2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

January 2020 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.png 200px 2011 UEFA U21-EM 2011 da Denmark 11–25 June 1 8 (finals)52 (qualifying) 4 4 21 ESP 3 21 SUI 21 BLR 21 CZE 16 36 101955 ESP Adrián (5 goals) ESP Juan Mata 2009 2013 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.https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0de7867c8506-cb403fe2a9b9-1000--denmark-to-host-2011-u21-finals/ Denmark to host 2011 U21 finals 9 October 2010 10 December 2008 UEFA 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.https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0254-0d7ce6e583ae-f0f217d628cb-1000--spain-crowned-european-under-21-champions/ Spain crowned European Under-21 champions 25 June 2011 UEFA 25 June 2011https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/spain/8599346/European-Under-21-Championship-Spain-win-tournament-with-victory-over-Switzerland.html Spain win tournament with victory over Switzerland 27 June 2011 Daily Telegraph 27 June 2011 Host selection thumb|Sign in Viborg The organisation of the event was initially contested by only two bids: Denmark and Israel. The bids were submitted on 15 June 2008.https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0de7606b6c6e-0ace22b57c5c-1000--denmark-and-israel-bid-for-u21-finals/ Denmark and Israel bid for U21 finals 9 October 2010 15 June 2008 UEFA 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 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 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 Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic football 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.Fifa approves Team GB compromise – BBC News, 31 May 2009 List of qualified teams The following 8 teams qualified for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 21 BLR 21 CZE 21 DEN (Host Nation) 21 ENG 21 ISL 21 ESP 21 SUI 21 UKR 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.http://www.u21denmark2011.com/news/articles/finalen-spilles-i-aarhus https://web.archive.org/web/20120311181635/http://u21denmark2011.com/news/articles/finalen-spilles-i-aarhus/ dead 11 March 2012 Finalen spilles i Aarhus Final to be played in Aarhus Danish Football Association 9 October 2010 20 September 2010 da It was also published that Denmark would play all of its matches in Aalborg and Aarhus.http://www.u21denmark2011.com/location/aarhus/news/articles/aarhus-faar-em-finalen-u21-landshold https://web.archive.org/web/20120311181723/http://u21denmark2011.com/location/aarhus/news/articles/aarhus-faar-em-finalen-u21-landshold/ dead 11 March 2012 Århus får EM-finalen for U21 landshold Århus gets the European Championship final for U21 national teams Danish Football Association 9 October 2010 20 September 2010 da Aarhus Aalborg Herning Viborg Aarhus Stadion Aalborg Stadion Herning Stadium Viborg Stadion 56 7 55 N 10 11 47 E region:DK_type:landmark inline NRGi Park 57 3 5.4 N 9 53 56.76 E region:DK_type:landmark inline Energi Nord Arena 56 7 1 N 8 57 6 E region:DK_type:landmark inline MCH Arena 56 27 21.23 N 9 24 7.43 E region:DK_type:landmark inline Viborg Stadion Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 10,500 Capacity: 9,600 Capacity: 9,566 150px 150px 150px 150pxDenmark none 375 Denmark 56.131944 10.196389 Aarhus bottom Denmark 57.0515 9.8991 Aalborg bottom Denmark 56.116944 8.951667 Herning bottom Denmark 56.455897 9.402064 Viborg bottom Format thumb|Andy, the mascot 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.https://archive.today/20120525150528/http://www.uefa.com/under21/finals/competitionformat/index.html Format & regulations – UEFA.COM, 12/10/10 Seeding The draw for the final tournament took place on 9 November 2010 at Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre in Aalborg.http://www.uefa.com/under21/draws/season=2011/round=2000005/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100913080022/http://www.uefa.com/under21/draws/season=2011/round=2000005/index.html dead 13 September 2010 Final tournament UEFA 9 November 2010 30 March 2011 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.http://www.u21denmark2011.com/news/articles/seedningslag-fastlagt-til-uefa-u21-em-2011 Seedningslag fastlagt til UEFA U21-EM 2011 Seedings for UEFA Under-21 Championship 2011 defined Danish Football Association 14 October 2010 14 October 2010 da https://web.archive.org/web/20120311181807/http://u21denmark2011.com/news/articles/seedningslag-fastlagt-til-uefa-u21-em-2011/ 11 March 2012 dead Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3 21 DEN (assigned to A1) 21 CZE (assigned to B1) 21 ESP 21 ISL 21 ENG 21 SUI 21 BLR 21 UKR Squads 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 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.Dommere 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. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question 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 Results of all group matches: Superior goal difference Higher number of goals scored Fair play conduct Drawing of lots Group stage The draw took place on 9 November 2010 in Aalborg, Denmark.http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/newsid=1553689.html Agenda set for Under-21 finals draw in Aalborg 3 November 2010 UEFA 25 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101027213730/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/newsid%3D1553689.html 27 October 2010 dead 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.Switzerland and Belarus make it through https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0deb115aaa2c-fef7cc9834e2-1000--switzerland-and-belarus-make-it-through/ UEFA 19 June 2011 18 June 2011 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts21 SUI330060+6921 BLR310235−2321 ISL310235−2321 DEN310235−233 Way Tie-Breaker TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts21 BLR210132+1321 ISL2101330321 DEN210134−13 All times are UTC+2. 11 June 2011 18:00 21 BLR 2–0 21 ISL Report Varankow 77 pen.Skavysh 87 Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus 2,815 Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia) 11 June 2011 20:45 21 DEN 0–1 21 SUI Report Shaqiri 48 Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg 9,678 Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria) 14 June 2011 18:00 21 SUI 2–0 21 ISL Report Frei 1 Emeghara 40 Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg 1,903 Marijo Strahonja (Croatia) 14 June 2011 20:45 21 DEN 2–1 21 BLR Report Eriksen 22 Jørgensen 71 Baha 20 Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus 18,152 Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) 18 June 2011 20:45 21 ISL 3–1 21 DEN Report Sigþórsson 58Bjarnason 60Valgarðsson 90+2 Kadrii 81 Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg 9,308 Milorad Mažić (Serbia) 18 June 2011 20:45 21 SUI 3–0 21 BLR Report Mehmedi 6 pen. 43Feltscher 90+3 Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus 1,604 Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden) Group B thumb|Czech players after Bořek Dočkal's 2–0 goal against Ukraine TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts21 ESP321061+5721 CZE3201440621 ENG302123−1221 UKR301215−41 All times are UTC+2. 12 June 2011 18:00 21 CZE 2–1 21 UKR Report Dočkal 49 56 Bilyi 87 Viborg Stadion, Viborg 4,251 Milorad Mažić (Serbia) 12 June 2011 20:45 21 ESP 1–1 21 ENG Report Herrera 14 Welbeck 88 Herning Stadium, Herning 8,046 Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden) 15 June 2011 18:00 21 CZE 0–2 21 ESP Report Adrián 27 47 Viborg Stadion, Viborg 4,662 Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria) 15 June 2011 20:45 21 UKR 0–0 21 ENG Report Herning Stadium, Herning 3,495 Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia) 19 June 2011 20:45 21 ENG 1–2 21 CZE Report Welbeck 76 Chramosta 89Pekhart 90+4 Viborg Stadion, Viborg 5,262 Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) 19 June 2011 20:45 21 UKR 0–3 21 ESP Report Mata 10 72 pen. Adrián 27 Herning Stadium, Herning 3,302 Marijo Strahonja (Croatia) Knockout stage Knockout map 22 June – Herning 21 SUI (a.e.t.) 1 21 CZE 0 22 June – Viborg 21 ESP (a.e.t.) 3 21 BLR 1 25 June – Aarhus 21 SUI 0 21 ESP 2 Olympic play-off 25 June – Aalborg 21 CZE 0 21 BLR 1 yes Semifinals Winners qualify for 2012 Summer Olympics. 22 June 2011 18:00 21 ESP 3–1 (a.e.t.) Report 21 BLR Adrián 89 105 Jeffrén 113 Varankow 38 Viborg Stadion, Viborg 7,521 Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden) 22 June 2011 21:00 21 SUI 1–0 yes Report 21 CZE Mehmedi 114 Herning Stadium, Herning 5,038 Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria) Olympic play-off Winner qualifies for 2012 Summer Olympics. 25 June 2011 15:00 21 CZE 0–1 Report 21 BLR Filipenko 88 Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg 870 Milorad Mažić (Serbia) Final 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final 2011 6 25 y 20:45 21 SUI 21 ESP 0–2 Herrera 41Thiago 81 Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus 16,110 Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2003419--switzerland-vs-spain/ Goalscorers 5 goals ESP Adrián 3 goals SUI Admir Mehmedi 2 goals 22em BLR Andrey Varankow CZE Bořek Dočkal ESP Ander Herrera ESP Juan Mata ENG Danny Welbeck 1 goal 22em BLR Dzmitry Baha BLR Egor Filipenko BLR Maksim Skavysh CZE Jan Chramosta CZE Tomáš Pekhart DEN Christian Eriksen DEN Nicolai Jørgensen DEN Bashkim Kadrii ISL Birkir Bjarnason ISL Kolbeinn Sigþórsson ISL Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson ESP Thiago ESP Jeffrén SUI Innocent Emeghara SUI Frank Feltscher SUI Fabian Frei SUI Xherdan Shaqiri UKR 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.U21 all-star squad named by UEFA technical team GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsESP David de GeaSUI Yann SommerCZE Tomáš VaclíkENG Chris SmallingENG Kyle WalkerESP Dídac VilàSUI Timm KloseSUI Jonathan RossiniUKR Yaroslav RakitskiyDenmark Nicolai BoilesenCZE Ondřej ČelůstkaDenmark Christian EriksenCZE Marcel GecovESP Ander HerreraESP Javi MartínezESP ThiagoBLR Mikhail SivakovSUI Admir MehmediSUI Xherdan ShaqiriESP AdriánESP Juan MataIceland Kolbeinn SigþórssonENG Daniel Sturridge Medal table and Olympic qualifiers Spain, Switzerland and Belarus qualify for the Olympic games finals. See Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics main WDL [ ] complete 21 SPA 4 1 0 11 2 21 SUI 4 0 1 7 2 21 BLR 2 0 3 5 8 21 CZE 2 0 3 4 6 21 ISL 1 0 2 3 5 21 ENG 0 2 1 2 3 21 DEN 1 0 2 3 5 H 21 UKR 0 1 2 1 5 SPA SUI BLR CZE ISL DEN ENG UKR yes Final result 1st 2nd 3rd 4th GS GS GS GS gold Gold Medal silver Silver Medal #c96 Bronze Medal lightblue Fourth place Eliminated insemi-finals Eliminated ingroup stage Media Broadcasting Country/areaBroadcaster(s)SourceBelarusBelteleradioMedia content rights sales in Europe: UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2011 https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/Marketing/01/44/91/72/1449172_DOWNLOAD.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20101226060055/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/Marketing/01/44/91/72/1449172_DOWNLOAD.pdf dead 26 December 2010 UEFA 10 June 2011BelgiumTelenetBrazilGlobosatBruneiAstro SuperSportBulgariaNova Sport (Bulgaria)CanadaTSN (8 matches)TSN2 (9 matches)2011 UEFA Under 21 Broadcast Schedule on TSNChileTelecanal (some matches)June 2011Czech RepublicČeská televizeDenmarkTV 2 (5 matches)TV 2 Sport (8 matches)TV 2 Zulu (2 matches)FranceDirect8GermanyEurosportGuatemalaTrecevisionCanal 11IcelandRÚVIndonesiaRCTIIndovisionIsraelSport 1Sport 1 HDIrelandSky SportsJune 2011ItalyRAIJapanTV AsahiUEFA U－21　欧州選手権（ロンドン五輪欧州予選）Latin America (except Brazil)Televideo ServicesMalaysiaAstro SuperSportMexicoOTIMiddle East and North AfricaList of countries Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestinian Authority Libya Mauritania Morocco Qatar Saudi Arabia K.S.A. 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