1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Spain 12 March – 31 May 1 8 1 1 21 Italy 3 21 Spain 21 France 1974 21 Scotland 12 28 197229 ESP Raúl (3 goals) Italy Fabio Cannavaro 1994 1998 The 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1994–96), had 44 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, Spain were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total. Italy U-21s won the competition for the third consecutive time. Format No fewer than 13 newly independent nations competed for the first time – due mainly to the fall of Socialist rule in Europe in the early 1990s. Russia, who competed in 1994 were joined by nine further former Soviet Union states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine. The exclusion (for political reasons) of the team from Serbia and Montenegro, then known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia continued. Croatia, Slovenia and the Republic of Macedonia were three former states of Yugoslavia who did compete though. Czechoslovakia became two separate nations – teams from the Czech Republic and Slovakia complete the list of new entrants. The 44 national teams were divided into eight groups (four groups of 5 + four groups of 6). The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis to determine the final four, one of whom would host the last four matches. The top five nations qualify for the Atlanta '96 Olympics. Qualification 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification List of qualified teams Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 21 FRA 1974 Group 1 winner 5 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1994) 21 ESP Group 2 winner 5 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990) 21 HUN Group 3 winner 3 (1978, 1980, 1986) 21 ITA Group 4 winner 9 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994) 21 CZE Group 5 winner 6 (19782, 19802, 19882, 19902, 19922, 19942) 21 POR Group 6 winner 1 (1994) 21 GER Group 7 winner 3 (19823, 19903, 1992) 21 SCO Group 8 winner 4 (1980, 1982, 1984, 1988) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year 2 As Czechoslovakia 3 As West Germany Squads 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads Results Quarter-finals First leg 12 March 1996 21 HUN 2–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20040312160036/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1996/Round=573/match=52365/index.html 21 SCO Szanyó 14Zavadszky 79 Glass 34 Üllői út, Budapest, Hungary 15,000 Ryszard Wójcik (Poland) 13 March 1996 21 GER 0–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040312160036/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1996/Round=573/match=52369/index.html 21 FRA 1974 Stadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück, Germany 20,000 Rune Pedersen (Norway) 13 March 1996 21 POR 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040312160036/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1996/Round=573/match=52363/index.html 21 ITA Porfírio 18 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal 29,774 Markus Merk (Germany) 13 March 1996 21 ESP 2–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20040312160036/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1996/Round=573/match=52367/index.html 21 CZE Dani 28Roberto 41 Šmicer 50 Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain 17,000 Michel Piraux (Belgium) Second leg 26 March 1996 21 SCO 3–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20040312160036/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1996/Round=573/match=52366/index.html 21 HUN Dailly 42Hamilton 84Donnelly 86 Egressy 30 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,143 Rune Pedersen (Norway) 26 March 1996 21 FRA 1974 4–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20040312160036/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1996/Round=573/match=52370/index.html 21 GER Pires 28 32Maurice 41 70 Nerlinger 76 pen. Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz, France 24,077 Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) 27 March 1996 21 ITA 2–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040312160036/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1996/Round=573/match=52364/index.html 21 POR Vieri 41Peixe 55 o.g. La Favorita, Palermo, Italy 16,543 David Elleray (England) 27 March 1996 21 CZE 1–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20040312160036/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1996/Round=573/match=52368/index.html 21 ESP Vágner 54 Raúl 71 89 Velký strahovský stadion, Prague, Czech Republic 12,092 Alain Sars (France) Semi-finals 28 May 1996 17:30 21 ITA 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040312163620/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1996/Round=574/match=52519/index.html 21 FRA 1974 Totti 49 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain 1,500 Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) 28 May 1996 20:00 21 ESP 2–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20040312163620/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1996/Round=574/match=52518/index.html 21 SCO Óscar 26De la Peña 35 Marshall 28 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain 15,500 Rune Pedersen (Norway) Third-place play-off 31 May 1996 21 FRA 1974 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040312164736/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1996/Round=575/match=52608/index.html 21 SCO Moreau 50 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain 2,000 Karol Ihring (Slovakia) Final 31 May 1996 21 ITA 1–1 yes https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/52609--italy-vs-spain/ 21 ESP Totti 11 Raúl 42 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain 34,600 Günter Benkö (Austria) Panucci Pistone Fresi Nesta Morfeo 4–2 De la Peña De Pedro Aranzábal Raúl Goalscorers 3 goals ESP Raúl 2 goals ITA Francesco Totti FRA 1974 Florian Maurice FRA 1974 Robert Pires 1 goal 22em CZE Vladimír Šmicer CZE Robert Vágner FRA 1974 Patrick Moreau GER Christian Nerlinger HUN Gábor Egressy HUN Károly Szanyó HUN Gábor Zavadszky ITA Christian Vieri POR Hugo Porfírio ESP Dani ESP Óscar ESP Iván de la Peña ESP Roberto Fresnedoso SCO Christian Dailly SCO Simon Donnelly SCO Stephen Glass SCO Jim Hamilton SCO Scott Marshall Own goal POR Emílio Peixe (playing against Italy) ESP Iñigo Idiakez (playing against Italy) Medal table and Olympic qualifiers France, Italy and Spain qualify for Olympic Games finals. Best losing quarter-finalists Hungary and Portugal also qualify. Scotland do not compete in the Olympic Football Tournament (See Great Britain Olympic football team). main WDL [ ] complete 2 21 ITA 2 1 1 4 2 21 SPA 3 1 0 7 4 H 21 FRA 1974 2 1 1 5 2 21 SCO 1 0 3 5 6 21 HUN 1 0 1 3 4 21 POR 1 0 1 1 2 21 GER 0 1 1 1 4 21 CZE 0 0 2 2 4 ITA SPA FRA SCO HUN POR GER CZE yes Final result 1st 2nd 3rd 4th QF QF QF QF gold Gold medal silver Silver medal #c96 Bronze medal Fourth place Eliminated inquarter-finals External links Results Archive at uefa.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com 1996 Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship 1996 1996 Category:Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification Category:March 1996 sports events in Europe Category:May 1996 sports events in Europe Category:1990s in Barcelona 1996 Category:1996 in Catalan sport