2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (34th edition if the Under-16 era is included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the men's under-17 national teams of UEFA member associations. Azerbaijan, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 5 and 21 May 2016.[2]
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Azerbaijan |
Dates | 5–21 May |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 73 (2.35 per match) |
Attendance | 61,606 (1,987 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
A total of 16 teams competed in the final tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.
Portugal were crowned champions for the second time in the under-17 era, and sixth time overall, after beating Spain in the final 5–4 through a penalty shootout.[3] France were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.[4]
Qualification
editThe national teams from all 54 UEFA member associations entered the competition. With Azerbaijan automatically qualified as hosts, the other 53 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.[5] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016.[6]
Qualified teams
editThe following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament:[7]
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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Azerbaijan | Hosts | 1st | — | Debut |
Denmark | Elite round Group 1 winners | 4th | 2011 | Semi-finals (2011) |
Scotland | Elite round Group 1 runners-up[^] | 4th | 2015 | Semi-finals (2014) |
Ukraine | Elite round Group 2 winners | 5th | 2013 | Group stage (2002, 2004, 2007, 2013) |
England | Elite round Group 2 runners-up[^] | 11th | 2015 | Champions (2010, 2014) |
Italy | Elite round Group 3 winners | 6th | 2015 | Runners-up (2013) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Elite round Group 3 runners-up[^] | 1st | — | Debut |
Germany | Elite round Group 4 winners | 9th | 2015 | Champions (2009) |
Netherlands | Elite round Group 4 runners-up[^] | 10th | 2015 | Champions (2011, 2012) |
Portugal | Elite round Group 5 winners | 6th | 2014 | Champions (2003) |
Sweden | Elite round Group 5 runners-up[^] | 2nd | 2013 | Semi-finals (2013) |
France | Elite round Group 6 winners | 10th | 2015 | Champions (2004, 2015) |
Austria | Elite round Group 6 runners-up[^] | 5th | 2015 | Third place (2003) |
Serbia | Elite round Group 7 winners | 5th | 2011 | Quarter-finals (2002) |
Belgium | Elite round Group 8 winners | 5th | 2015 | Semi-finals (2007, 2015) |
Spain | Elite round Group 8 runners-up[^] | 10th | 2015 | Champions (2007, 2008) |
- Notes
- ^ The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
Final draw
editThe final draw was held on 8 April 2016, 12:00 AZT (UTC+4), at the Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan.[8] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Hosts Azerbaijan were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.[9]
- Pot 1: Portugal, Serbia, Ukraine, Germany, Denmark, Italy, France
- Pot 2: Belgium (eighth best group winner), England, Austria, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, Scotland, Spain
Venues
editThe tournament was hosted in four venues, all in Baku:[10]
Baku | Baku | |||
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Baku Olympic Stadium | Azersun Arena | Bakcell Arena | Dalga Arena | |
Capacity: 68,000 | Capacity: 4,735 | Capacity: 10,500 | Capacity: 6,700 | |
Squads
editEach national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.[6]
Match officials
editA total of 8 referees, 12 assistant referees and 4 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[11]
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Group stage
editThe final tournament schedule was confirmed on 12 April 2016.[12]
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.
- Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[6]
- 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 had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were 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);
- Drawing of lots.
All times were local, AZT (UTC+4).[13]
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | Azerbaijan (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4 | |
4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
Azerbaijan | 0–5 | Portugal |
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Report | Gomes 4', 16' Asadov 24' (o.g.) Miguel Luís 44' Fernandes 76' |
Azerbaijan | 1–1 | Belgium |
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Mahmudov 77' | Report | Bongiovanni 72' |
Scotland | 0–1 | Azerbaijan |
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Report | Nabiyev 79' |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Austria | 2–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Baumgartner 18', 35' | Report |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–1 | Ukraine |
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B. Hadžić 38', 41' | Report | Kulakov 69' |
Group C
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
Denmark | 1–0 | Sweden |
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Buch Jensen 83' | Report |
Group D
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Netherlands | 0–2 | Spain |
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Report | Mboula 16' Ruiz 52' |
Italy | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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Report | Nunnely 78' |
Serbia | 0–2 | Netherlands |
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Report | M. Ilić 72' (o.g.) Vente 81' |
Knockout stage
editIn the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).[6]
Following a consultation between the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) and UEFA, it was decided to change the venue for the semi-finals and final from the Baku Olympic Stadium to the Dalga Arena and Bakcell Arena, respectively.[15][16]
Bracket
editQuarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
14 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Portugal | 5 | |||||||||
18 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Austria | 0 | |||||||||
Portugal | 2 | |||||||||
15 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Netherlands | 0 | |||||||||
Sweden | 0 | |||||||||
21 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||
Portugal (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
14 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Spain | 1 (4) | |||||||||
Germany | 1 | |||||||||
18 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Belgium | 0 | |||||||||
Germany | 1 | |||||||||
15 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Spain | 2 | |||||||||
Spain | 1 | |||||||||
England | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
editSweden | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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Report | Chong 62' |
Semi-finals
editPortugal | 2–0 | Netherlands |
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Gomes 25' Dalot 56' |
Report |
Final
editGoalscorers
edit- 7 goals
Note: José Gomes scored a total of 16 goals in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 season (including qualifying), making him the competition's all-time top scorer.[17]
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Valentino Müller
- Romano Schmid
- Murad Mahmudov
- Farid Nabiyev
- Adrien Bongiovanni
- Milan Corryn
- Loïs Openda
- Sebastian Buch Jensen
- Jens Odgaard
- George Hirst
- Ben Morris
- Mason Mount
- Kai Havertz
- Sam Schreck
- Moise Kean
- Marco Olivieri
- Andrea Pinamonti
- Gianluca Scamacca
- Tahith Chong
- Ché Nunnely
- Dylan Vente
- Mesaque Djú
- Gedson Fernandes
- Domingos Quina
- Dejan Joveljić
- Igor Maksimović
- Pol Lozano
- Jordi Mboula
- Teddy Bergqvist
- Serhiy Buletsa
- Andriy Kulakov
- Denys Yanakov
- 1 own goal
- Luca Meisl (playing against Germany)
- Elchin Asadov (playing against Portugal)
- Tom Baack (playing against Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Marko Ilić (playing against Netherlands)
Source: UEFA.com[18]
Team of the Tournament
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Source: UEFA Technical Report[14]
References
edit- ^ Harrison, Wayne. "Golden Player 2016: José Gomes". UEFA. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Malta, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan picked for U17s". UEFA. 20 March 2012.
- ^ Harrison, Wayne (21 May 2016). "Portugal win second U17 EURO title on penalties". UEFA. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ^ "Clinical Sweden eliminate holders France". UEFA. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ^ "Under-17 entries for Azerbaijan 2015/16". UEFA.com. 2 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ "Holders France lead U17 finals lineup". UEFA.com. 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "France v England after Under-17 finals draw made". UEFA.com. 8 April 2016.
- ^ "Venue guide: Azerbaijan 2016". UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "Match officials". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Under-17 final tournament schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Definitive Match Schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ "Change to U17 EURO knockout stage schedule". UEFA.com. 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Final Match Schedule (change of stadium)" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ "José Gomes crowned U17 EURO top scorer". UEFA.com. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
his seven goals in Azerbaijan also making him the competition's all-time leading marksman
- ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
External links
edit- Official website
- Azerbaijan 2016, UEFA.com