2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 20th edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The champions were Sweden.
Mistrovství Evropy ve fotbale hráčů do 21 let 2015 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Czech Republic |
Dates | 17–30 June 2015 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Sweden (1st title) |
Runners-up | Portugal |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 37 (2.47 per match) |
Attendance | 162,994 (10,866 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Jan Kliment (3 goals) |
Best player(s) | William Carvalho |
Qualification
changeQualification for the final tournament of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship consisted of two rounds: a group stage and a play-off round. The group stage draw took place on 31 January 2013 in Nyon, Switzerland, and distributed 52 national teams into ten groups of five or six teams. Each group was contested in a double round-robin system, where teams played each other twice, at home and away. The ten group winners and the four best second-placed teams advanced to the play-off round, where they were paired by draw into seven two-legged ties. The play-off winners joined the Czech Republic in the final tournament.[1]
Qualified teams
changeThe following teams qualified for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament:
Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1 only U-21 era (since 1978) |
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Czech Republic | Hosts | 11 (19785, 19805, 19885, 19905, 19925, 19945, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2011) |
Denmark | Playoff winner (against Iceland) | 5 (1978, 1986, 1992, 2006, 2011) |
England | Playoff winner (against Croatia) | 12 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) |
Germany | Playoff winner (against Ukraine) | 11 (19822, 19842, 19882, 19902, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013) |
Italy | Playoff winner (against Slovakia) | 17 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013) |
Portugal | Playoff winner (against Netherlands) | 6 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007) |
Serbia | Playoff winner (against Spain) | 8 (19783, 19803, 19843, 19903, 20044, 20064, 2007, 2009) |
Sweden | Playoff winner (against France) | 6 (1986, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2009) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- 2 As West Germany
- 3 As Yugoslavia
- 5 As Czechoslovakia
Venues and stadiums
changeThe competition was played at four venues in three host cities: Eden Arena and Generali Arena (in Prague), Andrův stadion (in Olomouc), and Stadion Miroslava Valenty (in Uherské Hradiště).[2][3]
Prague | Olomouc | Uherské Hradiště | ||
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Eden Arena | Generali Arena | Andrův stadion | Stadion Miroslava Valenty | |
50°4′3″N 14°28′18″E / 50.06750°N 14.47167°E | 50°5′59.3″N 14°24′57.3″E / 50.099806°N 14.415917°E | 49°36′0″N 17°14′54″E / 49.60000°N 17.24833°E | 49°3′56″N 17°28′17.3″E / 49.06556°N 17.471472°E | |
Capacity: 20,800 | Capacity: 19,784 | Capacity: 12,566 | Capacity: 8,121 | |
Match officials
changeThe match officials of the tournament:
Country | Referee | Assistant referees | Additional assistant referees |
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France | Clément Turpin | Frédéric Cano Nicolas Danos |
Fredy Fautrel Nicolas Rainville |
Greece | Anastasios Sidiropoulos | Damianos Efthymiadis Polychronis Kostaras |
Michael Koukoulakis Stavros Tritsonis |
Netherlands | Danny Makkelie | Mario Diks Hessel Steegstra |
Kevin Blom Jochem Kamphuis |
Poland | Szymon Marciniak | Paweł Sokolnicki Tomasz Listkiewicz |
Paweł Raczkowski Tomasz Musiał |
Russia | Sergei Karasev | Anton Averyanov Tikhon Kalugin |
Sergey Lapochkin Sergei Ivanov |
Spain | Javier Estrada Fernández | Miguel Martínez Munuera Teodoro Sobrino Magán |
Alejandro Hernández Hernández Jesús Gil Manzano |
Country | Fourth officials |
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Czech Republic | Jan Paták Ondrej Pelikan |
Seeding
changeThe draw for the final tournament took place at 18:00 CET on 6 November 2014, at the Clarion Congress Hotel in Prague. England, the highest-ranked team according to the competition coefficient rankings, and the host team, Czech Republic, were seeded and automatically assigned to separate groups. The second and third-ranked teams in the coefficient rankings, Italy and Germany, were also seeded and drawn into separate groups, while the four unseeded teams were drawn into the remaining positions of the two groups.[4][5]
Top seeds | Second seeds | Unseeded |
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Squads
changeEach national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers. If a player was injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.[4]
Format of competitions
changeThe eight finalists were drawn into two groups of four teams. As hosts, Czech Republic were seeded in group A, while England, the best-ranked team in the UEFA coefficient ranking, were seeded in group B. In each group, teams played matches against each other in a round-robin system, and the top two teams advanced to the semi-finals.[6][7]
The provisional schedule was released by UEFA on 10 November 2014,[8] and confirmed on 2 December 2014.[9][10] All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
After the conclusion of the group stage, the following four teams from UEFA qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
Tie-breaking
changeIf two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[4]
- Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
- 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 6 were applied.
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Position in the UEFA under-21 coefficient ranking used for the final draw.
If only two teams were tied (according to criteria 1–5) after having met in the last match of the group stage, their ranking would have been determined by a penalty shoot-out.
Group A
changePos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage and 2016 Summer Olympics |
2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | |
3 | Czech Republic (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
4 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
Czech Republic | 1–2 | Denmark |
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Kadeřábek 35' | Report | Vestergaard 56' Sisto 84' |
Serbia | 0–4 | Czech Republic |
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Report | Kliment 7', 21', 56' Frýdek 59' |
Czech Republic | 1–1 | Germany |
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Krejčí 66' | Report | Schulz 55' |
Group B
changePos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage and 2016 Summer Olympics |
2 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
England | 0–1 | Portugal |
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Report | João Mário 57' |
Knockout stage
changeIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[4]
Bracket
changeSemi-finals | Final | |||||
27 June – Prague | ||||||
Denmark | 1 | |||||
30 June – Prague | ||||||
Sweden | 4 | |||||
Sweden (p) | 0 (4) | |||||
27 June – Olomouc | ||||||
Portugal | 0 (3) | |||||
Portugal | 5 | |||||
Germany | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
changeFinal
changeGoalscorers
change- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Martin Frýdek
- Pavel Kadeřábek
- Ladislav Krejčí
- Uffe Bech
- Rasmus Falk
- Viktor Fischer
- Pione Sisto
- Jannik Vestergaard
- Jesse Lingard
- Nathan Redmond
- Emre Can
- Matthias Ginter
- Nico Schulz
- Andrea Belotti
- Domenico Berardi
- Ivan Cavaleiro
- Ricardo Horta
- Gonçalo Paciência
- Ricardo
- Bernardo Silva
- Filip Đuričić
- Oscar Hiljemark
- Isaac Kiese Thelin
- Robin Quaison
Source: UEFA.com[14]
Awards
changeGolden Boot
changeThe Golden Boot is given to the player who scored the most goals during the tournament.[15]
Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
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(3 goals) |
(2 goals, 1 assist) |
(2 goals, 1 assist) |
Note: Assists and then minutes played (with the player boasting the better goals to minutes on the pitch ratio taking precedence) are used to separate players with the same goal tallies.
Player of the tournament
changeAfter the tournament the U21 EURO Player of the Tournament is selected by the UEFA Technical Observers.[16]
Player of the tournament |
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Team of the tournament
changeAfter the tournament the Under-21 Team of the Tournament is selected by the UEFA Technical Observers.[17]
Position | Player |
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Goalkeeper | José Sá |
Defenders | Victor Lindelöf |
Filip Helander | |
Jannik Vestergaard | |
Raphaël Guerreiro | |
Midfielders | William Carvalho |
Oscar Lewicki | |
Nathan Redmond | |
Bernardo Silva | |
Ivan Cavaleiro | |
Forward | Kevin Volland |
Medal table
changePos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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Sweden | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | Gold Medal | |
Portugal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Silver Medal | |
Denmark | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | Eliminated in semi-finals | |
Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | ||
5 | Czech Republic (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
6 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
7 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
8 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
(H) Host
Qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics
changeTeam | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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Denmark | 23 June 2015 | 8 (1908, 1912, 1920, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1972, 1992) |
Germany | 23 June 2015 | 8 (1912, 1928, 1936, 1952, 19562, 19722, 19842, 19882) |
Portugal | 24 June 2015 | 3 (1928, 1996, 2004) |
Sweden | 24 June 2015 | 9 (1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1988, 1992) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year. Statistics include all Olympic format (current Olympic under-23 format started in 1992).
- 2 The team represented the United Team of Germany in 1956, and the Federal Republic of Germany (i.e., West Germany) in 1972, 1984 and 1988.
Broadcasting
changeCountries who are not covered by a local broadcaster had the matches broadcast on YouTube.[18]
Ambassador
changeFormer Czech Republic midfielder Pavel Nedvěd was the ambassador for the tournament.[27]
References
change- ↑ "Spain learn fate in U21 qualifying draw" (Press release). UEFA. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ "Česko v roce 2015 uspořádá šampionát fotbalistů do 21 let". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ "Venue guide". UEFA.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2013–15" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ "Final tournament draw". UEFA. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ↑ "Competition format". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ "Czechs paired with Germany, Denmark and Serbia". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ↑ "Provisional schedule for Under-21 finals". UEFA.com. 10 November 2014.
- ↑ "Confirmed schedule for Under-21 finals". UEFA.com. 2 December 2014.
- ↑ "Confirmed U21 2015 finals match schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 Euro U-21 Livescore
- ↑ England 0 Portugal 1, U21 match report: Sloppy defending costs young Lions The Telegraph, 18 June 2015
- ↑ "Sweden U21 vs. England U21". Soccerway. 21 June 2015.
- ↑ "Statistics – Tournament phase – Player statistics – Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "Czech striker Kliment wins Golden Boot award". UEFA.com. 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "William named U21 EURO player of the tournament". UEFA.com. 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "The official Under-21 Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 1 July 2015.
- ↑ 18.00 18.01 18.02 18.03 18.04 18.05 18.06 18.07 18.08 18.09 18.10 18.11 18.12 18.13 18.14 18.15 18.16 18.17 18.18 18.19 18.20 18.21 18.22 18.23 18.24 18.25 18.26 18.27 18.28 18.29 18.30 "Watch Wednesday's U21 games live!". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ 19.00 19.01 19.02 19.03 19.04 19.05 19.06 19.07 19.08 19.09 "Media rights sales: UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2015" (PDF). UEFA.org. UEFA. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ↑ Dohrmann, Jan (30 April 2015). "EM-kampe med U21-landsholdet kan ses på DR1". dr.dk (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ "Finland's Elisa signs Uefa media rights deal". Sportcal. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ "Ma Chaîne Sports picks up Uefa Euro U21 rights". Sportcal. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
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- ↑ Sousa, Carlos (27 April 2015). "RTP volta a levar a melhor e ganha mais uma competição à TVI". Zapping TV. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ↑ "Alla TV-tider – så sänds U21-EM i Tjeckien". Fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ↑ "BT Sport to show exclusive coverage of Euro 2015 U21 Championship". BT Sport. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ↑ "The ambassador: Pavel Nedvěd". UEFA.com.