2003 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

2003 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	25 July – 3 August
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Norway
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Shelley Thompson (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Sarah Bouhaddi
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The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2003 Final Tournament was held in Germany between 25 July – 3 August 2003. Players born after 1 January 1984 were eligible to participate in this competition.

The tournament is notable for featuring a penalty kick shootout in the final group game in Group A between Italy and Sweden to determine the second semifinal qualifier. This is the first time that a penalty-kick shootout has been used in the group stage of a tournament since the rule was introduced.^[1]

36 teams played for seven free places in the final. Two qualifying rounds were played.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3	6	Semifinals
2	Sweden	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4[a]
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4[a]
4	Germany	3	1	0	2	7	4	+3	3

25 July 2003

Germany	0–2	Italy
	(Report)	Tona 20' Ricco 39'

Sportzentrum, Taucha

Referee: Antonia Kokotou (Greece)

25 July 2003

Sweden	1–2	England
Odenyo 58'	(Report)	Scott 40' Williams 89'

Am Stadtbad, Markranstädt

Referee: Snjezana Focic (Croatia)

27 July 2003

Germany	1–2	Sweden
Krahn 50'	(Report)	S. Andersson 33' Seger 90+3'

Bruno-Plache-Stadion, Leipzig

Referee: Carla De Boeck (Belgium)

27 July 2003

Italy	1–3	England
Ricco 46'	(Report)	McDougall 20' Aluko 26' Williams 85'

Zentralsportpark, Markkleeberg

Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

29 July 2003

England	0–6	Germany
	(Report)	Thompson 12', 40', 80', 90+1' Goessling 23' Laudehr 41'

Torgau

Referee: Ilonka Milanova Djaleva (Bulgaria)

29 July 2003

Italy	3–3	Sweden
Ricco 41' Coppolino 63' Domenichetti 90+2'	(Report)	Fischer 55' Odenyo 62' Siid-Ahmed 82'
Penalties
Manieri Coppolino Cortesi	1–4	Fischer Odenyo Almgren Siid-ahmed

Sportpark, Borna

Referee: Tatjana Pavlovic (Serbia)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Semifinals
2	France	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3[a]
4	Spain	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3[a]

25 July 2003

Norway	2–2	France
Nilsen 47' Heimlund 66'	(Report)	Josserand 34' Bussaglia 75'

Stadion der Freundschaft, Grimma

Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

25 July 2003

Netherlands	2–1	Spain
Kant 71' Brouwer 90'	(Report)	S. García 18'

Dr. Fritz Fröhlich-Stadion, Regis-Breitingen

Referee: Ilonka Milanova Djaleva (Bulgaria)

27 July 2003

Norway	2–1	Netherlands
Frantzen 14' Wiik 85'	(Report)	Vermeulen 9'

Eintracht Schkeuditz, Schkeuditz

Referee: Tatjana Pavlovic (Serbia)

27 July 2003

France	2–3	Spain
Guine 57' Bussaglia 81'	(Report)	Martín 3', 26' Casseleux 71' (o.g.)

Frischaufstadion, Wurzen

Referee: Snjezana Focic (Croatia)

29 July 2003

Spain	1–2	Norway
Pérez 16'	(Report)	Frantzen 57' Knutsen 85'

Sportpark Tresenwald, Machern

Referee: Carla De Boeck (Belgium)

29 July 2003

France	2–1	Netherlands
Bussaglia 47' Thiney 76'	(Report)	Melis 41'

Am Eichholz, Zwenkau

Referee: Antonia Kokotou (Greece)

1 August 2003

Norway	2–2	Sweden
Frantzen 72' Heimlund 90+1'	(Report)	Fischer 5', 40'
Penalties
Woods Vikestad Nilsen Frantzen Henriksen	4–2	Fischer Odenyo Almgren Siid-Ahmed

Stadion der Freundschaft, Grimma

Referee: Ilonka Milanova Djaleva (Bulgaria)

1 August 2003

England	0–2	France
	(Report)	Josserand 12' Debonne 88'

Am Stadtbad, Markranstädt

Referee: Carla De Boeck (Belgium)

3 August 2003

France	2–0	Norway
Coquet 18' Traikia 46'	(Report)

Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark, Leipzig

Attendance: 1,212

Referee: Snjezana Focic (Croatia)

2004 UEFA Women's Under-19 champions
France First title

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