U-17 European Football Championship 2002

U-17 European Football Championship 2002
UEFA Under 17 Championship 2002
Number of nations	16
European champion	Switzerland (1st title)
venue	Denmark
Opening game	April 27, 2002
Endgame	May 10, 2002
Games	32
Gates	116  (⌀: 3.63 per game)
Top scorer	Jonathan Soriano 7 goals

The 20th European Under-17 Football Championship was held in Denmark from April 27 to May 10, 2002 . The winner was Switzerland by a 4: 2 victory on penalties over France . Spain , winners of the last U-16 European Championship, finished fourth. Germany failed in the quarterfinals against France.

The new age limit of 17 years applied for the first time. The final round was played for the last time with 16 teams. The UEFA subsequently reduced the number of participants to eight teams.

mode

The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team played each other once. The group winners and runners-up reached the quarter-finals. From there on, the knockout system continued.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

Denmark (host)  Germany  England  Finland  France  Georgia  Yugoslavia  Moldova

Netherlands  Poland  Portugal  Switzerland  Spain (defending champion)  Czech Republic  Ukraine  Hungary

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Farum , Herfølge , Hvidovre , Køge , Copenhagen , Lyngby , Næstved , Nakskov , Nykøbing , Roskilde , Slagelse and Søborg .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	07th
2.	Denmark	3	1	2	0	010: 400	+6	05
3.	Netherlands	3	0	3	0	010: 700	+3	03
4th	Finland	3	0	0	3	003:150	−12	00

April 27, 2002 in Farum
Denmark	-	Netherlands	4: 4
April 27, 2002 in Søborg
Finland	-	England	2: 3
April 29, 2002 in Søborg
Netherlands	-	England	0: 2
April 29, 2002 in Farum
Denmark	-	Finland	6-0
May 1, 2002 in Hvidovre
England	-	Denmark	0-0
May 1st, 2002 in Køge
Netherlands	-	Finland	6: 1

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	006: 200	+4	09
2.	France	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	04th
3.	Portugal	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03
4th	Ukraine	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

April 28, 2002 in Køge
Switzerland	-	Ukraine	3: 1
April 28, 2002 in Lyngby
Portugal	-	France	0: 2
April 30, 2002 in Herfølge
Switzerland	-	Portugal	1-0
April 30, 2002 in Copenhagen
Ukraine	-	France	0-0
May 2, 2002 in Herfølge
France	-	Switzerland	1: 2
May 2, 2002 in Copenhagen
Ukraine	-	Portugal	1: 2

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	013: 400	+9	09
2.	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	010: 900	+1	06th
3.	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	005: 900	−4	03
4th	Moldova	3	0	0	3	007:130	−6	00

April 27, 2002 in Nykøbing
Spain	-	Czech Republic	4: 1
April 27, 2002 in Nakskov
Moldova	-	Yugoslavia	3: 6
April 29, 2002 in Nykøbing
Spain	-	Moldova	4: 2
April 29, 2002 in Nakskov
Czech Republic	-	Yugoslavia	1: 3
May 1, 2002 in Nakskov
Yugoslavia	-	Spain	1: 5
May 1, 2002 in Nykøbing
Czech Republic	-	Moldova	3: 2

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	008: 300	+5	07th
2.	Georgia	3	1	2	0	004: 300	+1	05
3.	Poland	3	0	3	0	004: 300	+1	03
4th	Hungary	3	0	0	3	004:110	−7	00

April 28, 2002 in Slagelse
Germany	-	Georgia	1: 1
April 28, 2002 in Roskilde
Hungary	-	Poland	1: 3
April 30, 2002 in Slagelse
Germany	-	Hungary	6: 2
April 30, 2002 in Roskilde
Georgia	-	Poland	1: 1
May 2, 2002 in Næstved
Poland	-	Germany	0: 1
May 2, 2002 in Roskilde
Georgia	-	Hungary	2: 1

Final round

Quarter finals

May 4, 2002 in Hvidovre
England	-	Yugoslavia	1-0
May 4, 2002 in Lyngby
Spain	-	Denmark	2: 2 n.V. in 4: 3 i. E.
May 5, 2002 in Slagelse
Switzerland	-	Georgia	3-0
May 5, 2002 in Næstved
Germany	-	France	1: 1 n.V. in 2: 4 i. E.

Semifinals

May 7, 2002 in Herfølge
England	-	Switzerland	0: 3
May 7, 2002 in Copenhagen
Spain	-	France	1: 1 n.V. in 2: 3 i. E.

3rd place match

May 10, 2002 in Søborg
England	-	Spain	4: 1

final

May 10, 2002 in Farum
Switzerland	-	France	0: 0 n.v. in 4: 2 p. E.