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Football U21 European Championship: Schedule, Results, Groups - SPIEGEL ONLINE
U21 European Championship in Italy
Between 16 and 30 June, the European Under-21 Championship will be held in Italy and San Marino. Twelve nations compete for the title - and at the same time to qualify for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. For the summer games next year qualify the countries that reach the semi-finals. Venues at the European Championships are Trieste, Udine, Cesena, Reggio nell'Emilia Bologna and Serravalle (San Marino).
The European Championship on TV
All matches of the German U21 will be broadcasted on the public broadcasters ARD and ZDF. Further selected games are shown by the sports channel Sport1 - also in the respective livestream.
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Success coach of the U21 national team: Stefan Kuntz
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In each case the group winner qualifies for the semifinals in three groups of four teams each. It is completed by the best runner-up in the tournament. Only professionals who were born on or after 1 January 1996 may participate in the European Championship.
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Germany is going into the tournament as defending champion and is one of the favorites again this year. But Spain - the European champion of 2013 and 2011 - is considered a title candidate. Italy with new hope Federico Chiesa and the strong Englishmen can also hope for themselves.
Schedule
Group A
Sunday, June 16th
18.30: Poland - Belgium 3: 2 (1: 1)
9 pm: Italy - Spain 3: 1 (1: 1)
Wednesday, June 19th
6.30 pm: Spain - Belgium
9 pm: Italy - Poland
Saturday, June 22nd
9 pm: Belgium - Italy
9 pm: Spain - Poland
Group B
Monday, June 17th
18.30: Serbia - Austria 0: 2 (0: 1)
21 clock: Germany - Denmark 3: 1 (1: 0)
Thursday, June 20th
18.30: Denmark - Austria
21 clock: Germany - Serbia (ARD)
Sunday, June 23rd
9 pm: Austria - Germany (ZDF)
9 pm: Denmark - Serbia
Group C
Tuesday, June 18th
18.30: Romania - Croatia
9 pm: England - France
Friday, June 21st
18.30: England - Romania
9 pm: France - Croatia
Monday, June 24th
9 pm: Croatia - England
9 pm: France - Romania
semifinal
Thursday, June 27th
First Group A - Second Group B / C or First Group C
First Group B - Second Group A or First Group C
Sunday, June 30th
20.45: Winner Semifinals 1 - Winner Semifinals 2
The U21 European champions since 1994
1994: Italy 1-0 Portugal n.V.
1996: Italy - Spain 4: 2 n. E.
1998: Spain 1-0 Greece
2000: Italy - Czech Republic 2: 1
2002: Czech Republic - France 3: 1 i.E.
2004: Italy - Serbia and Montenegro 3: 0
2006: Netherlands - Ukraine 3: 0
2007: Netherlands - Serbia 4: 1
2009: Germany - England 4: 0
2011: Spain - Switzerland 2: 0
2013. Spain - Italy 4: 2
2015: Sweden - Portugal 4: 3 i.E.
2017: Germany - Spain 1: 0