2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Campionatul European de Fotbal Sub-21 (in Romanian) 21 წლამდე ნაკრებთა ევროპის ჩემპიონატი (in Georgian) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host countries | Romania Georgia |
Dates | 9 June – 2 July |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 8 (to be confirmed) (in 5 host cities) |
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The 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2023) will be the 24th edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship (27th edition if the Under-23 era is also included), the biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe.
The tournament will be co-hosted by Romania and Georgia.[1] Romania will host the opening match, while Georgia will host the final.
A total of 16 teams will play in the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to participate. Same as previous Under-21 Championships that were held one year prior to the Olympics, this tournament will serve as European qualifying for the Olympic football tournament. Besides France which qualify automatically as Olympic hosts, eligible teams will compete for qualifying for the men's football tournament of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where they will be represented by their under-23 national teams with maximum of three overage players allowed.
Host selection
Both Romania and Georgia bid for the tournament separately.[2] The two countries were appointed as co-hosts at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 3 December 2020.[1][3][4]
Venues
Romania
The Federația Română de Fotbal originally proposed the following eight venues:[5]
- Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania
- Stadionul Steaua (2020) in Bucharest, Romania
- Rapid Arena (2021) in Bucharest, Romania
- Stadionul Arcul de Triumf (2021) in Bucharest, Romania
- Cluj Arena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Stadionul Ilie Oană in Ploiești, Romania
- Stadionul Marin Anastasovici in Giurgiu, Romania
However, four stadiums were removed from the list of venues since Georgia was also appointed as host.[6]
Bucharest | Venues in Romania | Bucharest |
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Arena Națională | Steaua Stadium | |
Capacity: 55,634 | Capacity: 31,254 | |
Cluj-Napoca | Cluj-Napoca | |
Cluj Arena | Constantin Rădulescu | |
Capacity: 30,201 | Capacity: 23,500 | |
File:Cluj-Arena.jpg |
Georgia
In Georgia, the tournament will also be played at four stadiums.[7]
- Batumi Stadium, Batumi
- Fazisi Stadium, Poti
- Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
- Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Tbilisi | Venues in Georgia | Tbilisi |
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Boris Paichadze | Mikheil Meskhi | |
Capacity: 54,202 | Capacity: 27,223 | |
Batumi | Poti | |
Batumi Stadium | Fazisi Stadium | |
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 6,000 | |
File:Fazisi Stadium, Poti.jpg |
Qualification
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-21 era (since 1978).
Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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Romania | Co-hosts | 3 December 2020 | 4th | 2021 | Semi-finals (2019) |
Georgia | Co-hosts | 3 December 2020 | 1st | — | Debut |
References
- ^ a b "Romania and Georgia to host 2023 Under-21 EURO". UEFA.com. 3 December 2020.
- ^ "România nu va organiza EURO U21: UEFA va da turneul final Georgiei". Prosport.ro. 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Tirana to host first UEFA Europa Conference League Final". UEFA.com. 3 December 2020.
- ^ "România va organiza EURO U21 din 2023". Prosport.ro. 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Încă un turneu final găzduit de România? UEFA a aprobat dosarul FRF de candidatură pentru organizarea EURO U21 din 2023". Digisport.ro. 17 September 2020.
- ^ "România va organiza Euro U21 2023 alături de Georgia!". Digisport.ro. 3 December 2020.
- ^ "ევრო 2023 : 21 წლამდე ნაკრებთა ევროპის ჩემპიონატი საქართველოსა და რუმინეთში გაიმართება". Georgian Football Federation. 3 December 2020.
External links
- 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship
- 2022–23 in UEFA football
- Scheduled association football competitions
- 2023 in youth association football
- International association football competitions hosted by Georgia (country)
- International association football competitions hosted by Romania