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The European U21 Championship will take place from June 21 to July 8, 2023 in Georgia and Romania. The match will be played in five cities and eight different stadiums. The final will take place in Batumi, Georgia.
Romania
- Stadium Rapid – Giulesti, Bucharest
- Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
- Cluj Arena, Cluj Napoca
- Dr. Constantin Radulescu Stadium, Cluj-Napoca
Georgia
- Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
- Mikheil Meshi Stadium, Tbilisi
- Batumi Stadium, Batumi
- Ramaz Shengelia Stadium, Kutaisi
The smallest stadium is the Stadionul Rapid – Giulesti with 14,050 seats, the largest is the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena with 54,2020 seats.
The fashion
For the second time after 2021, the European U21 Championship will take place with 16 teams (previously 12). Romania and Georgia had already qualified as hosts, the remaining 14 places were divided among 53 countries in a qualification.
The 16 participants were drawn in four groups of four, with the top two teams progressing to the quarter-finals.
The qualification
The 53 countries were divided into nine groups – eight with six and one with five teams. The group winners qualified directly for the European Championship. The best runner-up in the group (disregarding results against sixth place teams) also bought the ticket. The group’s other eight runners-up have settled the remaining four tickets in four home and away games.
How often does the U21 European Championship take place?
The U21 European Championship is the successor to the U23 European Championship, which existed from 1972 to 1976 and has been held every two years since 1978. First always in even years, then there was a change in the 2000s. After 2006, another U21 European Championship took place in 2007 and since then it has been held in odd years. A tournament lasts, including qualification, over two years and is also the qualification tournament for the Olympic Games every four years.
Which players are eligible?
Although this is the U21 European Championship, not all players are under 21 years old. UEFA rules state that the age at the start of qualification is decisive. All players under the age of 21 at that time are eligible to play in the U21 national team up to the corresponding European Championship final. This year, players born on or after January 1, 2000 are eligible to participate.
The Swiss U21 national team
Ten games, seven wins, two draws and one defeat – with this record, Switzerland finished second in Group E behind the Netherlands. Nevertheless, as the best runner-up in the group, she qualified directly for the European Championship finals.
Under coach Patrick Framework, who succeeded Mauro Lusrinelli last summer, the national team is participating in the U21 European Championship for the fifth time. There are 27 players in the provisional squad – two of them, Ardon Jashari and Fabian Rieder, took part in the A World Cup in Qatar last December. There is also the sextet Zeki Amdouni, Dan Ndoye, Kastriot Imeri, Becir Omeragic, Simon Sohm and Leonidas Stergiou, who have also played for the A-Nati. 23 players travel to the tournament, after June 14 a quartet has to jump over the line.
Frame leaves the U21 national team after the European Championship. He transfers as a coach to FC Winterthur in the Super League. It is not yet clear who will succeed him.
The game plan
group stage
Group D
- Thursday 22 June, 6 p.m.: Norway – Switzerland
- Thursday, June 22, 8:45 p.m.: France-Italy
- Sunday June 25, 6:00 PM: Switzerland – Italy
- Sunday, June 25, 8:45 p.m.: Norway v France
- Wednesday 28 June, 8.45 pm: Italy against Norway
- Wednesday June 28, 8:45 PM: Switzerland – France
group A
- Wednesday, June 21, 6 p.m.: Georgia vs Portugal
- Wednesday 21 June 6 p.m.: Belgium v Holland
- Saturday 24 June, 6pm: Georgia v Belgium
- Saturday 24 June, 6pm: Portugal v Holland
- Tuesday, June 27, 6 p.m.: Holland-Georgia
- Tuesday 27 June, 6pm: Portugal v Belgium
Group B
- Wednesday 21 June, 18:00: Ukraine v Croatia
- Wednesday 21 June, 8.45pm: Romania v Spain
- Saturday 24 June, 6pm: Romania v Ukraine
- Saturday 24 June, 8.45 pm: Spain v Croatia
- Tuesday, June 27, 8:45 p.m.: Croatia v Romania
- Tuesday 27 June, 8.45pm: Spain v Ukraine
Group C
- Thursday 22 June, 6 p.m.: Czech Republic against England
- Thursday, June 22, 6 p.m.: Germany v Israel
- Sunday, June 25, 6 p.m.: Czech Republic v Germany
- Sunday 25 June, 6pm: England v Israel
- Wednesday, June 28, 6 p.m.: Israel-Czech Republic
- Wednesday 28 June, 6 p.m.: England against Germany
knockout phase
Quarterfinals
- VF1 Saturday July 1st 6pm: Winner A – Second Place C
- VF2 Saturday July 1st 9pm: Winner B – Second Place D
- VF3 Sunday 2nd July 6pm: Winner C – Second Place A
- VF4 Sunday 2 July 21:00: Winner D – Second place B
semi-finals
- HF1 Wednesday 5th July, 6pm: Winner VF1 – Winner VF2
- HF2 Wednesday July 5, 9pm: Winner VF3 – Winner VF4
Last
- Saturday July 8, 6 pm: Winner HF1 – Winner HF2
Where can I watch the U21 European Championship?
SRF broadcasts the matches of the U21 national team, as well as other group matches and the final on SRFzwei or SRFinfo, as well as in the live stream on the homepage or in the app.
Previous title winners
Spain and Italy are record holders at the European U21 Championship with five titles each.
- 1978: Yugoslavia
- 1980: USSR
- 1982: UK
- 1984: UK
- 1986: Spain
- 1988: France
- 1990: USSR
- 1992: Italy
- 1994: Italy
- 1996: Italy
- 1998: Spain
- 2000: Italy
- 2002: Czech Republic
- 2004: Italy
- 2006: Netherlands
- 2007: Netherlands
- 2009: Germany
- 2011: Spain
- 2013: Spain
- 2015: Sweden
- 2017: Germany
- 2019: Spain
- 2021: Germany
Source : Blick
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