2017_UEFA_European_Under-19_Championship
2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
International football competition
The 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (66th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Georgia, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.[2]
| 2017 უეფას 19-წლამდელთა ევროპის ჩემპიონატი | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Georgia |
| Dates | 2–15 July |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  England (10th title) |
| Runners-up |  Portugal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 39 (2.6 per match) |
| Attendance | 53,707 (3,580 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ben Brereton Ryan Sessegnon Joël Piroe Viktor Gyökeres(3 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Mason Mount[1] |
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A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1998 eligible to participate.
In the final, which was played on 15 July, England defeated Portugal 2–1.[3]
All 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Georgia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017.[5]
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[6][7]
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
| Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Georgia | Hosts | 2nd | 2013 | Group stage (2013) |
| Netherlands | Elite round Group 1 winners | 5th | 2016 | Group stage (2010, 2013, 2015, 2016) |
 Germany | Elite round Group 2 winners | 9th | 2016 | Champions (2008, 2014) |
| England | Elite round Group 3 winners | 9th | 2016 | Runners-up (2005, 2009) |
| Portugal | Elite round Group 4 winners | 9th | 2016 | Runners-up (2003, 2014) |
 Bulgaria | Elite round Group 5 winners | 3rd | 2014 | Group stage (2008, 2014) |
 Czech Republic | Elite round Group 6 winners | 6th | 2011 | Runners-up (2011) |
| Sweden | Elite round Group 7 winners | 1st | – | Debut |
Final draw
The final draw was held in 13 April 2017, 14:00 GET (UTC+4), at the Ballroom of Hotels & Preference Hualing in Tbilisi, Georgia.[8][9] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Georgia were assigned to position A1 in the draw.
The final tournament matches were held in four stadium venues located in two cities:
| Stadium | Location | Capacity |
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| Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | Tbilisi | 27,000 |
| Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2 | Tbilisi | 2,000 |
| David Petriashvili Stadium | Tbilisi | 3,000 |
| Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium | Gori | 5,000 |
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[10]
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Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.[5]
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 24 April 2017.[11]
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.
- Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):[5]
- Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, 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).
- Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
- Drawing of lots.
All times are local, GET (UTC+4).[12]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Portugal |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Czech Republic |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Georgia (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sweden |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
| Sweden | 1–2 | Czech Republic |
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Gyökeres  77' |
Report | Turyna 42', 55' |
| Georgia | 2–1 | Sweden |
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| Kokhreidze 3' Chakvetadze 31' |
Report | Gyökeres 47' |
| Czech Republic | 2–0 | Georgia |
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| Šašinka 45+1' Holík 70' |
Report |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Netherlands |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Germany |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[5]
On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board (IFAB)'s trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[13] On 1 June 2017, it was also announced as part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out,[14] a different sequence of taking penalties, known as "ABBA", that mirrors the serving sequence in a tennis tiebreak would be used if a penalty shoot-out was needed (team A kicks first, team B kicks second):[15]
- Original sequence
- AB AB AB AB AB (sudden death starts) AB AB etc.
- Trial sequence
- AB BA AB BA AB (sudden death starts) BA AB etc.
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 12 July – Tbilisi | ||||||
| Portugal | 1 | |||||
| 15 July – Gori | ||||||
| Netherlands | 0 | |||||
| Portugal | 1 | |||||
| 12 July – Tbilisi | ||||||
| England | 2 | |||||
| England | 1 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
Final
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
Dujon Sterling (playing against Portugal)
Source: UEFA.com[16]
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Source: UEFA Technical Report[17]
- "2017: Mason Mount". UEFA.com. 25 July 2017.
- "Georgia and Finland to stage U19 EURO". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
- "European Under-19 Championship: England beat Portugal in final". BBC Sport. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- "Draw to start Under-19 road to Georgia". UEFA.com. 30 October 2015.
- "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2016/17" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- "Under-19 finals line-up completed". UEFA.com. 28 March 2017.
- "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship programme" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- "Under-19 final tournament draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- "Under-19 finals draw matches England and Germany". UEFA.com. 13 April 2017.
- "Technical Report — Results". UEFA.com.
- "Under-19 finals schedule and TV matches set". UEFA.com. 7 April 2017.
- "Final Match Schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- "Penalty shoot-outs could soon resemble tennis tie-breaks". The Telegraph. 3 March 2017.
- "Comprehensive bidding regulations approved for all finals and final tournaments". UEFA.org. 1 June 2017.
- "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 15 July 2017.