2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Campionatul European de Fotbal Sub-21
(in Romanian)
21 წლამდე ნაკრებთა ევროპის ჩემპიონატი (in Georgian)
Tournament details
Host countriesRomania
Georgia
Dates9 June – 2 July
Teams16 (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.

Germany are the defending champions.

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]

However, four stadiums were removed from the list of venues since Georgia was also appointed as host.[6]

Bucharest Venues in Romania Bucharest
Arena Națională
Location of venues used in the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (Romania)
 Steaua Stadium
Capacity: 55,634 Capacity: 31,254
Stadionul National - National Arena 3.jpg Steaua stadium during inaugural match between Steaua Bucharend and OFK Belgrade.jpg
Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca
Cluj Arena Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Capacity: 30,201 Capacity: 22,198
Cluj-Napoca Cluj Arena 1.jpg Cluj-Napoca Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu 1.jpg

Georgia[]

In Georgia, the tournament will also be played at four stadiums.[7]

Tbilisi Venues in Georgia Tbilisi
Boris Paichadze
Location of venues used in the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (Georgia)
 Mikheil Meskhi
Capacity: 54,202 Capacity: 27,223
Geo-Esp 11.09.12.jpg LocomotiveStadium.jpg
Batumi Poti
Batumi Stadium Fazisi Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 6,000

Qualification[]

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 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
 Romania Co-hosts 3 December 2020 4th 2021 Semi-finals (2019)
 Georgia 1st Debut

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Romania and Georgia to host 2023 Under-21 EURO". UEFA.com. 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ "România nu va organiza EURO U21: UEFA va da turneul final Georgiei". Prosport.ro. 26 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Tirana to host first UEFA Europa Conference League Final". UEFA.com. 3 December 2020.
  4. ^ "România va organiza EURO U21 din 2023". Prosport.ro. 3 December 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "România va organiza Euro U21 2023 alături de Georgia!". Digisport.ro. 3 December 2020.
  7. ^ "ევრო 2023 : 21 წლამდე ნაკრებთა ევროპის ჩემპიონატი საქართველოსა და რუმინეთში გაიმართება". Georgian Football Federation. 3 December 2020.

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