2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship2021-es U21-es labdarúgó-Európa-bajnokság
( in Hungarian )
Evropsko prvenstvo v nogometu do 21 let 2021
( in Slovene )
Tournament detailsHost countriesHungarySloveniaDates24–31 March 2021 (group stage)
31 May – 6 June 2021 (knockout stage)Teams16 (from 1 confederation)Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)Final positionsChampions
Germany ( 3rd title )
Runners-up
PortugalTournament statisticsMatches played31Goals scored83 (2.68 per match)Attendance13,413 (433 per match)Top scorer(s)Lukas Nmecha
(4 goals)Best player(s)Fábio Vieira[1]2019 2023 → International football competition
The 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship ( besides known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2021 ) was the 23rd edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship ( 26th version if the Under-23 era is besides included ), the biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men ‘s under-21 national teams of Europe. Initially, 12 teams were to play in the tournament, however on 6 February 2019, UEFA ‘s executive committee increased this number to 16. [ 2 ] Only players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to participate. [ 3 ] The tournament was co-hosted by Hungary and Slovenia. It was primitively scheduled to take rate from 9 to 26 June 2021. [ 4 ] however, the tournament was rescheduled following the delay of UEFA Euro 2020 to June/July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 5 ] The raw dates were to be decided initially on 27 May 2020, [ 6 ] but then postponed to 17 June 2020, [ 7 ] where the UEFA Executive Committee meeting discussed the calendar and format of the tournament. [ 8 ] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced the tournament would be played in two stages ; the group stage, which took put from 24 to 31 March 2021, and the smasher stage, which took place from 31 May to 6 June 2021. [ 9 ] [ 11 ] Spain were the defend champions, but were eliminated in the smasher phase by Portugal .
Host choice [edit ]
The follow associations indicated their interests to bid for the tournament :
Hungary and Slovenia were appointed as co-hosts at the UEFA Executive Committee meet in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 3 December 2018. [ 4 ] [ 14 ]
reservation [edit ]
All 55 UEFA nations entered the contest, and, unlike the final competition, co-hosts Hungary and Slovenia qualified automatically, and the early 53 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 14 spots in the concluding tournament. The draw for the qualifying group degree was held on 11 December 2018. [ 15 ] The qualifying group stage took place from March 2019 to October 2020, while the play-offs were set to take place in November 2020. [ 3 ] The modification competition would primitively consist of two rounds : [ 3 ]
- Qualifying group stage: The 53 teams were drawn into nine groups: eight groups of six teams and one group of five teams. Each group was played in home-and-away round-robin format. The nine group winners and the best runner-up (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) qualified directly for the final tournament, while the remaining eight runners-up advance to the play-offs.
- Play-offs: The eight teams were drawn into four ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last four qualified teams.
however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe which caused the delay of matches in the qualifying group stage, UEFA announced on 17 June 2020 that the play-offs would be cancelled. rather, the nine group winners and the five best runner-up ( not counting results against the sixth-placed team ) qualified for the final tournament. [ 9 ] [ 11 ]
Qualified teams [edit ]
The following teams qualified for the final examination tournament. Note: All appearance statistics include only U-21 era (since 1978).
- Notes
- ^ The best five runner-up among all nine groups qualified for the final tournament .
Final draw [edit ]
The final examination draw was held on 10 December 2020, 15:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. [ 16 ] The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking following the end of the qualify stage, calculated based on the following : [ 3 ]
The hosts Hungary and Slovenia were assigned to position A1 and B1 respectively in the draw, while the early fourteen teams were drawn to the early available positions in their group. [ 17 ]
Pot 1
Team
[17]
Spain
40,620
Germany
38,490
France
37,147
England
36,846
Pot 2
Team
[17]
Italy
36,361
Denmark
36,088
Portugal
35,863
Netherlands
32,686
Pot 4
Team
[17]
Switzerland
28,059
Iceland
26,071
Slovenia (position B1)
25,851
Hungary (position A1)
21,318
Venues [edit ]
The postdate were the venues where the contest was played : [ 18 ]
The probationary schedule was announced in November 2019, with the above eight venues hosting matches. [ 23 ] Hungary ( Groups A and C ) and Slovenia ( Groups B and D ) would both host two groups, two quarter-finals and one semi-final each, while the final would be played in Slovenia at the Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana. [ 24 ]
equal officials [edit ]
4th Officials
Squads [edit ]
Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers. If a player was injured or ill hard enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team ‘s first meet, he could be replaced by another musician. [ 3 ]
Group stage [edit ]
The group winners and runner-up advanced to the quarter-finals .
- Tiebreakers
In the group degree, teams were ranked according to points ( 3 points for a win, 1 distributor point for a draw, 0 points for a loss ), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the arrange given, to determine the rankings ( Regulations Articles 18.01 and 18.02 ) : [ 3 ]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
- Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- UEFA coefficient ranking for the final draw.
All times are local anesthetic, CET ( UTC+1 ) for matches between 24 and 27 March 2021, CEST ( UTC+2 ) for matches between 28 and 31 March 2021 .
Group A [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Netherlands
3
1
2
0
8
3
+5
5[a]
Advance to knockout stage
2
Germany
3
1
2
0
4
1
+3
5[a]
3
Romania
3
1
2
0
3
2
+1
5[a]
4
Hungary ( H )
3
0
0
3
2
11
−9
0
Rules for classification:
( H ) Host
Notes: reference : UEFARules for classification : Tiebreakers HostNotes :
- a b c Tied on neck and neck points ( 2 ) and neck and neck finish deviation ( 0 ). tete-a-tete goals scored : Netherlands 2, Germany 1, Romania 1. Germany and Romania were ranked on overall finish dispute .
Group B [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Spain
3
2
1
0
5
0
+5
7
Advance to knockout stage
2
Italy
3
1
2
0
5
1
+4
5
3
Czech Republic
3
0
2
1
2
4
−2
2
4
Slovenia ( H )
3
0
1
2
1
8
−7
1
Rules for classification:
( H ) Host beginning : UEFARules for categorization : Tiebreakers Host
Group C [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Denmark
3
3
0
0
6
0
+6
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
France
3
2
0
1
4
1
+3
6
3
Russia
3
1
0
2
4
6
−2
3
4
Iceland
3
0
0
3
1
8
−7
0
Rules for classification: source : UEFARules for classification : Tiebreakers
Group D [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Portugal
3
3
0
0
6
0
+6
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Croatia
3
1
0
2
4
5
−1
3[a]
3
Switzerland
3
1
0
2
3
6
−3
3[a]
4
England
3
1
0
2
2
4
−2
3[a]
Rules for classification:
Notes: source : UEFARules for categorization : Tiebreakers Notes :
- a b c Tied on tete-a-tete points ( 3 ) and neck and neck finish difference ( 0 ). tete-a-tete goals scored : croatia 4, Switzerland 3, England 2 .
Knockout stage [edit ]
In the hard stage, extra time and a punishment shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary. [ 3 ]
bracket [edit ]
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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal 31 May – Budapest Netherlands23 June – Székesfehérvár France1
Netherlands131 May – Székesfehérvár Germany2
Denmark2 (5)6 June – Ljubljana Germany (p)2 (6)
Germany131 May – Maribor Portugal0
Spain (a.e.t.)23 June – Maribor Croatia1
Spain031 May – Ljubljana Portugal1
Portugal (a.e.t.)5 Italy3
concluding [edit ]
Goalscorers [edit ]
There were 83 goals scored in 31 matches, for an modal of 2.68 goals per match. 4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Awards [edit ]
The come awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament :
team of the tournament [edit ]
After the tournament the Under-21 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observers. [ 58 ]
Broadcasting [edit ]
Europe [edit ]
Outside Europe [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
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