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2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2002 UEFA Europeiske U-19 mesterskapet
Tournament details
Host country	Norway
Dates	21–28 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (4th title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Republic of Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	49 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fernando Torres (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Fernando Torres
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The 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the first edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, after the previous Under-18 competition was renamed. The tournament was held in Norway, between 21 July and 28 July 2002. The top three teams from each group qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1983 were eligible to participate in this competition.

The final tournament took place in seven venues located in seven cities — Bærum, Drammen, Hønefoss, Kongsvinger, Lillestrøm, Moss and Oslo. The winners were Spain, who beat Germany to secure their fourth title, and the top scorer was Fernando Torres, with four goals. This edition is also notable for Nelly Viennot becoming the first female official who participated in an UEFA-organised men's football event, after acting as assistant referee at Norway's 1–5 defeat of Slovakia on 21 July 2002.

Qualification

The qualification format consisted of two rounds. In the preliminary round, which took place between August and November 2001, 50 national teams were drawn into 14 groups (six groups of three teams and eight groups of four teams) contested as round-robin mini-tournaments hosted by one of the group teams. The group winners then progressed to the intermediary round, where they were paired and played two-legged ties between March and May 2002. The winners secured qualification for the final tournament, joining Norway who qualified automatically as hosts.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified to the final tournament:

Country	Qualified as
Norway	Hosts
Belgium	Intermediary round play-off winner
Czech Republic	Intermediary round play-off winner
England	Intermediary round play-off winner
Spain	Intermediary round play-off winner
Germany	Intermediary round play-off winner
Republic of Ireland	Intermediary round play-off winner
Slovakia	Intermediary round play-off winner

Venues

The final tournament was held in seven stadiums located in seven Norwegian cities.

Match officials

UEFA named six referees for the final tournament:

Country	Referee
Croatia	Edo Trivković
Estonia	Sten Kaldma
Greece	Georgios Kasnaferis
Macedonia	Emil Božinovski
Portugal	Paulo Costa
Slovenia	Darko Čeferin

Squads

Results

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Slovakia	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
Norway	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Norway	1–5	Slovakia
Grindheim 90' (pen.)	Report	Kurty 28' Šebo 37' Konečný 59' Labun 75' Jurko 86'

Spain	1–1	Czech Republic
Iniesta 63'	Report	Svěrkoš 78'

Norway	0–3	Spain
	Report	Reyes 22', 68' Torres 54'

Slovakia	5–2	Czech Republic
Žofčák 16' Halenár 33' (pen.) Šebo 46', 65' Sloboda 87'	Report	Fořt 21' (pen.) Dosoudil 34'

Czech Republic	1–0	Norway
Rada 4'	Report

Slovakia	1–3	Spain
Čech 6'	Report	García 15' Torres 65', 90+1'

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6
England	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1	2
Belgium	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

England	3–3	Germany
Ashton 9' Thomas 30' Cole 73'	Report	Volz 4' Lahm 90' Hanke 90+3'

Belgium	1–2	Republic of Ireland
Blondel 51'	Report	Daly 26' (pen.), 69'

England	1–1	Belgium
Ashton 75'	Report	Janssens 82'

Germany	3–0	Republic of Ireland
Riether 22' Trochowski 57' Hanke 79'	Report

Republic of Ireland	3–2	England
Daly 54' (pen.) Paisley 73' Kelly 74'	Report	Carter 11' Ashton 45' (pen.)

Germany	2–1	Belgium
Volz 36' Odonkor 72'	Report	Vandenbergh 32'

Third place play-off

Slovakia	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Bruško 56' Jurko 75'	Report	Brennan 53'

Final

Spain	1–0	Germany
Torres 55'	Report

2002 UEFA U-19 European champions
Spain Fourth title

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Fernando Torres

3 goals

• Dean Ashton
• Jon Daly
• Filip Šebo

2 goals

• Mike Hanke
• Moritz Volz
• Roman Jurko
• José Antonio Reyes

1 goal

• Jonathan Blondel
• Styn Janssens
• Kevin Vandenbergh
• Radek Dosoudil
• Pavel Fořt
• Tomáš Rada
• Václav Svěrkoš
• Darren Carter
• Carlton Cole
• Jerome Thomas
• Philipp Lahm
• David Odonkor
• Sascha Riether
• Piotr Trochowski
• Stephen Brennan
• Stephen Kelly
• Stephen Paisley
• Christian Grindheim
• Tomáš Bruško
• Marek Čech
• Juraj Halenár
• Roman Konečný
• Marián Kurty
• Tomáš Labun
• Tomás Sloboda
• Igor Žofčák
• Andrés Iniesta
• Sergio García

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship:

•  Czech Republic
•  England
•  Spain
•  Germany
•  Republic of Ireland
•  Slovakia

References

1. "Torres sparkles for Spain". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2016-02-28.

External links

• Official website at UEFA.com
• Match list at rsssf.com

• 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
• UEFA European Under-19 Championship
• International association football competitions hosted by Norway
• 2001–02 in European football
• 2002 in Norwegian football
• 2001–02 in Spanish football
• 2001–02 in German football
• 2001–02 in Slovak football
• 2001–02 in Republic of Ireland association football
• 2001–02 in Belgian football
• 2001–02 in Czech football
• 2001–02 in English football
• July 2002 sports events in Europe
• 2002 in youth association football