U-17 European Football Championship 2010

U-17 European Football Championship 2010
2010 UEFA Under 17 Championship
Number of nations	8  (of 53 applicants)
European champion	England (1st title)
venue	Liechtenstein
Opening game	May 18, 2010
Endgame	May 30, 2010
Games	15th
Gates	41  (⌀: 2.73 per game)
Top scorer	Paco Alcácer (6)

The 28th U-17 European Football Championship took place from May 18 to 30, 2010 in Liechtenstein . The tournament was held in Vaduz ( Rheinpark Stadium ) and Eschen ( Sportpark Eschen-Mauren ).

Host Liechtenstein withdrew their team before the tournament, as there were fears that the team would not be competitive and thus lower the level of the tournament. France took the free place as the best runner-up in the second qualifying round (elite round).

Defending champion Germany as well as last year's opponent, the Netherlands, could not qualify. Since Austria was also unable to qualify, the only representative from the German-speaking area was Switzerland .

mode

The eight qualified teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team plays each other once. The group winners and runners-up reach the semi-finals. The semi-final winners reach the final, third place is not played out.

Attendees

The following eight teams have qualified for the tournament:

Switzerland  Portugal  Spain  France *

Czech Republic  England  Turkey  Greece

Comment: After the waiver of host Liechtenstein, France qualified as the only group runner-up in the elite round for the European Championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	008: 100	+7	09
2.	France	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	06th
3.	Portugal	3	1	0	2	003: 300	± 0	03
4th	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	001:100	−9	00

May 18, 2010 in Eschen
Portugal	-	Switzerland	3-0
May 18, 2010 in Vaduz
France	-	Spain	1: 2
May 21, 2010 in Vaduz
Spain	-	Switzerland	4-0
May 21, 2010 in Eschen
France	-	Portugal	1-0
May 24, 2010 in Vaduz
Spain	-	Portugal	2-0
May 24, 2010 in Eschen
Switzerland	-	France	1: 3

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	3	0	0	006: 200	+4	09
2.	Turkey	3	1	1	1	005: 400	+1	04th
3.	Czech Republic	3	0	2	1	002: 400	−2	02
4th	Greece	3	0	1	2	001: 400	−3	01

May 18, 2010 in Vaduz
England	-	Czech Republic	3: 1
May 18, 2010 in Eschen
Greece	-	Turkey	1: 3
May 21, 2010 in Eschen
Turkey	-	Czech Republic	1: 1
May 21, 2010 in Vaduz
Greece	-	England	0: 1
May 24, 2010 in Vaduz
Turkey	-	England	1: 2
May 24, 2010 in Eschen
Czech Republic	-	Greece	0-0

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	England	2
	France	1
					England	2
					Spain	1
	Spain	3
	Turkey	1

Semifinals

May 27, 2010 at 4 p.m. in Vaduz
England	-	France	2: 1 (2: 0)
May 27, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. in Vaduz
Spain	-	Turkey	3: 1 (1: 0)

final

May 30, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. in Vaduz
England	-	Spain	2: 1 (1: 1)

Best goal scorers

space	player	Gates
1	Paco Alcácer	6th
2	Artun Akçakın	3
	Gerard Deulofeu	3
	Connor Wickham	3

Team of the tournament

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker	Best player
Jack Butland Adrian Ortolá	Víctor Álvarez Luke Garbutt Tomáš Kalas Youssouf Sabaly Filip Twardzik Andre Wisdom	Ross Barkley José Campaña Conor Coady João Mário Josh McEachran Jakub Plšek Paul Pogba Eliott Sorin	Benik Afobe Paco Alcácer Gerard Deulofeu Jesé Yaya Sanogo Connor Wickham	Connor Wickham

Web links

• UEFA website
• Organizing Committee page
• Page for general football game times and events