2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
UEFA Kampjonat Ewropew ta’ taħt is-17-il sena 2014
2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.png
The official logo of the tournament
Tournament details
Host countryMalta
Dates9–21 May
Teams53 (qualification)
8 (finals)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of England.svg  England (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored46 (3.07 per match)
Attendance42,388 (2,826 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of England.svg Dominic Solanke
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jari Schuurman
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Steven Bergwijn [1]
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The 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 13th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, an annual football competition between men's under-17 national teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in Malta, from 9 to 21 May 2014, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey. [2]

Contents

Fifty-three teams participated in a two-round qualification stage, taking place between September 2013 and March 2014, to determine the seven teams joining the hosts. Players born after 1 January 1997 were eligible to participate in this competition. [3] This edition marked the first appearance of a national team from Gibraltar, [4] and was the first UEFA competition allowing referees to use a vanishing spray when setting free kicks. [5] Live broadcast was provided by Eurosport 2 and Eurosport International. [6]

England beat the Netherlands in the final on penalties to secure their second European under-17 title, four years after their first, and the second to be won by coach John Peacock. The 2013 champions, Russia, failed to qualify for the final tournament.

Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament of the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship consisted of two rounds: a qualifying round and an elite round. In the qualifying round, 53 national teams competed in 13 groups of four teams, with each group winner and runner-up, plus the best third-placed team, advancing to the elite round. There, the 27 first-round qualifiers plus Germany, who was given a bye, were distributed in seven groups of four teams. The winner of each group qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asPrevious appearances in tournament 1
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Hosts0 (debut)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Group 1 winner 6 ( 2002 , 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Group 2 winner 5 (2004, 2005 , 2008 , 2009, 2010)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Group 3 winner 7 (2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 , 2012 )
Flag of England.svg  England Group 4 winner 8 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 , 2011)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Group 5 winner 6 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2009 , 2011, 2012)
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Group 6 winner 1 (2008)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Group 7 winner 4 (2002, 2003 , 2004, 2010)
1 Only counted appearances for under-17 era (bold indicates champion for that year, while italic indicates hosts)

Final draw

The draw for the group stage of the final tournament was held on 9 April 2014 at Saint James Cavalier in Valletta. It was conducted by UEFA's Youth and Amateur Football Committee chairman Jim Boyce, along with Fr. Hilary Tagliaferro and former Maltese international David Carabott. The host team, Malta, was automatically assigned as team one in group A, while the remaining teams were drawn successively in the order B1, A2, B2, A3, B3, A4 and B4. [7] [8]

Venues

Ta' Qali Paola Xewkija
Ta' Qali National Stadium Tony Bezzina Stadium Gozo Stadium
Capacity: 16,997Capacity: 2,968Capacity: 1,644
Malta TaQali.JPG Hibernians Ground.jpg Gozo Stadium.jpg

Squads

Match officials

Group stage

Map of the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship finalist teams and their performances. The inset shows Malta (host). 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship map.svg
Map of the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship finalist teams and their performances. The inset shows Malta (host).

Fixtures and match schedule were confirmed by UEFA on 15 April 2014. [6]

Tie-breaking

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied: [3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between 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 matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 7 apply.

  1. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Respect Fair play ranking of the teams in question (final tournament);
  4. Drawing of lots.

If only two teams are tied (according to criteria 1–7) after having met in the last match of the group stage, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out.

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3300104+69 Knockout stage
2Flag of England.svg  England 320173+46
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 31027703
4Flag of Malta.svg  Malta (H)3003212−100
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Hosts
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Verdonk Soccerball shade.svg54' (pen.)
Nouri Soccerball shade.svg69'
Ould-Chikh Soccerball shade.svg75'		 Report Ünal Soccerball shade.svg43'
Aktay Soccerball shade.svg79'
Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard
Attendance: 3,947
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–3Flag of England.svg  England
Report Roberts Soccerball shade.svg15', 48'
Armstrong Soccerball shade.svg25'
Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard
Attendance: 7,015
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
England  Flag of England.svg4–1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Solanke Soccerball shade.svg22', 49'
Kenny Soccerball shade.svg58'
Armstrong Soccerball shade.svg64'		 Report Ünal Soccerball shade.svg16'
Gozo Stadium, Xewkija
Attendance: 1,631
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg2–5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Mbong Soccerball shade.svg37'
Friggieri Soccerball shade.svg64'		 Report Schuurman Soccerball shade.svg5', 27', 42'
Bergwijn Soccerball shade.svg13', 69'
Gozo Stadium, Xewkija
Attendance: 1,145
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg4–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Alici Soccerball shade.svg43', 58'
Aktay Soccerball shade.svg70', 76'		 Report
Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard
Attendance: 8,129
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
England  Flag of England.svg0–2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Report Verdonk Soccerball shade.svg45'
van der Moot Soccerball shade.svg68'
Hibernians Ground, Paola
Attendance: 1,240
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 330040+49 Knockout stage
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 320143+16
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 301213−21
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 301225−31
Source: [ citation needed ]
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Henrichs Soccerball shade.svg58' Report Babic Soccerball shade.svg72'
Gozo Stadium, Xewkija
Attendance: 1,448
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg0–2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report Sanches Soccerball shade.svg18'
Mata Soccerball shade.svg78'
Gozo Stadium, Xewkija
Attendance: 341
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg0–1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report Mata Soccerball shade.svg54'
Hibernians Ground, Paola
Attendance: 2,563
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg0–1Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Report Wright Soccerball shade.svg41'
Hibernians Ground, Paola
Attendance: 1,206
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg1–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
P. Rodrigues Soccerball shade.svg51' Report
Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard
Attendance: 1,172
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg1–3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Oberlin Soccerball shade.svg20' Report Wighton Soccerball shade.svg45'
Sheppard Soccerball shade.svg56'
Hardie Soccerball shade.svg63'
Hibernians Ground, Paola
Attendance: 514
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played). [3]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 May – Attard
 
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5
 
21 May – Attard
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 0
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1 (1)
 
18 May – Attard
 
Flag of England.svg  England (p)1 (4)
 
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 2
 

Semi-finals

Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg0–2Flag of England.svg  England
Report Solanke Soccerball shade.svg52'
Roberts Soccerball shade.svg74'
Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard
Attendance: 2,107
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg5–0Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Verdonk Soccerball shade.svg35' (pen.)
Nouri Soccerball shade.svg38'
Bergwijn Soccerball shade.svg57'
Owobowale Soccerball shade.svg59'
Van der Moot Soccerball shade.svg73'		 Report
Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard
Attendance: 508
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

Final

Team of the Tournament

[9]

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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