2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Campionatul European de Fotbal sub 19 ani 2021
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Tournament details
Host countryRomania
DatesCancelled (originally 30 June – 13 July)
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2021) was scheduled to be the 19th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (69th 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. Romania were scheduled to host the tournament between 30 June and 13 July 2021. [1] A total of eight teams were to play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate. [2]

Contents

On 23 February 2021, UEFA announced the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. [3]

Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows: [4]

For the UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament of 2021, Romania was selected as host. [1]

Qualification

A total of 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Romania qualifying automatically, the original format would have seen the other 53 teams competing in the qualifying competition, which would have consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which would have taken place in autumn 2020, and Elite round, which would have also taken place in spring 2021, to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. [5] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the qualifying round was initially delayed to March 2021, and the elite round was abolished and replaced by play-offs, contested in May 2021 by the 13 qualifying round group winners and the top seed by coefficient ranking, Portugal (which originally would receive a bye to the elite round), to determine the teams qualifying for the final tournament. [6] [7]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

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

TeamMethod of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Hosts2nd 2011 (group stage)Group stage (2011)
N/A Play-off winners
N/A Play-off winners
N/A Play-off winners
N/A Play-off winners
N/A Play-off winners
N/A Play-off winners
N/A Play-off winners

Venues

All 4 tournament venues were to be located near the capital Bucharest. [8]

LocationStadiumCapacity
Ploiești Stadionul Ilie Oană 15,073
Bucharest Rapid Arena 14,047
Bucharest Stadionul Arcul de Triumf 8,155
Voluntari Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu 4,518

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References

  1. 1 2 "Romania, Slovakia to stage U19 EURO in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2020/21". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "2020/21 U19 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "UEFA postpones youth national team competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. ↑ UEFA a stabilit data la care România va găzdui Europenele Under 19. Pe ce stadioane se va juca
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