| 2017 უეფას 19-წლამდელთა ევროპის ჩემპიონატი | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Georgia |
| Dates | 2–15 July |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 4 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  England (10th title) |
| Runners-up |  Portugal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 39 (2.6 per match) |
| Attendance | 53,707 (3,580 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ben BreretonRyan Sessegnon Joël Piroe Viktor Gyökeres(3 goals each) |
| Best player | Mason Mount[1] |
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The2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known asUEFA Under-19 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of theUEFA European Under-19 Championship (66th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youthfootball championship organised byUEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe.Georgia, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.[2]
A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1998 eligible to participate.
In the final, which was played on 15 July,England defeatedPortugal 2–1.[3]
All 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Georgia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, andElite round, which took place in spring 2017.[5]
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[6][7]
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
| Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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 Georgia | Hosts | 2nd | 2013 | Group stage (2013) |
| Netherlands | Elite round Group 1 winners | 5th | 2016 | Group stage (2010,2013,2015,2016) |
 Germany | Elite round Group 2 winners | 9th | 2016 | Champions (2008,2014) |
| England | Elite round Group 3 winners | 9th | 2016 | Runners-up (2005,2009) |
| Portugal | Elite round Group 4 winners | 9th | 2016 | Runners-up (2003,2014) |
 Bulgaria | Elite round Group 5 winners | 3rd | 2014 | Group stage (2008,2014) |
 Czech Republic | Elite round Group 6 winners | 6th | 2011 | Runners-up (2011) |
| Sweden | Elite round Group 7 winners | 1st | – | Debut |
The final draw was held in 13 April 2017, 14:00GET (UTC+4), at the Ballroom of Hotels & Preference Hualing inTbilisi, Georgia.[8][9] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Georgia were assigned to position A1 in the draw.
The final tournament matches were held in four stadium venues located in two cities:
| Stadium | Location | Capacity |
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| Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | Tbilisi | 27,000 |
| Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2 | Tbilisi | 2,000 |
| David Petriashvili Stadium | Tbilisi | 3,000 |
| Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium | Gori | 5,000 |
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[10]
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Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.[5]
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 24 April 2017.[11]
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.
The teams are ranked according topoints (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):[5]
All times are local,GET (UTC+4).[12]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Georgia(H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
| Sweden | 1–2 | Czech Republic |
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Gyökeres 77' | Report | Turyna 42',55' |
| Georgia | 2–1 | Sweden |
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| Kokhreidze 3' Chakvetadze 31' | Report | Gyökeres 47' |
| Czech Republic | 2–0 | Georgia |
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| Šašinka 45+1' Holík 70' | Report |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
| Germany | 1–4 | Netherlands |
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| Barkok 46' | Report | Piroe 49',65',79' Grot 90+1' |
| England | 1–0 | Netherlands |
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| Brereton 84' | Report |
| Netherlands | 1–1 | Bulgaria |
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| Kongolo 50' | Report | Rusev 55' |
In the knockout stage,extra time andpenalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[5]
On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of theInternational Football Association Board (IFAB)'s trial to allow afourth substitute to be made during extra time.[13] On 1 June 2017, it was also announced as part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out,[14] a different sequence of taking penalties, known as "ABBA", that mirrors the serving sequence in atennis tiebreak would be used if a penalty shoot-out was needed (team A kicks first, team B kicks second):[15]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 12 July –Tbilisi | ||||||
| Portugal | 1 | |||||
| 15 July –Gori | ||||||
| Netherlands | 0 | |||||
| Portugal | 1 | |||||
| 12 July –Tbilisi | ||||||
| England | 2 | |||||
| England | 1 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 0 | |||||
| Portugal | 1–0 | Netherlands |
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| Fernandes 24' | Report |
| England | 1–0 | Czech Republic |
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| Nmecha 90+3' | Report |
Dujon Sterling (playing against Portugal)Source: UEFA.com[16]
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Source: UEFA Technical Report[17]
