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2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
2018 Jalkapallon alle 19-vuotiaiden Euroopan-mestaruuskilpailut
2018 U19-Europamästerskapet i fotboll
Tournament details
Host countryFinland
Dates16–29 July 2018
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (9th title)
Runners-up Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored49 (4.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Amine Gouiri
(7 goals)
2017
2019
All statistics correct as of 24 July 2018.

The 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2018) is the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (67th 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. Finland, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, will host the tournament.[1]

A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible to participate.

Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the UEFA representatives, besides Poland who qualified automatically as hosts.

In the final, which was played on 29 July, France defeated Ukraine 2–0.

Qualification

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All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Kosovo who entered for the first time), and with the hosts Finland qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[2] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2017, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2018.[3]

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament.[4]

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

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Finland Hosts 1st Debut
 Norway Elite round Group 1 winners 4th 2005 (group stage) Group stage (2002, 2003, 2005)
 England Elite round Group 2 winners 10th 2017 (champions) Champions (2017)
 Italy Elite round Group 3 winners 6th 2016 (runners-up) Champions (2003)
 Ukraine Elite round Group 4 winners 5th 2015 (group stage) Champions (2009)
 Portugal Elite round Group 5 winners 10th 2017 (runners-up) Runners-up (2003, 2014, 2017)
 France Elite round Group 6 winners 10th 2016 (champions) Champions (2005, 2010, 2016)
 Turkey Elite round Group 7 winners 6th 2013 (group stage) Runners-up (2004)

Final draw

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The final draw was held on 30 May 2018, 12:00 EEST (UTC+3), at the Vaasa City Hall in Vaasa, Finland.[5] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Finland were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

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The tournament will take place in Vaasa and Seinäjoki.[6]

Seinäjoki Vaasa
OmaSP Stadion Hietalahti Stadium
Capacity: 5,672 Capacity: 5,572

Match officials

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A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[4]

Squads

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Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 39).[3]

Group stage

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The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 5 June 2018.[7]

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The third-placed teams enter the FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 16.01 and 16.02):[3]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EEST (UTC+3).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Knockout stage and
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Portugal 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3  Norway 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4  Finland (H) 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Norway 1–3 Portugal
  • Markovic 82'
Report
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)
Finland 0–1 Italy
Report
Referee: Juan Martinez Munuera (Spain)

Finland 2–3 Norway
Vertainen 30' (pen.)
Ylätupa 53'
Report Hauge 11'
Botheim 90'
Borchgrevink 90+2'
Portugal 2–3 Italy
Luís 69'
Quina 89'
Report Capone 52'
Scamacca 78'
Frattesi 84'
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Portugal 3–0 Finland
Filipe 20'
Gomes 33'
Dju 90+4'
Report
Italy 1–1 Norway
Kean 83' Report Håland 62' (pen.)
Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Knockout stage and
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  France 3 2 0 1 11 2 +9 6
3  England 3 1 1 1 4 8 −4 4 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4  Turkey 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 20 July 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Turkey 2–3 England
Report
France 1–2 Ukraine
Report
Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

Ukraine 1–1 England
Supriaha 40' Report Tavernier 8'
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)
Turkey 0–5 France
Report Guitane 2'
Gouiri 22', 34'
Diaby 58'
Cuisance 90+2' (pen.)
Referee: Juan Martinez Munuera (Spain)

Ukraine 1–0 Turkey
Buletsa 8' Report
England 0–5 France
Report Alioui 28', 56'
Gouiri 63', 69'
Maolida 41'
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[3]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 July – Vaasa
 
 
 Italy
 
29 July – Seinäjoki
 
 France
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
26 July – Vaasa
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
 Ukraine
 
 
 Portugal
 
World Cup play-off
 
 
26 July – Seinäjoki
 
 
 Norway
 
 
 England

FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off

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Winner qualifies for 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Norway 0–1 England
Report Tavernier 8'

Semi-finals

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Italy 0–5 France
Report Alioui 1', 56'
Gouiri 63', 69'
Maolida 41'

Ukraine 1–0 Portugal
Buletsa 1' Report

Final

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France 2–0 Ukraine
Report Gouiri 1', 2'

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

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The following six teams from UEFA qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, including Poland which qualified as hosts.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
 Poland 16 March 2018[8] 4 (1979, 1981, 1983, 2007)
 Italy 22 July 2018 6 (1977, 1979, 1987, 2005, 2009, 2017)
 Portugal 22 July 2018 11 (1979, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 Ukraine 23 July 2018 3 (2001, 2005, 2015)
 France 23 July 2018 6 (1977, 1997, 2001, 2011, 2013, 2017)
 England 26 July 2018 11 (1981, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
1 goal

Source: UEFA.com[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Georgia and Finland to stage U19 EURO". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Seedings for 2017/18 U19 qualifying round". UEFA. 24 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2017/18" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. ^ a b "UEFA European Under-19 Championship Finland 2018". UEFA Programmes.
  5. ^ "Under-19 final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
  6. ^ "THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED IN TWO VENUES, IN VAASA AND SEINÄJOKI". www.uefa.com.
  7. ^ "#U19EURO finals schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. 5 June 2018.
  8. ^ "FIFA Council decides on key steps for the future of international competitions". FIFA.com. 16 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
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