgcolor=#81c846|4 (2002, 2006, 2012, 2018)
|align=center|6
|-
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|bgcolor=gold|1 (2008)
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|bgcolor=a67d3d|1 (1999)
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|bgcolor=#81c846|3 (2004, 2011, 2025)
|align=center|5
|-
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|bgcolor=gold|1 (2005)
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|bgcolor=#81c846|2 (2004, 2006)
|align=center|3
|-
|
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|bgcolor=silver|5 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2022)
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|bgcolor=#9acdff|1 (1999)
|bgcolor=#81c846|3 (2007, 2014, 2018)
|align=center|9
|-
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|bgcolor=#81c846|3 (2009, 2011, 2016)
|align=center|3
|-
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|bgcolor=#81c846|2 (2005, 2013)
|align=center|2
|-
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|bgcolor=#81c846|2 (2012, 2025)
|align=center|2
|-
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|bgcolor=#81c846|1 (2014)
|align=center|1
|-
!colspan=1| Total ||26||26||3||3||46||104
|}
Comprehensive team results by tournament (since 2002)
;Legend
- – Champions
- – Runners-up
- – Third place
- – Fourth place
- – Semi-finals
- GS – Group stage
- 5th – Fifth place (played in 2005 and 2017)
- 6th – Sixth place (played in 2005 and 2017)
- – Did not qualify
- – Did not enter / Withdrew
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Hosts
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Team
! 2002<br><br>(8)
! 2003<br><br>(8)
! 2004<br><br>(8)
! 2005<br><br>(8)
! 2006<br><br>(8)
! 2007<br><br>(8)
! 2008<br><br>(8)
! 2009<br><br>(8)
! 2010<br><br>(8)
! 2011<br><br>(8)
! 2012<br><br>(8)
! 2013<br><br>(8)
! 2014<br><br>(8)
! 2015<br><br>(8)
! 2016<br><br>(8)
! 2017<br><br>(8)
! 2018<br><br>(8)
! 2019<br><br>(8)
! 2022<br><br>(8)
! 2023<br><br>(8)
! 2024<br><br>(8)
! 2025<br><br>(8)
! 2026<br><br>(8)
! Total
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|5th
|•
|•
|
|2
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|×
|•
|•
|•
|•
|1
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|•
|•
|5
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|q
|1
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|GS
|•
|•
|•
|2
|-
| align=left|
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|GS
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|7
|-
| align=left|
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|6th
|•
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|GS
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|•
|GS
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|GS
|GS
|•
|5th
|•
|GS
|GS
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|GS
|•
|16
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|3
|-
| align=left|
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|GS
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|•
|•
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|GS
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|
|19
|-
| align=left|
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|GS
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|GS
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|GS
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|GS
|•
|
|19
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|1
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|6th
|•
|•
|Q
|4
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|1
|-
| align=left|
|•
|GS
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|•
|•
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|•
|GS
|style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|GS
|GS
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|
|9
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|•
|1
|-
| align=left|
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|GS
|•
|•
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|GS
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|GS
|
|12
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|1
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|1
|-
| align=left|
|GS
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|GS
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|GS
|•
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|•
|GS
|style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|GS
|GS
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|GS
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|•
|•
|•
|
|14
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
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|2
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|
|2
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|2
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
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|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
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|1
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|•
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|×
|×
|×
|×
|×
|4
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|6th
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|
|6
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|•
|2
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|1
|-
| align=left|
|GS
|GS
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|•
|•
|GS
|GS
|•
|GS
|GS
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|•
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|
|18
|-
| align=left|
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|•
|GS
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|•
|•
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|GS
|GS
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|•
|•
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|•
|GS
|
|11
|-
| align=left|
|GS
|•
|GS
|5th
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|•
|•
|•
|bgcolor=#cc9966|SF
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|Q
|9
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|1
|-
| align=left|
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|style="border:3px solid red"|GS
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|1
|-
|}
Since 2002, the third-place match has not been played.
Tournament statistics
Top scorers by tournament
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Player
!Goals
|-
|2002
| Claire Morel<br> Barbara Müller
|align=center|4
|-
|2003
| Shelley Thompson
|align=center|4
|-
|2004
| Anja Mittag
|align=center|6
|-
|2005
| Elena Danilova
|align=center|9
|-
|2006
| Elena Danilova
|align=center|7
|-
|2007
| Marie-Laure Delie<br /> Fanndís Friðriksdóttir <br /> Ellen White
|align=center|3
|-
|2008
| Marie Pollmann
|align=center|4
|-
|2009
| Sofia Jakobsson
|align=center|5
|-
|2010
| Turid Knaak <br /> Lieke Martens
|align=center|4
|-
|2011
| Melissa Bjånesøy
|align=center|7
|-
|2012
| Elin Rubensson
|align=center|5
|-
|2013
| Pauline Bremer
|align=center|6
|-
|2014
| Vivianne Miedema
|align=center|6
|-
|2015
| Stina Blackstenius
|align=center|6
|-
|2016
| Marie-Antoinette Katoto
|align=center|6
|-
|2017
| Patricia Guijarro
|align=center|5
|-
|2018
| Dajan Hashemi<br /> Paulina Krumbiegel<br /> Lynn Wilms<br /> Andrea Norheim<br /> Olga Carmona<br /> Alisha Lehmann<br /> Géraldine Reuteler
|align=center|2
|-
|2019
| Melvine Malard
|align=center|4
|-
|2022
| Nicole Arcangeli
|align=center|5
|-
|2023
| Louna Ribadeira
|align=center|4
|-
|2024
| Nina Matejić
|align=center|5
|-
|2025
| Liana Joseph
|align=center|4
|}
Player of the Tournament
The UEFA selected a Golden Player or Player of the Tournament for certain tournaments.
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Player
|-
|2002
| Viola Odebrecht
|-
|2003
| Sarah Bouhaddi
|-
|2004
| Anja Mittag
|-
|2005
| Elena Danilova
|-
|2006
| Isabel & Monique Kerschowski
|-
|2007
| Fern Whelan
|-
|2008
| Sara Gama
|-
|2009
| Ramona Bachmann
|-
|2010
| Nataša Andonova
|-
|2011
| Ramona Petzelberger
|-
|2012
| Elin Rubensson
|-
|2013
| Sandie Toletti
|-
|2014
| Vivianne Miedema
|-
|2015
| Stina Blackstenius
|-
|2016
| Marie-Antoinette Katoto
|-
|2017
| Patricia Guijarro
|-
|2018
|–
|-
|2019
|–
|-
|2022
|–
|-
|2023
| Louna Ribadeira
|-
|2024
| Daniela Agote
|-
|2025
| Maeline Mendy
|}
See also
- FIFA Women's World Cup
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
- UEFA Women's Championship
- UEFA Women's Champions League
References
External links
- Facts and figures, uefa.com