1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Campionatul European de Fotbal sub 21 UEFA 1998 Romania 23–31 May 1 8 3 1 21 Spain 2 21 Greece 21 Norway 21 Netherlands 12 22 NOR Steffen Iversen1998: Iván Pérez applies finishing touch http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=1998/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130515025547/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=1998/index.html dead May 15, 2013 UEFA.com 19 June 2013 1 June 1998 GRE Nikos Liberopoulos (3 goals) Spain Francesc Arnau 1996 2000 The 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1996–98), had 46 entrants. Before the quarter-finals stage, Romania were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total. The exclusion (for political reasons) of the team from Serbia and Montenegro, then known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ended. Bosnia and Herzegovina was another former state of Yugoslavia who competed, for the first time. Spain won the competition for the second time. The 46 national teams were divided into nine groups (eight groups of 5 + one group of 6). The records of the nine group winners were compared, and the eighth and ninth ranked teams played-off against each other for the eight quarter finals spot. One of the eight quarter-finalist were then chosen to host the remaining fixtures. Qualification 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification The qualifying stage for the 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship saw Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Spain and Sweden win their respective groups. Greece and England finished first in their group but were the two worst first placed group winners. Greece defeated England in a playoff to qualify for the tournament. Qualified teams Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 2 Norway Norway Group 3 Winner 0 (Debut) Sweden Sweden Group 4 Winner 3 (1986, 1990, 1992) Russia Russia Group 5 Winner 1 (1994) Spain Spain Group 6 Winner 7 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996) Netherlands Netherlands Group 7 Winner 2 (1988, 1992) Romania Romania Group 8 Winner 0 (Debut) Germany Germany Group 9 Winner 2 (1992, 1996) Greece Greece Playoff Winner 1 (1988, 1994) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year Venues The final tournament was held in Bucharest, the hosts being only three arenas. middle Romania 400 Romania 44.438683 26.103516 Bucharest Green pog.svg on Bucharest 200 right Location of grounds in Bucharest. Bucharest 44.427666 26.074955 Cotroceni top Bucharest 44.437208 26.152508 Lia Manoliu bottom Bucharest 44.412901 26.040604 Steaua rightBucharest (Vatra Luminoasă)Bucharest (Ghencea)Stadionul Lia ManoliuStadionul SteauaCapacity: 60,120Capacity: 28,365200x200px200x200pxBucharest (Cotroceni)Stadionul CotroceniCapacity: 14,542200x200px Match officials Country Referee FR Yugoslavia Miroslav Radoman Luxembourg Alain Hamer Senegal Falla N'Doye Slovakia Ľuboš Micheľ Turkey Metin Tokat Squads 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads Only players born on or after 1 January 1975 were eligible to play in the tournament. Each nation had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of which had to be goalkeepers. If a player was injured seriously enough to prevent his taking part in the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player. Results Bracket high no 21 NED 2 21 ROM 1 21 GER 0 21 GRE 1 21 NOR 1 21 SWE 0 21 ESP 1 21 RUS 0 21 NED 0 21 GRE 3 21 NOR 0 21 ESP (aet) 1 21 GRE 0 21 ESP 1 21 NED 0 21 NOR 2 21 ROM 0 21 GER (aet) 1 21 SWE 2 21 RUS 0 21 GER 2 21 SWE 1 21 ROM 1 21 RUS 2 Quarter-finals (23–24 May) Semi-finals (26–27 May) 5th–8th place (26–27 May) Final (31 May) 3rd-place match (31 May) 5th-place match (30 May) 7th-place match (30 May) Quarter-finals 1998 5 23 y 21 GER 0–1 21 GRE Karagounis 57 Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest 4,000 Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) https://web.archive.org/web/20040407185400/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1998/Round=1188/match=54863/index.html 1998 5 23 y 19:30 21 NED 2–1 21 ROU Wooter 16de Jong 79 Contra 7 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 15,000 Metin Tokat (Turkey) https://web.archive.org/web/20040407185400/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1998/Round=1188/match=54862/index.html 1998 5 24 y 21 ESP 1–0 21 RUS Iván Pérez 84 Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest 1,500 Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia) https://web.archive.org/web/20040407185400/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1998/Round=1188/match=54864/index.html 1998 5 24 y 21 NOR 1–0 21 SWE Iversen 45 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) https://web.archive.org/web/20040407185400/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1998/Round=1188/match=54865/index.html 5th-8th places 1998 5 26 y 21 ROU 0–1 yes 21 GER Schwarz 101 Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest 1,600 Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) https://web.archive.org/web/20040407190427/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1998/Round=1215/match=55289/index.html 1998 5 27 y 21 RUS 0–2 21 SWE Mellberg 15Bärlin 68 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 150 Falla N'Doye (Senegal) https://web.archive.org/web/20040407190427/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1998/Round=1215/match=55291/index.html Semi-finals 1998 5 26 y 21 ESP 1–0 yes 21 NOR Víctor 94 Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) https://web.archive.org/web/20040407192751/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1998/Round=1218/match=55292/index.html 1998 5 26 y 20:00 21 NED 0–3 21 GRE Liberopoulos 21 90Antzas 57 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 5,000 Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia) https://web.archive.org/web/20040407192751/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1998/Round=1218/match=55290/index.html 7th place 1998 5 30 y 16:00 21 RUS 2–1 21 ROU Osinov 48Laktionov 64 Trică 45 Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest 250 Falla N'Doye (Senegal) https://web.archive.org/web/20040312185300/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1998/Round=1216/match=55294/index.html 5th place 1998 5 30 y 19:00 21 GER 2–1 21 SWE Brdarić 71Frings 77 Åslund 88 Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest 1,000 Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia) https://web.archive.org/web/20040221183806/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1998/Round=1217/match=55293/index.html Third place 1998 5 31 y 14:00 21 NED 0–2 21 NOR Iversen 17 74 Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest 4,000 Metin Tokat (Turkey) https://web.archive.org/web/20040312191009/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/AllTimeStatistics/season=1998/Round=1219/match=55295/index.html Final 1998 5 31 y 20:00 21 GRE 0–1 21 ESP Iván Pérez 65 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 6,000 Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/55296--greece-vs-spain/ References External links Results archive at UEFA.com RSSSF Results archive at RSSSF 1998 Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship Category:1997–98 in Romanian football 1998 Category:1990s in Bucharest 1998 Category:May 1998 sports events in Europe