2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, or simply the 2013 Euro Under-21, was the 19th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Israel from 5–18 June 2013.

2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
אליפות אירופה בכדורגל עד גיל 21 - 2013
Tournament details
Host country Israel
Dates5–18 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (4th title)
Runners-up Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored45 (3 per match)
Attendance180,432 (12,029 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Álvaro Morata (4 goals)
Best player(s)Spain Thiago[1]

The Israeli bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee on 27 January 2011 in Nyon, Switzerland.[2] This bid defeated the other bids from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England and Wales.

Spain defended the title they won two years prior, winning their fourth championship after defeating Italy 4–2 in the final.

Qualification
Main article: 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

The draw for the group stage of qualifying for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship took place on 3 February in Nyon, Switzerland. 52 national teams took part in the qualifying. The group stage of qualifying began on 25 March 2011.[3] There were a total of ten groups, consisting of five or six teams each. All the teams in each group faced each other two times, at home and away. The team at the top of each group and the four best second-placed teams qualified to the playoff round. In the playoff round, the 14 teams were drawn to play seven two-legged matches. The winners joined Israel in the tournament finals.

List of qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship:

Venues

The Competition was played at four venues in major cities all around Israel: Bloomfield (Tel Aviv), Teddy (Jerusalem), HaMoshava (Petah Tikva) and the Netanya Stadium (Netanya).

Jerusalem
Netanya
Teddy Stadium Netanya Stadium
Capacity: 31,733 Capacity: 13,610
Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
HaMoshava Stadium Bloomfield Stadium
Capacity: 11,500 Capacity: 14,413

Match officials

In December 2012, it was announced that these six referees would take charge of matches at the final tournament:

It was furthermore announced that additional assistant referees would be deployed at Israel's final tournament.[4]

Seeding

The draw for the final tournament took place on 28 November 2012 in Tel Aviv. As the highest-ranked team according to the competition coefficient rankings, Spain were one of the top two seeds alongside hosts Israel. Those two sides were drawn into separate groups, as were the second and third-ranked teams in the list, England and the Netherlands. The remaining four countries were unseeded and were placed in the remaining positions in the two four-team sections.[5][6]

Top seeds Second seeds Unseeded

Squads
Main article: 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

The deadline for the submission of the final 23-man squads was 26 May 2013, ten days before the opening match.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 28 November 2012 in Tel Aviv.[7]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Italy 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Norway 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
3  Israel (H) 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4
4  England 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source:
(H) Hosts
Israel 2–2 Norway
Biton 16' (pen.)
Turgeman 71'		 Report Pedersen 24'
Singh 90+2'
Attendance: 10,850
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
England 0–1 Italy
Report Insigne 79'
Attendance: 10,660
England 1–3 Norway
Dawson 57' (pen.) Report Berge 15'
Berget 34'
Eikrem 52'
Attendance: 6,150
Italy 4–0 Israel
Saponara 18'
Gabbiadini 42', 53'
Florenzi 71'		 Report
Attendance: 13,750
Israel 1–0 England
Kriaf 80' Report
Attendance: 22,183
Norway 1–1 Italy
Strandberg 90' (pen.) Report Bertolacci 90+4'
Attendance: 7,130
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Russia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source:
Spain 1–0 Russia
Morata 82' Report
Attendance: 8,127
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Netherlands 3–2 Germany
Maher 24'
Wijnaldum 38'
Fer 90'		 Report Rudy 47' (pen.)
Holtby 81'
Attendance: 10,248
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Netherlands 5–1 Russia
Wijnaldum 38'
De Jong 61'
John 69'
Hoesen 83'
Fer 90+2'		 Report Cheryshev 65'
Attendance: 8,589
Germany 0–1 Spain
Report Morata 86'
Attendance: 11,750
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Spain 3–0 Netherlands
Morata 26'
Isco 32'
Vázquez 90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 10,024
Russia 1–2 Germany
Dzagoev 22' Report Herrmann 34'
Rudy 69' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,134
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 June – Netanya
 
 
 Spain3
 
18 June – Jerusalem
 
 Norway0
 
 Spain4
 
15 June – Petah Tikva
 
 Italy2
 
 Italy1
 
 
 Netherlands0
 

Semifinals
Spain 3–0 Norway
Rodrigo 45+1'
Isco 87'
Morata 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 12,048
Italy 1–0 Netherlands
Borini 79' Report
Attendance: 10,123

Final
Main article: 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final
Spain 4–2 Italy
Thiago 6', 31', 38' (pen.)
Isco 66' (pen.)		 Report Immobile 10'
Borini 80'
Attendance: 29,320
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

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. Spain, with eleven, had the most players in the team of the tournament.[1]

UEFA Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Spain David de Gea Spain Alberto Moreno Spain Asier Illarramendi Spain Álvaro Morata
Italy Francesco Bardi Spain Iñigo Martínez Spain Isco Spain Rodrigo
Norway Ørjan Nyland Spain Marc Bartra Spain Koke Italy Fabio Borini
Spain Martín Montoya Spain Thiago Netherlands Georginio Wijnaldum
Italy Luca Caldirola Germany Lewis Holtby Netherlands Luuk de Jong
Netherlands Bruno Martins Indi Italy Marco Verratti
Norway Stefan Strandberg Netherlands Adam Maher
Russia Alan Dzagoev

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
  • Spain Thiago (1 assist — silver boot winner)[8]
  • Spain Isco (0 assists — bronze boot winner)[8]
2 goals
1 goal

Official match ball

The official ball for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship was unveiled during the draw in Tel Aviv on 28 November 2012.[9] The ball had the same blue and white colours as tournament hosts Israel and its design featured the same thermally bonded triangular patterns as the Adidas Tango 12, match ball of UEFA Euro 2012.

Calls to boycott tournament

After Israel was announced as host, there were calls by some to boycott the tournament. The most prominent petition against the tournament taking place in Israel was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which demanded UEFA President Michel Platini reverse his decision.[10] Another petition[11] organised by Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK demanded that UEFA move the tournament to England after the UEFA considered asking the FA to be on standby if the Gaza-Israel conflict continued.[12]

Another petition, organised by former Sevilla footballer Frédéric Kanouté and containing the name of 50 professional footballers who had signed it,[13] also gained media attention[14] but attracted criticism when some of the names listed on it were disputed. Didier Drogba, for example, claimed he never signed the petition and his name was removed from the list.[15]

Broadcast from UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Américas
  •  United States: ESPN, ESPN 2 or ESPN 3 (All matches live in Pay TV)
  •  Brazil: SporTV
  • Spanish speaking Latin America: DirecTV Sports (South América and Caribbean) / SKY (Mexico and Central América) (All matches live on Channels of DirecTV Sports in South América and Caribbean / Sky Sports in Mexico and Central América).

Free TV

See also

References
  1. "Thiago leads all-star squad dominated by Spain". UEFA.com. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. "Israel awarded U21 Championship in 2013" (Press release). UEFA. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  3. "Draw signals first steps on road to Israel" (Press release). UEFA. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  4. "UEFA deploys Additional Assistant Referees at Under-21 Championship - The 3rd Team". Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  5. "Under-21 finals lineup complete". UEFA.com. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  6. "Spain and Israel top seeds for Under-21 draw". UEFA.com. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  7. "Spain draw Germany, Israel get England". UEFA.com.
  8. "Morata wins Golden Boot in Spanish clean sweep". UEFA.com. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  9. "U21 tournament ball unveiled in Tel Aviv". UEFA.com.
  10. "PSC boycott site". Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
  11. "'Move the European Under-21 Championship to England from Israel' – MPACUK". Archived from the original on 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
  12. 'Uefa postpones match after Tel Aviv bomb blast' – The Jewish Chronicle
  13. "Freddie Kanouté's petition with names listed in support". Archived from the original on 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
  14. ""Boycotts criticised"". Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
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