European octet eye France 2018 slots

With a UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 carrying culminated on 6 Aug with a feat for a Netherlands, a spotlight has now incited on a UEFA Women’s U-19 Championship, that kicks off on 8 August. The 4 best-placed teams in a contest will allege to a 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, incompatible France, who have already competent as hosts.

Holders of a continental U-19 title, Les Bleuettes will start their debate with a compare opposite a Netherlands in Group B, while a pool’s dual other teams – Italy and England – will also close horns. In Group A, meanwhile, hosts Northern Ireland get a turn rolling contra Spain in Belfast, and Scotland face Germany. 

The tip dual sides in any territory will validate for a semi-finals and secure a berth during France 2018. If France strech a final four, a play-off compare between a dual third-placed teams in any organisation will establish a target of a final sheet for a ninth book of a U-20 Women’s World Cup, that will run from 7 to 26 August.

#ThursdayFieldDay The representation is looking strong fine! Almost prepared for #WU19EURO Opening Ceremony ⚽️#GameChangers #WePlayStrong #BestofNI pic.twitter.com/7hNdtj6GYE

— WU19EURO2017 (@WU19EURO2017) 27 Jul 2017

The favourites
Losing finalists for a final 3 years running, and appearing during a contest for a fourth time in a quarrel (a record), Spain will again be vital contenders. La Roja, whose patrol facilities several players who starred in a side that finished third during a FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016, certainly lived adult to expectations during a subordinate campaign, chalking adult 6 wins in as many matches.

England and Germany, who were given byes to a chosen turn of qualifying, also claimed limit points on a highway to Northern Ireland. Although they did not gleam utterly as brightly as a Spanish during Jordan 2016, they did strech a knockout stages, and both paint critical possibilities for a title.

Last though not least, the Netherlands showed that they were a force to be reckoned with during their subordinate campaign, handling to keep their idea total via and advancing from a wily organisation that enclosed fortifying champions France, who have won a contest 4 times – a record they reason jointly with Germany.

Players to watch
Top goalscorer during a qualifiers with 11 goals to her name, on-form Basque brazen Lucia Garcia will spearhead a Spanish attack. Just behind her in a scoring charts was another challenging striker, Scotland’s Erin Cuthbert, who has notched 3 goals in 4 matches for Chelsea, a bar she assimilated in Jan 2017. And France’s Marie-Antoinette Katoto, who finished as tip scorer in a 2016 book of a foe in Slovakia, is again expected to means massacre in antithesis chastisement boxes.

The stat
6 – Six of a 8 teams competing for a U-19 pretension in Northern Ireland have formerly been crowned champions during this level: Germany (four wins), France (four), England (one), Italy (one), a Netherlands (one) and Spain (one). Only Scotland and a hosts have nonetheless to lift a prestigious trophy. 

Did we know?
Northern Ireland’s women’s teams have never competent for a FIFA tournament. The U-19 XI has an glorious possibility of bringing that empty run to an finish this year, and will rest on particular talents like midfielder Emma McMaster and brazen Rebecca Bassett to do so.

Great week in camp, @SuperCupNI champs⚽️ @NorthernIreland pic.twitter.com/5W3nrfkiYd

— Rebecca Bassett (@Rebecca_Bassett) 25 Jul 2017

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