2017 European Under-21 Football Championship

2017 European Under-21 Football Championship
UEFA Under 21 Championship
Number of nations	12  (of 53 applicants)
European champion	Germany (2nd title)
venue	Poland
Opening game	June 16, 2017
Endgame	June 30, 2017
Games	21st
Gates	65  (⌀: 3.1 per game)
spectator	244,085  (⌀: 11,623 per game)
Top scorer	Saúl (5 goals)
Best player	Dani Ceballos
yellow cards	97  (⌀: 4.62 per game)
Yellow-red cards	3  (⌀: 0.14 per game)
Red cards	2  (⌀: 0.1 per game)

The final round of the U-21 European Football Championship 2017 took place in Poland from June 16 to 30, 2017. The Polish team was automatically qualified for the round of the last twelve teams. All other 52 teams had to qualify in the preliminary round. Players born on or after January 1, 1994 were allowed to participate.

In March 2012, UEFA decided to host the finals of the U-21 European Championships in all even years from 2016 onwards. At the request of several member associations, this decision was revised in September 2013 so that the final rounds will continue to take place in all odd years even after 2015. On January 24, 2014, the UEFA Executive Committee in Nyon decided to increase the number of participating teams from eight to twelve.

qualification

→ Main article : 2017 European Under-21 Football Championship / qualification

The 52 teams played in two groups of five teams and seven groups of six teams each a return match. The nine group winners qualified directly for the final round, the four best runners-up competed against each other in the play-offs in a back and forth leg and determined the two remaining participants.

The qualifying group matches took place between March 26, 2015 and October 11, 2016, the play-off first legs took place on November 11, 2016, and the second legs on November 15, 2016.

mode

The twelve teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. The group winners and the best runner-up reached the semifinals, the winners of the semifinals reached the final. If two or more teams were tied at the end of the group stage, the placement was determined according to the following criteria in this order:

1. higher number of points from the direct encounters between the teams concerned
2. better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams in question
3. higher number of goals scored from direct encounters between the teams in question
4. if, after applying criteria 1 to 3, several teams still have the same place, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied, but only to the direct encounters between the teams in question, in order to determine their final ranking. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 8 are applied
5. better goal difference from all group matches
6. higher number of goals scored in all group matches
7. Lower total number of penalty points based on the yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion after two yellow cards = 3 points)
8. Position in the U-21 national team coefficient ranking used for the final tournament draw

If two teams met in the final group match with the same number of points, goal difference and the same number of goals, and the game in question ended in a draw, the final ranking of the two teams will be determined by penalty shoot-out, provided that no other team in the same group is completed the group stage had the same number of points.

Attendees

The following teams qualified for the finals:

Poland (hosts)  Czech Republic (Winner Group 1)  Italy (winner group 2)  Macedonia (Winner Group 3)  Portugal (Winner Group 4)  Denmark (Winner Group 5)

Sweden (Winner Group 6)  Germany (winner group 7)  Slovakia (winner group 8)  England (Winner Group 9)  Spain (play-off winners)  Serbia (play-off winner)

→ For the team squad, see the sub-article U-21 European Football Championship 2017 / Squad

Venues

The Polish Football Association and UEFA gave on 6 June 2016, the six stages are known in which the European Championship was conducted.

Lublin	Kielce	Bydgoszcz	Gdynia Bydgoszcz Lublin Kielce Krakow Tychy European Championship venues 2017 in Poland
Arena Lublin Capacity: 15,500	Kolporter Arena Capacity: 15,550	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium Capacity: 20,247
3 group games Group A (including opening game)	3 group matches group A	3 group matches group B
Gdynia	Krakow	Tychy
Stadion Miejski Capacity: 15,139	Cracovia Stadium Capacity: 15,114	Stadion Miejski Capacity: 15,150
3 group matches group B	3 group matches Group C semi-finals final	3 group matches Group C semi-finals

Preliminary round

Group A

→ Main article : 2017 European Under-21 Football Championship / Group A.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
2.	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
3.	Sweden	3	0	2	1	002: 500	−3	02
4th	Poland	3	0	1	2	003: 700	−4	01

Friday, June 16, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in Kielce
Sweden	-	England	0-0
Friday, June 16, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. in Lublin
Poland	-	Slovakia	1: 2 (1: 1)
Mon., June 19, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in Kielce
Slovakia	-	England	1: 2 (1: 0)
Mon., June 19, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. in Lublin
Poland	-	Sweden	2: 2 (1: 2)
Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. in Kielce
England	-	Poland	3: 0 (1: 0)
Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. in Lublin
Slovakia	-	Sweden	3: 0 (2: 0)

Group B

→ Main article : 2017 European Under-21 Football Championship / Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	009: 100	+8	09
2.	Portugal	3	2	0	1	007: 500	+2	06th
3.	Serbia	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01
4th	Macedonia	3	0	1	2	004:110	−7	01

Saturday, June 17, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in Bydgoszcz
Portugal	-	Serbia	2: 0 (1: 0)
Sat., June 17, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. in Gdynia
Spain	-	Macedonia	5: 0 (3: 0)
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 6 p.m. in Bydgoszcz
Serbia	-	Macedonia	2: 2 (1: 0)
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. in Gdynia
Portugal	-	Spain	1: 3 (0: 1)
Friday, June 23, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. in Gdynia
Macedonia	-	Portugal	2: 4 (1: 2)
Friday, June 23, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. in Bydgoszcz
Serbia	-	Spain	0: 1 (0: 1)

Group C

→ Main article : 2017 European Under-21 Football Championship / Group C.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
2.	Germany	3	2	0	1	005: 100	+4	06th
3.	Denmark	3	1	0	2	004: 700	−3	03
4th	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	005: 700	−2	03

Sun., June 18, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in Tychy
Germany	-	Czech Republic	2: 0 (1: 0)
Sun., June 18, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. in Krakow
Denmark	-	Italy	0: 2 (0: 0)
Wed., June 21, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in Tychy
Czech Republic	-	Italy	3: 1 (1: 0)
Wed., June 21, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. in Krakow
Germany	-	Denmark	3: 0 (0: 0)
Sat., June 24, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. in Krakow
Italy	-	Germany	1: 0 (1: 0)
Sat., June 24, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. in Tychy
Czech Republic	-	Denmark	2: 4 (1: 2)

Ranking of the runners-up

The following criteria were used to determine the best runners-up in the group:

1. higher score
2. better goal difference
3. higher number of goals scored
4. Lower total number of penalty points based on the yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion after two yellow cards = 3 points)
5. Position in the U-21 national team coefficient ranking used for the final tournament draw

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	0	1	005: 100	+4	06th	6th	0	0
2.	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th	4th	0	0
3.	Portugal	3	2	0	1	007: 500	+2	06th	9	0	1

Final round

→ Main article : 2017 European Under-21 Football Championship / final round

According to a decision of the UEFA Executive Committee on May 2, 2016, each team was allowed to make a fourth substitution at this tournament in overtime. In the game between England and Germany, both teams took advantage of this, the first fourth change was Dominik Kohr , who came into the game in the 102nd minute on the German side for Janik Haberer .

Semifinals

Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in Tychy
England	-	Germany	2: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1), 3: 4 i. E.
Tue., June 27, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. in Krakow
Spain	-	Italy	3: 1 (0: 0)

final

Friday, June 30, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. in Krakow
Germany	-	Spain	1: 0 (1: 0)

Best goal scorers

Listed below are the top scorers in the final round. The sorting takes place according to the number of goals scored, if the number of hits is the same, the templates and then the game minutes are decisive.

rank	player	Gates	templates	Game minutes
1	Saul	5	1	360
2	Marco Asensio	3	1	351
3	Bruma	3	0	167
4th	Kenneth Zohoré	2	2	142
5	Demarai Gray	2	1	194
6th	Martin Chrien	2	1	246
7th	Davie Selke	2	1	333
8th	Enis Bardi	2	0	270
9	Federico Bernardeschi	2	0	345
10	Gerard Deulofeu	1	2	317
	...	...	...	...
14th	Mitchell Weiser	1	1	308
16	Max Meyer	1	1	457
18th	Felix plate	1	0	057
20th	Nadiem Amiri	1	0	081
50	Serge Gnabry	1	0	428
51	Marc-Oliver Kempf	1	0	480

Team of the tournament

The tournament technical observers published a list of the best players in the tournament the day after the final, which will make up the tournament team.

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker
Julian Pollersbeck	Milan Škriniar Jeremy Toljan Niklas Stark Yannick Gerhardt	Maximilian Arnold Dani Ceballos Max Meyer Saúl	Marco Asensio Federico Bernardeschi

referee

The games of the European Championship were led by nine referees . These were each supported by two assistant referees and two goal judges. In addition, four fourth officials were nominated.

The first game of the final between Sweden and England was chaired by German referee Tobias Stieler, while the opening game between Poland and Slovakia was whistled by Serdar Gözübüyük from the Netherlands. The French referee Benoît Bastien chaired the final between Germany and Spain.

country	referee	Assistant referees	Gate judge
Germany	Tobias Stieler	Rafael Foltyn Jan Seidel	Daniel Siebert Benjamin Brand
France	Benoît Bastien	Hicham Zakrani Frédéric Haquette	Benoît Millot Jérôme Miguelgorry
Lithuania	Gediminas Mažeika	Vytautas Šimkus Vytenis Kazlauskas	Donatas Rumšas Robertas Valikonis
Netherlands	Serdar Gözübüyük	Bas van Dongen Joost van Zuilen	Dennis Higler Jeroen Manschot
Austria	Harald Lechner	Andreas Heidenreich Maximilian Kolbitsch	Alexander Harkam Julian Weinberger
Scotland	Bobby Madden	David McGeachie Alastair Mather	Andrew Dallas Donald Robertson
Slovakia	Ivan Kružliak	Tomáš Somoláni Branislav Hancko	Peter Kráľovič Filip Glova
Slovenia	Slavko Vinčić	Tomaž Klančnik Andraž Kovačič	Rade Obrenović Roberto Ponis
Spain	Jesús Gil Manzano	Ángel Nevado Rodríguez Diego Berbero Seville	Carlos del Cerro Grande Juan Martínez Munuera
Fourth official
Marcin Borkowski, Igor Demeschko, Roy Hassan, Michał Obukowicz

Television broadcast

In Germany, the German team's games were broadcast on the public television channels Das Erste and ZDF . The ZDF showed the group stage games against the Czech Republic and Denmark as well as the final, while the first broadcast the preliminary round game of the German team against Italy and the semi-finals Germany-England. The remaining games of the group stage without German participation as well as the semi-finals between Italy and Spain were broadcast by the Sport1 channel in the main program.

Web links

• Official website of UEFA
• Official site of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Poland to host 2017 Under-21 EUROs. In: uefa.com. UEFA , January 26, 2015, accessed October 18, 2015 . 
2. ^ Strategic points lead Dubrovnik talks. In: uefa.com. UEFA, September 20, 2013, accessed October 18, 2015 . 
3. ↑ U21 final tournament expanding to 12 teams. In: uefa.com. UEFA, January 24, 2014, accessed October 18, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Regulations for the 2015-17 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. (PDF) In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed October 18, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Za nami konferencja One Year To Go! Finał imprezy w Krakowie! In: laczynaspilka.pl. June 6, 2016, Retrieved September 7, 2016 (Polish). 
6. ↑ Decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee. In: uefa.com. UEFA , May 2, 2016, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Statistics. In: uefa.com. UEFA , June 16, 2017, accessed June 8, 2017 . 
8. ↑ U21 EURO: Official team of the tournament. In: uefa.com. UEFA, July 1, 2017, accessed July 1, 2017 . 
9. ↑ U21 EM live on TV and live stream. In: noz.de. NOZ , June 16, 2017, accessed June 16, 2017 .