2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
The 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 20th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Belgium hosts the tournament on 18–30 July. It is the first women's final tournament to be held in Belgium A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate.
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Belgium |
| Dates | 18–30 July |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Spain (5th title) |
| Runners-up | Germany |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 47 (3.13 per match) |
| Attendance | 15,149 (1,010 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Louna Ribadeira (4 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Louna Ribadeira |
Similar to the previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia as the UEFA representatives. However, on 4 October 2023, after the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, a new fifth spot was allocated to UEFA and the winner of a play-off between the group stage third-placed teams would take this fifth spot.
Spain were the defending champions, and successfully defended the title after beating Germany in the final.