| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | |
| Dates | 23 May – 4 June |
| Teams | 8 (finals) 51 (qualifying) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 34 (2.27 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
| Best player | |
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The UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 began in August 2004. On December 15, 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place May 23 - June 4, 2006. The tournament was won by the Netherlands, who beat Ukraine 3-0 in the final.
The finals tournament featured two groups of four, with the winners and runners up of each group going through to the semi-finals.
The draw for the finals groups took place on February 8, 2006.
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The finals took place between 23 May and 4 June 2006 in Portugal.
Players born after 1 January 1983 were eligible to play.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
| 23 May 2006 17:15 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
0 – 1 | Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium) |
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| Report | Polanski |
| 23 May 2006 19:45 |
Portugal |
0 – 1 | Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Referee: Howard Webb (England) |
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| Report | Vale |
| 25 May 2006 17:15 |
France |
3 – 0 | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) |
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| Sinama Pongolle Gouffran Mavuba |
Report |
| 25 May 2006 19:45 |
Portugal |
0 – 2 | Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden) |
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| Report | Zé Castro Ivanović |
| 28 May 2006 19:45 |
Germany |
0 – 1 | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel) |
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| Report | Moutinho |
| 28 May 2006 19:45 |
France |
2 – 0 | Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria) |
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| Bergougnoux Toulalan |
Report |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
| 24 May 2006 17:15 |
Ukraine |
2 – 1 | Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria) |
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| Milevskiy Fomin |
Report | Luirink |
| 24 May 2006 19:45 |
Italy |
3 – 3 | Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel) |
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| Potenza Palladino Bianchi |
Report | Würtz Kahlenberg Andreasen |
| 26 May 2006 17:15 |
Denmark |
1 – 1 | Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium) |
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| Kahlenberg |
Report | Huntelaar |
| 26 May 2006 19:45 |
Italy |
1 – 0 | Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda Referee: Howard Webb (England) |
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| Chiellini |
Report |
| 29 May 2006 19:45 |
Netherlands |
1 – 0 | Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden) |
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| de Ridder |
Report |
| 29 May 2006 19:45 |
Denmark |
1 – 2 | Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) |
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| Kahlenberg |
Report | Fomin Milevskiy |
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| 1 June 2006 17:15 |
France |
2 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) |
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| Faubert Bergougnoux |
Report | Hofs Huntelaar |
| 1 June 2006 19:45 |
Ukraine |
0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Referee: Howard Webb (England) |
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| Report | ||||
| Penalties | ||||
| Aliyev Fomin Chygrynskiy Hodin Yatsenko Maksymov |
5 – 4 |
| 4 June 2006 19:45 |
Netherlands |
3 – 0 | Estádio do Bessa, Porto Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden) |
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| Huntelaar Hofs |
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