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The 2016 European Under-19 Championship will be hosted by Germany from 11 July to 24 July and will feature eight sides split into two groups. Teams face each other once in the group stage before the top two sides in each group progress to the semi-finals, with the winner of Group A facing the runner-up of Group B, and the winner of Group B going up against Group A's second-placed team. The four semi-finalists also earn a place at the [[2017 Under-20 World Cup]], along with the winner of a playoff between the two third-placed sides from the group stage.
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==Qualification==
Qualification for the final tournament took part in two stages, with the initial qualifying round staged across September, October and November 2015 and the elite round of qualification being held across March 2016. For more on the qualification rounds for the Championships, see [[2016 European Under-19 Championship (Qualifying)]]. <br> <br>

The eight teams taking part are: [[Austria Under-19s|Austria]], [[Croatia Under-19s|Croatia]], [[England Under-19s|England]], [[France Under-19s|France]], [[Germany Under-19s|Germany]], [[Italy Under-19s|Italy]], [[Netherlands Under-19s|Netherlands]], [[Portugal Under-19s|Portugal]] <br> 

==Group Stage==
===Group A===
====League Table====
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Team'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''P'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''W'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''D'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''L'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''F'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''A'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''GD'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Pts'''
|-
|1 '''(Q)'''||[[Portugal Under-19s|Portugal]]||3||1||2||0||6||5||+1||'''5'''
|-
|2 '''(Q)'''||[[Italy Under-19s|Italy]]||3||1||2||0||3||2||+1||'''5'''
|-
|3||[[Germany Under-19s|Germany]]||3||1||0||2||6||5||+1||'''3'''
|-
|4||[[Austria Under-19s|Austria]]||3||0||2||1||2||5||-3||'''2'''
|}
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====Results====
17 July 2016: [[Austria Under-19s|Austria]] [[Austria 0-3 Germany (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|0-3]] [[Germany Under-19s|Germany]] <br>
17 July 2016: [[Italy Under-19s|Italy]] [[Italy 1-1 Portugal (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|1-1]] [[Portugal Under-19s|Portugal]] <br> 
14 July 2016: [[Italy Under-19s|Italy]] [[Italy 1-1 Austria (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|1-1]] [[Austria Under-19s|Austria]] <br>
14 July 2016: [[Germany Under-19s|Germany]] [[Germany 3-4 Portugal (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|3-4]] [[Portugal Under-19s|Portugal]] <br>
11 July 2016: [[Germany Under-19s|Germany]] [[Germany 0-1 Italy (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|0-1]] [[Italy Under-19s|Italy]] <br>
11 July 2016: [[Portugal Under-19s|Portugal]] [[Portugal 1-1 Austria (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|1-1]] [[Austria Under-19s|Austria]] <br> <br>

===Group B===
====League Table====
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Pos'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Team'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''P'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''W'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''D'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''L'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''F'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''A'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''GD'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Pts'''
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|1 '''(Q)'''||[[England Under-19s|England]]||3||3||0||0||6||3||+3||'''9'''
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|2 '''(Q)'''||[[France Under-19s|France]]||3||2||0||1||8||3||+5||'''6'''
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|3||[[Netherlands Under-19s|Netherlands]]||3||1||0||2||5||8||-3||'''3'''
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|4||[[Croatia Under-19s|Croatia]]||3||0||0||3||2||7||-5||'''0'''
|}
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====Results====
18 July 2016: [[England Under-19s|England]] [[England 2-1 Croatia (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|2-1]] [[Croatia Under-19s|Croatia]] <br>
18 July 2016: [[Netherlands Under-19s|Netherlands]] [[Netherlands 1-5 France (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|1-5]] [[France Under-19s|France]] <br> 
15 July 2016: [[Croatia Under-19s|Croatia]] [[Croatia 0-2 France (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|0-2]] [[France Under-19s|France]] <br>
15 July 2016: [[Netherlands Under-19s|Netherlands]] [[Netherlands 1-2 England (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|1-2]] [[England Under-19s|England]] <br>
12 July 2016: [[France Under-19s|France]] [[France 1-2 England (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|1-2]] [[England Under-19s|England]] <br>
12 July 2016: [[Croatia Under-19s|Croatia]] [[Croatia 1-3 Netherlands (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|1-3]] [[Netherlands Under-19s|Netherlands]] <br> <br>

==World Cup Playoff==
The third-placed teams in both groups will meet on 21 July 2016, with the winner claiming the final European berth at the [[2017 Under-20 World Cup]]. <br> <br>

[[Germany Under-19s|Germany]] [[Germany 3-3 Netherlands (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|3-3]] [[Netherlands Under-19s|Netherlands]] <small> (GERMANY WON 5-4 ON PENALTIES) </small> <br> <br>

==Semi-Finals==
The group winners face the group runners-up in the semi-finals, which are due to be played on 21 July 2016. <br> <br>

[[England Under-19s|England]] [[England 1-2 Italy (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|1-2]] [[Italy Under-19s|Italy]] <br> 
[[Portugal Under-19s|Portugal]] [[Portugal 1-3 France (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|1-3]] [[France Under-19s|France]] <br> <br>

==Final==
The final will take place in Sinsheim on 24 July 2016. <br> <br>

[[France Under-19s|France]] [[France 4-0 Italy (2016 European Under-19 Championship)|4-0]] [[Italy Under-19s|Italy]] <br> <br>

==Top goalscorers==
<small>(Table updated: 21st July)</small>
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Player'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''National team'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Goals'''
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| [[Jean-Kevin Augustin]] || [[France Under-19s|France]] || 5
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| [[Federico Dimarco]] || [[Italy Under-19s|Italy]] || 4
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| [[Kylian Mbappe]] || [[France Under-19s|France]] || 4
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| [[Philipp Ochs]] || [[Germany Under-19s|Germany]] || 4
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| [[Sam Lammers]] || [[Netherlands Under-19s|Netherlands]] || 3
|}
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[[2016 European Under-19 Championship Goalscorers|''See a complete list of the 2016 European Under-19 Championship goalscorers here'']]

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