U-21 European Football Championship 2013

U-21 European Football Championship 2013
UEFA Under 21 Championship
Number of nations	8  (of 53 applicants)
European champion	Spain (4th title)
venue	Israel
Opening game	5th June 2013
Endgame	June 18, 2013
Games	15th
Gates	45  (⌀: 3 per game)
spectator	170,432  (⌀: 11,362 per game)
Top scorer	Álvaro Morata (4 goals)
Best player	Thiago
yellow cards	56  (⌀: 3.73 per game)
Red cards	4  (⌀: 0.27 per game)

The final round of the U-21 European Football Championship 2013 took place for the first time from June 5 to 18, 2013 in Israel, whose team was automatically qualified for the round of the last eight teams. All other 52 teams had to qualify in the preliminary round. Players born on or after January 1, 1990 were allowed to participate. The German selection did not survive the preliminary round at this tournament.

qualification

→ Main article : 2013 European Under-21 Football Championship / Qualification

The 52 teams played in two groups with 6 teams and 8 groups with 5 teams in the first and second leg. The 10 group winners and the 4 best runners-up qualified for the playoffs. The 14 qualified teams played the final round participants in 7 matches with a home and return leg. Added to this was Israel, which did not have to play any qualifying matches as hosts.

The group matches were played in the period from March 25, 2011 to September 10, 2012, the play-offs took place on 11/12. October 2012 and on 15./16. October 2012.

mode

The teams were divided into two groups. The group winners and the runners-up reach the semifinals, the winners of the semifinals reach the final. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decides.

Attendees

The following U-21 national teams have qualified for the tournament:

•  Israel (host)
•  Germany
•  England
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  Norway
•  Russia
•  Spain (defending champion)

→ For the team squad, see the sub-article U-21 European Football Championship 2013 / Squad

Venues

Tel Aviv	Netanya	Tel Aviv Netanya Petach Tikva Jerusalem Venues
Bloomfield Stadium	Netanya Stadium
Capacity: 14,413	Capacity: 13,610
Petach Tikva	Jerusalem
HaMoshava Stadium	Teddy Kollek Stadium
Capacity: 11,500	Capacity: 31,733

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	3	2	1	0	006: 100	+5	07th
2.	Norway	3	1	2	0	006: 400	+2	05
3.	Israel	3	1	1	1	003: 600	−3	04th
4th	England	3	0	0	3	001: 500	−4	00

Wed., June 5, 2013, 6 p.m. in Netanya
Israel	-	Norway	2: 2 (1: 1)
Wed., June 5, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Tel Aviv
England	-	Italy	0: 1 (0: 0)
Sat., June 8, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in Petach Tikwa
England	-	Norway	1: 3 (0: 2)
Sat, June 8, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Tel Aviv
Italy	-	Israel	4: 0 (2: 0)
Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 6 p.m. in Jerusalem
Israel	-	England	1: 0 (0: 0)
Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 6 p.m. in Tel Aviv
Norway	-	Italy	1: 1 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	005-000	+5	09
2.	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	008: 600	+2	06th
3.	Germany	3	1	0	2	004: 500	−1	03
4th	Russia	3	0	0	3	002: 800	−6	00

Thursday, June 6, 2013, 6 p.m. in Jerusalem
Spain	-	Russia	1: 0 (0: 0)
Thursday, June 6, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Petach Tikwa
Netherlands	-	Germany	3: 2 (2: 0)
Sun., June 9, 2013, 6 p.m. in Jerusalem
Netherlands	-	Russia	5: 1 (1: 0)
Sun., June 9, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Netanya
Germany	-	Spain	0: 1 (0: 0)
Wed., June 12, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in Petach Tikwa
Spain	-	Netherlands	3: 0 (2: 0)
Wed., June 12, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in Netanya
Russia	-	Germany	1: 2 (1: 1)

Final round

Semifinals

Sat., June 15, 2013, 5:30 p.m. in Netanya
Spain	-	Norway	3: 0 (1: 0)
Sat., June 15, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Petach Tikwa
Italy	-	Netherlands	1: 0 (0: 0)

final

Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 6 p.m. in Jerusalem
Italy	-	Spain	2: 4 (1: 3)

Best goal scorers

space	player	Gates
1	Álvaro Morata	4th
2	Isco	3
	Thiago	3
4th	Leroy Fer	2
	Manolo Gabbiadini	2
	Sebastian Rudy	2
	Georginio Wijnaldum	2
	Fabio Borini	2

Allstar team

UEFA's technical team has appointed an all-star team after the tournament was over.

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker	Best player
Francesco Bardi David de Gea Ørjan Nyland	Marc Bartra Luca Caldirola Iñigo Martínez Bruno Martins Indi Martín Montoya Alberto Moreno Stefan Strandberg	Alan Dsagojew Lewis Holtby Asier Illarramendi Isco Koke Adam Maher Thiago Marco Verratti	Fabio Borini Luuk de Jong Álvaro Morata Rodrigo Georginio Wijnaldum	Thiago

referee

The games of the European Championship were led by six referees . They were supported by eight line judges , eight gate judges and two fourth officials . The oldest referee was Paweł Gil from Poland at the age of 37; Youngest director of the Slovene Matej Jug at 33 and youngest assistant to the Belarusian Dzmitry Zhuk at 26. All 22 referees were from different nations.

referee	vintage	Linesman	vintage	Gate judge	vintage	Fourth official	vintage
Ivan Bebek	1977	Roland Brandner	1978	Sébastien Delferiere	1981	Danny Krasikow	1973
Antony Gautier	1977	Iwo Kolew	1979	Miroslav Zelinka	1980	Nissan Davidy	1972
Paweł Gil	1976	Dzmitry Zhuk	1986	Know Hansen	1980
Ovidiu Hațegan	1980	Vencel Tóth	1978	Kristo Tohver	1981
Matej Jug	1980	Jóhann Gunnar Guðmundsson	1978	Antti Munukka	1982
Serhiy Boiko	1977	Haralds Gudermanis	1979	Iliad Spathas	1980
		Alan Mulvanny	1980	Ivan Kružliak	1984
		Sandro Pozzi	1980	Halis Özkahya	1980

Television broadcast

The free TV rights for the U-21 European Championships have kabel eins and Sat.1 (both subsidiaries of ProSiebenSat.1 Media ), the u. a. All German games are broadcast, and Sport1 (subsidiary of Sport1 Medien ), which broadcasts all non-German games, is backed up.

Criticism of the award

The initial award to Israel also provoked criticism. In an open letter to UEFA in the Guardian newspaper in May 2013, the association was accused of "lack of sensitivity" with regard to Israel's "blatant and deeply rooted discrimination " against Palestinian athletes. The award rewards the "blatant and illegal behavior" of Israel. Those who signed the letter include Desmond Tutu , Frédéric Kanouté , Ken Loach , Roger Lloyd-Pack and Alexei Sayle .

Web links

• U21 Euro 2013 on uefa.com
• Details about the 2013 tournament on rsssf.com

Commons : UEFA European U-21 Championship 2013  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kevin Ashby: Eleven Spaniards in the team of the tournament. In: uefa.com. UEFA, June 21, 2013, accessed June 24, 2013 . 
2. ↑ David Feeney: Uefa accused of ignoring anti-Palestinian bias. In: guardian.co.uk. The Guardian , May 28, 2013, accessed July 23, 2013 .