2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Host country France Dates 7–19 July Teams 8 Champions Italy (1st title) Runners-up Norway Matches played 15 Goals scored 41 (2.73 per match) Attendance 14,185 (946 per match) Top scorer(s) Marie Pollmann (4 goals)Best player(s) Sara Gama
International football competition
The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2008 Final Tournament was held in France between 7–19 July 2008. Players born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in this competition.
Qualification
There were two qualification rounds.[ 1]
Teams entering in this round
Teams advancing from previous round
Competition format
First qualifying round (44 teams)
44 teams from associations ranked 1–53
11 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one club, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Second qualifying round (24 teams)
11 group winners and runners-up from 1st qualifying round
best two group third-place finishers from 1st qualifying round
6 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one club, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Final tournament (8 teams)
6 group winners from 2nd qualifying round
best group runners-up from 2nd qualifying round
2 groups of 4 teams, semi-finals, final
Final tournament
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semifinals
Final
MATCH OFFICIALS
Assistant referees:
Fourth official: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine )
Awards
2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 champions
Italy First title
Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
References
External links
Under-18 era Under-19 era Qualifications Squads