U-19 European Football Championship 2002
UEFA Under 19 Championship 2002
Number of nations
8 (of 51 applicants)
European champion
Spain Spain (2nd title)
venue
Norway Norway
Opening game
July 21, 2002
Endgame
July 28, 2002
Games
14th
Gates
49 (⌀: 3.5 per game)
Top scorer
Spain Fernando Torres (4 goals)
The 18th U-19 European Football Championship was held in Norway from July 21 to 29, 2002 . The winner was Spain with a 1: 0 victory over Germany . Defending champion Poland , like Austria and Switzerland, could not qualify.
mode
The eight qualified teams are divided into two groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team plays each other once. The two group winners reach the final while the runners-up play for third place. In addition to the semi-finalists, the third group qualified for the 2003 Junior World Cup .
Attendees
The following teams took part in the tournament:
Belgium Belgium : Bram Verbist , Xavier Chen , Kenny Van Hoevelen , Stijn Vangeffelen , Pieter-Jan Monteyne , Denis Dasoul , Sebastian Hermans , Jelle Van Damme , Kevin Vandenbergh , Jonathan Blondel , Styn Janssens , Silvio Proto , Xavier Asselborn , Arne Houtekier , Koen Van Der Heyden , Rory Hegelmeers , Gregory Scattone , Tony Eecloo - Team Principal : Marc Van Geersom .
Germany Germany : Daniel Haas , Moritz Volz , Alexander Meyer , Janis Crone, Benjamin Wingerter , Philipp Lahm , Piotr Trochowski , Sascha Riether , Sebastian Kneißl , Ioannis Masmanidis , Mike Hanke , Bastian Görrissen, David Odonkor , Malik Fathi , Sofian Chahed , Matthias Lehmann , Emmanuel Krontiris , Marcel Schied - Team Principal: Uli Stielike .
England England : Lee Grant , Justin Hoyte , Ryan Garry , Jermaine Jenas , Glen Johnson , Benjamin Clark , Jermaine Pennant , Gary O'Neil , Dean Ashton , Stephen Cooke , Jerome Thomas , Carlton Cole , Andrew Lonergan , Michael Chopra , John Welsh , Jon Otsemobor , Ben Bowditch , Darren Carter - Team Principal : Martin Hunter .
Ireland Ireland : Brian Murphy , Stephen Brennan , Stephen Kelly , Patrick McCarthy , Stephen Paisley , Stephen Capper , Mark Rossiter , Graham Ward , Jonathan Daly , Sean Thornton , Michael Foley-Sheridan , Keith Gilroy , Reinier Moor , Ian Simpemba , Adrian Deane , Wayne Henderson , Stephen Elliott , Liam Kearney - Team Principal: Brian Kerr .
Norway Norway (host): Jan Larsen , Vegar Landro , Lars Martin Engedal , Kristian Onstad , Torbjørn Kjergård , Kristofer Hæstad , Christian Grindheim , Tarjei Dale , Joakim Austnes , Martin Wiig , Øyvind Hoås , Rune Jarstein , Tor Moen , Dag Tverrborgvik , Steinar Guvåg , Eirik Winsnes , Per Rønning , Trond Olsen - Team principal: Bjørn Hansen .
Slovakia Slovakia : Peter Kostolani , Marek Kostoláni , Igor Hrabác , Marek Čech , Roman Konečný , Marián Kurty , Juraj Halenár , Roman Jurko , Filip Šebo , Tomas Labun , Tomás Sloboda , Milan Herko , Peter Sedivy , Milan Ivana , Tomás Brusko , Dusan Miklas , Igor Žofčák , Marek Bakoš - Team Principal: Peter Polák .
Spain Spain : Miguel Moyá , Iban Zubiaurre , Carlos Peña , Daniel Jarque , Ander Murillo , Aritz Solabarrieta , Carmelo González Jiménez , Andrés Iniesta , Sergio García , José Antonio Reyes , Jorge Piña Roldán , Sergio Torres Guardeno , Asier Corominas Riesgo , Fernando Torres , Férran Corominas , Jonan , Juan Ceballos Pinto , Juan Alberto Andreu (Melli) - Team principal: Iñaki Sáez .
Czech Republic Czech Republic : Michal Danek , Ondrej Kral , Milan Zacharias , Václav Svěrkoš , Radek Dosoudil , Tomáš Sivok , Pavel Mezlik , Pavel Fořt , Tomas Mazouch , David Střihavka , Filip Trojan , Aleš Besta , David Mikula , Tomáš Rada , Martin Klein , Aleš Kořínek , Lukáš Vaculík , Martin Kolář - Team boss: Josef Krejca .
Venues
The games were played in the cities of Drammen , Hønefoss , Kongsvinger , Lillestrøm , Moss , Bærum and Oslo .
Preliminary round
Group A
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Spain Spain
3
2
1
0
00 7: 200
+5
0 7th
2.
Slovakia Slovakia
3
2
0
1
0 11: 600
+5
0 6th
3.
Czech Republic Czech Republic
3
1
1
1
00 4: 600
−2
0 4th
4th
Norway Norway
3
0
0
3
00 1: 900
−8
0 0
July 21, 2002 in Kongsvinger
Norway
-
Slovakia
1: 5
July 21, 2002 in Moss
Spain
-
Czech Republic
1: 1
July 23, 2002 in Hønefoss
Norway
-
Spain
0: 3
July 23, 2002 in Lillestrøm
Slovakia
-
Czech Republic
5: 2
July 25, 2002 in Bærum
Czech Republic
-
Norway
1-0
July 25, 2002 in Drammen
Slovakia
-
Spain
1: 3
Group B
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Germany Germany
3
2
1
0
00 8: 400
+4
0 7th
2.
Ireland Ireland
3
2
0
1
00 5: 600
−1
0 6th
3.
England England
3
0
2
1
00 6: 700
−1
0 2
4th
Belgium Belgium
3
0
1
2
00 3: 500
−2
0 1
July 21, 2002 in Bærum
England
-
Germany
3: 3
July 21, 2002 in Drammen
Belgium
-
Ireland
1: 2
July 23, 2002 in Kongsvinger
England
-
Belgium
1: 1
July 23, 2002 in Moss
Germany
-
Ireland
3-0
July 25, 2002 in Hønefoss
Ireland
-
England
3: 2
July 25, 2002 in Lillestrøm
Germany
-
Belgium
2: 1
Final round
Game for third place
July 28, 2002 in Oslo
Slovakia Slovakia
-
Ireland Ireland
2: 1
final
July 28, 2002 in Oslo
Spain Spain
-
Germany Germany
1-0
decisions
Spain became European U-19 champions for the second time. In addition to Spain, Germany , England , Ireland , Slovakia and the Czech Republic qualified for the 2003 Junior World Cup .
Individual evidence
↑ UEFA.com: Under-19 European Championship 2001–2002 (accessed December 3, 2008)
Web links
Junior European Football Championships
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