The Royal Spanish Football Federation has selected Pinatar Arena as the venue to organize Round 1 of the UEFA Women’s Under-19 European Championship. The Spanish under-19 women’s team, current European champions, will play at home in a setting they know well after the last two visits in the last month.
The team led by Javier Lerga will face Northern Ireland on November 27, Iceland on November 30 and finally Belgium on December 3. All the Spanish team’s matches will be at 12:00 p.m. on the main field of Pinatar Arena.
Canada has also chosen Pinatar Arena where it will play two friendly matches. The last time the Canadians were on the Costa Cálida was to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics, a competition they went on to win.
On this occasion, the Canadians will face Iceland on November 29 and South Korea on December 3.
Iceland, winners of the Pinatar Cup 2023, one of the most important women’s friendly tournaments in the world, will also face Denmark on December 2.
South Korea and Denmark will debut in San Pedro del Pinatar with their women’s teams although both the men’s and women’s youth teams have visited on many occasions. In addition to playing against Canada, the Koreans will first face Spain, the current World Champion, at the Cartagonova stadium in Cartagena.
All matches in Round 1 of the U19 European Championship and the friendlies of the senior teams will be televised live in all participating countries.
The concentration of these eight national teams will generate around 2,500 overnight stays in the different chosen hotels in San Pedro del Pinatar and the Costa Cálida, breaking the seasonality of tourism in the area and consolidating the Region of Murcia as one of the most important sports destinations in global level.
27/11/2024 – España sub-19 v N Ireland sub-19 – 12.00 and Bélgica sub-19 v Islandia sub-19 – 18.00
29/11/2024 – Canadá v Islandia – 19.00
30/11/2024 – España sub-19 v Islandia sub-19 – 12.00 and N Ireland sub-19 v Bélgica sub-19 – 18.00
02/12/2024 – Dinamarca v Islandia – 18.00
03/12/2024 – España sub-19 v Bélgica sub-19 – 12.00, Islandia sub-19 v N Ireland sub-19 – 12.00 and Canadá v S Korea – 18.00
