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2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

UEFA U21-EM 2011 (in Danish)
Tournament details
Host country	Denmark
Dates	11–25 June
Teams	8 (finals) 52 (qualifying) (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up	Switzerland
Third place	Belarus
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	36 (2.25 per match)
Attendance	101,955 (6,372 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adrián (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Juan Mata
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The 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 18th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Denmark between 11 and 25 June 2011.

The Danish bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee on 10 December 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland. This bid defeated the other bid from Israel.

Qualification for the final tournament took place between March 2009 and October 2010.

This competition also acted as a qualifier for the 2012 Summer Olympics, as 3 teams qualified.

Spain won their third title after defeating Switzerland 2–0 in the final.

Host selection

The organisation of the event was initially contested by only two bids: Denmark and Israel. The bids were submitted on 15 June 2008.

The bids were inspected between June and September 2008, and a report was given to the National Team Competition Committee in October. The committee discussed the bids on 27 November 2008 and issued a recommendation to the UEFA Executive Committee, who decided on 10 December 2008 that Denmark would host the finals.

Qualification

The draw for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying round took place in Århus on 4 February 2009. The qualifying draw determined the makeup of ten groups. Ten groups were formed in the qualifying draw including two sections of six sides and eight of five, as teams chase 7 finals places alongside host Denmark. The seeding pots are formed on the basis of former performance in the tournament. All groups contained one nation from the first five pots and two sections also included a team from Pot 6. The six European federations that have qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain and England) were each drawn in one of the six groups of five teams.

2012 Summer Olympics and Great Britain team

The tournament was used as the European qualifying tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with the top teams qualifying for London 2012. The four British federations entered the qualification process as single entities, but are not eligible to qualify for the Olympics. If one or more British teams had qualified for the Championship, and to pass the first round, play-off games would be played (like in 2007 when Italy and Portugal faced for the last place in the Olympics). As Great Britain is the host nation for the 2012 Olympics, it is entitled to an automatic place in the competition. This caused controversy as in the Olympics, Great Britain competes as a single unified country, as opposed to the four individual nations in football. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all logged public objections to the idea of a GB team at the Olympics, fearing that it would jeopardise their independent status in UEFA and FIFA. A compromise was reached in 2009 whereby England would field a team for the tournament, while the other three would not participate, but not object to England's involvement.

List of qualified teams

The following 8 teams qualified for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

•  Belarus
•  Czech Republic
•  Denmark (Host Nation)
•  England
•  Iceland
•  Spain
•   Switzerland
•  Ukraine

Venues

The tournament venues were all located in Jutland, at already existing stadiums in Aarhus, Aalborg, Herning and Viborg.

On 20 September 2010 it was announced that Aarhus Stadion would host the final. Further Aalborg Stadion was confirmed as the venue for the opening match and the eventual Olympic qualifying play-off. The semifinals were played at Herning Stadium and Viborg Stadion. It was also published that Denmark would play all of its matches in Aalborg and Aarhus.

Aarhus	Aalborg	Herning	Viborg
Aarhus Stadion	Aalborg Stadion	Herning Stadium	Viborg Stadion
56°7′55″N 10°11′47″E / 56.13194°N 10.19639°E / 56.13194; 10.19639 (NRGi Park)	57°3′5.4″N 9°53′56.76″E / 57.051500°N 9.8991000°E / 57.051500; 9.8991000 (Energi Nord Arena)	56°7′1″N 8°57′6″E / 56.11694°N 8.95167°E / 56.11694; 8.95167 (MCH Arena)	56°27′21.23″N 9°24′7.43″E / 56.4558972°N 9.4020639°E / 56.4558972; 9.4020639 (Viborg Stadion)
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 10,500	Capacity: 9,600	Capacity: 9,566
AarhusAalborgHerningViborg

Format

The final tournament consisted of two groups of four, with the top two from each progressing to the semifinals where it becomes a knockout competition. In the finals held a year before a summer Olympic Games the championship also serves as qualification for the Olympic Football Tournament.

Players were eligible for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship if they were born on or later than 1 January 1988.

Seeding

The draw for the final tournament took place on 9 November 2010 at Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre in Aalborg.

Similar to former tournaments, the games in each group are to be held at just two stadia. For the draw, the finalists were divided into three seeding pots, based on average points per game in the qualifying phase, with each group having one team from pot 1 and 2, and two teams from pot 3. Denmark, as hosts, were seeded first automatically.

Squads

Squads for the 2011 Euro U-21 Championship consisted of 23 players, as in the previous tournament in 2009. Only players born on or after 1 January 1988 were eligible to play.

Referees

In April 2011 UEFA published a list of referees, assistant referees and fourth officials to officiate at the tournament. All of the referees are either Premier Category 1-referees or Category 2-referees, respectively the second highest and third highest tier of international referees. All referees are appointed because they are deemed to be future elite referees, thus they are all between 31 and 38 years old and therefore adhere to the U21 philosophy of being the tournament of the stars of tomorrow.

Referees

• Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
• Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
• Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
• Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
• Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
• Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Fourth officials

• Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
• Liran Liany (Israel)

Tiebreakers

As in Under-21 Euro 2009: If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.

1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question
2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question
3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question
4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two or more teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1 to 4 will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 and 6 will apply
5. Results of all group matches:
   1. Superior goal difference
   2. Higher number of goals scored
   3. Fair play conduct
6. Drawing of lots

Group stage

The draw took place on 9 November 2010 in Aalborg, Denmark. The first round saw the eight teams divided into two groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin, where each teams plays one game against every other team in their group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group qualified for the semifinals.

Group A

In group A tie-breakers were needed to break down the three-point tie with Belarus, Denmark and Iceland. Belarus advanced due to a better goal difference in the matches between those three.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9  Belarus 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3  Iceland 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3  Denmark 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3

3 Way Tie-Breaker Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Belarus 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3  Iceland 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3  Denmark 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3

All times are UTC+2.

Belarus	2–0	Iceland
Varankow 77' (pen.) Skavysh 87'	Report

Denmark	0–1	Switzerland
	Report	Shaqiri 48'

Switzerland	2–0	Iceland
Frei 1' Emeghara 40'	Report

Denmark	2–1	Belarus
Eriksen 22' Jørgensen 71'	Report	Baha 20'

Iceland	3–1	Denmark
Sigþórsson 58' Bjarnason 60' Valgarðsson 90+2'	Report	Kadrii 81'

Switzerland	3–0	Belarus
Mehmedi 6' (pen.), 43' Feltscher 90+3'	Report

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
England	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

All times are UTC+2.

Czech Republic	2–1	Ukraine
Dočkal 49', 56'	Report	Bilyi 87'

Spain	1–1	England
Herrera 14'	Report	Welbeck 88'

Czech Republic	0–2	Spain
	Report	Adrián 27', 47'

Ukraine	0–0	England
	Report

England	1–2	Czech Republic
Welbeck 76'	Report	Chramosta 89' Pekhart 90+4'

Ukraine	0–3	Spain
	Report	Mata 10', 72' (pen.) Adrián 27'

Knockout stage

Knockout map

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 June – Herning
	Switzerland (a.e.t.)	1
					25 June – Aarhus
	Czech Republic	0
					Switzerland	0
	22 June – Viborg
					Spain	2
	Spain (a.e.t.)	3
	Belarus	1
					Olympic play-off
					25 June – Aalborg
					Czech Republic	0
					Belarus	1

Semifinals

Winners qualify for 2012 Summer Olympics.

Spain	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Belarus
Adrián 89', 105' Jeffrén 113'	Report	Varankow 38'

Switzerland	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Czech Republic
Mehmedi 114'	Report

Olympic play-off

Winner qualifies for 2012 Summer Olympics.

Czech Republic	0–1	Belarus
	Report	Filipenko 88'

Final

Switzerland	0–2	Spain
	Report	Herrera 41' Thiago 81'

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Adrián

3 goals

• Admir Mehmedi

2 goals

• Andrey Varankow
• Bořek Dočkal
• Ander Herrera
• Juan Mata
• Danny Welbeck

1 goal

• Dzmitry Baha
• Egor Filipenko
• Maksim Skavysh
• Jan Chramosta
• Tomáš Pekhart
• Christian Eriksen
• Nicolai Jørgensen
• Bashkim Kadrii
• Birkir Bjarnason
• Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
• Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson
• Thiago
• Jeffrén
• Innocent Emeghara
• Frank Feltscher
• Fabian Frei
• Xherdan Shaqiri
• Maksym Bilyi

Team of the Tournament

The UEFA Technical Team was charged with naming a squad composed of the 23 best players over the course of the tournament. The group of nine analysts watched every game at the tournament before making their decision after the final. Spain, with seven, had most players in the team.

UEFA Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
David de Gea	Chris Smalling	Christian Eriksen	Admir Mehmedi
Yann Sommer	Kyle Walker	Marcel Gecov	Xherdan Shaqiri
Tomáš Vaclík	Dídac Vilà	Ander Herrera	Adrián
	Timm Klose	Javi Martínez	Juan Mata
	Jonathan Rossini	Thiago	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
	Yaroslav Rakitskiy	Mikhail Sivakov	Daniel Sturridge
	Nicolai Boilesen
	Ondřej Čelůstka

Medal table and Olympic qualifiers

• Spain, Switzerland and Belarus qualify for the Olympic games finals.

See Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Spain	5	4	1	0	11	2	+9	13	Gold Medal
	Switzerland	5	4	0	1	7	2	+5	12	Silver Medal
	Belarus	5	2	0	3	5	8	−3	6	Bronze Medal
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	4	6	−2	6	Fourth place
5	Iceland	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3	Eliminated in group stage
6	Denmark (H)	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
7	England	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
8	Ukraine	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Media

Broadcasting

Country/area	Broadcaster(s)	Source
Belarus	Belteleradio
Belgium	Telenet
Brazil	Globosat
Brunei	Astro SuperSport
Bulgaria	Nova Sport (Bulgaria)
Canada	TSN (8 matches) TSN2 (9 matches)
Chile	Telecanal (some matches)
Czech Republic	Česká televize
Denmark	TV 2 (5 matches) TV 2 Sport (8 matches) TV 2 Zulu (2 matches)
France	Direct8
Germany	Eurosport
Guatemala	Trecevision Canal 11
Iceland	RÚV
Indonesia	RCTI Indovision
Israel	Sport 1 Sport 1 HD
Ireland	Sky Sports
Italy	RAI
Japan	TV Asahi
Latin America (except Brazil)	Televideo Services
Malaysia	Astro SuperSport
Mexico	OTI
Middle East and North AfricaList of countries  Algeria  Bahrain  Comoros  Djibouti  Egypt  Iraq  Jordan  Kuwait  Lebanon  Oman  Palestinian Authority  Libya  Mauritania  Morocco  Qatar  K.S.A.  Somalia  Sudan  Syria  Tunisia  U.A.E.  Yemen	Al Jazeera Sports +4, +10 Al Jazeera Sports HD1
Norway	Viasat Fotball
Portugal	Sport TV
South Africa	Supersport International
Spain	Cuatro (Spain's matches) La Siete
Sweden	Viasat
Switzerland	SRG SSR
Thailand	MCOT/ GMM SPORT
Ukraine	ICTV Football TV Channel
United Kingdom	Sky Sports 1/Sky Sports HD1
Venezuela	Meridiano

References

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External links

• UEFA.com – UEFA Under-21 Championship
• (in Danish) Official Danish FA website

• 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship
• Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
• 2010–11 in European football
• 2010–11 in Danish football
• International association football competitions hosted by Denmark
• June 2011 sports events in Europe
• 2011 in youth association football