2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Majstrovstvá Európy vo futbale hráčov do 19 rokov 2022
2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countrySlovakia
Dates18 June – 1 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of England.svg  England (11th title)
Runners-upFlag of Israel.svg  Israel
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored51 (3.19 per match)
Attendance38,555 (2,410 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of France.svg Loum Tchaouna
(4 goals)
2023 →

The 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2022) was 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. Slovakia hosted the tournament between 18 June and 1 July 2022. [1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 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 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina as the UEFA representatives.

Spain were the defending champions, having won the last tournament held in 2019, with the 2020 and 2021 editions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the title was not awarded. They were not able to defend the title after failing to qualify for the competition.

Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows: [2]

For the UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, Romania and Slovakia were selected as hosts respectively. [1]

Qualification

The UEFA Executive Committee originally decided on 29 May 2019 to test a new qualifying format for the Under-19 Championship in 2022 and 2023. [3] The qualifying competition would have been played in four rounds over a two-year period from autumn 2020 to spring 2022, with teams divided into three leagues, and promotion and relegation between leagues after each round similar to the UEFA Nations League. [4] However, on 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the introduction of the new format had been postponed to the 2023 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, and qualification for the 2022 edition would use the previous format involving two rounds only. [5] [6]

A total of 54 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Slovakia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams will compete in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: the Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2021, and the Elite round, which took place in spring 2022, to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The draw for the qualifying round was held on 9 December 2020, 10:30 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. [7] [8]

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 Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Hosts2nd 2002 Third place (2002)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Elite round Group 1 winners2nd 2014 Group stage (2014)
Flag of France.svg  France Elite round Group 2 winners12th 2019 Champions (2005, 2010, 2016)
Flag of England.svg  England Elite round Group 3 winners11th 2018 Champions (2017)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Elite round Group 4 winners2nd 2011 Group stage (2011)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Elite round Group 5 winners8th 2019 Champions (2003)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Elite round Group 6 winners8th 2014 Champions (2013)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Elite round Group 7 winners8th 2016 Semi-finals (2003, 2006, 2014)

Venues

Trnava Dunajská Streda Banská Bystrica
City Aréna - Štadión Antona Malatinského DAC Aréna Štiavničky - Štadión SNP
Capacity: 19,200Capacity: 12,700Capacity: 7,900
The City Arena in Trnava (2018).jpg Molarena.png Stiavnicky.jpg
Žiar nad Hronom
Mestský štadión Žiar nad Hronom
Capacity: 2,309
MFS Ziar nad Hronom.png
Senec
NTC Senec
Capacity: 3,264

Match officials

The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:

Squads

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 28 April 2022. [9]

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of France.svg  France 3300112+99 Knockout stage and 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 320145−16
3Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia (H)310216−53 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 300325−30
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg0–5Flag of France.svg  France
Report
Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 5,238
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg2–1Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Baldanzi Soccerball shade.svg47'
Volpato Soccerball shade.svg68'		 Report Andronache Soccerball shade.svg53'
DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda
Attendance: 1,327
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg0–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report Ambrosino Soccerball shade.svg33'
Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 8,235
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg1–2Flag of France.svg  France
Coubiș Soccerball shade.svg82' Report Tchaouna Soccerball shade.svg12'
Adeline Soccerball shade.svg20'
DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda
Attendance: 869
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (Malta)
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg0–1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Report
Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 3,485
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
France  Flag of France.svg4–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda
Attendance: 2,137
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of England.svg  England 330070+79 Knockout stage and 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 311165+14
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 310258−33 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 301249−51
Source: UEFA
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg2–2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Report
Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom
Attendance: 945
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
England  Flag of England.svg2–0Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Report
Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica
Attendance: 1,537
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg4–2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Report
Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
England  Flag of England.svg4–0Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Report
Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica
Attendance: 2,569
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg0–1Flag of England.svg  England
Report
Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom
Attendance: 933
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg3–2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Report
Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica
Attendance: 1,129
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (Malta)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
28 June – DAC Aréna
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 1
 
1 July – Anton Malatinský Stadium
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1
 
28 June – NTC Senec
 
Flag of England.svg  England (a.e.t.)3
 
Flag of England.svg  England 2
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1
 


 
World Cup play-off
 
  
 
28 June – Anton Malatinský Stadium
 
 
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1
 
 
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0
 

FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off

Winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg1–0Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Kopásek Soccerball shade.svg64' Report
Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 4,087
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

Semi-finals

England  Flag of England.svg2–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report Miretti Soccerball shade.svg12' (pen.)
NTC Senec, Senec
Attendance: 897
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
France  Flag of France.svg1–2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Virginius Soccerball shade.svg62' Report
DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda
Attendance: 1,226
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Final

Israel  Flag of Israel.svg1–3 (a.e.t.)Flag of England.svg  England
Report
Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Goalscorers

There were 51 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

Team of the tournament

The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament. [10]

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Flag of England.svg Matthew Cox

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina. [11]

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup 1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21 June 20227 (1977, 1981, 1987, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2019)
Flag of France.svg  France 21 June 20227 (1977, 1997, 2001, 2011, 2013 , 2017, 2019)
Flag of England.svg  England 22 June 202211 (1981, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017 )
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25 June 20220 (debut)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 28 June 20221 (2003)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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