2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Mistrzostwa Europy U-21 w Piłce Nożnej 2017
Tournament details
Host country Poland
Dates 16–30 June 2017
Teams 12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)

The 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship will be the 21st edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship (24th edition if the Under-23 era is also included), the biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe. The final tournament will be hosted in Poland in mid-2017, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 26 January 2015 in Nyon, Switzerland.[1] The tournament will take place from 16 to 30 June 2017.[2] Players born on or after 1 January 1994 will be eligible for the tournament.

In March 2012, UEFA announced that the competition would take place in even numbered years from 2016 onwards.[3] In September 2013, UEFA announced its intention to continue holding the final tournament in odd numbered years following a request from its member national football associations.[4] On 24 January 2014, UEFA confirmed that the final tournament will be held in 2017 and that it will be expanded from 8 teams to 12.[5]

Hosts

The hosts were announced at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Nyon on 26 January 2015. In late April 2014 the Polish football association PZPN very strongly indicated the country has high chances to host the tournament. Bidding to welcome Europe's best youth teams was one of the reasons for Poland's withdrawal from the Euro 2020 race.[6]

Qualification

A total of 53 UEFA nations entered the competition (Gibraltar did not enter), and with the hosts Poland qualifying automatically, the other 52 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 11 spots in the final tournament.[7] The qualifying competition, which will take place from March 2015 to November 2016, consists of two rounds:[8]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-21 era (since 1978).

Team Method of qualification Date of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Poland Hosts 26 January 2015 6th 1994 Quarter-finals (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994)
 Portugal Group 4 winners 6 September 2016 8th 2015 Runners-up (1994, 2015)
 Denmark Group 5 winners 6 September 2016 7th 2015 Semi-finals (1992, 2015)
 England Group 9 winners 6 October 2016 14th 2015 Winners (1982, 1984)
 Slovakia Group 8 winners 6 October 2016 2nd 2000 Fourth place (2000)
 Germany Group 7 winners 7 October 2016 11th 2015 Winners (2009)
 Czech Republic Group 1 winners 7 October 2016 13th 2015 Winners (2002)
 Sweden Group 6 winners 10 October 2016 8th 2015 Winners (2015)
 Italy Group 2 winners 11 October 2016 19th 2015 Winners (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 Macedonia Group 3 winners 11 October 2016 1st — Debut
 Spain Play-off winners 15 November 2016 13th 2013 Winners (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013)
 Serbia Play-off winners 15 November 2016 10th 2015 Winners (1978)

Final draw

The final draw was held on 1 December 2016, 18:00 CET (UTC+1), at the ICE Congress Centre in Kraków.[9][10] The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking following the end of the qualifying play-offs, with the hosts Poland assigned to position A1 in the draw. Each group contained either the hosts or one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, and two teams from Pot 3.[11][12]

Hosts (Position A1)
Team
 Poland
Pot 1
Team Coeff
 Germany 39,037
 Portugal 38,378
Pot 2
Team Coeff
 England 36,621
 Spain 36,536
 Denmark 35,590
Pot 3
Team Coeff
 Italy 35,546
 Sweden 34,259
 Czech Republic 33,690
 Serbia 31,060
 Slovakia 31,057
 Macedonia 23,283

Venues

On 7 June 2016, Polish Football Association selected six venues:[13]

Opening match and Group A Group A Group B
Lublin Kielce Gdynia
Arena Lublin Kolporter Arena Stadion GOSiR
Capacity: 15,500 Capacity: 15,500 Capacity: 15,139
Group B Group C, semifinal, and Final Group C and semifinal
Bydgoszcz Kraków Tychy
Kompleks Sportowy Zawisza Stadion Cracovia Stadion Miejski
Capacity: 20,247 Capacity: 15,016 Capacity: 15,300

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers. If a player is injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player.[8]

Group stage

The group winners and the best runner-up advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 18.01 and 18.02):[8]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying criteria 1 to 3, a subset of teams are still tied, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. If only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying criteria 1 to 6, their rankings are determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient for the final draw.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification based on ranking
3  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 16 June 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

16 June 2017 (2017-06-16)
Poland  v  Slovakia

16 June 2017 (2017-06-16)
Sweden  v  England

19 June 2017 (2017-06-19)
Poland  v  Sweden

19 June 2017 (2017-06-19)
Slovakia  v  England

22 June 2017 (2017-06-22)
England  v  Poland

22 June 2017 (2017-06-22)
Slovakia  v  Sweden

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification based on ranking
3  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 17 June 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 June 2017 (2017-06-17)
Portugal  v  Serbia

17 June 2017 (2017-06-17)
Spain  v  Macedonia

20 June 2017 (2017-06-20)
Portugal  v  Spain

20 June 2017 (2017-06-20)
Serbia  v  Macedonia

23 June 2017 (2017-06-23)
Macedonia  v  Portugal

23 June 2017 (2017-06-23)
Serbia  v  Spain

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification based on ranking
3  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 18 June 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 June 2017 (2017-06-18)
Germany  v  Czech Republic

18 June 2017 (2017-06-18)
Denmark  v  Italy

21 June 2017 (2017-06-21)
Germany  v  Denmark

21 June 2017 (2017-06-21)
Czech Republic  v  Italy

24 June 2017 (2017-06-24)
Italy  v  Germany

24 June 2017 (2017-06-24)
Czech Republic  v  Denmark

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Group A second place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B Group B second place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C Group C second place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 16 June 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient (Regulations Article 18.03).[8]

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[8]

On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[14]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 June – Kraków
 
 
Winner Group A
 
30 June – Kraków
 
Runner-up Group B/C or
Winner Group C
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
27 June – Tychy
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A or
Winner Group C
 

Semi-finals

27 June 2017 (2017-06-27)
Winner Group A Semi-final 1 Runner-up Group B/C or
Winner Group C

27 June 2017 (2017-06-27)
Winner Group B Semi-final 2 Runner-up Group A or
Winner Group C

Final

30 June 2017 (2017-06-30)
Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2

References

  1. ↑ "Poland to host 2017 Under-21 EUROs". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cardiff to host 2017 UEFA Champions League final". UEFA.org. 30 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Czech Republic to host 2015 Under-21 finals". UEFA.com. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Strategic points lead Dubrovnik talks". UEFA.com. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "U21 final tournament expanding to 12 teams". UEFA.com. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Euro 2020: Croatia, Poland and Portugal also withdraw". StadiumDB.com.com. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Seedings set for 2017 U21 qualifying draw". UEFA.com. 30 January 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2015–17" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "Poland get holders and England in U21 EURO draw". UEFA.com. 1 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Under-21 finals draw seedings". UEFA.com. 21 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "2015-17 UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Final draw procedure" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  13. ↑ "Za nami konferencja One Year To Go! Finał imprezy w Krakowie!". Sport.interia.pl. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  14. ↑ "FIFA Executive Committee approves key priorities to restore trust in FIFA". UEFA. 2 May 2016.

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