Women's U19s drawn with Ireland, Sweden, Spain in Euros

Tuesday 29 Apr 2014
England have been Euro runners-up four times in seven years

England have been drawn alongside Spain, Republic of Ireland and Sweden in Group B of the UEFA Women’s U19 Championship Finals.

The Young Lions will travel to Norway in the summer for the annual round-robin tournament, opening their campaign against the Swedes on Tuesday 15 July.

They take on debutants Ireland three days later and finish their group campaign against Spain on Monday 21 July.

The top two teams in the group will progress to the semi-final where they will face either the host nation, Netherlands, Belgium or Scotland.

The semi-finals will take place on Thursday 24 July, with the final three days later at the national arena, Oslo's Ullevaal Stadium.

England finished runners-up to France at last year’s Euros in Wales, and they have reached the final four times in the last seven seasons, winning the tournament for the first time in 2009 - with a squad that included six members of the current senior set-up.

Mo Marley led her side to this year’s finals after winning all three qualifiers, against DenmarkSerbia and Finland.

By Glenn Lavery