2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
2014-es U19-es labdarúgó-Európa-bajnokság
2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryHungary
Dates19–31 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (3rd title)
Runners-up Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored41 (2.73 per match)
Attendance32,106 (2,140 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Davie Selke
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Germany Davie Selke[1]
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The 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 13th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship since its reclassification from an under-18 event in 2002, and the 63rd since the tournament was created in 1948. Hungary was chosen to host the final tournament,[2] which was staged from 19 to 31 July 2014 in four cities – Budapest, Felcsút, Győr and Pápa. It was the second time (first in the under-19 era) that the country held this tournament, having previously hosted it in 1990.[3] Players born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to participate in this competition.

Qualification matches began in September 2013 and concluded in June 2014, with seven teams joining the hosts in the final tournament. Among them were the defending champions, Serbia, who defeated France 1–0 in the previous final to secure their first-ever title in UEFA competitions.

The best three teams from each group at the final tournament qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.[3]

Germany defeated Portugal 1–0 in the final to capture their third title.[4]

Venues[]

Map of the final tournament venues

The final tournament matches were held in four stadium venues located in four cities:[3]

Stadium Location Capacity Matches Ref
Ferenc Szusza Stadium Budapest 12,700 3 group stage matches, 1 semi-final and final [5]
Pancho Arena Felcsút 3,672 3 group stage matches and 1 semi-final [6]
ETO Park Győr 13,772 3 group stage matches [7]
Perutz Stadion Pápa 3,118 3 group stage matches [8]

Qualification[]

Main articles: Qualifying round and Elite round

Qualification for the final tournament occurred in two phases: a qualifying round and an elite round. During these rounds, 53 national teams competed to determine the seven teams that would join the automatically qualified host team, Hungary.[9]

The qualifying round was played between 6 September and 19 November 2013, following a draw that took place on 5 December 2012 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. According to the UEFA under-19 national team coefficient ranking,[10] the top seeded team, Spain, was given a bye to the elite round, whereas the remaining 52 teams were divided into two pots and drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group included two teams from both pots and was contested as a round-robin tournament, hosted by one of the group teams. The group winners and runners-up, along with the best third-placed team, qualified for the next round.[9]

The elite round was played between 24 May and 10 June 2014 and was contested by the 27 teams advancing from the qualifying round plus Spain. The draw took place on 28 November 2013 at the UEFA headquarters and allocated the 28 teams – previously arranged into four seeding pots according to their qualifying round coefficient (Spain were automatically seeded in the first pot) – into seven groups of four. Each group was contested similarly to the qualifying round, with the seven group winners securing qualification for the final tournament.[11]

Qualified teams[]

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:[12]

Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1
 Hungary Hosts 1 (2008)
 Ukraine Group 1 winner 2 (2004, 2009)
 Bulgaria Group 2 winner 1 (2008)
 Israel Group 3 winner 0 (debut)
 Serbia Group 4 winner 6 (20052, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
 Germany Group 5 winner 5 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008)
 Austria Group 6 winner 4 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010)
 Portugal Group 7 winner 6 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013)
1 Only counted appearances for under-19 era (bold indicates champion for that year, while italic indicates hosts)
2 As Serbia and Montenegro

Squads[]

Main article: 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads

Match officials[]

UEFA named six referees and eight assistant referees to officiate matches at the final tournament. Additionally, two referees from the host nation were chosen as fourth officials.[13]

Group stage[]

2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship teams and final classification

The draw for the group stage was held on 19 June 2014 at the Pancho Arena in Felcsút, and was conducted by the UEFA Youth and Amateur Football Committee chairman, Jim Boyce, who was assisted by former Hungarian national team coach and final tournament ambassador Kálmán Mészöly.[14]

The eight finalists were drawn into two groups of four teams (as hosts, Hungary were seeded in group A), where they played matches against each other in a round-robin system. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.[12]

Tie-breaking

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[15]

  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 7 were applied.

  1. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Respect Fair play ranking of the teams in question (final tournament);
  4. Drawing of lots.

If only two teams were tied (according to criteria 1–7) 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).[16]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Knockout stage and
2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Austria 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Hungary (H) 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
4  Israel 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host
Portugal 3–0 Israel
Lopes Goal 39', 78'
Silva Goal 64'		 Report
Pancho Arena, Felcsút
Attendance: 397
Hungary 1–3 Austria
Varga Goal 60' Report Bytyqi Goal 15' (pen.)
Blutsch Goal 18'
Michorl Goal 48'
Ferenc Szusza Stadium, Budapest
Attendance: 9,762
Referee: Xavier Fernández (Spain)
Austria 3–0 Israel
Bytyqi Goal 28' (pen.)
Grillitsch Goal 42'
Grubeck Goal 73'		 Report
Ferenc Szusza Stadium, Budapest
Attendance: 456
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Hungary 1–6 Portugal
Mervó Goal 73' Report Rodrigues Goal 32' (pen.)
Silva Goal 45', 66', 89', 90+2'
Martins Goal 75'
Pancho Arena, Felcsút
Attendance: 3,695
Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)
Israel 1–2 Hungary
Hugy Goal 36' Report Kalmár Goal 25'
Balogh Goal 39'
Ferenc Szusza Stadium, Budapest
Attendance: 3,945
Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)
Austria 1–2 Portugal
Grillitsch Goal 46' Report Podstawski Goal 41'
Baldé Goal 86'
Pancho Arena, Felcsút
Attendance: 954
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Knockout stage and
2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Serbia 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  Ukraine 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
4  Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source:[citation needed]
Ukraine 1–1 Serbia
Burda Goal 1' Report Maksimović Goal 7'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)
Bulgaria 0–3 Germany
Report Selke Goal 1', 56'
Syhre Goal 28'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)
Germany 2–2 Serbia
Selke Goal 39'
Stark Goal 90+1'		 Report Maksimović Goal 32'
Jović Goal 41'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Xavier Fernández (Spain)
Bulgaria 0–1 Ukraine
Report Tankovskyi Goal 89'
Attendance: 300
Serbia 1–0 Bulgaria
Mandić Goal 90' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Germany 2–0 Ukraine
Selke Goal 3', 66' Report
Attendance: 650
Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)

Knockout stage[]

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[15]

Bracket[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 July
 
 
 Portugal (p)0 (4)
 
31 July
 
 Serbia0 (3)
 
 Portugal0
 
28 July
 
 Germany1
 
 Germany4
 
 
 Austria0
 

Semifinals[]

Germany 4–0 Austria
Selke Goal 20'
Stendera Goal 30'
Öztunalı Goal 58'
Mukhtar Goal 68'		 Report
Ferenc Szusza Stadium, Budapest
Attendance: 923
Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)
Portugal 0–0 (a.e.t.) Serbia
Report
Penalties
Lopes Penalty scored
Silva Penalty scored
Guzzo Penalty scored
Podstawski Penalty missed
Rodrigues Penalty scored		 4–3 Penalty missed Gaćinović
Penalty scored Zdjelar
Penalty scored Ristić
Penalty scored Jokić
Penalty missed Milinković-Savić
Pancho Arena, Felcsút
Attendance: 1,181

Final[]

Portugal 0–1 Germany
Report Mukhtar Goal 39'
Ferenc Szusza Stadium, Budapest
Attendance: 8,343
Referee: Xavier Fernández (Spain)

Goalscorers[]

6 goals
5 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Team of the tournament[]

Source: UEFA Technical Report[17]

Golden player: Germany Davie Selke[18]

References[]

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  17. ^ "Team of the Tournament". UEFA. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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