France, Switzerland, England and Sweden to the semi finals

France, Switzerland, England and Sweden are the four semi finalists in the UEFA Women´s U-19 Championship in Belarus. This was decided in the last group stage games today.

Group A got a delicate finish with France, Switzerland and Germany all on six points. France today defeated Switzerland 2-0, while Germany outscored the host nation 9-0. Despite the big win Germany are out of the tournament since it is the result between the teams that stands on the same points that decides the ranking of the teams. Germany lost to Switzerland 0-3 and won 2-1 against France. This means that France win the group thanks to todays win over Switzerland. Both teams have a goaldifference of 3-2 in the meeting between these three teams.

In group B everything was much clearer. England took the top position by winning 4-0 against Iceland. Sweden for the second game in a row came from 0-1 behind to claim a 2-1 win, this time against Norway. This placed the girls from Sweden in second place.

This should make up two semi finals of France-Sweden and England-Switzerland on wednesday.