Participating Teams
Eight national teams participated—seven which qualified from earlier stages, plus Hungary, which received an automatic berth as the host nation. They were split into two groups of 4: Group A and Group B. Each team in a group played each other once, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the semi-finals. The winner faced the runner-up of the other group in a play-off, with the winner of each semi-final advancing to the final to determine the champion.
A Fifth Place Playoff had to made because Russia, host of the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship progressed to the semi-final. All semi-finalist of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship would qualified to the FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship.
Read more about this topic: 2005 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
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