The 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the tenth edition of

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's European Under-19 Championship since it was renamed from the original under-18 event, in 2001. The tournament took place in

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from 20 July to 1 August 2011.

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were the title holders, but failed to qualify for the finals.

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won the tournament.

Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament was played over two stages: *

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– 28 September 2010 – 30 October 2010 * Elite qualification – 28 April 2011 – 5 June 2011 The final tournament of the Championship was preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round. During these rounds, 52 national teams competed to determine the seven teams that would join the already qualified host nation

. The qualifying round was played between 28 September and 30 October 2010. The 52 teams were divided into 13 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches were played, the 13 group winners and 13 group runners-up advanced to the Elite round. Alongside the 26 winner and runner-up teams, the two best third-placed teams also qualified. ;The following teams qualified for the tournament: * * * * * (host) * * *

Squads

Venues

The tournament venues will all be located in

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, near the capital

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, at already existing stadiums in four locations (one town and three communes).

Group stage

The draw was held in

on 8 June 2011, when hosts Romania and the seven elite-round qualifiers divided into two groups of four. Each group winner and runner-up advanced to the semi-finals. Tie-break criteria for teams even on points: *Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question *Superior goal difference resulting 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 having applied the above criteria, two teams still have an equal ranking, the same criteria will be reapplied to determine the final ranking of the two teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, the following criteria will apply: **Results of all group matches: ***Superior goal difference ***Higher number of goals scored **Fair play ranking of the teams in question **Drawing of lots *If two teams which have the same number of points and the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings will be determined by kicks from the penalty mark and not by the criteria listed above ''All times are

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Group A

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Group B

''The match was scheduled to be played on 20 July, but was abandoned after 15 minutes due to adverse weather conditions while Spain was leading 1–0 after a goal from

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. It was replayed on 21 July at 18:00 local time.'' ---- ----

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals

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Final

Goalscorers

;6 goals *

;3 goals * Tomáš Přikryl * Paco Alcácer ;2 goals * Tomáš Jeleček * Patrik Lácha * Anthony O'Connor * Djordje Despotović * Juanmi * Pablo Sarabia ;1 goal * Florent Cuvelier *

Marnick Vermijl Marnick Danny Ingrid Vermijl (; born 13 January 1992) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a right-back for Belgian National Division 1 side Thes. Born in Peer, he began his career with nearby Bocholter VV, and joined the academy of Standar ...

* Jonas Vervaeke * Jakub Brabec * Adam Jánoš * Tomáš Kalas * Ladislav Krejčí * Jiří Skalák *

Kostas Fortounis Konstantinos 'Kostas' Fortounis (, ; born 16 October 1992) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Saudi side Al-Khaleej. He was born in Trikala, Thessaly but comes from the nearby village of Sarakina, cl ...

* Giorgos Katidis * John O'Sullivan * Nicolae Stanciu * Miloš Jojić *

Andrej Mrkela Andrej Mrkela (Serbian Cyrillic: Андреј Мркела; born 9 April 1992) is a Serbian footballer. Mrkela signed a one-year loan deal (with an option to buy) with Turkish Süper Lig giants Eskişehirspor on 26 December 2012. He was accomp ...

* Nikola Trujić * Jon Aurtenetxe * Gerard Deulofeu * Juan Muñiz * Kamil Çörekçi * Ali Dere ;1 own goal *

Sergi Gómez Sergi Gómez Solà (born 28 March 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender. Club career Barcelona Born in Arenys de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Gómez arrived in FC Barcelona's youth academy at the age of 14. E ...

(playing against Turkey) * Jonás Ramalho (playing against Turkey)

Team of the Tournament

After the final, the UEFA technical team selected 23 players to integrate the "team of the tournament". ;Goalkeepers * Tomáš Koubek * Stefanos Kapino *

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;Defenders * Pierre-Yves Ngawa * Jakub Brabec * Tomáš Jeleček * Tomáš Kalas * Dani Carvajal *

Ignasi Miquel Ignasi Miquel Pons (born 28 September 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Levante UD. Mainly a centre-back, he can also be utilized at left-back. Miquel is a Spanish youth international and has played for the under-21 tea ...

;Midfielders * Adam Jánoš * Pavel Kadeřábek * Ladislav Krejčí *

* Jeffrey Hendrick * Rubén Pardo * Pablo Sarabia *

Orhan Gülle Orhan Gülle (born 15 January 1992) is a Turkish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder. Gülle is also a youth international for Turkey national football team, Turkey, having been capped at various levels. Earl ...

;Forwards * Tomáš Přikryl * Charis Mavrias *

Ionuț Năstăsie Ionuț Eugen Năstăsie (born 7 January 1992) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga II club CSM Slatina. Club career Steaua București He made his first team debut on 22 September 2011 against Sănătatea Cl ...

* Paco Alcácer * Gerard Deulofeu *

References

External links

UEFA.com
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