2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
2018 Jalkapallon alle 19-vuotiaiden Euroopan-mestaruuskilpailut 2018 U19-Europamästerskapet i fotboll | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Finland |
Dates | 16–29 July 2018 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 5 |
Goals scored | 18 (3.6 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Francisco Trincão (2 goals) |
The 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2018) is the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (67th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Finland, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, will host the tournament.[1]
A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible to participate.
Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the UEFA representatives, besides Poland who qualified automatically as hosts.
England are the defending champions.
Qualification
All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Kosovo who entered for the first time), and with the hosts Finland qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[2] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2017, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2018.[3]
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.[4]
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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Finland | Hosts | 1st | — | Debut |
Norway | Elite round Group 1 winners | 4th | 2005 (group stage) | Group stage (2002, 2003, 2005) |
England | Elite round Group 2 winners | 10th | 2017 (champions) | Champions (2017) |
Italy | Elite round Group 3 winners | 6th | 2016 (runners-up) | Champions (2003) |
Ukraine | Elite round Group 4 winners | 5th | 2015 (group stage) | Champions (2009) |
Portugal | Elite round Group 5 winners | 10th | 2017 (runners-up) | Runners-up (2003, 2014, 2017) |
France | Elite round Group 6 winners | 10th | 2016 (champions) | Champions (2005, 2010, 2016) |
Turkey | Elite round Group 7 winners | 6th | 2013 (group stage) | Runners-up (2004) |
Final draw
The final draw was held on 30 May 2018, 12:00 EEST (UTC+3), at the Vaasa City Hall in Vaasa, Finland.[5] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Finland were assigned to position A1 in the draw.
Venues
The tournament will take place in Vaasa and Seinäjoki.[6]
Seinäjoki | Vaasa | |
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OmaSP Stadion | Hietalahti Stadion | |
Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 6,000 | |
Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[4]
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Squads
Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 39).[3]
Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 5 June 2018.[7]
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The third-placed teams enter the FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off.
- Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 16.01 and 16.02):[3]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
- Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
- Drawing of lots.
All times are local, EEST (UTC+3).
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Italy (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage and 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup |
2 | Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off |
4 | Finland (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Finland | 2–3 | Norway |
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Vertainen 30' (pen.) Ylätupa 53' |
Report | Hauge 11' Botheim 90' Borchgrevink 90+2' |
Portugal | 2–3 | Italy |
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Luís 69' Quina 89' |
Report | Capone 52' Scamacca 78' Frattesi 84' |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Knockout stage and 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup |
2 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0 | FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off |
4 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Turkey | 2–3 | England |
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France | 1–2 | Ukraine |
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[3]
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
26 July – Vaasa | ||||||
Winner Group A | ||||||
29 July – Seinäjoki | ||||||
Runner-up Group B | ||||||
Winner Semi-final 1 | ||||||
26 July – Vaasa | ||||||
Winner Semi-final 2 | ||||||
Winner Group B | ||||||
Runner-up Group A | ||||||
World Cup play-off | ||||||
26 July – Seinäjoki | ||||||
Third Place Group A | ||||||
Third Place Group B |
FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
Winner qualifies for 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Third place Group A | v | Third place Group B |
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Report |
Semi-finals
Winner Group A | Semi-final 1 | Runner-up Group B |
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Report |
Winner Group B | Semi-final 2 | Runner-up Group A |
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Report |
Final
Winner Semi-final 1 | v | Winner Semi-final 2 |
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Report |
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
The following six teams from UEFA qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, including Poland which qualified as hosts.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
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Poland | 16 March 2018[8] | 4 (1979, 1981, 1983, 2007) |
Italy | 19 July 2018 | 6 (1977, 1981, 1987, 2005, 2009, 2017) |
TBD | 19 July 2018 or 22 July 2018 | |
TBD | 20 July 2018 or 23 July 2018 | |
TBD | 20 July 2018 or 23 July 2018 | |
TBD | 26 July 2018 |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Source: UEFA.com[9]
References
- ^ "Georgia and Finland to stage U19 EURO". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Seedings for 2017/18 U19 qualifying round". UEFA. 24 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2017/18" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ a b "UEFA European Under-19 Championship Finland 2018". UEFA Programmes.
- ^ "Under-19 final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Hae vapaaehtoiseksi U19-poikien EM-esi- ja lopputurnaukseen | Suomen Palloliitto". www.palloliitto.fi. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "#U19EURO finals schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. 5 June 2018.
- ^ "FIFA Council decides on key steps for the future of international competitions". FIFA.com. 16 March 2018.
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