2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Jalkapallon alle 19-vuotiaiden Euroopan-mestaruuskilpailut 2018
(in Finnish)
U19-Europamästerskapet i fotboll 2018
(in Swedish)
2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFinland
Dates16–29 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored58 (3.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Portugal.svg Jota
Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Trincão
(5 goals each) [1]
2017
2019

The 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2018) was the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (67th 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. Finland hosted the final tournament, between 16 and 29 July, after being selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015. [2] A total of eight teams competed in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible to participate.

Contents

Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the UEFA representatives, besides Poland who qualified automatically as hosts.

In the final, 2017 runners-up Portugal beat the 2016 losing finalists Italy 4–3, after extra-time, to win their first title in the under-19 era and their fourth overall. [3] Having won the Under-17 title in 2016, this generation of players became the first to hold the European title in both youth categories. [4] England were the defending champions, but were eliminated by France, finishing third in the group stage. They lost 0–3 to Norway in the play-off round and thus failed to qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where they would also defend their title.

Qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Kosovo who entered for the first time), and with the hosts Finland qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. [5] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2017, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2018. [6]

Qualified teams

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

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

TeamMethod of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Hosts1stDebut
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Elite round Group 1 winners4th 2005 (group stage)Group stage (2002, 2003, 2005)
Flag of England.svg  England Elite round Group 2 winners10th 2017 (champions)Champions (2017)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Elite round Group 3 winners6th 2016 (runners-up)Champions (2003)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Elite round Group 4 winners5th 2015 (group stage)Champions (2009)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Elite round Group 5 winners10th 2017 (runners-up)Runners-up (2003, 2014, 2017)
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Elite round Group 6 winners10th 2016 (champions)Champions (2005, 2010, 2016)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Elite round Group 7 winners6th 2013 (group stage)Runners-up (2004)

Final draw

The final draw was held on 30 May 2018, 12:00 EEST (UTC+3), at the Vaasa City Hall in Vaasa, Finland. [8] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Finland were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

The tournament took place in Vaasa and Seinäjoki. [9]

Seinäjoki Vaasa
OmaSP Stadion Hietalahti Stadium
Capacity: 5,672Capacity: 5,572
OmaSp Stadion 17.6.2017.jpg Elisa Stadion.jpg

Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament. [7]

Squads

Each national team submitted a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 39). [6]

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 5 June 2018. [10]

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The third-placed teams entered the FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 16.01 and 16.02): [6]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (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);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, EEST (UTC+3).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 321053+27 Knockout stage and
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 320184+46
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 31115614 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (H)30032750
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1–3Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
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Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
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Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg2–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
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Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg3–0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 321042+27 Knockout stage and
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 3201112+96
3Flag of England.svg  England 31114844 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 30032970
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg2–3Flag of England.svg  England
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France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg1–2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
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Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg1–1Flag of England.svg  England
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Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg0–5Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
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Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg1–0Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
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England  Flag of England.svg0–5Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. [6]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 July – Vaasa
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2
 
29 July – Seinäjoki
 
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 0
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3
 
26 July – Vaasa
 
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal (a.e.t.)4
 
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0
 
 
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 5
 
World Cup play-off
 
 
26 July – Seinäjoki
 
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 0

FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off

Winner qualified for 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg3–0Flag of England.svg  England
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Semi-finals

Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg0–5Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
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Italy  Flag of Italy.svg2–0Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
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Hietalahti Stadium, Vaasa
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

Final

Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–4 (a.e.t.)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
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Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following six teams from UEFA qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, including Poland which qualified as hosts.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup 1
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 16 March 2018 [11] 4 (1979, 1981, 1983, 2007)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22 July 2018 [12] 6 (1977, 1981, 1987, 2005, 2009, 2017)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 22 July 2018 [12] 11 (1979, 1989 , 1991 , 1993, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 23 July 2018 [13] 3 (2001, 2005, 2015)
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 23 July 2018 [13] 6 (1977, 1997, 2001, 2011, 2013 , 2017)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 26 July 2018 [14] 2 (1989, 1993)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 58 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.62 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: UEFA.com [15]

Team of the Tournament

The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament (and an additional nine substitutes): [16]

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