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Revision as of 22:55, 20 June 2015

2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Mistrovství Evropy ve fotbale hráčů do 21 let 2015
Tournament details
Host countryCzech Republic
Dates17–30 June 2015
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored16 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)Czech Republic Jan Kliment (3 goals)
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The 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship is the 20th staging of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, a biennial football competition between men's under-21 national teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament is hosted in the Czech Republic from 15 to 30 June 2015, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey.[1]

Fifty-two teams participated in a qualification tournament, taking place between March 2013 and October 2014, to determine the seven teams that would join the final tournament hosts. Players born on or after 1 January 1992 are eligible to participate in the competition.[2]

The four semi-finalists will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament, to be held in Brazil.[3] However, as England is not an Olympic nation, their team is ineligible for the Olympics. If England reach the semi-finals, the last Olympic spot will go to the winner of the Olympic play-off match between the two group third-placed teams.[4][5] The Football Association had originally declared on 2 March 2015 its intention to enter and run teams on behalf of the British Olympic Association at the 2016 Olympics should England qualify.[6] However, following strong objections from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish football associations, as well as a commitment from FIFA that they would not allow entry of a British team unless all four Home Nations were in agreement, the Football Association announced on 30 March 2015 that they would not seek entry into the Olympic tournament.[7]

The current champions are Spain, who secured a second consecutive title after defeating Italy 4–2 in the previous final in Israel. However, Spain will not be able to defend their title, following their elimination in the qualification play-offs by Serbia.

Qualification

Main article: 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Qualification for the final tournament of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship consisted of two rounds: a group stage and a play-off round. The group stage draw took place on 31 January 2013 in Nyon, Switzerland, and distributed 52 national teams into ten groups of five or six teams. Each group was contested in a double round-robin system, where teams played each other twice, at home and away. The ten group winners and the four best second-placed teams advanced to the play-off round, where they were paired by draw into seven two-legged ties. The play-off winners joined the Czech Republic in the final tournament.[8]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament:

Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1
only U-21 era (since 1978)
 Czech Republic Hosts 11 (19785, 19805, 19885, 19905, 19925, 19945, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2011)
 Denmark Playoff winner (against Iceland) 5 (1978, 1986, 1992, 2006, 2011)
 England Playoff winner (against Croatia) 12 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 Germany Playoff winner (against Ukraine) 11 (19822, 19842, 19882, 19902, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013)
 Italy Playoff winner (against Slovakia) 17 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013)
 Portugal Playoff winner (against Netherlands) 6 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007)
 Serbia Playoff winner (against Spain) 8 (19783, 19803, 19843, 19903, 20044, 20064, 2007, 2009)
 Sweden Playoff winner (against France) 6 (1986, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2009)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicate host.

Venues

The competition is due to be played at four venues in three host cities: Eden Arena and Generali Arena (in Prague), Andrův stadion (in Olomouc), and Stadion Miroslava Valenty (in Uherské Hradiště).[9][10]

Prague
Olomouc Uherské Hradiště
Eden Arena Generali Arena Andrův stadion Stadion Miroslava Valenty
50°4′3″N 14°28′18″E / 50.06750°N 14.47167°E / 50.06750; 14.47167 (Eden Arena) 50°5′59.3″N 14°24′57.3″E / 50.099806°N 14.415917°E / 50.099806; 14.415917 (Generali Arena) 49°36′0″N 17°14′54″E / 49.60000°N 17.24833°E / 49.60000; 17.24833 (Andrův stadion) 49°3′56″N 17°28′17.3″E / 49.06556°N 17.471472°E / 49.06556; 17.471472 (Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty)
Capacity: 20,800 Capacity: 19,784 Capacity: 12,566 Capacity: 8,121

Match officials

Six refereeing teams will take charge of matches at the final tournament:[11]

Country Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees
France France Clément Turpin Frédéric Cano
Nicolas Danos		 Fredy Fautrel
Nicolas Rainville
Greece Greece Anastasios Sidiropoulos Damianos Efthymiadis
Polychronis Kostaras		 Michael Koukoulakis
Stavros Tritsonis
Netherlands Netherlands Danny Makkelie Mario Diks
Hessel Steegstra		 Kevin Blom
Jochem Kamphuis
Poland Poland Szymon Marciniak Paweł Sokolnicki
Tomasz Listkiewicz		 Paweł Raczkowski
Tomasz Musial
Russia Russia Sergei Karasev Anton Averyanov
Tikhon Kalugin		 Sergey Lapochkin
Sergey Ivanov
Spain Spain Javier Estrada Fernández Miguel Martínez Munuera
Teodoro Sobrino Magán		 Alejandro Hernández Hernández
Jesús Gil Manzano
Country Fourth officials
Czech Republic Czech Republic Jan Paták
Ondrej Pelikan

Seeding

The draw for the final tournament took place at 18:00 CET on 6 November 2014, at the Clarion Congress Hotel in Prague. England, the highest-ranked team according to the competition coefficient rankings, and the host team, Czech Republic, were seeded and automatically assigned to separate groups. The second and third-ranked teams in the coefficient rankings, Italy and Germany, were also seeded and drawn into separate groups, while the four unseeded teams were drawn into the remaining positions of the two groups.[2][12]

Top seeds Second seeds Unseeded

Squads

Main article: 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers. If a player is injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player.[2]

Group stage

2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship finalist teams

The eight finalists were drawn into two groups of four teams. As hosts, Czech Republic were seeded in group A, while England, the best-ranked team in the UEFA coefficient ranking, were seeded in group B. In each group, teams will play matches against each other in a round-robin system, and the top two teams will advance to the semi-finals.[13][14]

The provisional schedule was released by UEFA on 10 November 2014,[4] and confirmed on 2 December 2014.[15][16]

Tie-breaking

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[2]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;

If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 6 were applied.

  1. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Position in the UEFA under-21 coefficient ranking used for the final draw.

If only two teams were tied (according to criteria 1–5) after having met in the last match of the group stage, their ranking would be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Germany 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4 Advance to knockout stage and 2016 Summer Olympics
2  Denmark 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3
3  Czech Republic 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3 Possible Olympic play-off[a]
4  Serbia 2 0 1 1 1 5 −4 1
Updated to match(es) played on 20 June 2015. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: tie-breaking
Notes:
  1. ^ The Olympic play-off will be played only if England advance to the semi-finals.
Czech Republic 1–2 Denmark
Kadeřábek 35' Report Vestergaard 56'
Sisto 84'
Attendance: 15,987[17]
Germany 1–1 Serbia
Can 17' Report Đuričić 8'
Attendance: 5,490[17]
Serbia 0–4 Czech Republic
Report Kliment 7', 21', 56'
Frýdek 59'
Attendance: 16,253[17]
Germany 3–0 Denmark
Volland 32', 48'
Ginter 53'		 Report
Attendance: 13,268[17]
Czech Republic v Germany
Report
Denmark v Serbia
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Sweden 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 Advance to knockout stage and 2016 Summer Olympics[a]
2  Portugal 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
3  Italy 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0 Possible Olympic play-off[b]
4  England 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
Updated to match(es) played on 18 June 2015. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: tie-breaking
Notes:
  1. ^ England are ineligible for the Olympics.
  2. ^ The Olympic play-off will be played only if England advance to the semi-finals.
Italy 1–2 Sweden
Berardi 29' (pen.) Report Guidetti 56'
Kiese Thelin 86' (pen.)
England 0–1 Portugal
Report João Mário 57'
Attendance: 7,167[18]
Sweden v England
Report
Italy v Portugal
Report
England v Italy
Report
Portugal v Sweden
Report

Possible Olympic play-off

If England (who are ineligible for the Olympics) advance to the semi-finals, a play-off match will be played between the two group third-placed teams to decide the final Olympic spot.[4] Otherwise, this match is not played.

Third Place of Group AvThird Place of Group B

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage (and the possible Olympic play-off), extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[2]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 June
 
 
 
 
30 June
 
 
 
 
 
27 June
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals

Winner of Group BvRunner-up of Group A
Winner of Group AvRunner-up of Group B

Final

Winner of Semifinal 1vWinner of Semifinal 2

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Source: UEFA.com[19]

Broadcasting

Countries who are not covered by a local broadcaster, will have the matches being broadcast on YouTube.[20]

UEFA

Territory Rights holder Ref
 Belgium Ma Chaîne Sport [20]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Arena Sport [20]
 Bulgaria Viasat [20]
 Croatia Arena Sport [20]
 Czech Republic ČT [20][21]
 Denmark DR, Viasat [20][21][22]
 Estonia Viasat [20]
 Finland Elisa [20][23]
 France Ma Chaîne Sport [24]
 Germany ARD, ZDF, Sport1 [20][25]
 Israel Charlton [20]
 Italy RAI [20]
 Latvia Viasat [20]
 Lithuania Viasat [20]
 Luxembourg Ma Chaîne Sport [20]
 Macedonia Arena Sport [20]
 Montenegro Arena Sport [20]
 Norway Viasat [21]
 Portugal RTP, SportTV [20][26]
 Romania Dolce Sport [20]
 Serbia Arena Sport [20][21]
 Slovakia TV JOJ [21]
 Sweden TV4 [27]
  Switzerland Ma Chaîne Sport [20]
 United Kingdom BT Sport [28]

Rest of the World

Territory Rights holder Ref
 Australia beIN Sports [20]
 Brazil SporTV [20][21]
 Canada TSN, RDS [20][21]
 Caribbean ESPN [20][21]
 China CCTV [20]
 Indonesia RCTI [21]
 Japan WOWOW [20]
 Latin America ESPN [20]
 Malaysia Astro [21]
 Sub-Saharan Africa Ma Chaîne Sport [20]
 Thailand PPTV [20]
 United States ESPN [20]

Ambassador

Former Czech Republic midfielder Pavel Nedvěd is the ambassador for the tournament.[29]

References

  1. ^ "Czech Republic to host 2015 Under-21 finals" (Press release). UEFA.com. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2013–15" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. ^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 Original" (pdf). Comité Olímpico Portugal. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Provisional schedule for Under-21 finals". UEFA.com. 10 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Sverige närmare OS-fotbollen" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Football Association wants Great Britain sides at Rio Olympics". BBC Sport. 2 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Rio 2016: FA scraps plans for Great Britain football teams". BBC Sport. 30 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Spain learn fate in U21 qualifying draw" (Press release). UEFA. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Česko v roce 2015 uspořádá šampionát fotbalistů do 21 let". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Venue guide". UEFA.com.
  11. ^ "Match officials". UEFA.com.
  12. ^ "Final tournament draw". UEFA. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Competition format". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  14. ^ "Czechs paired with Germany, Denmark and Serbia". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Confirmed schedule for Under-21 finals". UEFA.com. 2 December 2014.
  16. ^ "Confirmed U21 2015 finals match schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  17. ^ a b c d Euro U-21 Livescore
  18. ^ England 0 Portugal 1, U21 match report: Sloppy defending costs young Lions The Telegraph, 18 June 2015
  19. ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "Watch Wednesday's U21 games live!". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Media rights sales: UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2015" (PDF). UEFA.org. UEFA. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  22. ^ Dohrmann, Jan (30 April 2015). "EM-kampe med U21-landsholdet kan ses på DR1". dr.dk (in Danish). [[DR (broadcaster)|]]. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  23. ^ "Finland's Elisa signs Uefa media rights deal". Sportcal. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  24. ^ "Ma Chaîne Sports picks up Uefa Euro U21 rights". Sportcal. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  25. ^ "ARD and ZDF set to follow Germany's progress at European Under-21 Championship". Sportcal. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  26. ^ Sousa, Carlos (27 April 2015). "RTP volta a levar a melhor e ganha mais uma competição à TVI". Zapping TV. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  27. ^ "Alla TV-tider – så sänds U21-EM i Tjeckien". Fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  28. ^ "BT Sport to show exclusive coverage of Euro 2015 U21 Championship". BT Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  29. ^ "The ambassador: Pavel Nedvěd". UEFA.com.

External links

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