2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

2008 UEFA Under-19 Championship

UEFA Under-19 European Championship Czech Republic 2008
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	14 July – 26 July
Teams	8
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	37 (2.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tomáš Necid (4 goals)

The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 24th UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, UEFA's premier competition for players under the age of 19. The tournament was held in the Czech Republic with matches played from 14 July to 26 July 2008. Players born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in this competition. The top three teams in each group qualified for the 2009 U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament was played over two stages. The first qualifying stage divided the remaining 52 UEFA nations (minus the hosts, the Czech Republic) into 13 groups of four teams. Matches in the first stage were played from 24 September 2007 to 15 November 2007. The top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams then qualified for the elite qualifying stage, where the 28 teams were divided into seven groups of four. Matches in the elite qualifying stage were played from 1 March 2008 to 31 May 2008, when the top team from each group advanced to the final tournament.

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

•  Czech Republic (as host)
•  Bulgaria
•  England
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  Spain

Squads

For the complete list of players, see 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads

Final group stage

The groups were drawn on 1 June 2008 in Prague by the first vice-chairman of the UEFA Youth and Amateur Football Committee, Jim Boyce, and senior Czech internationals Petr Čech and Martin Fenin.^[1]

In the following tables:

Key: Pld Matches played, W Won, D Drawn, L Lost, GF Goals for, GA Goals against, GD Goal Difference, Pts Points

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9
Hungary	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Spain	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	3
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

14 July 17:30 CET	Bulgaria	0 – 1	Hungary	FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
		Report	Németh  10'

14 July 19:30 CET	Germany	2 – 1	Spain	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
	Sukuta-Pasu  7' Toprak  56'	Report	Alba  66'

17 July 18:00 CET	Spain	0 – 1	Hungary	Na Litavce, Příbram Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
		Report	Nagy  71'

17 July 20:30 CET	Germany	3 – 0	Bulgaria	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
	Diekmeier  16' Nsereko  43' L. Bender  56'	Report

20 July 20:00 CET	Hungary	1 – 2	Germany	Na Litavce, Příbram Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)
	Simon  74'	Report	Reinartz  36' Risse  76'

20 July 20:00 CET	Spain	4 – 0	Bulgaria	FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
	Aarón  14' Nsue  17'  52' Mérida  64'	Report

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
England	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Greece	3	0	2	1	1	4	-3	2

14 July 17:30 CET	Czech Republic	2 – 0	England	Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
	Necid  54'  58'	Report

14 July 19:30 CET	Greece	1 – 1	Italy	Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)
	Pavlis  23'	Report	Paloschi  90' (pen.)

17 July 18:00 CET	Czech Republic	0 – 0	Greece	U Nisy Stadium, Liberec Attendance: 6,623[2] Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
		Report

17 July 20:00 CET	England	0 – 0	Italy	Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
		Report

20 July 18:00 CET	Italy	4 – 3	Czech Republic	Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav Attendance: 5,000[3] Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
	Poli  22' Bonaventura  56' Paloschi  72' (pen.) Poli  79'	Report	Necid  23' Morávek  58'  86'

20 July 18:00 CET	England	3 – 0	Greece	U Nisy Stadium, Liberec Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
	Mee  48' Sears  68' (pen.) Sturridge  85'	Report

Knock-out stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 July – Mladá Boleslav
	Germany (aet)	2
	Czech Republic	1
					26 July – Jablonec nad Nisou
					Germany	3
					Italy	1
	23 July – Plzeň
	Italy	1
	Hungary	0

Semi-finals

23 July 17:30	Italy	1 – 0	Hungary	Štruncovy Sady Stadion, Plzeň Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
	Forestieri  65'	Report

23 July 20:15	Germany	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Czech Republic	Městský Stadion, Mladá Boleslav Attendance: 5,000[4] Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
	Risse  17' Sukuta-Pasu  119'	Report	Necid  24'

Final

26 July 19:00	Germany	3 – 1	Italy	Střelnice Stadion, Jablonec nad Nisou Attendance: 4,100 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
	L. Bender  24' Sukuta-Pasu  61' Gebhart  80'	Report	Garibaldi  78'

2008 UEFA U-19 Championship Winner
Germany Second title

Goalscorers

Countries to participate in 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

•  Germany
•  Hungary
•  Spain
•  Italy
•  Czech Republic
•  England

References

External links

• Official Site