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2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
International football competition
The 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2023) was the 20th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (70th 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. Malta hosted the tournament from 3 to 16 July 2023.[2] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate.
Quick Facts Kampjonat Ewropew 2023 ta' Taħt id-19-il sena, Tournament details ...
| Kampjonat Ewropew 2023 ta' Taħt id-19-il sena | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Malta |
| Dates | 3–16 July |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Italy (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Portugal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 49 (3.27 per match) |
| Attendance | 20,539 (1,369 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Víctor Barberà(4 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Luis Hasa[1] |
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England were the defending champions.[3] They were not able to defend the title after failing to qualify for the competition. Italy were crowned champions for the fourth time after beating Portugal 1–0 in the final.[4]
Malta was appointed as the host for the tournament by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 19 April 2021 in Montreux, Switzerland.[5][6]
Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
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| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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 Malta | Hosts | 1st | Debut | |
 Norway | Elite round Group 1 winners | 6th | 2019 (Group stage) | Group stage (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019) |
| Italy | Elite round Group 2 winners | 9th | 2022 (Semi-finals) | Champions (2003) |
| Spain | Elite round Group 3 winners | 13th | 2019 (Champions) | Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019) |
| Portugal | Elite round Group 4 winners | 12th | 2019 (Runners-up) | Champions (2018) |
 Greece | Elite round Group 5 winners | 7th | 2015 (Semi-finals) | Runners-up (2007, 2012) |
 Poland | Elite round Group 6 winners | 3rd | 2006 (Group stage) | Group stage (2004, 2006) |
 Iceland | Elite round Group 7 winners | 1st | Debut | |
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More information Ta'Qali, Paola ...
| Ta'Qali | Paola | ||||
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| National Stadium | Centenary Stadium | Tony Bezzina Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 16,997 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 2,968 | |||
| Xewkija (Gozo) |
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| Gozo Stadium | |||||
| Capacity: 1,644 | |||||
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The final draw was held on 19 April 2023, 13:00 CEST at Manoel Theatre, Valletta.[7]
Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
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The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
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Group A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Portugal |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Italy |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Poland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Malta |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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More information Portugal, 5–1 ...
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Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Norway |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Iceland |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Greece |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 |
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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
More information Norway, 5–4 ...
| Norway | 5–4 | Greece |
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More information Iceland, 1–2 ...
| Iceland | 1–2 | Spain |
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More information Greece, 0–5 ...
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Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 13 July – Paola | ||||||
| Portugal | 5 | |||||
| 16 July – Ta' Qali | ||||||
| Norway | 0 | |||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||
| 13 July – Ta' Qali | ||||||
| Italy | 1 | |||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Final
There were 49 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.27 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Stefanos Tzimas
Luca Lipani- Samuele Vignato
Niklas Ødegård- Alwande Roaldsøy
Igor Strzałek
Gabi Brás- Gustavo Sá
- João Vasconcelos
Yarek Gasiorowski
1 goal
- Alexios Kalogeropoulos
- Christos Stavropoulos
Eggert Aron Guðmundsson- Ágúst Orri Þorsteinsson
- Luca D'Andrea
- Francesco Pio Esposito
- Luis Hasa
- Michael Kayode
- Cher Ndour
- Niccolò Pisilli
Basil Tuma- Tomasz Pieńko
- Carlos Forbs
- Miguel Falé
- Erik Flataker
- Henrik Skogvold
- Manuel Ángel
- Arnau Casas
- César Palacios
Source: UEFA
The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.[9]
More information Goalkeeper, Defenders ...
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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| Gonçalo Ribeiro |
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