Malta lost 5-0 to hosts Portugal in the final match from Group A7 of the UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship at the Estadio Municipal Sergio Conceicao in Coimbra on Tuesday.

Ines Simas converted a penalty on the 23rd and Maria Ferreira doubled the score five minutes from the end of the first half. Beatriz Nogueira made it 3-0 on the 45th. Late in the game, Maria Ferreira scored twice on the 83rd and 88th to extend the lead further.

Norway won the tournament with seven points, followed by Portugal on 6, Belgium 4 and Malta 0. Malta will therefore making a return to League B for Round 2 of the 2022/23 campaign.

MALTA Raisa Costantino, Georgiana Mifsud, Izabella Camilleri, Tammy Falzon, Jeanelle Falzon (46′ Ylenia Grech), Michela Ionadi, Alexandra Gatt, Iulia Mifsud, Ileana Farrugia (64′ Sabrin Blihi), Yulya Carella, Sarah Vella Barberi.

PORTUGAL Leonor Faria, Joana Silva, Maria Ferreira, Beatriz Nogueira (64′ Serena Duarte), Ines Simas, Matilde Silva (64′ Bruna Ramos), Luana Doce (77′ Ana Pinto), Daniela Santos, Leonor Alves (46′ Barbara Afonso), Catarina Mairos, Ana Ferreira (46′ Cristiana Martins).

Referee: Jelena Cvetković SRB
Assistant referees: Aleksandra Kostić SRB, Nicolet Bakker NED
Fourth official: Lizzy Van Der Helm NED