2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
אליפות אירופה בכדורגל עד גיל 21 - 2013
File:2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.png
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Dates5–18 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (4th title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored45 (3 per match)
Attendance180,432 (12,029 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Álvaro Morata (4 goals)
Best player(s)Spain Thiago[1]
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2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, or simply the 2013 Euro Under-21, was the 19th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Israel from 5–18 June 2013. The Israeli bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee on 27 January 2011 in Nyon, Switzerland.[2] This bid defeated the other bids from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England and Wales. Spain defended the title they won two years prior, winning their fourth championship after defeating Italy 4–2 in the final.

Qualification

Main article: 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

The draw for the group stage of qualifying for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship took place on 3 February in Nyon, Switzerland. 52 national teams took part in the qualifying. The group stage of qualifying began on 25 March 2011.[3] There were a total of ten groups, consisting of five or six teams each. All the teams in each group faced each other two times, at home and away. The team at the top of each group and the four best second-placed teams qualified to the playoff round. In the playoff round, the 14 teams were drawn to play seven two-legged matches. The winners joined Israel in the tournament finals.

List of qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship:

Venues

The Competition was played at four venues in major cities all around Israel: Bloomfield (Tel Aviv), Teddy (Jerusalem), HaMoshava (Petah Tikva) and the Netanya Stadium (Netanya).

Jerusalem
Netanya
Teddy Stadium Netanya Stadium
Capacity: 31,733 Capacity: 13,610
File:Teddy Kollek Stadium - Inside.JPG File:Netanya-Stadium 33.JPG
Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
HaMoshava Stadium Bloomfield Stadium
Capacity: 11,500 Capacity: 14,413
File:HaMoshava Stadium (4).JPG File:Bloomfield Stadium21.jpg

Match officials

In December 2012, it was announced that these six referees would take charge of matches at the final tournament:

It was furthermore announced that additional assistant referees would be deployed at Israel's final tournament.[4]

Seeding

The draw for the final tournament took place on 28 November 2012 in Tel Aviv. As the highest-ranked team according to the competition coefficient rankings, Spain were one of the top two seeds alongside hosts Israel. Those two sides were drawn into separate groups, as were the second and third-ranked teams in the list, England and the Netherlands. The remaining four countries were unseeded and were placed in the remaining positions in the two four-team sections.[5][6]

Top seeds Second seeds Unseeded

Squads

Main article: 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

The deadline for the submission of the final 23-man squads was 26 May 2013, ten days before the opening match.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 28 November 2012 in Tel Aviv.[7] All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
3 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel (H) 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4
4 File:Flag of England.svg England 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Israel File:Flag of Israel.svg2–2File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Biton File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' (pen.)
Turgeman File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'		 Report Pedersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'
Singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'
Attendance: 10,850
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
England File:Flag of England.svg0–1File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Report Insigne File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'
Attendance: 10,660
England File:Flag of England.svg1–3File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Dawson File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' (pen.) Report Berge File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'
Berget File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'
Eikrem File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'
Attendance: 6,150
Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg4–0File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Saponara File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'
Gabbiadini File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', 53'
Florenzi File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'		 Report
Attendance: 13,750
Israel File:Flag of Israel.svg1–0File:Flag of England.svg England
Kriaf File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Report
Attendance: 22,183
Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg1–1File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Strandberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.) Report Bertolacci File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'
Attendance: 7,130
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg1–0File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Morata File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Report
Attendance: 8,127
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–2File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Maher File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'
Wijnaldum File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'
Fer File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		 Report Rudy File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' (pen.)
Holtby File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'
Attendance: 10,248
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg5–1File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Wijnaldum File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'
De Jong File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'
John File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'
Hoesen File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'
Fer File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'		 Report Cheryshev File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'
Attendance: 8,589
Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg0–1File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Report Morata File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'
Attendance: 11,750
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg3–0File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Morata File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'
Isco File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'
Vázquez File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 10,024
Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg1–2File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Dzagoev File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Report Herrmann File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'
Rudy File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,134
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 June – Netanya
 
 
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain3
 
18 June – Jerusalem
 
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway0
 
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain4
 
15 June – Petah Tikva
 
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy2
 
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy1
 
 
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands0
 

Semifinals

Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg3–0File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Rodrigo File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1'
Isco File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'
Morata File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 12,048
Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg1–0File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Borini File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Report
Attendance: 10,123

Final

Main article: 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final
Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg4–2File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Thiago File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 31', 38' (pen.)
Isco File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' (pen.)		 Report Immobile File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'
Borini File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'
Attendance: 29,320
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Team of the Tournament

The UEFA Technical Team was charged with naming a squad composed of the 23 best players over the course of the tournament. Spain, with eleven, had the most players in the team of the tournament.[1]

UEFA Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Spain David de Gea Spain Alberto Moreno Spain Asier Illarramendi Spain Álvaro Morata
Italy Francesco Bardi Spain Iñigo Martínez Spain Isco Spain Rodrigo
Norway Ørjan Nyland Spain Marc Bartra Spain Koke Italy Fabio Borini
Spain Martín Montoya Spain Thiago Netherlands Georginio Wijnaldum
Italy Luca Caldirola Germany Lewis Holtby Netherlands Luuk de Jong
Netherlands Bruno Martins Indi Italy Marco Verratti
Norway Stefan Strandberg Netherlands Adam Maher
Russia Alan Dzagoev

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Official match ball

The official ball for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship was unveiled during the draw in Tel Aviv on 28 November 2012.[9] The ball had the same blue and white colours as tournament hosts Israel and its design featured the same thermally bonded triangular patterns as the Adidas Tango 12, match ball of UEFA Euro 2012.

Calls to boycott tournament

After Israel was announced as host, there were calls by some to boycott the tournament. The most prominent petition against the tournament taking place in Israel was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which demanded UEFA President Michel Platini reverse his decision.[10] Another petition[11] organised by Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK demanded that UEFA move the tournament to England after the UEFA considered asking the FA to be on standby if the Gaza-Israel conflict continued.[12] Another petition, organised by former Sevilla footballer Frédéric Kanouté and containing the name of 50 professional footballers who had signed it,[13] also gained media attention[14] but attracted criticism when some of the names listed on it were disputed. Didier Drogba, for example, claimed he never signed the petition and his name was removed from the list.[15]

Broadcast from UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Américas

Free TV

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Thiago leads all-star squad dominated by Spain". UEFA.com. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Israel awarded U21 Championship in 2013" (Press release). UEFA. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Draw signals first steps on road to Israel" (Press release). UEFA. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "UEFA deploys Additional Assistant Referees at Under-21 Championship - The 3rd Team". Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  5. ↑ "Under-21 finals lineup complete". UEFA.com. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Spain and Israel top seeds for Under-21 draw". UEFA.com. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Spain draw Germany, Israel get England". UEFA.com. 28 November 2012.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Morata wins Golden Boot in Spanish clean sweep". UEFA.com. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "U21 tournament ball unveiled in Tel Aviv". UEFA.com. 28 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "PSC boycott site". Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
  11. ↑ "'Move the European Under-21 Championship to England from Israel' – MPACUK". Archived from the original on 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
  12. ↑ 'Uefa postpones match after Tel Aviv bomb blast' – The Jewish Chronicle
  13. ↑ "Freddie Kanouté's petition with names listed in support". Archived from the original on 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
  14. ↑ ""Boycotts criticised"". Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
  15. ↑ "Didier Drogba denies signing petition"

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