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1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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The 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the ninth UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted in France between 15 and 20 April 1994.

1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Host country France
Dates9 March – 20 April
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Spain
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored25 (2.08 per match)
Attendance94,670 (7,889 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal João Pinto (3 goals)
Best player(s)Portugal Luís Figo
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1996 →

The qualification stage spanned two years from 1992 to 1994. The qualification process consisted of 32 entrants. After the two-legged quarter-final stage, France was chosen as the first hosts of the final stage, which consisted of four matches in total. The finals included for the first time a third-place play-off.

Italy won the competition for the second consecutive time.[1] Luís Figo won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden player award.[2]

Qualification

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Main article: 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

The draw for the 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying round saw Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Poland, Russia and Spain win their respective groups. Greece and Portugal qualified for the tournament as the two best runners-up. France, Italy, Portugal and Spain qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in the United States.

This was the last performance of Czechoslovakia, as the nation actually have split.

List of qualified teams

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Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 2
  Italy Group 1 winner 8 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992)
  Poland Group 2 winner 4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992)
  Spain Group 3 winner 5 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990)
  Czechoslovakia Group 4 winner 5 (1978, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1992)
  Russia Group 5 winner 0 (debut)
  France Group 6 winner 4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
  Greece Best runner-up 1 (1988)
  Portugal Second best runner-up 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

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See also: 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Only players born on or after 1 January 1971 were eligible to play in the tournament.

Results

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Quarter-finals

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The first legs were played on 9 March, and the second legs were played on 23 March 1994.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
France   3–0   Russia 2–0 1–0
Italy   3–1   Czechoslovakia 3–0 0–1
Poland   1–5   Portugal 1–3 0–2
Spain   4–2   Greece 0–0 4–2

First leg

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France  2–0  Russia
Llacer   23'
Ouédec   82'		 Report
Attendance: 11,670
Italy  3–0  Czechoslovakia
Vieri   7'
Panucci   9'
Negro   79'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Poland  1–3  Portugal
Dąbrowski   40' Report J. Pinto   70', 79'
Rui Costa   85'
Attendance: 7,355
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
Spain  0–0  Greece
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Keith Burge (Wales)

Second leg

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Russia  0–1  France
Report Dugarry   31'
Attendance: 1,100
Czechoslovakia  1–0  Italy
Svoboda   89' Report
Attendance: 3,800
Portugal  2–0  Poland
Toni   50'
Torres   90'		 Report
Attendance: 15,600
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Greece  2–4  Spain
Georgatos   7'
Prieto   85' (o.g.)		 Report Christiansen   46', 51'
Guerrero   68'
Gálvez   79'
Attendance: 4,593

Semi-finals

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France  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Italy
Report
Penalties
Carotti  
Ouédec  
Makélélé  
Zidane  		 3–5   Panucci
  Vieri
  Berretta
  Marcolin
  Carbone
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Keith Burge (Wales)
Portugal  2–0  Spain
Rui Costa   48'
João Pinto   82'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000

Third-place play-off

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France  1–2  Spain
Nouma   45' Report Óscar   53', 75'
Attendance: 5,289
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Final

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Italy  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Portugal
Orlandini   97' Report
Attendance: 6,263

Goalscorers

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3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Final ranking

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Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Italy 4 2 1 1 4 1 +3 7
2   Portugal 4 3 0 1 7 1 +6 9
3   Spain 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
4   France 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 7
5   Greece 2 1 1 0 2 4 -2 4
6   Czechoslovakia 2 1 0 1 1 3 -3 3
7   Poland 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0
8   Russia 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 0

References

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  1. ^ "1994: Orlandini blooms as Italy seal double". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  2. ^ "1994: Luís Figo". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
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