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2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (66th 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. Georgia, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.[2] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1998 eligible to participate. In the final, which was played on 15 July, England defeated Portugal 2–1.[3] QualificationAll 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Georgia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017.[5] Qualified teamsThe following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[6][7] Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
Final drawThe final draw was held in 13 April 2017, 14:00 GET (UTC+4), at the Ballroom of Hotels & Preference Hualing in Tbilisi, Georgia.[8][9] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Georgia were assigned to position A1 in the draw. VenuesMap of the final tournament venues The final tournament matches were held in four stadium venues located in two cities:
Match officialsA total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[10]
SquadsEach national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.[5] Group stageThe final tournament schedule was confirmed on 24 April 2017.[11] The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):[5]
All times are local, GET (UTC+4).[12] Group A
Group B
Knockout stageIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[5] On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board (IFAB)'s trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[13] On 1 June 2017, it was also announced as part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out,[14] a different sequence of taking penalties, known as "ABBA", that mirrors the serving sequence in a tennis tiebreak would be used if a penalty shoot-out was needed (team A kicks first, team B kicks second):[15]
Bracket
Semi-finals
FinalGoalscorers
Source: UEFA.com[16] Team of the Tournament
Source: UEFA Technical Report[17] References
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