2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Round 1: 24 October – 5 December 2023 Round 2: 3 – 9 April 2024
Teams	51 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	150
Goals scored	595 (3.97 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Danique Tolhoek (13 goals)
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The 2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Lithuania in the final tournament.^[1]

51 teams, including hosts Lithuania, entered the qualifying competition.^[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2005 were eligible to participate.

Luxembourg made their debut at the competition.^[1]

In the 2022 season, UEFA implemented a new format for the women's U17 and U19 Euros, based on a league-style qualifying format.

The teams were divided in two leagues: League A (28 teams) and League B (23 teams).

Each league played two rounds:

• Round 1: In each league, groups of 4 teams played mini-tournaments. The winners of each mini-tournament in league B and the best runner-up were promoted and the last-placed teams in league A mini-tournaments were relegated.
• Round 2: The seven winners of League A qualified for the final tournament. The six winners of mini-tournaments in league B and the best runner-up were promoted and the last-placed teams in league A were relegated for Round 1 of the next edition of the tournament.

In Round 1 and Round 2, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 19.01 and 19.02):^[2]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. Position in the applicable ranking:
   1. for teams in Round 1, position in 2021–22 Round 2 league rankings;
   2. for teams in Round 2, position in the Round 1 league ranking.

To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Article 15.01):^[2]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points;
5. Position in the applicable ranking:
   1. for teams in Round 1, position in the coefficient rankings;
   2. for teams in Round 2, position in the Round 1 league ranking.

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 16 June 2023, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[1]

The teams were seeded according to their final group standings of the 2022–23 competition (Regulations Article 13.01).^[2]

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan and Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group.^[3]

To determine the 2022–23 Round 2 league rankings, the following criteria was followed:

1. higher position in the following classification:
   1. League A Round 2 group winners
   2. League A Round 2 group runners-up
   3. League A Round 2 third-placed teams
   4. Teams promoted from League B
   5. Teams relegated from League A
   6. League B Round 2 runners-up
   7. League B Round 2 third-placed teams
   8. League B Round 2 fourth-placed teams
2. higher number of points in all mini-tournament matches;
3. superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
4. higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
5. lower disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
6. higher position in the 2022–23 Round 1 league rankings.

Teams entering League A

Pot 1 (2023 Round 2 Group Winners) Team  Germany  Spain  France  Austria  Netherlands  Iceland  Czech Republic

Pot 2 (2023 Round 2 Group runners-up) Team  Portugal  Italy  Denmark  Finland  Serbia  Republic of Ireland  England

Pot 3 (2023 Round 2 3rd-placed teams) Team  Poland  Sweden  Belgium  Norway  Hungary  Greece  Belarus

Pot 4 (Teams promoted from League B) Team  Scotland  Wales  Northern Ireland  Turkey  Israel  Faroe Islands  Montenegro

Teams entering League B

Pot 1 (Teams relegated from League A) Team   Switzerland  Ukraine  Slovenia  Bosnia and Herzegovina[note 1]  Bulgaria  Romania

Pot 2 Team  Croatia  Slovakia  North Macedonia  Kosovo[note 1]  Estonia  Albania

Pot 3 Team  Lithuania  Moldova  Kazakhstan  Armenia[note 1]  Latvia  Azerbaijan[note 1]  Georgia  Liechtenstein  Cyprus  Gibraltar  Luxembourg

Hosts were appointed for each mini-tournament. All the matches were played between 24 October and 5 December 2023.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	France (H)	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Hungary	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
4	Northern Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1	Relegated to Round 2 (League B)

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	England	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Wales (H)	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0	Relegated to Round 2 (League B)

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Austria (H)	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	10	3	+7	4
3	Poland	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0	Relegated to Round 2 (League B)

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	12	2	+10	7	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	Finland (H)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	8	5	+3	3
4	Israel	3	0	0	3	1	18	−17	0	Relegated to Round 2 (League B)

The matches in group A4 were originally planned for 25, 28 and 31 October 2023. Because of the safety concerns in light of the October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict, matches have been postponed to 29 November, 2 and 5 December.^[5]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	Sweden (H)	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	3
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0	Relegated to Round 2 (League B)

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	Belgium (H)	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Republic of Ireland	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0	Relegated to Round 2 (League B)

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The group matches were hosted by Albania.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	Iceland	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
3	Belarus	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0	Relegated to Round 2 (League B)

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Switzerland (H)	3	3	0	0	35	0	+35	9	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	Albania	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)
3	Cyprus	3	1	0	2	4	19	−15	3
4	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	3	22	−19	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	6	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	Estonia	2	1	0	1	9	1	+8	3	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)
3	Gibraltar	2	0	0	2	0	21	−21	0
4	Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Slovenia (H)	3	3	0	0	21	3	+18	9	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	Kosovo	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)
3	Moldova	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	1	2	0	12	−12	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	9	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	North Macedonia	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9	6	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)
3	Armenia (H)	3	1	0	2	1	12	−11	3
4	Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	Bulgaria (H)	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)
3	Latvia	3	0	2	1	1	6	−5	2
4	Georgia	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Slovakia	2	1	1	0	9	3	+6	4	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	Romania (H)	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
3	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)

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To determine the best runner-up, only the results of the runner-up teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B6	Romania	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	B2	Estonia	2	1	0	1	9	1	+8	3
3	B4	North Macedonia	2	1	0	1	7	2	+5	3
4	B3	Kosovo	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
5	B1	Albania	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
6	B5	Bulgaria	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1

The teams were seeded according to their results in the Round 1 (Regulations Article 15.01).^[6]

Teams entering League A

The 21 teams of Round 1 League A and the 7 teams of Round 1 League B (six group winners and the best runner-up) were drawn in seven groups of four teams. The draw for both leagues was held on 8 December 2023 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[7]

All group winners and the best runner-up of League B were automatically seeded into Pot D. Because League B has two groups with only 3 teams, the results of the group winners against the respective fourth-placed teams were disregarded for their ranking.^[8]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	A5	Spain	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9	Pot A
2	A6	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9
3	A3	Austria	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9[a]
4	A2	England	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9[a]
5	A1	France	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
6	A7	Serbia	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
7	A4	Germany	3	2	1	0	12	2	+10	7
8	A4	Finland	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Pot B
9	A6	Belgium	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
10	A2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
11	A1	Italy	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
12	A5	Sweden	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
13	A3	Denmark	3	1	1	1	10	3	+7	4
14	A7	Iceland	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
15	A3	Poland	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4	Pot C
16	A7	Belarus	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
17	A4	Norway	3	1	0	2	8	5	+3	3
18	A2	Greece	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
19	A5	Portugal	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	3
20	A6	Republic of Ireland	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
21	A1	Hungary	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
22	B1	Switzerland	2	2	0	0	18	0	+18	6	Pot D
23	B2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	6
24	B3	Slovenia	2	2	0	0	12	3	+9	6
25	B4	Ukraine	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	6
26	B5	Croatia	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	6
27	B6	Slovakia	2	1	1	0	9	3	+6	4
28	B6	Romania	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4

Teams entering League B

The six best fourth-placed teams in League A were automatically seeded into Pot A, with the worst fourth-placed team being seeded into Pot B. The remaining second-, third- and fourth-placed teams from League B were seeded into Pots B, C and D, respectively.

As before, because League B has two groups with only 3 teams, the results against fourth-placed teams in Round 1 were disregarded for the ranking of teams placed second and third in League B Round 1.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	A1	Northern Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1	Pot A
2	A7	Scotland	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0
3	A2	Wales	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0
4	A5	Turkey	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0
5	A3	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0
6	A4	Israel	3	0	0	3	1	18	−17	0
7	A6	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0	Pot B
8	B2	Estonia	2	1	0	1	9	1	+8	3
9	B4	North Macedonia	2	1	0	1	7	2	+5	3
10	B3	Kosovo	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
11	B1	Albania	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
12	B5	Bulgaria	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
13	B5	Latvia	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	1	Pot C
14	B6	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
15	B3	Moldova	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0
16	B4	Armenia	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12	0
17	B1	Cyprus	2	0	0	2	1	17	−16	0
18	B2	Gibraltar	2	0	0	2	0	21	−21	0
19	B5	Georgia	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1	Pot D
20	B3	Azerbaijan	3	0	1	2	0	12	−12	1
21	B2	Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	B4	Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0
23	B1	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	3	22	−19	0

Times were CET/CEST,^{[note 2]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Greece	3	1	1	1	4	9	−5	4
4	Slovenia (H)	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0	Relegated to League B for the next tournament qualification

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	6
3	Iceland	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3
4	Croatia (H)	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0	Relegated to League B for the next tournament qualification

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	England	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Portugal (H)	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
3	Italy	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1	Relegated to League B for the next tournament qualification

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	France	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	6
3	Czech Republic (H)	3	1	0	2	1	9	−8	3
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0	Relegated to League B for the next tournament qualification

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Serbia (H)	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Belarus	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0	Relegated to League B for the next tournament qualification

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Finland	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	0	1	2	1	17	−16	1	Relegated to League B for the next tournament qualification

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Sweden	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Hungary (H)	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3
4	Romania	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1	Relegated to League B for the next tournament qualification

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	North Macedonia	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	Wales	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Lithuania	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Moldova (H)	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Scotland	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	Albania (H)	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6
3	Cyprus	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	0	22	−22	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kosovo	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	Israel	3	2	0	1	14	2	+12	6
3	Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	10	5	+5	3
4	Gibraltar (H)	3	0	0	3	0	27	−27	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bulgaria	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	Latvia (H)	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Northern Ireland	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7	7	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	Estonia	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	Georgia (H)	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Turkey (H)	2	1	1	0	8	1	+7	4	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	Faroe Islands	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
3	Armenia	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0

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To determine the best runner-up, only the results of the runner-up teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B6	Faroe Islands	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	B4	Latvia	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	3
3	B1	Wales	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
4	B2	Albania	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
5	B3	Israel	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
6	B5	Estonia	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3

Seven teams qualified for the final tournament along with hosts Lithuania.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Under-19 Euro1 only U-19 era (since 2002)
Lithuania	Hosts	19 April 2021	0 (debut)
Spain	Round 2 Group A1 winners	9 April 2024	16 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
Republic of Ireland	Round 2 Group A2 winners	6 April 2024	1 (2014)
England	Round 2 Group A3 winners	6 April 2024	14 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022)
France	Round 2 Group A4 winners	9 April 2024	17 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
Serbia	Round 2 Group A5 winners	9 April 2024	1 (2012)
Netherlands	Round 2 Group A6 winners	6 April 2024	10 (2003, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023)
Germany	Round 2 Group A7 winners	9 April 2024	18 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

In the qualifying round there were 317 goals scored in 75 matches, for an average of 4.23 goals per match.

In the elite round there were 278 goals scored in 75 matches, for an average of 3.71 goals per match.

In total, there were 595 goals scored in 150 matches, for an average of 3.97 goals per match.

13 goals

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7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

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