2008 UEFA European Under-19 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) Czech Republic Tomáš Necid (4 goals)
Best player Germany Lars Bender
Germany Sven Bender[1]

The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 24th UEFA European Under-19 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:

Squads

For the complete list of players, see 2008 UEFA European Under-19 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.[2]

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

Team qualified for the Semi-Final

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 330072+59
 Hungary 320132+16
 Spain 310253+23
 Bulgaria 30030880

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

14 July
19:30 CET
Germany  2 1  Spain
Sukuta-Pasu  7'
Toprak  56'
Report Alba  66'

17 July
18:00 CET
Spain  0 1  Hungary
Report Nagy  71'

17 July
20:30 CET
Germany  3 0  Bulgaria
Diekmeier  16'
Nsereko  43'
L. Bender  56'
Report

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

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

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 312054+15
 Czech Republic 311154+14
 England 311132+14
 Greece 302114-32

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

17 July
18:00 CET
Czech Republic  0 0  Greece
Report
U Nisy Stadium, Liberec
Attendance: 6,623[3]
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)

17 July
20:00 CET
England  0 0  Italy
Report

20 July
18:00 CET
Italy  4 3  Czech Republic
Poli  22', 79'
Bonaventura  56'
Paloschi  72' (pen.)
Report Necid  23'
Morávek  58', 86'

20 July
18:00 CET
England  3 0  Greece
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
20:15
Germany  2 1 (a.e.t.)  Czech Republic
Risse  17'
Sukuta-Pasu  119'
Report Necid  24'
Městský Stadion, Mladá Boleslav
Attendance: 5,000[5]
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

Final

26 July
19:00
Germany  3 1  Italy
L. Bender  24'
Sukuta-Pasu  61'
Gebhart  80'
Report Garibaldi  78'


 2008 UEFA U-19 European Champions 

Germany
Second title

Goalscorers

Countries to participate in 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Team of the tournament

After the final, the UEFA technical team selected 22 players to integrate the "team of the tournament".[6]

References

External links

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