1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Host country France
Dates 9 March – 20 April
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up  Portugal
Third place  Spain
Fourth place  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played 12
Goals scored 25 (2.08 per match)
Top scorer(s) Portugal João Vieira Pinto (3 goals)
Best player Portugal Luís Figo

The 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the ninth UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted in France between 15 and 20 April 1994.

The qualification stage spanned two years from 1992 to 1994. The qualification process consisted of 32 entrants. After the two-legged quarter-final stage, France was chosen as the first hosts of the final stage, which consisted of four matches in total. The finals included for the first time a third-place play-off.

Italy won the competition for the second consecutive time.[1] Luís Figo won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden player award.[2]

Qualification

The draw for the 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying round saw Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Poland, Russia and Spain win there respective groups. Greece and Portugal qualified for the tournament as the two best runners-up. France, Italy, Portugal and Spain qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in the United States.

List of qualified teams

Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 2
 Italy Group 1 winner 8 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992)
 Poland Group 2 winner 4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992)
 Spain Group 3 winner 5 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990)
 Czechoslovakia Group 4 winner 5 (1978, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1992)
 Russia Group 5 winner 0 (debut)
 France Group 6 winner 4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
 Greece Best runner-up 1 (1988)
 Portugal Second best runner-up 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

Only players born on or after 1 January 1971 were eligible to play in the tournament.

Results

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 9 March, and the second legs were played on 23 March 1994.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
France France 3–0 Russia Russia 2–0 1–0
Italy Italy 3–1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3–0 0–1
Poland Poland 1–5 Portugal Portugal 1–3 0–2
Spain Spain 4–2 Greece Greece 0–0 4–2

First leg

8 March 1994
France France 2–0 Russia Russia
Llacer  23'
Ouédec  82'		 Report
La Mosson, Montpellier
Referee: Jorge Coroado (Portugal)

9 March 1994
Italy Italy 3–0 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Vieri  7'
Panucci  9'
Negro  79'		 Report

9 March 1994
Poland Poland 1–3 Portugal Portugal
Roman Dąbrowski  40' Report J. Pinto  70', 79'
Rui Costa  85'
Stadion Miejski, Szczecin
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

9 March 1994
Spain Spain 0–0 Greece Greece
Report
Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas, Almería
Referee: Keith W. Burge (Wales)

Second leg

23 March 1994
Russia Russia 0–1 France France
Report Dugarry  31'
Eduard Streltsov, Moscow
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

23 March 1994
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1–0 Italy Italy
Svoboda  89' Report
Strelecky Ostrov, České Budějovice
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

23 March 1994
Portugal Portugal 2–0 Poland Poland
Toni  50'
Torres  90'		 Report

23 March 1994
Greece Greece 2–4 Spain Spain
Georgatos  7'
Prieto  85' (o.g.)		 Report Christiansen  46', 51'
Guerrero  68'
Gálvez  79'
Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Semi-finals

15 April 1994
France  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Italy
Report
  Penalties  
Carotti
Ouédec
Makélélé
Zidane 		3–5 Panucci
Vieri
Berretta
Marcolin
Carbone
Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Keith Burge (Wales)

15 April 1994
Portugal  2–0  Spain
Rui Costa  48'
João Pinto  82'		 Report
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

Third-place play-off

20 April 1994
France  1–2  Spain
Nouma  45' Report Óscar  53', 75'
Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France
Attendance: 469
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Final

20 April 1994
Italy  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Portugal
Orlandini  97' Report
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Italy 421141+37
2  Portugal 430171+69
3  Spain 421165+17
4  France 421142+27
5  Greece 211024-24
6  Czechoslovakia 210113-33
7  Poland 200215-40
8  Russia 200203-30

References

  1. ↑ "1994: Orlandini blooms as Italy seal double". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "1994: Luís Figo". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 June 2012.

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