The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship consists of three distinct stages; two qualifying rounds and the finals. The first qualifying round, played in autumn, is made up of eleven groups of four teams playing in one-venue mini-tournaments. The top two from each progress alongside the third-placed team with the best record against the top two in their groups as well as top seeds Germany. In the second qualifying round, played in early spring, those 24 teams go into six mini-tournament groups of four. The group winners and the runners-up team with the best record against the sides first and third in their pool join hosts Belarus in the finals in July, and are split into two groups of four, with the top two progressing to the semi-finals, with the final to follow.
