2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
| Mistrzostwa Europy U-21 w Piłce Nożnej 2017 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Poland |
| Dates | 16–30 June 2017 |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
The 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship will be the 21st edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship (24th 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 final tournament will be hosted in Poland in mid-2017, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 26 January 2015 in Nyon, Switzerland.[1] The tournament will take place from 16 to 30 June 2017.[2] Players born on or after 1 January 1994 will be eligible for the tournament.
In March 2012, UEFA announced that the competition would take place in even numbered years from 2016 onwards.[3] In September 2013, UEFA announced its intention to continue holding the final tournament in odd numbered years following a request from its member national football associations.[4] On 24 January 2014, UEFA confirmed that the final tournament will be held in 2017 and that it will be expanded from 8 teams to 12.[5]
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Hosts
The hosts were announced at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Nyon on 26 January 2015. In late April 2014 the Polish football association PZPN very strongly indicated the country has high chances to host the tournament. Bidding to welcome Europe's best youth teams was one of the reasons for Poland's withdrawal from the Euro 2020 race.[6]
Qualification
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A total of 53 UEFA nations entered the competition (Gibraltar did not enter), and with the hosts Poland qualifying automatically, the other 52 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 11 spots in the final tournament.[7] The qualifying competition, which will take place from March 2015 to November 2016, consists of two rounds:[8]
- Qualifying group stage: The 52 teams are drawn into nine groups – seven groups of six teams and two groups of five teams. Each group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The nine group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the four best runners-up (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) advance to the play-offs.
- Play-offs: The four teams are drawn into two ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last two qualified teams.
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 | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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 Poland |
Hosts | 26 January 2015 | 6th | 1994 | Quarter-finals (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994) |
Final draw
The final draw will be held in late 2016 in Poland.[9] The 12 teams will be drawn into three groups of four teams. The hosts Poland will be assigned to position A1 in the draw.
Venues
On 14 July 2015, Polish Football Association proposed seven venues:[10]
| Opening match, semifinal, and Final | Group A | Group A | Group B |
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| Warsaw | Gdynia | Bydgoszcz | Lublin |
| Stadion Wojska Polskiego | Stadion GOSiR | Kompleks Sportowy Zawisza | Arena Lublin |
| Capacity: 31,103 | Capacity: 15,139 | Capacity: 20,247 | Capacity: 15,500 |
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| Kielce | Kraków | Tychy | |
| Kolporter Arena | Stadion Cracovia | Stadion Miejski | |
| Capacity: 15,500 | Capacity: 15,016 | Capacity: 15,300 | |
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Squads
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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.[8]
Group stage
The group winners and the best runner-up advance to the semi-finals.
- Tiebreakers
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:[8]
- Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings are determined by a penalty shoot-out (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).
- Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- Position in the UEFA under-21 national team coefficient ranking for the final draw.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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| C4 | v | C1 |
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Ranking of second-placed teams
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[8]
On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[11]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
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| Runner-up Group B/C or Winner Group C | ||||||
| Winner Semi-final 1 | ||||||
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Semi-finals
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| Winner Group A | Semi-final 1 | Runner-up Group B/C or Winner Group C |
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| Winner Group B | Semi-final 2 | Runner-up Group A or Winner Group C |
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Final
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| Winner Semi-final 1 | v | Winner Semi-final 2 |
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External links
- Official website
- 2017 finals: Poland, UEFA.com
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- 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship
- 2016–17 in UEFA football
- International association football competitions hosted by Poland
- 2017 in Polish sport
- Scheduled association football competitions
