See which 28 teams are through to the elite round after the 11 qualifying round groups ended.

The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship kicks off in Slovenia on Thursday with 44 of the 48 entrants starting their bids to reach Northern Ireland over the next two months.

The 2016/17 WU19 EURO takes place in Northern Ireland, the first female finals to be held there.

Just 98 days after Sweden were crowned in Turkey, 40 teams will line up for the first qualifying round on the road to Wales and the 2013 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship.

Switzerland will meet the Netherlands while Norway, beaten finalists in Italy this summer, face Scotland after the draw for the 2012/13 first qualifying round was made in Nyon.

Forty of the 44 entrants for the 2012/13 edition enter the first qualifying round, for which ten groups of four teams will be formed on 15 November with the aim a place in the finals in Wales.

Norway, last season's runners-up, and former titleholders Spain, Russia, Sweden and Denmark were among the big winners as the first qualifying round began on Saturday.

Italy have been paired with Austria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Armenia in the 2011/12 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship first qualifying round.

Former winners Italy, Spain and Russia are among 40 nations whose 2011/12 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship starts with the first qualifying round draw on Tuesday

The lineup for next spring's UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship second qualifying round is near to completion after nine more sides secured progress on Thursday.

Holders France are through with a game to spare alongside England, Finland, Denmark, Spain, Poland, Switzerland, Wales, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Ukraine.