The 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the first edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, after the previous Under-18 competition was renamed. The tournament was held in Norway, between 21 July and 28 July 2002. The top three teams from each group qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1983 were eligible to participate in this competition.

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2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2002 UEFA Europeiske U-19 mesterskapet
Tournament details
Host country	Norway
Dates	21–28 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (4th title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Republic of Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	49 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fernando Torres (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Fernando Torres
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The final tournament took place in seven venues located in seven cities — Bærum, Drammen, Hønefoss, Kongsvinger, Lillestrøm, Moss and Oslo. The winners were Spain, who beat Germany to secure their fourth title, and the top scorer was Fernando Torres, with four goals. This edition is also notable for Nelly Viennot becoming the first female official who participated in an UEFA-organised men's football event, after acting as assistant referee at Norway's 1–5 defeat of Slovakia on 21 July 2002.

The qualification format consisted of two rounds. In the preliminary round, which took place between August and November 2001, 50 national teams were drawn into 14 groups (six groups of three teams and eight groups of four teams) contested as round-robin mini-tournaments hosted by one of the group teams. The group winners then progressed to the intermediary round, where they were paired and played two-legged ties between March and May 2002. The winners secured qualification for the final tournament, joining Norway who qualified automatically as hosts.^[1]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified to the final tournament:

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Country	Qualified as
Norway	Hosts
Belgium	Intermediary round play-off winner
Czech Republic	Intermediary round play-off winner
England	Intermediary round play-off winner
Spain	Intermediary round play-off winner
Germany	Intermediary round play-off winner
Republic of Ireland	Intermediary round play-off winner
Slovakia	Intermediary round play-off winner

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Kongsvinger

Moss

Bærum

Drammen

Oslo

Hønefoss

Lillestrøm

Location map of the final tournament host cities

The final tournament was held in seven stadiums located in seven Norwegian cities.

UEFA named six referees for the final tournament:

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Country	Referee
Croatia	Edo Trivković
Estonia	Sten Kaldma
Greece	Georgios Kasnaferis
Macedonia	Emil Božinovski
Portugal	Paulo Costa
Slovenia	Darko Čeferin

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4 goals

• Fernando Torres

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

The six best performing teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship:

•  Czech Republic
•  England
•  Spain
•  Germany
•  Republic of Ireland
•  Slovakia