2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
The official logo of the tournament
Host country	Malta
Dates	9–21 May
Teams	53 (qualification) 8 (finals)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	England (2nd title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	46 (3.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dominic Solanke Jari Schuurman (4 goals)
Best player	Steven Bergwijn^[1]

The 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 13th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, an annual football competition between men's under-17 national teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in Malta, from 9 to 21 May 2014, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey.^[2]

Fifty-three teams participated in a two-round qualification stage, taking place between September 2013 and March 2014, to determine the seven teams joining the hosts. Players born after 1 January 1997 were eligible to participate in this competition.^[3] This edition marked the first appearance of a national team from Gibraltar,^[4] and was the first UEFA competition allowing referees to use a vanishing spray when setting free kicks.^[5] Live broadcast was provided by Eurosport 2 and Eurosport International.^[6]

England beat the Netherlands in the final on penalties to secure their second European under-17 title, four years after their first, and the second to be won by coach John Peacock. The 2013 champions, Russia, failed to qualify for the final tournament.

Qualification

Main articles: Qualifying round and elite round

Qualification for the final tournament of the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship consisted of two rounds: a qualifying round and an elite round. In the qualifying round, 53 national teams competed in 13 groups of four teams, with each group winner and runner-up, plus the best third-placed team, advancing to the elite round. There, the 27 first-round qualifiers plus Germany, who was given a bye, were distributed in seven groups of four teams. The winner of each group qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Malta	01 !Hosts	0 (debut)
Switzerland	Group 1 winner	06 !6 (2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)
Turkey	Group 2 winner	05 !5 (2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Netherlands	Group 3 winner	07 !7 (2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
England	Group 4 winner	08 !8 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Germany	Group 5 winner	05 !5 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012)
Scotland	Group 6 winner	01 !1 (2008)
Portugal	Group 7 winner	04 !4 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2010)

¹ Only counted appearances for under-17 era (bold indicates champion for that year, while italic indicates hosts)

Final draw

The draw for the group stage of the final tournament was held on 9 April 2014 at Saint James Cavalier in Valletta. It was conducted by UEFA's Youth and Amateur Football Committee chairman Jim Boyce, along with Fr. Hilary Tagliaferro and former Maltese international David Carabott. The host team, Malta, was automatically assigned as team one in group A, while the remaining teams were drawn successively in the order B1, A2, B2, A3, B3, A4 and B4.^[7]^[8]

Venues

Attard

Paola

Xewkija

Map of venues

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Attard (capacity: 18,000)
Hibernians Ground, Paola (capacity: 2,000)
Gozo Stadium, Xewkija (capacity: 4,000)

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads.

Match officials

Referees

Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Assistant referees

István Albert (Hungary)
Audrius Jagintavičius (Lithuania)
Dag-Roger Nebben (Norway)
Mesrop Ghazaryan (Armenia)
David Elias Biton (Israel)
Oleksandr Korniyko (Ukraine)
Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)
David Chigogidze (Georgia)

Fourth officials

Clayton Pisani (Malta)
Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

Group stage

Map of the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship finalist teams and their performances. The inset shows Malta (host).

Fixtures and match schedule were confirmed by UEFA on 15 April 2014.^[6]

Tie-breaking

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:^[3]

Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;

If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 7 apply.

Superior goal difference in all group matches;
Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
Respect Fair play ranking of the teams in question (final tournament);
Drawing of lots.

If only two teams are tied (according to criteria 1–7) after having met in the last match of the group stage, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Group A


Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	10	4	+6	9
England	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6
Turkey	3	1	2	7	7	0	3
Malta	3	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Netherlands v Turkey

9 May 2014
11:00

Netherlands	3–2	Turkey
Verdonk 54' (pen.) Nouri 69' Ould-Chikh 75'	Report	Ünal 43' Aktay 79'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Malta v England

9 May 2014
18:00

Malta	0–3	England
	Report	Roberts 15', 48' Armstrong 25'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

England v Turkey

12 May 2014
11:15

England	4–1	Turkey
Solanke 22', 49' Kenny 58' Armstrong 64'	Report	Ünal 16'

Gozo Stadium, Xewkija
Attendance: 1,631
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

Malta v Netherlands

12 May 2014
15:15

Malta	2–5	Netherlands
Mbong 37' Friggieri 64'	Report	Schuurman 5', 27', 42' Bergwijn 13', 69'

Gozo Stadium, Xewkija
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Turkey v Malta

15 May 2014
11:00

Turkey	4–0	Malta
Alici 43', 58' Aktay 70', 76'	Report

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

England v Netherlands

15 May 2014
11:00

England	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Verdonk 45' van der Moot 68'

Hibernians Ground, Paola
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

Group B


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9
Scotland	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Germany	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Germany v Switzerland

9 May 2014
11:15

Germany	1–1	Switzerland
Henrichs 58'	Report	Babic 72'

Gozo Stadium, Xewkija
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

Scotland v Portugal

9 May 2014
15:15

Scotland	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Sanches 18' Mata 78'

Gozo Stadium, Xewkija
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Switzerland v Portugal

12 May 2014
11:00

Switzerland	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Mata 54'

Hibernians Ground, Paola
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Germany v Scotland

12 May 2014
18:00

Germany	0–1	Scotland
	Report	Wright 41'

Hibernians Ground, Paola
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

Portugal v Germany

15 May 2014
18:00

Portugal	1–0	Germany
P. Rodrigues 51'	Report

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Switzerland v Scotland

15 May 2014
18:00

Switzerland	1–3	Scotland
Oberlin 20'	Report	Wighton 45' Sheppard 56' Hardie 63'

Hibernians Ground, Paola
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).^[3]

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

18 May – Attard
Netherlands	5
Scotland	0

		21 May – Attard
		Netherlands	1 (1)
		England (pen.)	1 (4)



18 May – Attard
Portugal	0
England	2

Semi-finals

Portugal v England

18 May 2014
17:45

Portugal	0–2	England
	Report	Solanke 52' Roberts 74'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

Netherlands v Scotland

18 May 2014
20:45

Netherlands	5–0	Scotland
Verdonk 35' (pen.) Nouri 38' Bergwijn 57' Owobowale 59' Van der Moot 73'	Report

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

Final

Netherlands v England

21 May 2014
19:00

Netherlands	1–1	England
Schuurman 40'	Report	Solanke 25'
	Penalties
Van der Moot Schuurman Verdonk	1–4	Ledson Moore Cooke Kenny

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Team of the tournament

Goalkeepers

Yanick van Osch
Gregor Kobel

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

^[9]

Goalscorers

4 goals

3 goals

Patrick Roberts

Fatih Aktay

2 goals

Adam Armstrong

1 goal

Jonjoe Kenny
Benjamin Henrichs
Aidan Friggieri
Joseph Mbong
Bilal Ould-Chikh

Craig Wighton
Scott Wright
Boris Babic
Dimitri Oberlin
Hayrullah Alici

References

↑ "UEFA Golden Player 2014: Steven Bergwijn". UEFA.com.
↑ "Malta, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan picked for U17s". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
1 2 3 "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2013/14" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
↑ "Draw to launch U17 road to Malta". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 20 November 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
↑ "Vanishing spray leaves lasting impression". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
1 2 "Under-17 match and TV schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 15 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
↑ "Swiss, Germany, England complete U17 finals cast". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
↑ "Malta meet England, Germany face Switzerland". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 9 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
↑ http://www.uefa.com/under17/season=2014/technical-report/tr-under17-2014.pdf

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