2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
2017 უეფას 19-წლამდელთა ევროპის ჩემპიონატი
Tournament details
Host country	Georgia
Dates	2–15 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	England (10th title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	39 (2.6 per match)
Attendance	53,707 (3,580 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ben Brereton; Ryan Sessegnon; Joël Piroe; Viktor Gyökeres; (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Mason Mount
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The 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (66th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Georgia, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.^[2]

A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1998 eligible to participate.

In the final, which was played on 15 July, England defeated Portugal 2–1.^[3]

Qualification

All 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Georgia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.^[4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017.^[5]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.^[6]^[7]

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

Team	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Georgia	Hosts	2nd	2013	Group stage (2013)
Netherlands	Elite round Group 1 winners	5th	2016	Group stage (2010, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Germany	Elite round Group 2 winners	9th	2016	Champions (2008, 2014)
England	Elite round Group 3 winners	9th	2016	Runners-up (2005, 2009)
Portugal	Elite round Group 4 winners	9th	2016	Runners-up (2003, 2014)
Bulgaria	Elite round Group 5 winners	3rd	2014	Group stage (2008, 2014)
Czech Republic	Elite round Group 6 winners	6th	2011	Runners-up (2011)
Sweden	Elite round Group 7 winners	1st	–	Debut

Final draw

The final draw was held in 13 April 2017, 14:00 GET (UTC+4), at the Ballroom of Hotels & Preference Hualing in Tbilisi, Georgia.^[8]^[9] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Georgia were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

Tbilisi

Gori

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Map of the final tournament venues

The final tournament matches were held in four stadium venues located in two cities:

Stadium	Location	Capacity
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Tbilisi	27,000
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2	Tbilisi	2,000
David Petriashvili Stadium	Tbilisi	3,000
Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium	Gori	5,000

Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.^[10]

Referees

Assistant referees

Denis Rexha
Yury Khomchanka
Thibaud Nijssen
Silver Koiv
Balázs Buzás
Daniel Da Costa
Graeme Stewart
Igor Alokhin

Fourth officials

Giorgi Kruashvili
George Vadachkoria

Volunteer

Lazare Erkomaishvili

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.^[5]

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 24 April 2017.^[11]

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):^[5]

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 have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
Superior goal difference in all group matches;
Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings are determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are 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);
Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, GET (UTC+4).^[12]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Knockout stage
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Knockout stage
3	Georgia (H)	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

2 July 2017

17:30

Sweden	1–2	Czech Republic
Gyökeres 77'	Report	Turyna 42', 55'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 214^[10]

Referee: Sergey Lapochkin (Russia)

2 July 2017